The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20
CALLS THE GONFEDERACY
AN aINFAMOUS CAUSE,
Hepburn of Idaho Breaks Loose Again
John Sharp william Submits

49, u ~ 0M0GV E VINAAAm A NWDmIEA
Some Remarks.
Washington, July IA character
ization of the C~onfederacy as an 'in-
famous cause" by Senator Hepburn Of
Idaho this afternoon brought from
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi a
bitter rebuke in the senate.
But for the parliamentary rules
that restrain me-" Senator williams
declared, 81 would have a few words
to say about the kind of human being
IN whose heart such thoughts a
exist"
Senator Bailey's free list amend
ment to the Canadian reciprocity bill
was defeated in the senate late yes
terday by a large majority. So evil
dent was n margin against it that
Senator Bailey did not ask for a roll
call.
Pursuing the policy of forcing the
opponents of reciprocity to proceed
without delay, Senator Penrose urg-
ed Senator Bailey to introduce his
wool tariff amendment at once. The
latter did SO, an dthe senate, adjourn
ed with the amendment pending. 1t
Is a modification of the wool tariff
bill recently passed by the house and
places all duties on raw and manu-
featured wool at a general average of
30 per cent.
"Semt-democrats," borrowed demo-
ocrats," and like terms were applied
to the republican senator's support
ing the reciprocity bill by Senator
Hepburn of Idaho in a speech against
the measure. He declared that when
the vote on the bill is taken, all real
: republicans in the senate will be
opposed to it, while ''semi-democrats''
will vote for it, along with "fee-sim-
pie" democrats.
How can we educate the leader of
the party back to republican princi-
ples?' asked Senator Nelson of Min
neSota. f.
"Who is the leader of the republic
can party?" asked Senator Hepburn.
Senator Bailey declared the repub-
licans were in a state of mutiny and
did not know their leader.
Mr.. Hepburn declared that the rec
iprocity bill came to congress wrap
ped in the flag of the pirate"
1--WE are told, Here's the bill; now
you pass it through without any
change " said MI. Hepburn. He de-
clared that he opposed amendments
to the bill as well, as the bill itself,
because every amendment is a splin-
ter off the republican Flagstaff of pros
tective policy"
THAT can't be-" interjected Sena-
tor Clapp, "the Flagstaff has been
broken and the flag pulled down"
"Ill bet you. 1000, 900 republican
votes that it is not true" said Sena-
tor Hepburn. He added that he be-
ie~c1 the republicans would ulti-
roately come together again on pro-
tective PRINCIPLES. Asked by Sena-
tor Bailey as to how he would CLASH
fly the insurgent, Senator Hepburn
said they were mavericks" waiting
to be branded.
eff they can be rounded up in the
white house Lot, now how they will
be BRANDED" said Benator Bailey.
S-~et~r T-eyh n Characterized some
oF he 1rC ~rese les as progressing
NJ = b yor can't tell which way
sc nrc dr."
t"'''e '~ nc the 1eathbed of the re-
v-"- -ort-" said Senator Hey
bu ~fe-ring % the split in the re-
mi "a ranks. "but 1t will be the
1aatHbed of many of the men who are
~~~nncrting this reciprocity bill when
To 7eon1e realize that it means the
pulling down OF the protective sys-
tenn"
Senator Dixon Of Montana dec1ar-
ed that he would vote for the Bailey
amendment to the reciprocity bill,
and that if the reciprocity bill passed,
" he, would be willing to stay until
December and go through the whole
tariff list"
LaFOlIette's Wool and Cotton Amend
ment.
Senator LaFollette's long promised
wool and cotton tariff revision amend
ment to the Canadian reciprocity bill
proposing duty reductions which he
calculated would save the consumer
$3.50, 900 900 annually on cotton and
$172, 600, 900 on wollens, was intro
duced today.
In a statement explanatory of the
amendment Mr.. LaFo1lette says that
against this enormous saving to the
consumers which assumes that the
price to the consumer would be re-
duced to the same extent as the reduc-
ton of duty, the loss of renvenue to
the government the two schedules
would approximate 100000, 900.
"The change for the wollen sche-
dule as a whole" says Mr.. LaFollette,
would represent a reduction from
an average ad valorem of 61.H per
cent under the present law, to 1924
per cent, a reduction of % 1-2 ad val
orem and over 38 per cent below the
present rate. The average ad val
.orem rate on cotton goods, including
artificial silk, is to be reduced under
the proposed amendment from $3.50
per cent under the present act to 29.-I
As per cent, representing a reduction
of over 26 per cent ad valorem, and
over Al per cent below the present
rate
Mr.. LaFollette declared that the du-
ties proposed were still greater than
necessary to protect American man
ufacturers from European competi-
ton. However, as this is a temporary
measure, he preferred, he says, 'to
err on the safe side" and make sure
that no Legitimate American indus