The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-23
congressman FOss and Clark
on the Tariff
LIVELY SESSION OF HOUSE
The General Trend IF Affairs in the
senate-A Forced Retreat Exc
euted by the Regu-
lars.

ross Of Massachusetts Saturday made
als long expected attack upon tho tar.
q and had large and attentive audi.
enee N the House. This was n spts
q the fact That his fellow.members
might have read good proportion j
: the speech in various newspapers which
iihteu = saturday morning under the 4
piesslon That II had been delivered
t'qsy as originally planned. Although
N' hoss followed his manuscript close
y, "a delivered bis speech with oonsid
fisof ana was enthusiastically
ePP'auaea py me Democrats as a body
taa at Tunes BY some 81 the more radf.
~ He'pp'icans, who found his senti.
.len,s On tariH reduction and reciprocity
e their liking
Defing the speech Congressman HIN
n poaheetlcnt sought repeatedly 10 I'M
7 setsupk with question, but Mr.. Foss
assumed to yield. At the close Of the
I speech Par. VII scientifically asked WHY I
vas, Mr toss sincerely held the
views which De had expressed, that ne /
wv hot appeared as a witness IN favor
y lower duties before the WAYS and y
nsAss committee, when it was prepar.
lag iof the tariff a year ago Tie sub. |
stance q ar Foss' reply. which was Z
useessafiiy incoheront, owing 70 The =
partisan turmoil on the floor Of the Il
aouse was that he had been drummed {,
out p the Republican party some wears ~
- aha mat he had no faith in lis ~ +,
fultllment Of les pledees. q
Subsequently Champ Ciork - xs,. 70
aoafh the Democratic leader made the e
/, stesek upon the tariff which, owing to ga
~ position, should be Of much the N
.shae service g the Democrats IN the ~
jimmy campaign as the speech recent. w
y aehxered BY Af Payne Ia defense e
Y Y We tsria WI be 70 The Republicans.
~, Siafk IKE M. Payne Is l0ud.voieed ~
'ut ne iacks that brilliant incisiveness alt
'oln n delivery and IN thought which Na
lsae joan sharp Williams a leader and 'n'
eoater 20 long to be remembered. and
wv y much to Be missed However Z
" elark e distinctly superior 10 Mr.
a3hg' ana his picturesque drawl and Ne,
II q hohielH phrases make him an al.
Hys entertaining speaker aside from
u P'sttissn fervof with which ne rolls
v W AZ ne time worn slogans n his aga
ie6tiy side st4ppea reference % any 80
omoentic differences. llep
There Il dpnear Of losing sight Of sew
IL present general trend Of affairs in aie 9
y Senate Through attaching undue i'm NJ
,rtance TO events which in themselves ttie
ay Be che chief happenings Of those -
Tvs upan which they occur, Without 81
,wevef. accurately rejecting the situa- go
on when viewed Ia its larger aspects az
akfng 4 period 81 some weeksi rather ~ Y
iaa Of few days as The basis Of ex- sliel
nlnatlon, Il i AZ once apparent tnat 'al NJ
- rpnalar Republicans are making 2
sgna acht Bat the fact that their ene
IS shrewd and brilliant s
louph for them to turn about every -
ow and then and gain 9 measure q -
leeeas IN some little slsirmish, should aPg
ot be allowed Co obscure the larger tact 3 "
iet on ire whole their movement Is q sen
,raaa retreat i 4
First. they we're driven 70 abandon u
sctions 7 and 3 Of the railroad bill re-
ting to traffic agreements and meFg
-s. rather than subject 10 amendments -,
) radical Is To be even more objection son
Bic than the uncertainties Of existing
w. Then came the recognition that TIN
ley must compromise ON the longand- ~
mort haul clause In this they gained
heir most signal success since il IS
agreed that they got The bet
N end nf Che bargain, although as the
hair IS seen here IN Washington by an
IA experts IN railroad Iaw, they did
at escape without being forced to make
ome degree OF concession. Now they
ave come to Tho point at which they N
ancede that tho sections relating to at,
he capitalization must be dropped out ~
the bill Their case is NOS helped by iof
lie undonbted fact that from the first he
ONE Of them were lukawarm toward The
he proposition to regulate stocks and lit
onds. eto. Inasmuoh as this PROPOSE viii
ion has been one 81 the important ar tag
icles az the administration program a
nd as TIE regulars have openly nm Ora
ertaken TO champion that program and the
ut 1t through the abandonment Of the side
roposition Is clearly a further reaee- s
ion OF the situation Of comparative i'm wit
ortance IN which tbey find themselves pro
What Che outcome is 70 be remains 70 fed,
+ seen, but for the present it is 9 sew
atent fact that the power Of the regu- and
IRIS is slowly slipping from them. en
It is impossible, however that the diff