Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-18
DoIliver--By an Intimate Friend
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nber of congress)
Senator Dolllver bore only the hum
BILE part of quiet member on these
measures which subsequent events
vindicated except the injudicious abol-
ition of the sugar duty.
The Sherman antitrust bill, which is
growing into increasing prominence in
recent years, was not In its inception
a partisan measure. 1t was first sug-
gested by Senator Ryan of Texas, who
introduced an antitrust bill in the
fiftieth congress. In this he was fol-
lowed by Senator Cullom, but in that
congress Senator Sherman expressed
grave doubts of its constitutionality,
but his doubts seem to have disap-
peared and In the fifty-frst congress
the first bill he introduced was an
antitrust bill The same session anti
trust bills were introduced in the
house by Mr.. Culberson of Texas, Mr..
Henderson of Iowa and others. The
several bills after being considered
went to conference and Mr.. Culberson
of Texas, a member of the judiciary
committee, had charge of it on its
passage and it passed by unanimous
vote. Mr.. Dolliver took just pride in
the passage of these measures par
ticularly of the pension legislation,
which he would have made more lib
eral at that early date.
for Senator Allison, with his well
known conservatism, which was shown
by Allison's long harmony with Sem
ator Aldrich, who often yielded to Al
lison in the interest of better legisla-
tion, often restrained him from the full
assertion of his own personal views,
which were optimistic and full of faith
in the people and which came out in
full force in his last years in the SEN
ate and on the platform. He was not
only a great platform orator, but one
of the best debaters of his day. This
was shown not only in his debates with
that brilliant man, Wilson of West
Virginia, many years since, but in his
more recent debates with Champ Clark
of Missouri. The writer met him the
day he was appointed senator by Gov
ernor Shaw. We were both in south
west Iowa. He was just returning
from a series of debates at county
fairs and Chautauquas in Iowa and
Missouri with Champ Clark and he had
just gotten telegram announcing his
appointment. After congratulating
him I asked him if the joint discussions
in which 1t was presumed there would
be some soreness did not become mo-
notonous. "Oh, no." said he. Champ
Clark is a versatile cuss." don't know
whether the debates were reported.
They would not have the great fame
of those between Lincoln and Douglas.
but the talent anu prominence of the
speakers would make them interest
ing. The writer has heard the senator
number of times and had the pleas
ure of hearing him in the late state
convention and his speech showed no
abatement of his powers, but rather
an increase of his power to hold his
audience by his wit. irony and argu-
ment.
Socially Senator Dolliver was an ad-
mirable companion, witty. sparkling
and entertaining. The writer met him
casually some years since at the resi-
dence of his friend. Governor Carpen-
ter and has seldom passed an evening
where the conversation was of a high
er character for intelligence and enter
tainment. He will long be remembered
as one of Iowa's purest, noblest and
most distinguished characters.
OCCASIONAL.
South Pasadena, Cal.