The Washington times., 1910-04-27
SENATOR RAYNER
ASKS INSURGENTS
TO LEAVE PARTY
Dolliver Declines Invitation
of Statesman From
Maryland.
ASKS BEVERIDGE
WHAT PLANS ARE
In Attack on Railroad Bill, Speaker
Questions Sincerity Of Repub-
lican Recalcitrants.

Declaring the tariff 70 be an iniquity
and the insurgent Senator's nothing more
nor less than Democrats. once OF twice
removed. Senator TsadOr Rayner todsy
launched forth IN his Iong-promissd
speech against the railroad bill IN the
Senate, including with other things prac-
tically the entire conduct OF the present
Administration in his condemnatory ei0-
qUence
The Maryland Senator appeared at his
best and IN we1l-rOUnded phrases uaid
his compliments TO al OF the Insurgents
He invited them 70 case aside the few
non-essentisls that stamped them CIf-
ferent from Democrats and come into
the fold. He referred ta- the vsv Deno-
cratic blood had surged and Democrat
ic hands appIa uCed the indictments of
Republican crimes read By the fnsurzeut
senators from ti1ne to time. They be-
heved alike. declared the Senator so
WY not ''1oi4 IN and present a solid
party front"
Invitation Declined.
Following the speech Senator Do17f-
yer OF Iowa delivered a ~haraC+e-fs+T-
reply In which he declined the invita-
ton
Behind both po11I1caI parties said
Senator DoIliver. there are uncIaz7
Iianos, grown now so strong that rbAv
nave usurped the functions Of s-ov-
eminent an dare amusing themselves
D. knocking the heads OF noTfri4sI
p4rlles together, neither one Of v-bfcl,
seems 10 have awakened TO the sfrr7-
. atlon / have never felt the uecessf+y
OF leaving the Republican party b1,r
II ever did feel the temptation 10
. ieaVe II, would have TO look over
good many things before I could make
~ ~ mind 70 pitch my tent with -
democrats
senator Douirer declared there vze
- - l-tle1 olsco7tent among Demo-
cTalS with the u1aDazeulenr of fFei-
with theirs.
Senator Rayner said that while Demo
craIS were dissatisfied with -ra --aD
aSemenL Of their Uarrv- me fr7s---e-z--z
were dIsSat- s1ied with the prf0c7rTse -
theirs. This led 70 a discussion Of -te
tarliI question IN which Senator DOIIi-
yer Jolc OF the Wilson act OF 1874 ard
pointed out that when the Democrats
had IulI opportunity 10 revise the cards
+ then enacted tariff measure higher
( the one now on the statute books
Recalls GoTman's Work
He declared that the special inter
ests were allowed TO write the sched-
uIes with their own hands and pr7ct1-
ate the very sentences He recalled
the part Senator German OF Maryland.
f the predecessor Of Senator Rayuer. had
+ IN making the bill
1T is such Instances as that said
; Senator DoIttver that stoD ne every
. time that look over toward the Demo
[ cratic party He said the insurgents
+ had just one alliance and that was with
F that hard sense Of public duty that kept
them here He declared the Insurgents
would control today IN half the states
( OF the Union II Il were not possible for
f cheap pOliti--ans 10 50 out and say thar
. they were Democrats
''I have great respect for the Demo
cratic party said Senator DoTTfvsr-
but very little confidence The 0cIiff-
cal party Of the future no man can
E tel what i may be 7 have a strong
+ faith that II VIII be based on the maxim
/ Of Abraham Lincoln. have uufettered
start, and q fair chance in the race Of
Invites Insurgents In.
+ In extending his invitation 10 the in
surgents TO Join the Democratic marty
/ Senator Rayner said
7 have a suggestion to make to the
+ insUrgent Senator's which 7 hope VIII
upOn consideration commend itself u
their approval I suggest to them that
/ they come over TO the Democratic party.
There IS now scarcely any difference be
tween Us, and we can easily eliminate
the inesseuttaIs.
we believe that the tariff now levied
under the present legislation Is an inf-
quity. 50 do the insurgents. we are
: opposed to monopoly plUD6eTinE the
/ American people. so are they we are
+ arrayed against Government extravs-
7 = ns1| ~
I ing separate the legislative and eUecu-
tiv branches Of th Government, so dc
{ they.
where DO we differ eW have votea
with them upon every amendment 20
I this railroad bill, and upon every roll
call upon almost every other bill
/ But I am moved TO ask, are they IN
/ earnest OF are they flirting with Us2
would Ike 10 know from the Senator
I from Indiana what his future inten-
/ tiOns are
when I listen TO the siren voices
{ Of the intrepid and dashing insurgents
from Uowa , am thrilled with the re-
+ hearsaI Of the crimes Of the Republican
party
Offers q Party.
why, then, dc they not escape? NE
offer them a party perfectly pure and
/ one that has passed through all the
( stages OF temptation We agree with
I them IN al the denunciations and i'm
precautions they have heaped upon the
/ Republican party But they cannot re-
+ form the party from within"
( Then Senator RsyneT took Up the con
stitutionaT questions involved in the
/ pending bill and showed that the IN
terests which the bin proposed 20 reEu-
late were not interstate commerce at all,
/ and that Congress, therefore, had no
power TO regulate them he said. TOO,
1 that the effect Of the bill would be 10
Flooring, Ala (GOod), Sz-25 Per 100 Fl.
Frank Libbey < Co. 9Th & y. Y. Ave