The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-18
Insurgent Speeches Figure.
Prominently in Democratic
Attacks on Tariff Measure
REPUBLICANS WASTE
BITTERLY ASSAlLED
Cannonism Also Comes in For
Sharp Rap-President Taft
Gets Casual
Mention.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Aug. ia
volume of SIG pages, that begins with
list OF the main campaign issues and
ends with Congressman Hin, regular
Republican. of Connecticut, denouncing
the Aldrich- Vreeland currency law, Is
book. 1t is issued by the national
Democratic congressional committee
and is devoted chiefly to speeches, In
full or in part. delivered b. Democrats
and insurgent Republicans In Con-
gress.
Hill is the only regular Republican
quoted. and he furnished Democratic
material by expressing on the floor Of
the House his utter contempt OF the
Aldrich- Vreeland currency act of 1908.
In addition to denouncing II as "bru-
tum fulmen," Hill declared that the
law was worthless and had been re
pudiated by the whole country,
Thirty -seven pages are devoted to
the speeches OF Republican insurgents.
the most prominent being Senator Dol
liver's Uowa) broadsde against the
tariff law; the attacks of Senators
Cummins uowa> and LaFollette wis
constn) on the Taft railroad bill; Con-
gresham Fish's New York; defense
OF insurgency, and speeches by Haul
gen Uowa) In opposition to the tariff
law and the railroad bin.
Tariff and the high cost of living are
brought forward as the main issues,
| and l16 pages are devoted to those
| subjects Champ Clark has the place
! OF honor with a tariff speech covering
t IS pages.
/ Full of Oil
! Among other things. he said that the
tariff was intended as "life preserver
| for the Republicans In the campaign"
1 and that. if Senator Dolliver and Con-
| gresham Payne should tour in Joint
| debate on the tariff, the country would
be SO saturated with oil that you would
not dare strike match, and 1t would
not be oil out of the eorporosity of the
senator from Iowa either
N c. Byrd, the Indian congressman
from Mississippi. Is quoted as saying
that the tariff law fulfilled Alexander
| Hamilton's declaration that 'protec-
ton, to be available. must be got out
| OF the belly and back Of the great mass
of the American people"
| Republican Extravaganza as an
issue, is given 43 pages A speech by
| Representative Adair of Indiana. says
that the White House salaries and ex-
! penseS amount 10 &26S,4zV q year, De-
tectives are on the payroll by the
thousands, he says. and they include
post office. internal revenue, customs
counterfeit, bureau Of corporations. In
terstate commerce commission, public
land, antitrust. pension. meat inspec-
ton and pure food detectives. He de-
clared that they cost the government
last year $7l26.000. Cox, of Indiana
gives records to show that it cost the
government $3.50 day to keep two
teams of horses used in the State De-
partment.
The Cannon and Cannonism Issue ie
dealt with by half dozen members OF
Congress, and as many disclose the
shortcomings. from the Democratic
standpoint, of President Taft and his
administration the broken pledges, :
and promises versus performances"
The Republicans are further de-
nounced for not making the law requir-
ing publicity of campaign funds more
effective, for favoring ship subsidy. and
for failing to pass desirable labor iegis
lation. They are also accused of show
Ing lack of activity against the
trusts.