The Butler weekly times., 1910-06-23
Vital Washington News.

through with it. "
So spoke Senator Dolliver, of Iowa.
He meant that he would never again
raise his voice, either in the Senate of
the United States or from the stump,
in defense excessive protection.
81 do not propose, declared Dol
liver, that the remaining years of
my life shall be given up in dull con-
sent to the success of all these con-
spiracies. intend to fight as Re-
publican for a free market on this
continent"
In other words, the mighty Dolliv-
er, for years an ardent protectionist,
is conscience stricken. He stands
appalled, at the magnitude of the sins
that have been visited upon Republic
and people by system which he ad-
vocated with his own voice.
His eyes opened, Dolliver was
courageous enough to say; 81 am
through,with IT," That is why his
speech willlive in history, because he
said, 81 am through with it. "
The philosophy of the lowan, in it.
self, was not new, any more than
were his statements that Congress, in
passing the Payne-Aldrich bill, was
dominated by the tariff trusts. DEM
ocrats have told the same story time
and again. Dolliver has merely in
dorsed 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.
II will take rank among the foremost
examples of American eloquence.
Dolliver analyzed the cotton and
wool schedules of the Payne-Aldrich
law, revealing as he went along, the
fraud and injustice and iugglery
which will force the people TO pay
outrageously high prices for the
neceSSaries of life.
He also pointed out how the Presi-
dent had aided in the effort to de-
ceive the public as to the true charac-
ter of the law.
What farce to send men around
talking about the rule of the major
ity," thundered Dolliver, when, the
most important business of the peo-
pie has come down to the bargain
counter, and men are authorized to
say: This is the citadel of protec-
ton; if any Of you have constituents
that want anything, come here; we
are the dispensing power; support
what we want, and take anything you
think you need, and the man who
does not like it, and has no stomach
for the fight, is requested to depart.
If that is to be the continued prac-
tice of the government of the United
States, ! think il would be better for
nearly everybody to depart"
Dolliver Admits Error.
When Senator Dolliver was attack
ing the Payne-Aldrich bill in the Sen
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 1893
would you now pass blue pencil
through those speeches." asked De-
pew smilingly.
IF 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 a good many of the
explanations gave there for indus
trial conditions which surrounded our
industries in that far-off period"
Just Listen to This!
Taft "cut-to-the-quick" economy is
no longer mentioned by Republican
newspapers. For excellent reason,
too. Indications are that this Con
gress will spend at least $50, 600, ,00
more than the preceding session
which created a new high water mari
in government extravaganza. Speak
ing of "cut-to-the-quick" economy
here are few of the increases ovel