The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-14

Ale AYNa ol1AeQf aAlo that ~ Wa9 true
AZ fresldent TAFT remarked IN HE Lam
- a,a n9' promise 10 revise the tArih
The President aaid senator nolH-
yer, spoke the literal truth. We had
made no promise for the downwurd Eavi-
aion OF TIE tariff. II We had made a nrnm-
lae like that u would have been Compare
lively easy % have executed u. A few
reduoeons iudicioualy made and L would
have literally fuldllSd the promise. and
y would Be- very possible for stump
epHAkeTBe % repeat, a. Wms done az WinonA.
that grOtssaue tnSls on allS@ed st.tiSsic.
about the eject Of the taTih Reductions.
curious table made up for the guidance
Ol Songre by q paymasteT IN the army
and attributed BY the President 10 the
midnight researches Of Mr.. PAYNE"
senator nolliver commended that any-
BODY who analysed the atatiaeioa would
md out that the reductions for the mOat
part we're Insignificant and without o0m-
meIcaal Importance of any sort.
yer. that thia batch Of statiaticB vas re-
oaived with deriaive laughter when men
pot down 20 business and began 10 think
1og long it would take them 10 make
dollar out Of the reduction on refined
sugar, cents on a hundred pOundap'
The truth H. added senator Dolh-
yer, that these calculations at least
tended 10 decisive those 20 whom they are
rresented ~ svidence Of what haa been
done; good man Enjoying a high posi-
Ton 10 the community where he residea
" ne makes HE affirmation In his own name
without calculation. alnay lead at leaa4 q
portion Of the people % bslisve almost
anything. IL has been aAd that In that
way men have been led 70 believo even
mat the moon II made OF greea cheese;
hut u man 10 clumsy about II. u he
starta out by saying 4 know nothing about
this cheese question, but | have 4 friend
who u out great deal a night who tslls
me that he has a calculation that was
handed n him by tho hired man which
shows distinctly that the moon IL oheeas
and Il has distinct COLOR such q one can
not complain II his audiences lose intar-
ct IN the demonstration.
Ihls relerence was Of courae q satire
on President TAfts Winona spaeoh. In
which he aaid the statistics had been
prepared by Representative Payne. but
which Mr.. DolliveP contends came from
a man on the army payroll
senator DolliveF said that the tariff %
1919 he'd besn Tevissd by is friends, Who
thereupon had left its defence practically
10 stranger.
= suppose said Senator Deliver.
there was reasonable ground FOR the
idea that the enact character % the meas
ure could h concealed from tho public,
but ] doubt very much whether the most
huOyant lobbyist about this Oapitol ever
dreamed that the hlundering work 81
Congreas when once read and known
Of all men could h surrounded By bogus
statistics and 80 fortified by high ofacial
sanction A. 70 create a favorable i'm
preston in the minds Of a very large
number ~ discreet citizens.-
Discussing the cotton schedules Senator
DOlliver produced many samples 81 fab
rios which he declared had heen subjected
n heavy increased duties Ia the new law
lie aAid that the cotton schedules were
INCREASED from - 10 nearly 100 per cent.
Nv Congress and that cotton stockings
for women and children had been made
20 hear a large mart 81 the increase
senator Dolllver fatty oontraiictei
several % the Presiients statements
In reference 10 the cotton schedule
The extract which have read from
the WinonA spssch.- said Mr. Dollver.
exhibits all the vices of parlor car prepa-
ration u was az this point that senator
Deliver Characterised the statistics that
have been given 90 the President ~
-vagrant children intrOduCsi into the /
Presidents intellectual household by
-His hArboring Of them. he adds1. IA
more IN the nature Of . misfortune that |
a fault
IL Was not very encouraging 10 all /
the friends ~ fair dealing In The United |
stRtes. CONTINUED Senator Dolliver. 80 |
have these brethreu pass up N the Prasi- |
dent a statistical hil which quoted him /
as saying that the cotton schedules were |
increased In only the higher grades |
Tt.s.g srpuflar,,eU ,-i,,,.. Ana, T., a.. ~
publioan party ~ well a. 10 the Pruai- |
dent was 10 give him the facts. allowed |
him % go ~ New York and state that tho /
duties on cotton goods were sal 900. 900 /
and applied q what might properly he |
described a luGuFies.
I want 20 divorce the Republican
marty said senator DOlliver In conclu- |
aiOn. from the corrupt leadership and |
the corrupt inhusnces that have dOmi- 1
hind the nsw and greater movement
that IL con ing
senator Dollver had been speaking in
favor Of the $3.50. 600 appropriation for the
Tarin Board % enable them b obtain
facts for future reviNionE at least that
was the prstsxt On which be hassd his
speech against the Pavns-Aldrch law
and the President. 8 Ofiicial conduct In
connection with IT, The queEtiou pending
before the senate was q motion by senator
Clay 70 eliminate from the smdrv civil /
bill the $4,000 provision. After Senator
Delivers speech the Clay motion was
voted down bv q strict party vote, the
insurgents and regulars joining IN sup
porting President Tait's REQUEST for this
money.
SenatOr Bacon Of Georgia offered an
70 make the board bipartisan /
body. but the Amandmeat was lost on
viva vOce vote.
The sndFy evil bill was thsn agreed
20, including the authorization for tho /
taFiG board