Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-16
Senator Young Of Iowa in His Maiden
Speech Opposes All Revision--Pres
ident Taft DepreCateS the Pos
Sibi|ity Of War Scare.
YOUNG'S MAIDEN SPEECH.

Washington, Dec. Ex-senator La =
fayette Young of Iowa, today gave the
Legislative body of which he has been
member exactly 10 days the surprise
OF it's existence. He had prepared to
make an attack on his colleague, Sen
ator Cummins, who seeks passage of
"a concurrent resolution, changing the
rules of the Senate aud House 50 as to
permit pieccmeal revision of the
Payne Aldrich tariff law. This he did,
and more.
Doffng his toga when he arose he
lectured the grave and digniiicd SEN
ators from the standpoint of an editor,
which he is in private life.
The Senate gaspe1 and then laugh
ed when Mr.. Young told it that the
country would feel relieved were Con-
gross to adjourn altogether for two
solid years. 1t gasped again when
he alluded to it's members in breezy
fashion as boys" and when he ticclar-
ed that tn" editors of the country and
not Congress ruled the country, the
gal'cr joined with the senators in
general hiiaritI. Senator Youngs
speech which occupied less than an
ton. The senator had prepared an
address which was before him on his
desk, but he seldom consulted the
printed transcript. He warmed as he
proceeded and apparently realizing
that it might be at once his swan song
he spoke his real thoughts on legisla-
ton and on the National LEGISLATURES
His reference to editors and printers
ink as the real directors of the destiny
81 the nation was followed by disavoW-
al of any intent to offend. When he
Called his colleagues boys" he accom-
panied it with Il wave Of his hand This
incident followed ii story of how Just
as he was about to take the train for
Washington and Senate Il constituent
button-holc him. Go down Their"
senator" said the constituent and for
heavens sake, put up q fight for the
consumer"
Il will not Young said he rcplicI
Those boys there are doing that. ! am
going to fight for the producer" Stand
ing in Senator Tillman's place. Young
attracted general attention when he
arose, not only because of the novelty in
voved in a set speech from so new a sell
ator, but because of the quaintneSS and
forcefulness of his language as he warm
cd to his work. Mr.. Young opposed all
efforts at revision of the existing tariff
law, because, as he coptended, the law
protects the interests of the farmer. He
had great fear, he said, that ultimately
the adoption Of the resolution would
prove injurious to the great agricultural
| interests.
The principal complaint against the
tariff as regards prices he said, mas
had reference to 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. l would be afraid for Secretary
Wilson or. any number Of great farmers
| to be caught alone with that scheouie
with no means of defence.
."Thc weapons of offence and defence III
legislation are the right of amendment
and the privilege of offering srhstitH'7'
| Nv colleague would take away from MN
self and myself the right of introducing
| the wooden schedule as a substitute tor q
proposed amendment which might pa.
agricultural products on the free Iis'' IL
| tbc nronosed rule should become the la y"
| of the two houses we would be deh'e''
| tho privilege of lighting for our interests
bv the arragnment ana 1htrouuc''o'' -
| the interests of others.