The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-14
Scores Taft and His Stand on the
New Tariff Law --WiII Fight
Special interests
Iowa Senator Declares He Cares Not For His
Political Fate, the Rest Of His Life to be
Devoted to Fighting For the People,
Some Of His Remarks Most -Sar- !.
castle

sentej a grotesque table Of a re
duction in duties which was prepar.
ed by paymaster in the army
He referred to Major Lord, whe
assisted the senate committee on
finance in drafting it's bill, and then
undertook to show ti,atl the rates
had ben raised-most of them un.
necessarily--in a secret way, and by
subterfuge. He included in his list
the iron ana steel, and sugar ana
woolen schedules. Many of the es-
Inmates given were intended to de-
ceiye, he declared.
Dolliver asserted that it was d
stragetic mistake to circulate tle
presidents Winona speech along
with lis Lincoln lChy address, as
they were contradictory. The presI-
dent had given entirely different
reasons in the two speeches for con.
sidering the Payne law. He declar-
cd that the tariff was being bolster
Cd up by bogus figures. He said:
Two Big Hoaxes.
Last year witnessed two import
ant hoaxes, the discovery of the
north pole by Cook and the revision
of the tariff downward by Aldrich
When the laughter which greeted
this remark died out he added, the
executive Fluctuations had been ten.
dered upon both events.
Speaking Of the opposition that
the insurgents aroused by falling TO
vote for the Payne bill, Dollivcr said
their derelection was due to the be-
lief that it failed to fulfill the party
pledges. He said they had dcliDer-
ately taken their stand, having full
knowledge of the political machinery
tnat would be in operation to bring
about their defeat. Contending that
the principle of allowing interested
mes to revise the tariff was wrong
Dolliver asserted that while the pres
ident understood the principle, alis
IDEAS were "foggy" After quoting
that part of the Winona speech in
which the president upheld Aldrich
and Payne, he said that while the
men who stood for individual and
class interests We're being sustained,
a little group of men who stood for
the rights of the public are to- be
kickedout."
After stating that Aldrich had
made plea for the protection of
rubber in the interests of the rubber
tire industry, he said 1t subsequent
ly had been ascertained that these
concerns we're multiplying their
wealth by rapid strides He instanced
one concern that In ten years had in.
creased its capital from $4,000 to
$i0,000,000.
lmpassioned Declaration.
He pronounced this an outrage up
on the public and, raising his hands
in the air exclaimed Il am through
with it, 7 shall stand here and fight
it. But | will do 1t as Republican
don't care for any political fate. |
have toiled for the public for 25
years and do not propose that my
remaining years shall be given UP TO
lull consent to these conspiracies,
which would rob the people to mul-
tiply private wealth.
DolIiver closed with expressing
confidence that the time is near
when the public win demand more
Justice in law making, and higher
standards on the part of the legisla-
tors themselves
The postal savings bank bill will
be up tomorrow. The bills amending
the bankruptcy law %nd fetuiring
land grant to railroads to survey
their lands so as to render them
amendable to taxation, were passed.