New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-14
D0LL|VER ASSA|LS TARIFF
Declares Payne Law a FRAUD
and Humbug.'
cRITICIsEs THE PRESIDENT
Defends Insurgents and Says He
Will Stay in the Repub-
lican Party.
From The Tribune Bureau

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. June 13-Professing his
| loyalty to the Republican party, Senator
DoIliver told the Senate to-day that the
leaders Of that party are unworthy and
that the most important legislation enacted
by the party in recent years Is fraud ana
la humbug Mr. Dolliver addressed his re-
marks to the Payne tariff law, which. he
said had been prepared for the benefit of
the special interests and was being de-
Tended by a President whose speeches
showed he had only meagre knowledge
of its provisions.
| Following Mr.. Delivers speech the Sem
ate passed the sundry civil appropriation
| bill. Senator Clay's motion to strike out
the provision appropriatng s250o1o for the
| Tariff Board was defeated, Al TO IL. No
! Republicans voted for the motion and one
| Democrat, Senator Gore, voted against II.
/ AS no change was made by the Senate this
section will not be subject to. modification
by the conference committee.
| ALI the appropriation bills except the gem
eral deficiency bill have now passed both
| branches of Congress. Following the pas
| sage of the sundry civil bill Senator Carter
moved that the Senate agree to the House
amendments to the postal savings bank
| bill. Consideration of this motion went over
until tomorrow. as Senator Clay. the rank
ink minority member of the Committee on
| Postoffices and Post Roads, was absent at
the time the motion was made. The lead
ers satisfied with the House amend
ments to the bill and desire their adoption
without sending the measure to conference.
| Senators Cummins, Borah and other insur-
gents are opposed to some of the provisions
of the House bill and will speak on them
| tomorrow.
| Taft's Winona Speech "Grotesque."
| Mr.. Dolliver, in his speech. denied that
| the Payne bill was a compliance with the
campaign pledges of the Republican party
for genuine tariff revision. He analysed
| President Taft's tariff speeches at Winona
and New York, and declared that they were
full of inaccuracies. The Wfnona speech
was grotesque he said, while the New York
speech was a fiat contradiction of the
Winona utterance. Mr.. Dolliver said he
would acquit the President of Intentionally
saying a word not founded on truth, but
the fact remained that he had made state
ments not in harmony with actual condi-
| tons. The tariff was revised by its most
intimate friends and its defence left to
total strangers" he said.
was his declaration that the year 1909
would be notable for two great events.
One was the discovery of the North Pole
by DR. Cook and the other the downward
revision of the tariff by Senator Aldrich.
Both of these discoveries had been intro
duced to the public by the highest official
congratula tons and each was great hoax
in itself.
Mr.. DoIliver declared there was no longer
any freedom of conscience or of opinion.
such as had once made the Republican
party strong. Referring briefly to Speaker
| Cannon's declaration in speech in Phila-
delphia that the insurgents should be
! hanged" he declared that he would not
| treat that remark seriously. Hereafter, he
| said it was evident that men entering Con-
gress must become either understudies
| Ishmaelites. Il reject the terms, and shall
| contend for independence within the party.
do not fight to destroy the party, but TO
upbuild it, he said.
Denies Injurina Administration.
Discussing the Presidents course toward
the insurgents Mr.. Dolliver declared they
were not playing for popularity. as had been
! charged, and speaking of his personal rela-
! tons to the President. he declared he had
never done anything to injure the admin
istration.
Such a charge does me the gravest in,
| Justice he declared. None rejoiced more
sincerely than ] when he won the nomina-
| ton. I did what 1 could to promote his
candidacy for the Presidency. 1 supported
him from one ocean to the other after he
became a candidate. When he took the
oath of office l had but one sentiment tow
ard him. and that was the hope that God
would give him power to stand against the
conspiracy of greed and avarice that would
ensaye the party.
II have known many vicissitudes in pub
lie life" he continued. but never dreamed
that within less than a year l would be
called upon to defend myself and the little
group of men with whom 1 stand against
the charge of taking seriously the Presi-
dents speeches and the pla tform pledges.
Mr.. Dolliver said he proposed 10 tell not
only what had gone on in Congress last
year in connection with the tariff. but what
was going on now to prevent members
from following the dictates of their own
consciences. and he thought that If the in
surgents had made any mistake il was in
remaining silent too long
II notify all parties that have no inten-
ton Of leaving the Republican party he
said, 1T is not necessary for men to
swallow every tariff bill that is set before
|. them, and ii would be difficult TO get ma
out of the party on such a charge. II can
not be done by lying about me or by cali
ing me names. such as free trader or
Democrat Least of all can IL be done
by taking from my neck the milestone Of
political patronage ] share the universal
disgust of making a great executive de-
partment the headquarters of the awkward
squad of politics
The Platform Pledge.
Mr. Dolliver said II was true that the Re-
publican platform did not promise to re-
wise the tariff downward. and IL that prom
Use had been made it would have been easy
10 comply with 1t by reducing the duties on
articles protected by patents or controlled
by international trusts
Then it could have been defended
plausibly by. stump speakers" he, said,
Just as II was at Winona. when the Presi-
cent presented a grOtesque table of reduc-
ions IN duties. which was prepared by
paymaster in the army"
tie referred TO Major Lord. who assisted
tne senate Committee on Finance in draft !
ing lts bill. and then undertook TO show
mat rates had been raised-most of them
IN an unnecessarily secret way and by sub |
terfuge