Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-16
Country Would Be Relieved by Two
Years Adjournment.
TO HAVE HIS AID
Quaint and FOrceful Language At
tracts Strict Attention.
ATTACKS CUMMINs PROPOSAL
lie Says suggested Revision of Tariff
Rules would Place Farming
states az Distinct
DiEadvHntnRe.
rrom a sad correspondentl

WASHINGTON, Dec 15.-(special Tele-
gramD D-senator Lafe Young was accorded
an ovation today by his colleagues in the
senate, when he terminated his speech in
favor OF protection along old fashioned re-
publican lines
The senator's trooping OF dead leaders OF
the republican party in battle array was
regarded as one OF the finest bits of ora
tory heard in the upper house for years
Always happy, never proliN, with homely
simile here and there TO buttress a point
with satire and irony splendidy inter
mingled, he made one OF the most refresh
Ing speeches OF the slNty-flrst congress and
one Of the most telling.
Senator Cummins, his colleague was the
last to congratulate him, and from nearby
witnesses of the nesting Of the two SEN
ators, It is learned the senior senator
remarked
You were pretty severe on me in your
criticism of progressives."
There was no reply from Young only an
expanding smile and Senator Cummins
passed on, his duty done
No quarter was asked by the Iowa news
paper man and none was given. Cummins
and Young understand each other. They
occupy different camps and II Mr. Young
ptiClduNo bt utlthNeu AT Ane coming keA-
sion of the Iowa legislature he will be
found out in the open In 1912 battling for
Cummins' seat That is the significance Of
today's srecch.
Gives senate Surprise.
Senator Young gave the legislative body.
OF which he has been a member exactly
ten days, the surprise OF it's existence. He
had prepared to make an attack on his
colleague Senator Cummins, who seeks
passage of a concurrent resolution chang
ing the rules OF the senate and house so
as to permit pieeemeal revision of the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law. This he did and
more.
tured the grave and dlgnified senator's
from the standpoint. of AN editor, which
he is in private life
The senate gasped ana then laughed
when Mr.. Young told II that the country
would feel relieved were congress TO ad-
journ altogether for two Solid" years II
gasped again when he alluded to its mem
bers in breezy fashion as "boys" and when
he declared that the editors of the coun-
try and not congress ruled the country,
the galleries Joined with senator's in gem
eral hilarity.
Commands strict Attention.
Senator Youngs speech. which occupied
less than an hour. commanded the strictest
attention. The senator had prepared an
address, which was before him on his desk.
but he seldom consulted the printed trans
cript. He warmed as he proceeded and ap-
parently realizing that It might be at once
his salutatory and his swan song, he spoke
his real thoughts on legislation and on the
national legislature.
His reference TO editors and printers ink
as the real directors OF the destiny OF the
nation was followed by dlsavowal OF any
intent TO offend. When he called his col
leagues boys" he accompanied Il with a
wave OF his hand. This Incident followed
story of how, just as he was about to
| take the train for Washington and the
senate. a constituent 'buttonholed" him
go down there, senator" said the con
stituent "and for heavens sake put up a
| fight for the consumer"
Il will not" Mr.. Young said he replied
Those boys there are doing that. am
going TO fight for the producer"
Standing in Senator Tillmans place. Mr.
Young attracted general attention when
he arose, not only because Of the novelty
involved In a set speech from so new
senator, but because OF the quaintness and
ioiCeiulieoS VI MS lNheuohe as ho "dIHleu
TO his work.
Opposes Tariff Revision.
Mr.. Young opposed all efforts OF revision
Of the existing tariff law because, as he
contended, the law protects the interests
Of the farmer. He had great fear, he said
that ultimately the adoption Of the Cum
minis resolution would prove injurious to
the great agricultural interests
tariff as regards prices" he said has had
reference 20 the products OF the farm
Therefore we might anticipate that the first
schedule that would come from the other
house would be the agricultural schedule
| would be afraid for Secretary Wilson or
any number OF great farmers TO be caught
alone with that schedule with no means OF
defense.
The weapons Of offense and defense in
legislation are the right OF amendment and
the privilege OF offring substitutes, Ny
colleague would take away from himself
and myself the right OF introducing the
woolen schedule as a substitute for pro-
posed amendment which might put agri-
cultural products on the free list II the
proposed rule should become the law OF
the two houses We would he denied tho
privilege Of fighting for ouri interests by
interests OF others"
Mr. Young spoke Of the recent elections
and plainly referring TO the progressive re-
publlcans, said that arguments made by
men within the republican party had pro-
duced democratic votes In discussing the
attacks by insurgents on tho principle OF
protection, Mr. Young told OF meeting Will
liam Jennings Bryan recently and saying
TO him that Just as the latter had
progressed IN fitness for the presidency his
chances had diminished and that as he had
now become a conservative his party would
not prefer him for that high office.
My colleague on Tuesday said there
we're Inequalities I'm the tariff enacted in
l9O3." began Mr.. Young. This statement
Is undoubtedly true and would be true II
my colleague and those In sympathy with
him were to put in the next five years IN
rewriting the schedules. schedules are