The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-06-23
WARBL|NGS At
WASHINGTON
What Clyde Tavenner
Hears and Sees
UNDER The GREAT DOME
Of the National Capitol
Which Will Interest
The People and Also In
struct Them.
Dolliver Through With Extortion Tn
der Pretense of Protection-JTaft
Fighting Progressive Senator's
Extravaganza I'm Appropriations.
BY United Press Wire.

He meant that he would never again
raise his voice, either In the senate
of the United States or from the
stump, In defense of excessive pro-
lection
II do not PROPOSE" declared Dolli-
yer, that the remaining years of my
life shall be given up in duh consent
to the success of all these conspir-
acies. (Conspiracies in the Payne
Aldrich bill) l intend to fight as a
Republican for free market on this
continent"
In other words. the mighty Dolli-
yer. for years an ardent protectlonlst
Is conscience stricken For years he
has implored the people to believe in
protection. Suddenly he stops and
looks about him. He beholds the
work of his own voice The people
are crying out at the increased prices
that have accompanied the system Of
protection. Dolliver himself declares
that the special interests have got
control of the government and that
the many being outrageously robbed
by the few. His eyes opened. he is
appalled, at the magnitude of the sins
that protection have visited upon Re-
public and people.
The experience of the United States
with protection Is not new or pe-
culiar to this country. Germany
boasts of its high protective tariff,
and even while II boasts the German
masses are turning to socialism by
hundreds of thousands. Italy, one of
the most highly protected nations of
Europe. Is pauperizing its people that
few men may become multi-mil-
lionaires Wherever high protection
has been worked out. the best that
could be said of 1t was that II bene-
fitted one out of ten.
Seeing that the very life of the Re-
public Is endangered by the conditions
which have followed protection. Dol
liver Is courageous enough to say: 81
am through with It," That is why
his speech will live in history, be-
cause he said: "I am through with
it,"
The philosophy of the Iowan, In
itself, was not new, any more than
were his statements that congress, in
passing the Payne -Aldrich bill was
dominated by the tariff trusts. Demo-
Gratis have told the same story time
and again. Dolliver merely indorsed
the Democratic viewpoint. which is
that excessive protection robs the
many for the few.
Senators regard the Dolliver speech
as the most impressive oratory the
senate has listened to in many years.
1t will rank among the foremost ex-
amples of American eloquence.
Dolliver Admits Error.
When Senator Dolliver was attack
ing the Payne -Aldrich bill in the sem
ate last spring, Senator Depew of
New York chided the Iowan with the
statement that he Dolliver) had trav-
eled all over the country in the cam
paign of 1896 making speeches in
which he charged the Wilson bill
with responsibility for the panic of
1898. would you now pass blue
pencil through those speeches?" ask
ed Depew.
"If l were called upon now" said
Dolliver, ito repeat what | said as
an enthusiastic youth in the house of
representatives many years ago,
would blue pencil good many OF
the explanations l gave there for in
dustrial conditions which surrounded
our industries In that far-off period"
just Listen to This!
The once much boasted Taft econ
omy Is on longer mentioned either In
Washington or by the Republican
newspapers. For excellent reasons,
too. Indications are that this con-
gress will spend at least $4,000, 900
more than the previous session,
which created a new high water mark
in Republican extravaganza. Here
are a few of the increases over last
years appropriations. in bills already
enacted at this session.
Rivers and harbors, s23,462.954;
postoffice department, $5,119,S2b:
sundry civil, $s,633,994; agricultural
$517,6OO: consular diplo-
matte. $505,620; District of, Columbia.
$247,429; total, $38,4S7,422.
The most material decrease up to
date Is In the pension bill, amounting
to about $6,OOO,O00.
An Enemy of La Toilette.
President Taft is leading a move
mentLthough from behind the
scenes-to defeat Senator Robert NJ
La Toilette of Wisconsin. La Toilette
having been the original insurgent,
and having given open battle to Sen
ator Aldrich and the other friends
of Taft \who endeavor to legislate
solely for the benefit of the special
interests. his political death has been
decreed
Payne-A -Aldriciism.
Ladies' gloves that were 81 pair
before the passage of the Payne Aid
rich tariff bill, are now 1925. Ladies'
shoes that were SO are now $3.50.
Ladies' sandle rubbers that were 25
cents pair are now rs cents. Even
the kitchen broom which once cost
but rs cents. now retails for 35 and
40 cents.
Patronage Still WlthheRi.
An inspired news Item In which II |
was denied that President Taft was
patronage from progress
sive senator's, was recently sent from |
to all parts OF the United |
States This information was un-