The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-14
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day answered the critics of the IN
surgents' in speech in the senate
during the discussion OF the provis.
ion Of the sundry civil bill proyi,l.
ing $250.000 to enable the president
to gather information bearing on the
operation Of the new tariff law.
Claws motion to strike out the pro-
vision was lost by party vote OF
13 to "a, Dolliver and his fellow pro
gressives voting with the regular Re-
Tublcans, The sundry civil bill, car
sying appropriations of s11S000,000
was then passed.
Delivers speech was the reply Of
the insurgents to the charges or
party disloyalty, and was direct
challenge to their opponents in the
party.
Peginning with the declaration
that the tariff discussion has been
revived because OF the tariff law,
Iolliver declared that there was no
longer any freedom of conscience or
the Republican party strong, referr-
ing to Cannon's declaration in a
speech that the insurgents should
be hanged" he declared he would
not treat the remark seriously, Here
after, said Doliiyer, Is was evident
that men entering congress must be-
come either understudies or lshmae-
ties He said Il reject the terms
and shall contend for independence
within the party. / don't fight to
destroy the party, but to uplift and
upbuili it."
Discussing the pr1yIdent's course
toward the insurgents IDolliver de
ciared that they were not playing
for popularity as has Oeen charge,
and speaking of his personal rela-
tions to the president he declared he
never had done anything to injure
the administration. He said: "Suci
charge does me the gravest injury;
none rejoiced more sincerely than |
when we won the nomination. did
what Icouli to promote his candid
acy. supported him from one ocean
t. the other, after he became a can
dtdate. When he took the oath of
office had hut one sentiment to-
wards him. and that was the hope
that God would give him power to
stand against the conspiracy or
greed and avarice that would en-
slave the party.
Il have known many vicissitudes
In public life, but ! never dreamed
that within less than year | would
be called upon to defend myself and
a little group of men with whom
stand, against the charge of taking
seriously the presidents speeches
and platform pledges"
Mistake in Silence.
Dollver said he proposed to tell
rot only what he'd gone on in con
gress last year In connection with
the tariff but what was going on now
to prevent the members from follow
their own dictates of co2science. He
said he thought that if'the insurg
ents had made any mistakes it was
in remaining silent too long.
He said: II notify all parties that
/ have no intention of leaving the
Republican party. 1t is not neces-
sary for men to swallow every tariff
bill set before them, and 1t would be
difficult to get me out Of the party
on such a charge. 1t can not be
done by lying about me. or calling
me names, such as Free Trader
or SDJmocrat." The least Al all
can 1t be done by taking from my
neck the milstone of political patron
age. shared the universal disgust
of making the great executive depart
ment the headquarters Of squad OF
politicians
Asserting that 1t was his desire to
learn the public will, Dolliver sug
gested that he would like to hold a
political inquisition OF the motives
Of those n both branches of con
gress whose views the president
seemed to be following in theas" de-
lusion that he is their leader"
He said that 1t was true that the
Republican platform did not promise
to revise the tariff downward and II
that promise had been made It would
have been easy to comply with It by
reducing the duties on articles pro-
tected by patents or controlled by
international trusts. He said: Then
II could have been defended plausi-
bly, by stump speakers, just as 1t was
at wlncna, when the president pre-.