The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-29

Senator Jonathan P. Dolllver called
upon President Taft TO lead the insur-
gents in a new trend of public opinion.
addressing the Periodical Publishers AS
ISOLATION dinner at the New Willard last
night.
With the President and Speaker Can
non seated not five yards distant, and
the publishers. editors. and writer's OF
every important magazine in the country
as his audience, the Senator from Iowa
declared an awakened public viii no
longer allow tariff laws written in the
Offices OF the big interests"
"As I understand it.. he said, ian in
surgent is merely a man who wants to
have a bill read before it is adopted. and
who demands protection against hand
me-down legislation
This statement was greeted with con-
tinued cheers and a display OF enthusi-
asm seldom equaled at q public affair
Staid editors and dignified men Of Iitera-
ture waved their napkins and shouted
loudly. The ovation lasted for five min
utes.
Hits Over Mail Matter.
The Senator said it is short-sighted
policy that attributes the post-oflce de-
felt to the second-class mail matter priv
ilege for periodicals. as set out in Presi-
dent Taft's last message TO Congress
He predicted a careful investigation OF
the present post-office regime il the
magazine subsidy is revoked
The President made a fifteen-minute adj
dress. gracefully side-stepping a discus
sion OF the second-class mail issue. He
said the matter must be left to Con-
gressional investigation Of the most care
full sort.
Speaker Cannon took up the insurgency
question where Senator Dolliver let 4
drop, but he gave the other side Of II II
words that could not be mistaken.
Nowadays 1t is government by tn
people through organization he said
IF you do not have party power, whethe
you call it Republican. Democratic, o
Populistic, you have chaos. I have n
patience with the man who is too good 70
one party and not good enough for tn
other"
PinchOt Drops in Late.
The diplomatic corps was present in
body. and the most distinguished figure
OF official Washington made UP a brillian
guest list Clifford Pinchot. the forme
Forester, entered the banquet hall late il
the evening. and those who caught sigh
Of him gave him a generous round O
applause.
After the President and Baron Mayor
des Planches. Ambassador Of Italy, hat
spoken. F. Hopkinson Smith, the toast
master, called upon Senator Dolliver FOL
the address. that made the real hit OF
the dinner.
1T is a great pleasure TO be able L
sit down with you tonight" said the
Senator, but desire to protest agains
the circumstances under which I hav,
been called upon TO speak. It is no
fair TO limit a Senator TO five minutes
In the Senate we have removed the limit
Nov. in the first place, I think tn,
President overestImates his troubles. H,
thinks he has been mixed up with thu
tariff and pursued by insurgents, but III,
truth is he has escaped both-so far. AnC
he is not likely TO suffer much from
either.
Now I have a great reverence for tn
brilliant, transient form of literature tina
you represent But the President Of III
United States gave you a timely warning
when he said that just and true fact
should be your most powerful weapons
You must get over the fiction idea.
Il do not know anything about thi
postal business, but there are a goo
many thousands Of people that do. I
is a short-sighted policy that attribute
the loss sustained by the post-ofice {
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