The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
Democratic House Leader As
sails President Taft, Chair
man Payne and Republican
Party in His Usual Manner.
MISSOURlAN DECLARES
REVISION DISHONEST
Some of the Schedules Taken
Up and an Attempt Made to
Show That Downward Cut
Was Not Made as Promised.
THINKS HE SEES VICTORY

wv AsHINGrON, May 21.-Denoune-
M ing the Payne-Aldrich tariff
law as n transparent hum
bug,- attacking the tariff views OF fits
author, Representative Serene Paynes
Republican, New York. and vigorously
assaiIing President Taft for his support
of that law, Representative Champ
Clark of Missouri, leader of the Demo-
cratic minority, today delivered In the
House what is regarded as the Demo-
cratic keynote speech Of the coming
congressional campaign. Mr.. Clark
had prepared his address with great
care and spoke at length. giving facts
and figures in support of his cOnteH-
tiOn TINT the tariff had EOf been hon.
estIy revised, and that the Republican
majority Ia Congress had endeay0red
TO trick the people
Mr.. Clark also paid his respects in
cidentally to the s250,0OO item in the
sundry civil appropriation bill for the
creation OF a tariff board He said in
part:
During this debate we have wit
messed u spectacle perhaps without
parallel in the annals of Congress.
First, we heard the gentleman from
New York (Mr. Payne), chairman of
the ways and means committee and the
Republican floor leader, make a vitri-
Ollie attack on the speech of the Hon.
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver, a Republi-
can senator from Iowa, recently de-
livered in the city Of DeS Moines, both
speeches being upon the subject of the
tariff, a subject which will not down
at any mans bidding, and which, like
the poor, we have with US always. No
body appointed me to defend Senator
Dolliver. This much, however, I will
say for him: have for years regarded
him as the greatest orator in the Re-
publican party. I would travel far to
hear q debate on the stump between
l. - = -
When 1t was over, am certain that
the country, for considerable dis
lance around. would be so fairly sat
urated with oil that 1T would be dan
gerous to strike match in the neigh
borhood, and II would not be oil out
OF Mr.. Delivers corporosity.
Champ Quotes Scripture.
1.-THE next day we heard the gentle
man from Michigan (Alr. Fordney). who
is Republican Of high degree, deliver
a most bitter and vicious assault upon
Senator Beverage, the Republican boss
of Indiana, on account of a speech de-
livered recently at Indianapolis. A
nent Republicans would double dis
count in interest any vaudeville show
ever pulled off IN America. Listening
10 the attack of the Republican gen.
tleInan from New York upon the Re
publican senator from Iowa, and the
attack of the Republican gentleman
from Michigan upon the Republican
senator from Indiana, recall the words
of the Psalmist: Behold how good
and how pleasant 1t IS for brethren
to dwell in unity and then comes to
my mind the question now ringing
through the land, What is a Repubii-
can?
I'm making a speech in defense of
his tariff bin Mr.. Chairman Payne ap-
peared to be performing a disagreeable
stunt. He did not exhibit his usual
enthusiasm or his old-time felicity of
expression He appeared to be in about
as cheerful a frame Of mind as a law
yer appointed by the court defending
without fee q man that he feels certain
viii be convicted and hanged. Clearly
It was to him repulsive Job, but 1t
had 10 be gone through with some way
He appeared to be in the frame OF
mind Of Macbeth when about to muir
der Duncan. II II we're done, when
its done then 'twere well II were done
quickly
Payne Said TO BE ForxetfuI.
MI Chairman Payne was evidently
in very fretful state. He also
seems to be afflicted with a new dis
ease, intermittent forgetfulness.' He
remembered with great vividness the
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