The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07
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teen years to find this out. he asked
IL one Of his hearers ever heard any
one say that he had not been a fair
representative.
Captain Lamb said he had been ac-
cused of not being a good Democrat.
He announced his intention of being
as mild as possible under what he re-
garded as unwarranted and unkind ut
terances. Two friends had just tele-
phoned him asking why he did not put
ginger into his remarks. He said II IT
were not for the prayers of people bet
ter than he he would do SO, and arouse
the righteous Indignation of his fellow
Citizens.
If he was not good representative,
he asked, why did 225 of the best men
in the community sign a paper setting
forth the positive results of his worn:
These 225, he believed. would be backed
up next Tuesday by $500 or 1000 9TH
ers.
The only thing. he continued. which
seems to have weight with some peo-
pie is the fact that he had voted for
a tariff tax on lumber. He then as
serted that the Democratic party has
never been a free trade party, but mas
stood for tariff for revenue. with in
cidental protection. while Republicans
with incidental revenue.
Did Not Make Bill.
AS TO the bill itself, he said the
Republicans made it, and he could
not be held responsible for it. He re-
ferred to the Walker tariff of 1916.
the lowest in the history of the coun-
try, in which lumber carried a rate
equivalent to 81 per 1000 feet.
Saying that more than half the lumber
of the country is in the South, he con-
tinued: I'VE who have watched the
Souths struggles, have determined that
her No. 8 lumber shall be sold in the
Eastern markets. and not come into
competition with Nova Scotia and Can
ada"
With free lumber, he argued, all
the lap-logs would either stay In the
woods or be given away
1t was useless. he said. to assert
that man is not q Democrat because
he favors a tariff for revenue with in
cidental protection. It was astonishing
to him that any ono should stand up
in Richmond, with it's 100 factories.
and declare for free trade. He con-
Guided with the statement that
grievous wrong would be done him
if he were defeated because he had
voted for tariff on lumber He was
literally cheered.
Ready to Face Charge.
: Introduced by Senator IIarman,
Judge Wickham referred first to the
.'veiled threat of Captain Lamb. say
ing that he wanted the matter aired
at once. He had said nothing dur
ing the canvass behind his opponents
back which he would not say to his
face. He was ready to meet any
charge against him there and then.
This brought the speaker generous
applause from the start. and /: stayed
with him to the end OF all the Fed
eral officers, he Continued. the member
of the House of Representatives was
tho only one coming directly from
the people. Therefore the Congress-
man should directly represent his con-
stituents
Then he discussed parties. He in
CURED II tho Democratic organization
exists merely for the purpose of elect
ing It's candidates, or if 1t stands for
definite principles. If there is one
thing, he proceeded, which the Demo-
Gratis have always agreed on. it Is
that the tariff ought to be lowered.
Even the Republicans had agreed to
revision, and they revised it up
ward. This was to have been expected
from that party. but, he inquired, was
1T to have been expected of Dem
ocrat?
Cost of Living.
Captain Lamb had said that the high
tariff had nothing to do with the high
cost of living. In this, he said, the,
Congressman differs from every poll
tical economist OF the times, from all
the Democrats and from many of the
Republicans. The members of the lat
ter party in the Middle West, he COM
mented. are feeling the tariff iniquity
and are demanding a revision down
ward. IT protection on lumber was a
good thing. he said, so was protec-
ton OF steel and on wooden goods and
on anything else.
He refused TO believe that the Demo-
cratic party had sunk to the level Of
putting planks in platforms for mere
political effect Such arguments might
be employed by a Republican. but did
not sound proper from a Democratic
tongue
He asserted that not only did the