Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-24
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SENATOR HALE REEVES sUFFI-
GENTLY TO scoLD HIS
COLLEAGUES.
PREFERS OPEN WARFARE
TO "TRUck AND DECKER"
Other Senators Wish to Act depend
emily Of White House Dietation-
Some Confessions and tho Probable
Result Thereof in Upper House =
Other Political News.
Especial Correspondence

uSpeCl0l COETeSpOQenCe.J
Washington, May Ex-senator Hale
Of Maine told the senate the other day
he hoped there would be an end of
truck and dicker" between the two
sides in the senate, whereby there
would be any trading of votes on prin-
ciples Of the railroad bill.
Senator Hale has not lectured the
senate this winter as much as he used
to do Of yore. The senator from Maine
is getting farther along in years and is
not quite as disposed to castigate the
youngsters as he was once. But he
still has sharp tongue and he used it
on this particular occasion.
In the course of his lecture, Senator
Hale offered this choice bit Of advice:
Il trust that in my service in the
senate 1 will never see such a perform
ance as we witnessed the other day, the
from Georgia, Mr.. Bacon, and the sem
ator from Rhode Island, Mr.. Aldrich,
both Dragged that they had cheated the
other, and do not forget the moutnful
plant Of the senator from Idaho, Mr..
been cheated by both mthem."
Senator Hale was recalling the his
tory of the compromise on the long and
short haul clause, as to which both
sides claimed victory.
Wants Square Fight.
The observations of Senator Hale as
by a personal explanation Of Senator
Y1L 81. 1oh no a
newspaper article which accused him
of trying to make a deal with Senator
Aldrich whereby the capitalization sec
tons of the railroad bill wepe to be
dropped with the help of the democrats
and in return the Simmons .amendme nt
as to water competition Was to be
adopted. Senator Johnston character
lied this as "a magnificent piece Of
misrepresentation"
This led Senator Hale to say:
II think the senate has been relieved
by the confession of the senator, and 1
reports appear which claim to come
from authoritative sources-the White
House, republican caucuses. democratic
councils-will be received with proper
allowance and will not become the
DdSiS SltIlCi VI ehhS dSs'oh Va Gay ~
lief"
Senator Hale then proceeded to de-
nounce the idea of truck and dicker."
He wanted none of it but wanted a
square-o but vote on the various PROPOSE
tions of the railroad bill.
Senator Bacon insisted that he ought
to add that the vote be had without
outside influence, abiding to White
House pressure.
Senator Hale expressed the belief
that in the end some reasonable bill
would be passed.
He wanted the newspapers to let the
senate alone land let the senate decide
these matters and get to a vote as early
as possible. and not try TO impress us
or the country with the idea that there
Is something occult about this, some
mysterious, some subtle influence that
is controlling US"
Senator Hales illusions to absurd
reports from the White House were
apropos of the stories in circulation at
the senate recently that President Taft
had used harsh terms in speaking of
the insurgent senator's. These angered
the insurgents. President Taft later