The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-21

create tariff commission board, the
Hon. Champ Clark. the present Speak :
er of the House, and the Hon. Oscar
Underwood. the present floor leader
Of the House, broke away from my
friend and colleague and voted with
Mr.. Dalzell for such commission.
while Mr.. Ititchin voted against IT..
Ny colleague suggests also that II
you would scratch a little undor the
opposition to this treaty YOU would
md In one district of North Carolina
mica. Yes. MIR Chairman. that is ex.
actly what you will find in tho con-
gressional district represented by my
self. Last fall during the campaign
was asked by people Interested in
mica how stood upon the tariff with
reference to IL, and l told them that
while would not promise 10 vote for
reduction OF the duty on mica. that
was Democrat who believed In n
tariff for revenue. and that i would
gladly promise them not TO vote 70
put mica on tue free list; that Vance
mad voted for duty OH mica; tina /
Hanson and Jarvis and Villas had
voted for duty on mica; that the
Democratic Congress in 1894 put the
duty on mica. and that / was per-
fectly safe in telling them that I
should not vote to put 1t on. the free
list and now, Mr.. Chairman, tell
you that these poor people up there
who pay the steel trust the robber
tariff tax on their picks and shovels
and axes are going 10 find me stand
ing oy my promise and advocating the
revenue tariff on their production.
nave never gol. II TOO big to stand by
the interests of my people in my own
district. Zeb Vance, that great com
moner. when once twltted because he
was defending the, interests OF his
people, said that If he did not repre-
sent the interests OF his people and
do the best he could for them he would
not be fit to occupy his seat on tho
moor OF the Senate, and that every man
must judge for himself what is the
pest interests of his constituents.
II was experienced in handling
innnendo and as ready to use 1t
against political friend and foe ms nv
colleague is. might reply that n Won
would scratch under tho lion-like ef-
Tort OF my friend to pass this treaty
you might find peanuts. for peanuts
grow in the ground and you have TO
scratch for them. hut do not tnti-
mate that little thing like peanut
"uuiu influence n big man like my
COLLEAGUES. and yet you will find that
his district produces a large quantity
of peanuts and that Canada is our
largest purchaser of this product, and
the proposed treaty reduces the duty
on peanuts going into Canada Is per
cent. but retains. mark you, the tariff
tax of 10 I-2 per cent on all peanuts
coming into the United States Now,
do not object to the tariff on pea
nuts for MIR. Kitchin's district, but |
think 1t would be fair in him not to
try TO deprive the mica producers or
my district of tariff tax for which
Democrats have always stood
II said few moments ago that this
was not a Democratic measure, and I
believe ] can prove IL by the words or
my colleague from North Carolina, Mr..
kitchin. He wrote a letter to a friend
of his in North Carolina some time ago.
which letter was published. and in
that letter Mr.. Kitchin said tho pro-
posed agreement was a short hobblc-
skirtcd step, but still n step Now.
mark you. the hobblc -skirted step is
short. but short hobble -skirtcd step
is still shorter. have never liked
e-skirts, and 10 not like the
hobble- skirt treaty" +. IL. MEG.