Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
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to have adjourned as soon as reel
procity was disposed of-that is, he
seems to think that Congress is com
posed of a lot of s~choolboys to be
ordered about by him as head teach
er; but he was forewarned by both
Mr.. Underwood and myself that if
he called an extraordinary session
we would pass tariff bills and such
other bills as the Democrats deemed
advisable. He will not deny that
statement.
"If we had done less than we did
we should not have been worthy of
so great a portion of public conf
dence as we now enjoy. We made
the best record of constructive
craftsmanship made by any Con-
gress in the same length of time in
a generation, and that fact is pre-
cisely what caused the President to
assail the Democrats in Congress,
Went Over to Standpatters.
HE said the rates of the wool
schedule in the Payne-Aldrich tar
if bill were too high and ought to
be reduced. We reduced them.
In the teeth of his Winona speech,
and his other declarations to the eff
feet that said rates were too high
and ought to be reduced, he We
toed our wool bill which large
ly reduced the rates and would have
greatly relieved the people by giving
them much cheaper clothing and
blankets. He vetoed it thereby go
ing over boots and breeches to the
standpatters.
we cheerfully meet him on that
issue. We stand for the best inter
ests Of the Masses; he stands for
a handful of protected tariff barons,
and by his veto enables them to
continue to levy unjust and exor-
bitant tribute upon the consumers
of the land. He appears to hope that
the consumers will kiss his hand,
which is the hand that smote them"
1.-THE President endeavors to con-
vey the impression that Mr., In
derwood and l advocated his tariff
commission, We did no such thing,
What Underwood and l did adyo-
cate and vote for was a board OF
tariff experts to be governed by and
made responsive to the House In
general and to the COMMITTEE on
Ways and Means in particular, be-
cause the House is charged by the
Constitution with the duty of or
iginating revenue bills,
I'VE were never in favor of a tar
If board or commission under the
control of the President alone and
responsive TO him only, The CON
g~ressional Record will fully and
clearly prove my contention herein
stated,
Able But Not Expert,
"The Presidents tariff board Ia
composed of able and well-inform-
ed men In q general way, / know
that my friend, Hon, William How
ard, ia, served in Congress with
him many years and rate his eapae-
ity high, but he 10 not a tariff eN-
pert, So far as l have been able
TO learn the others are not experts,
ION the other hand. several mem
bers of the House, both Republicans
and Democrats, including Mr., I'm
derwood and myself have spent half
a lifetime studying and debating the
tariff, Many OF us participated in
debate on the Dingley pilli many or
us participated later In the hearing
and debates on the Payne-Aldrich-
Smoot bill, which the president has
declared is the best tariff bill ever
passed, and which l confidently as
sert is the worst. a.,
1.-THE service of~seme House aad
Senate members even goes back 70
the Mckinley bill, the Springer bin
the Mills bill and the Morrison
bills. Then why should we wait fer