New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-26
LIST HAS ROUGH ROAD
Mr.. Mann Leads Republican
Attack on Il.
WILL INJURE THE FARMERS
He Ridicules Democratic Boasts
of Their Legislative Achieve
mentS.
Ii'rom The Tribune Bureau. !

Washington. April 25.-Enhvened By a dis
| cussion as to what constitutes whisky,
sausage. cereals and varo,.s other articles
described rather vaguely III the Democratic
| Farmers Free List bill, the debate on that
| measure proceeded IN tho House to-day for
! six hours. The Indebtedness Of the bill
and the complications thai bound to
ensue in It's Interpretation. II II ever be-
comes law. were emphasized in Ions
| analytical speech by James r. Mann. the
minority leader who annlhiiated the Demo-
cratic arguments in it's favor. Mr.. Mann
! also ridiculed tho statement made by Rep
reSentativc Kitchip I'm the debate on reci-
proclty that the Democratic House has
made already An enviable record in the
! passage of constructive Iegisla ton.
Except for the keynote" speeches OF Mr..
Mann and Representative Underwood. the
! latter speaking IN favor Of the measure.
| the debate was OF desutory character,
many members speaking with no other p,!r-
pose than to manufacture campaign ma
teriaI
For few minutes. towcver. the House
| awoke from It's lethargy when Mr.. Mann
| limited that sausage would come in free
! under the Democratic plans. while dogs
We're taxed AS soon Mr.. Mann van
pushed the Democrats IN the Joint dea,e
on sausage meat he became involved in a
controversy concerning Kentucky whiskey.
Several members of the Kentucky delega-
ton. their pride aroused, finally downed
him.
Ridiculing the boast OF the majority con-
corning it's recent performances. Mr.. Mann
Il hot hn loci tell tl,.A -,
OF the Republicans in the last fourteen
years had never been equalled In a century.
Party Records Contrasted.
when We came into control. fourteen
years ago." said Mr.. Mann. I'VE found a
depressed and bleeding country, with in
! dustries closed and with people suffering.
Fulfilling our promises. prosperity came
again to our land as II rad never been
| exceeded before. We took UP many mat
tiers Of legislation after the passage Of the
tarif law and the settlement Of the ques-
ton as TO the money standards Of the
country. We freed Cuba We acquired
Hawaii. We developed tho AGRICULTURAL re-
sources Of our country and the AGricuit-
ural Department az the greatest educator
| I'm the land: Ne established the principle OF
| irrigation OF arid lands. He adopted legis-
lstion providing for control Of the rail-
ways OF the country and placing the power
| now found in the Interstate Commerce
Commission We passed law for pure food
and drugs We passed a law for safety ap-
| planes on railroads: we provided for
| proper quarantine regulations: We estab-
lished Department OF Commerce and
Labor; We created a Bureau Of Standards
! and Bureau of Mines and mining: we
passed the white slave law. now working
so effectively
In many other directions We enacted
legislation which no one would repeal And
against all these the Democratic side OF the
House the other day applauded the state
, ment that already at this session the Dem
ocrats had enacted, through the House at
| least, more efficient legislation than we
had In fourteen years. And what hare they
done?
They have passed a resolution provid-
ing for the election OF Senators by direct
vote. This was passed in four previous
Republican Houses, while that party was
in control.
They passed bill providing for the
publication of campaign expenses before in
stead Of after elections, and that. too. was
a bill already passed by Republican House.
They have now added the Canadian reel
procity bill. which they did not prepare.
! shall not dwell upon their great achieve
ments in connection with the reduction Of
expenses in the House by cutting off what