Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-21
DEMOCRAT KEYNOTE
SOUNDED BY CLARK
MINORITY LEADER MAKES WIG
oRous ASSAULT ON PAYNE
TARIFF BILL.
APPLAuDs DoLLIvER;
SCORES PRESIDENT TAFT

BY Schedule and Complains Of Tafrs
Laudation Of Adrieh and His
Crowd.
Washington, May 21.-Denouncing
the Payne -Aldrich tariff law as
transparent humbug," attacking the
tariff views Of its author, Representa-
tive Serene Payne, republican, OF New
York, and vigorously assailing Presi-
dent Taft for his support of that law,
Representative Champ Clark, of Mis-
souri,, leader Of the democratic minor
ity, today delivered in the house what
is regarded as the democratic keynote
speech Of the coming congressional
campaign: Mr.. Clark had prepared his
address with great care and spoke at
length. giving facts and figures in sup
port of his contention that the tariff
1ad not been honestly revised and that
the republican majority IN congress
had endeavored to trick the people. Mr..
Clark also paid his respects incidental
ly to the $25O00O item in the sundry
civil appropriation bill for the creation
Of a tariff board He said IN part:
A Tribute to poll;ver.
During this debate we have wit
messed a spectacle perhaps without
parallel in the annals of congress. First,
we heard the gentlemen from New
York (Mr. Payne) chairman of the
ways and means committee, and the
republican floor leader, make vitriolic
attack on the speech of the Hon. Jona-
than Prentiss Dolliver, a republican
senator from Iowa, recently delivered
in the city Of Des iMoines, both speech
es being upon the subject of the tar
iff, q subject which will not down at
any mans bidding, and which. like the
poor, we have with US always. No
body appointed me to defend Senator
Dolliyer. This much, however, I
will say for him. have for years re-
earded him as the greatest orator in
the republican party. would travel
far to hear a debate ON the stump be-
tween him and the gentleman from
New York. When twas. over. 1 am
certain that the country, for consid-
cradle distance around would be so
fairly saturated with oil that it would
be dangerous to strike a match In the
neighborhood, and it would not be the
oil out Of Mr.. Delivers coporosity.
What is Republican!
"The next day we heard the gentle-
man from Michigan. Mr.. Fordney, w21o
Is a republican of high degree. deliver
!, most bitter and vicious assault upon
Senator Beveridge, the republican boss
of Indiana on account of speech de-
livered recently at indianapolis. A
stump debate between these two en-
lnent republicans would double dis
count in interest any vaudeville show
ever ullled off in America. Listening
to theI attack Of the republican gentle
man from New York, upon the republi-
can senator from Iowa, and the at
tack of the republican gentleman from
Michigan upon the republican senator
from Indiana, recall the words Of the
Psa1mist: Behold how good and how
pleasant 1t is for brethren to dwell
In unity and then comes to my mind
he question now ringing thru the land,
What Is republican?
Payns's Disasreeable Stunt.
In making speech in defense Of his.
tariff bill, Mr. Chairman Payne ap-
peared to be performing a disagreeable
stunt. He did not exhibit his usual
enthusiasm or his old-time felicity of
expression. He appeared to be in
about as cheerful a frame OF mind as
a lawyer appointed by the court, de-
Tending without fee man that he
feels certain will be convicted and
hanged. Clearly, 1t was to him re-
pulsive Job but it had to be gone thru
with some way He appeared to be
IN the farme of mind Of Macbeth when
about to murder Duncan: If it were
done. when tits done then 'twere we'll
It were done quickly
"Mr. Chairman Payne was evidently
in a very fretful state. He also seems
to be afflicted with a new disease In
termfttent forgetfulness.' He remem-
bered with great vividness the soup
houses OF 1893 and 1894, but when it
came to. soup houses of 1907. a very
recent occurrence and the soup houses
Of 1873 his memory failed him utterly.
It does not need a psychologist or
phrenologist to account for this state
of mind on his part, the reason being
that the soup houses Of 1873, and 1907
were under republican administration
and under tariff laws passed by the
republican party, Willie the soup
houses OF 1893. thru the outgrowth of
a panic caused by a republican tariff
bill, sprang. up when a democratic
president was in office.
.~Playinp Both Ends.
The gentleman declared they put up
tho tarin on hosiery and as conse-
nuence the price Of hosiery has gone
down. He declared they put up the
tariff on wines and as consequence
the price of wines has gone up. he
seems to be playing both ends against
the middle, for it must be apparent to
any sane man that, II putting up the
tariff. on hosiery made the price OF
hosiery go down then. by the same
loeic putting up the tariff on wine
would have made the price of wine go
down. Consistency, thou art a jewell"
The Sugar Schedule.
Mr., Clark then attacked the sugar
schedules o: the Payne-Aldrich tariff
law and ridiculed republican claims OF
benefting the people by lowering the
tariff on refined sugar. The reduction,
-. -.sa:;S ::..ell" that everv man