Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-21
Washington, June 20,-"I am
through with it,"

He ment that he would never again
raise his voice, either in the Senate
of the United States or from the
stump, in defense Of excessive pro
lection.
III do not propose. declared Dol
liver, that the remaining years Of
my life shall be given up in dull con
sent to the success of all these con-
spiracies. intend to fight as Re
publican for free market on this
continent.
In ether words, the mighty Dol
liver, for years an ardent protection.
list, is conscience stricken. He stands
appalled, at the magnitude of the
sins that have been visited upon Re-
public and people by system which
he advocated with own voice.
His eyes opened. Doliver was
courageous enough to say: II am
through with it," That is why his
speech will live in history. because
he said II am through with it
The philosophy of the Iowan. in
itself, was not new, anymore than
were his statements that Congress,
in passing the Payne Aldrich bill,
was dominated by the tariff trusts.
Democrats have told the same story
time and again. Deliver has mere
ly Endorsed the Democratic view
point, which is that excessive pro
lection robs the many for the few.
Senators regard the Dolliver
speech as the most impressive ora
tory the Senate has listened to in
many years. 1t will take rank
among the foremost examples of
American eloquence.
Deliver analysed the cotton and
wool schedules of the Payne-Alorich
law, revealing as he went along the
fraud and injustice and jugglery
which will force the people to pay
outrageous)y high prices for the
necessaries of life.
He also pointed out how the Pre-
sident had aided in the effort to de
ceive the public as to the true
character of the law.
What a farce t. send men around
talking about the rule of the majOti
t. ;" thun9ered Dolliver, when, the |
most important business of the pei
pie has come down TO the bargain
counter. AVID men are authorized TO
say:This is the citadel Of protection;
if any of you have constituents that
want anything, come here, we are
the dispensing power; support what
we want, and take anything you
thing YOU need, and the man who
does not ike it, and has no STOMACH
for the fight, is requested to depart.
IF that is TO be the continued
practice of the government of the
United States. ] think it woald be
better for nearly everybody to de-
part"
DDLLIVER ADMITS ERRo&.
When Senator Deliver was attack
ing the Payne-Aldrich bill in the
Senate last spring, Senator Depew
of New York chided the Iowan with
the statement that he (Dolliverl.
had travelled all over the country
in the campaign of 1896 making
speeches in which he charged the
Wilson bill with responsibility for
the panic of 1893. Would you
now pass a blue pencil through
those speeches?" asked Depew.
smilingly.
IF | were called upon now" said
Dolliver, to repeat what said as
an enthusiastic youth in the House
of Representatives many years ago, |
| would blue pencil good many of
the explanatives gave there for
industrial conditions which surround
ed our industries in that far. off
period"
JUST LISTEN TO THIS.
Taft "cut. to. the quick" economy
is no longer mentioned by Repubi
can newspapers. For excellent
reason, too. Indications are that
this Congress will spend at least
500, 900, 900 more than the proceed
ing session. which created a new
high water mark in government
extravaganza. Speaking of "cut.
to-the quick" economy, here are