The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28
RICHARDSON GIVES
 OUT AN INTERVIEW Says Extra Session Has
 Clearly Defined Issues HE DISCUSSES TAFT
"The People of Alabama Have Just Cause to Be Proud of Oscar ". Underwood-He Showed
 Marked Ability

Huntsville August 27.-(special)-
 Judge William Richardson, member of
 Congress, has given out an interview ex-
 pressing the belief that the extra session
 of Congress has resulted in defining in
 a clear and distinct manner the political issues upon which the presidential cam paign of next year will be conducted by l the democratic and republican parties. "The country in arriving at a correct Judgment said Judge Richardson. twill necessarily first consider what the extra
 session was called for. The President
 submitted his reciprocity measure between this country and Canada at the close of
 the Sxty-slxth Congress It was a fail- | ure on account or the republican party failing to support it's own President in that important matter On account of this failure the President called an extra
 ordinary session of Congress and again submitted his reciprocity measure The democrats of the House of Representa- tves voted almost solidly for reciprocity. A majority of the republicans of the House voted against 1t. So did a major ity of the regular republicans in the Sen ate vote against it. It became a law. so far this country is concerned, by the vote of democrats
 The President was very anxious for he democrats to take up no legislation during the extra session beyond that of reciprocity. but our party felt that the election in November 1910. commissioned them to revise and decrease the duties of the Dingley tariff law and, at our first democratic caucus. held a few days preceding the opening of the extra ses-
 sion of Congress, a programme for tariff
 revision by single schedules was adopted. First, We were to take up the woolen schedule, next the free list, then the cot
 ton schedule and, if the opportunity was given, to enter upon the revision of the other schedules, such as iron, steel and sugar. We carried out our programme without any successful interference by
 the republicans. The initial step of im- portance presented itself in the revision of the woolen schedule lt was conh- dently believed by all the republicans that would go to pieces on the wooden
 schedule. They hoped and believed that we would put raw wool on the free list and thereby sacrifice the sii 0000o0 of rev
 enue that is collected at the custom
 houses wool and it's products.
 When the democratic caucus under
 the leader ship of Hon. Oscar w. Under wood presented to the House of Repre- seutatives a bill reducing the present tar If on wool to 20 per cent ad yalcreu. 1r,iSs- one naif -oS the r9te of duty tn1- i posed by the Payne bill, the republicans were literally parelyzed by our action lt | was a convincing evidence to the repub- lcans and the country that the demo- cratic party was united and harmonious. | After we had stood as united party | In favor of the Presidents reciprocity with Canada, MT. Underwood and our leaders felt that it was right and proper to give to the consumers of the country the benefit of liberal free list For instance among other things of great importance to the masses of the people. we put agricultural implements. bagging for cotton. cotton ties. leather. boots and shoes. saddles, barbed wire, flour. lumber
 and sewing machines on the free list.
 These articles and some others if en-
 acted into law, would save the consumers
 more than s30o 100000 annually.
 Our party also passed in the House of
 Representatives a reduction of the cottcn cloth schedule, saving the people millions of dollars.
 These three important bills. the wool hill. the free list and the cotton schedule,
 with the help of insurgents in the Senate, passed both houses and went to Presi- dent Taft for approval or rejection By action of the Senate the tariff raw
 wool was increased over the Horse biN from 20 to 29 per cent The President
  say the issue between the two parties is clearly drawn. The country knew that MT Taft had declared that the wool schedule was stench in the nostrils of honest people and was indefensible. With out the cooperation and aid of insur- gents in the Senate we would not have succeeded in our great desire to have
 these important bills presented to the President.
 1,tta to bot common sense standpoint and In sonsid- eration of the great complaint that the people of the country had made about the oppressive duties of the Payne tariff bill, strongly expressed in the overthrow |of the republican party in 1910. that the close of the Congress a few days since leaves the democratic party in a most position and with the hest assurance of victory next year The plain and simple answer Is that Mr. Taft has refused to concede to the people the relief that democratic measures offered to them. What is the excuse that he gives for denying the reduction of the woolen schedule and the other schedules presented to him? It is simply this, that in his veto message of these important measures he says he has not knowledge erough of tariff regulation and tariff schedules to pass upon these important measures TOT the present. put ne must wait to get his knowledge next winter from tariff board that has been at work on these schedules. That is his excuse.
 "Our party during this last session Of Congress and in every measure it has advoca ted has been characterized by con servatism and sound business sense. I am particularly glad to say without hesita- tion that a great deal of the splendid
 le egisation that passed both houses and met Its defeat at the hands of the Pfesi- dent is attributable in a large measure 10 the wise, brave and able leadersnip of lthe Hon. Oscar w. Underwood. The peo- pie of Alabama have just cause to be proud of Underwood. He has borne him self through all the trials and severe tests of the last Congress with nodcra- ltion. prudence and ability
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