The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-24
He Makes Answer to Stubbs'
Hutchinson Speech.
Senator Defends Own Record
in Congress.
SAYS STUBS IS UNFAIR
Feature of Reply a Reference
to Paying Taxes.
Prints Record of Governors
Douglas Co. Tax Receipts.

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Senator Curtis promptly answers GOV.
Stubs Hutchinson speech attacking
his senatorial record. The senator goes
into the more important charges ana
| explains and defends his vote for ana
against reform legislation. Curtis takes
the ground that he is a Republican d
party man, and pleads regularity ii
| feature of his statement is reference
to Gov Stubs payment of personal
taxes for 1902 to date. The senator
says:
He Knows Stubs.
knowing Governor Stubs as do L
am not surprised at his statement in
the morning Capital. He is still fol-
lowing his unfair and misleading tao
tics If he had been honest ne Woulo
have told the people of Kansas that L
offered the amendment to provloe tle
money to enable the Interstate Com
merce Commission to ascertain the
physical valuation of Railroads.
When the Railroad Bill was up in 1911
it looked at one time like we would be
unable to agree upon measure.
conference was called at the White
House at eleven o'clock at night. There
were twenty-one Republican senators
there including Borah, Brown, Burhet,
then regarded as insurgents, Knut Nell
son and others, recognized as regulars.
The president said he had called US to-
gether to see if we could not, by ex-
pressing our views, agree upon rail-
road bill. We were in conference until
after one o'clock and before we left,
while no definite agreement had been
reached, yet 1t was substantially I'M
derstood what kind of a measure could
b. put through and for one voted to
get such a bill and it had been admit
ted that the measure we passed went
further and gave the people more pro-
lection than any measure OF the KIND
ever written, upon the statutes. We did
amend the long and short haul clause
and I voted to make it more effective
and voted for the amendment.
1t was suggested that the Interstate
Commerce Commission be given au-
thority to ascertain the physical valu-
alton of railroads. phoned the COM
mission to find the amount they needed
to do such work and 1 offered the
amendment to give them the amount
See Congressional Record, page 1852
This amendment was defeated in the
committee but I worked for it and did
everything I could to have the com
mittee agree to 1t.
Many of the separate amendments Of
fered by the individual members, which
you charge me with having voted
against were offered as committee
amendments and had my support and
they are now in the law such as au-
thorizing the Interstate Commerce
Commission to protect the public
against the raising Of rates This pro-
vision is now in the law and voted to
put it there and you know the commits
sion has acted upon the authority given
and has prevented the increase Of
rates. The same is true in regard to
the amendment preventing a greater
charge for a short than a long haul
the provision regulating the hours of
labor, etc.
Did Not Dodge Vote.
Your charge that I lodged a vote is
absolutely false. if you will look at the
Congressional Record you will find that
was paired on the questions when I
did not vote. I have never lodged a
vote since 1 have been in congress.
You seem to object to my vote on
the tariff bill. did vote for the Payne |
Aldrich tariff measure, and you know
that it is a better measure than the |
Dingley law. You know that while It |
was not perfect and satisfactory to |
many, it was the best measure that |
could be had at that time. You know |
it gave the country a larger free list |
than the Wilson law. You know it re- |
duced the duty on seven hundred ar
ticles, principally necessities and 1t |
only increased the duty on two hundred |
articles, largely luxuries. Why didn't |
you tell the people that 1 voted against |
twenty-eight amendments offered by |
Mr.. Aldrich? Why are you not fair |
why don't you tell the truth? You
further know that it turned a deficit |
of sixty million dollars year into a |
surplus of thirty million dollars a |
year. Why don't you give me credit for |
the work did for the farmers of Kan |
sas when had section two of the tariff |
act adopted which enables the president I
to protect our products of the farm IN /
foreign markets. Then remember that |
l drew the amendment substantially as
it passed. Remember that 7 was tho
first senator to suggest it. If you doubt
this. write Mr.. Alvah Sanders of the
American Breeders Gazette or Mr. |
scciation-a letter will reach them at
Chicago. There are others but it would
be wasting time to bring them to your
attention.
Makes Whites Mistake.
Mr.. Stubs makes the same mistake
that Mr.. White did when he referred
TO the cotton schedule. We did not |
increase the duties. The amendments
were made to bring certain articles
within the decision of the courts on
the question of colored cottons
again call attention to what the Out
look said upon this question:
Since commenting three weeks ago
on the cotton schedule of the new
tarln bill We have made some careful |
investigations in Washington and are
convinced that the Outlook did the
trainers of the BILL as well as the pro-
tected cotton interests, an injustice
We asserted that the Dingley duties
on ordinary cotton cloth of universal
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