The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-14
DOLLIYER HITS HARD At TAFT
SHARP ATTACK on THE TARIFF
AND THE NATURALIZATION.

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wAaHINOrOS. June is.--SenAtor DOLL
yer Of Iowa delivered remarkable speech
IN the senate to-day in support % IN
surEency and against the Payns-AldriCh
tariff law. The Iowa senator charged
the Taft Administration IN eject with
using the patrOnage club IN an Effort TO
hsat reCalcitrant party msmbeFs into line
and served notice that Il could not
force him 10 yield in this way. He ridi-
culed the figures which PrSsident Taft
had presented In his spseches % prove
hat the Payne Aldrich law was a revision
downward and declared that the Presidsnt
had been imposed upOn In the matter Of
these statistics which had been handed
10 him by his supposed friends.
-vagrant children lett In William n &.
Tafts intellectual household and adoptsd
Nv him. was the way senator DOlllver
described the statistics that the President
bad presented 10 the country in defence
Of the best tariff law ever framed in the
United States
senator Doliver reiterated HE charges
Of last year that most Of the tariff
schedules were dictated by the manu-
faeturegs themselves. He scOeed &C the
idea that the Payne-Andrich law was
revision downward and presented facts
and figures IN support Il hts contention.
Ne declared that the hin had been put
through Congress by lOgrOlllng and cOer-
con and quoted Secretary Of the Treasury
MacVeagh. senator Elkins. a regular Of
regulars. and even President Taft him
self IN support 81 some u his statements
IN regard "a this charge. Senator Dolli-
YER served notice On the Republican
organization that Il could not force
hum out % the party. that he intended 10
stick and 70 fight 20 the end methods used
by his party in the past.
The truth b. said senator Deliver.
that laet year Witnessed two events of
worldwide interest and significance
discovery of the north pole by ~. Cook
and the revision of the American tariff
downward by the senator from Rhode
Island each Of them in itself a unique
hoax. and both of them unhappily intro
duced 20 the favor Of the American public
Nv the highest oficial congratulations
senator Dolliveg was of course referring
IN this statement 20 the Presidents own
message 10 Dr. Cook and to his commendA-
ton Of tho Payne Aldrich law.
senator Deliver spoke for more than
three hours. Nearly every chair In the
senate wa occupied and the galleries
were crowded Az the conclusion Of his
sueech the senator was surrounded by
the ingirEent hand and by many Demo
Gratis. who Congratulated him The Re-
p,f5lican regulars looked uncomfortable
during the speech. but the Democrats
we're IN high glee and were already
planning 70 nut the speech In type and
circullte n the country over ~ a cam
paign argument AGAINST Republican r'Iie.
senator Dolliver early In hts speech
baid that Il was now apparent that new
terms q fellowship have been prescribed
ter members " the Repubican party
and that memhers ot Ccngreus are eH-
bscted 10 have only a very narrow choice
IN tha eVercise " their REPRESENTATIVE
functions A. the Senatir from Iowa
viewed u they were supposed 10 have the
choice Of becoming either UNDERSTANDS
or ishmaelites-
.For one added Senator Dolhver.
= reject the terms. and While ] hold a
seat. however humble u may b.. on this
Hoor shall bold % my purpose 10 oon-
tend Tor the absolute Independence n
these two great popular assemblies
Senator Dnlliverto how be- had worked
for Mr. Tafts election and how be had
heen drawn N him with an affection
thar he had held for no man since James
g. Blame. II was a disa greeable duty
Tor ham 20 tell % the things that have
gone on in the party since the passage
II the tarfh Tin but he felt lnpelled 70
speak
1t IL . disaRreeabls duty he said.
shrn IL could have been avoided alto
xsthsr n the President. who had moth
ing or next 10 nothing n do with the
framing Il the tariff law. had felt content
~ leave members % Congress ~ settle
18th their own constituency the QUESTION
- their party relations without inter-
posing the prestige % the greatest politi- /
cal once In the world 20 huIniliate and
di-credit and disparaEs men Who. in
failing effort 10 carry into eject his
own campaign utterancea, had already
heen expelled from the party on the floor |
tive statesmen. who derided tho can-
didates opinions when they were uttered |
IN the campaign and laughed out loud |
when they we're repeated In senate de-
lstes
senator DoIliver added that if the in
surwents have made any mistake &c was 1
In remaining silent too long while an |
organized campaign % defamation has |
been set on foot. Processing from the |
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and from a so-called campaign COMMITTEES.
presided over by a multi-milliOnair |
promoter % street car franchises. with |
a treasury flied with rotten money out 4
1t which r. flowing a steady stream Of
campaign literature, much Of Il hearing /
the mark 81 the Bureau q Engraving
and Printing. and a dull. muddy stream
~ raraaitio eloqusnoe.'
The senator from Iowa referred in this
touching tribute 10 Representative McKin-
lay chairman u the Republican COngres-
sional cAmpAign committee. senator
D0livsr Naid she President was In error
n be thought Il nsueaaary for men 20
swallow down every tariff Law set before
them ~ else IN conscience abandon the
party. They were going 10 have a mighty
hard time 80 Rstting him out u the party.
IL cannot be done. said senator
Dolhvsr. by lying about me. - those
have done Who said that | held a brief
Tor foreign importers. u cannot b. done
- calling me names like free trader or
IemOcrat Least Of all can Il hs done by
taking from about my neck the milestone
q political patronage through which
even Presidents Of tns United States
have more than once bsen drowned IN
he midst ~ The go. IN common with
good cttinsna everywhere I share the
universal disgust which has arisen on