Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-30
FAITH NOT KEPT,
ASSERTS M'LEAN
Connecticut Senator Accuses
Democrats of Ignoring
Tariff Promises.
STONE CHARGES PLOT
ON REPUBLICAN SIDE
Declares Speeches Are Designed to
Cause Financial
Panic.

| Charging that the anti-election prom
ises of the democrats to New England
had been ruthlessly broken in the I'm
derwood- Simmons tariff bill, Senator
Mclean of Connecticut today addressed
the Senate. He said that in the campaign
| Majority Leader Underwood of the
House. Secretary of Commerce Redfield.
Gov Baldwin of Connecticut and demo-
cratic members of the House from Con-
necticut had promised the laboring men
| and the business men of Connecticut
| that there should be tariff revision
which would injure wages or business.
| I'm Connecticut as the campaign adj
| vanced the tariff became the only issue
of real consequence" he said When
Mr., Underwood, the author of the pend
| ing bill. came to Connecticut he met
| former Representative Hill in joint de-
| bate at Waterbury. and the only subject
| Intentional was the tartf.
| "Mr Hill was rapidly succeeding In con-
| vincing the mechanics of Connecticut
| that the tariff rates to be proposed by
Mr.. Underwood would compel reduc
| ton of wages. and Mr.. Underwood was
| sent for to allay the fears of the doubt
| full In my opinion the electoral vote OF
| Connecticut depended upon MIR. Under
woods tariff views expressed that
| night Mr.. Underwood took no chances.
| He admitted ne believed in the theory
| of a tariff for revenue only. but and
| he put great emphasis on that but, he
| went on TO explain that the expenses of
| the government must be paid and legiti-
| mate industries must not be disturbed.
Quotes Leader Underwood.
| 'rMr. Hill had argued for tariff equal
| ing the difference in the cost of pro-
duction at home and broad. Before Mr..
1 Underwood closed his speech he said
| There isn't a particle of possibility that
| the democratic party won't equalize the
| difference in labor cost at home and
| abroad
This is what the people of Connect
cut were promised by the man on the
| democratic tariff throne, man whose
| word was then and would be the law
| for this great nation upon that most
| vital question.
Representative Reilly. then the only
/ democratic representative from Con-
necticut, taking his cue from Mr.. I'm
derwood. reaffirmed Mr.. Underwood s
promise to the people of Connecticut.
i lie said: The democratic theory is that
i the American manufacturer should be
i given a fair chance with foreign manu-
i facturers. and that the tariff should be
used to equalize the cost of production
here and abroad.
1T is a pity that Representative
| Reilly and the finance committee OF
the Senate could not have compared
notes before election. Every demo
cratic candidate in Connecticut prom
ised TO give the people of Connecticut
precisely what every republican candi-
date promised, "A tariff based upon the
cost of production theory, the differ
ence in the cost of production here and
abroad.
How Promises Are Kept.
promises have been kept. A few days
ago the chairman of the finance commit
tee made this explanation of the pending
measure: For the reasons given by the
ways and means committee Of the House,
your committee has rejected the cost of
production theory. The grounds upon
| which this theory was rejected are sc
exhaustively stated in reports to the
House committee that 1t is not deemed
necessary to restate them.
1T may be that some industries In my
state and the country will survive the
effect of the democratic brainstorm con.
tanned within this BILL l sincerely hope
so. Two wooden mills in Connecticut are
, | already in serious trouble
Accuses Republicans.
! Shaking his clenched fist at republican
members, Senator Stone of Missouri
. ranking member Of the finance commit
tee, today charged during the heat o
4 a debate in the Senate that every re
publican speech he had heard during the
present debate had been delivered witt
the deliberate attempt TO create panic.
The Missouri senator spoke in reply
to the speech of Senator Mclean. He
1 stated upon taking the floor that !,
appeared to him that the republicans
!, through their speeches, were sending
) messages TO the country with a de-
: | ftpo faar nd n iSfr at in
} the proposed tariff.
Senator Clark of Wyoming chal-
lenged the statement. The Wyoming
, senator asserted that if any distrus,
was being engendered it was through
the proclamation by President Wilson
that tariff obstructionists would be
hung as high as Harnan; the Secretary
of Commerce, who threatened to pros
ecute those who reduced wages, anC
the Secretary of the Treasury, who
threatened bankers To the statement
, Senator Stone replied that the warn
ings had been timely and charged a
conspiracy among the republican sena-
tors to create public distrust.
Asked to Name Senators.
.eName the senator's" demanded Sena.
tor Clark.
J EVERY republican l have heard
speak," responded Senator Stone. He
, finally named the Wyoming senator him
, self.
II have not delivered a speech" re
torted Senator Clark.
, Senator Stone suggested that If he hac
not sent a message to the people. through
| q speech, he might have done it som'
other way.
Senator Kenyon protested against th'
charge of conspiracy.
| "Oh, l hardly think of the senator and
those who act with him as republicans
explained Senator Stone They act or
a higher plane than the majority OF the
minority"
Senator Stone read mercantile agency
reports of good financial conditions ir
the country. Senator Gallinger CLOSED
, the incident by remarking that repub
lican senator's were not likely to create
, q panic in the face of such reports. bu
] that he feared the proposed bill woulG
: produce commercial disaster.
Penrose Cites Conditions.
The debate as to the course OF the re.
! publicans was renewed when Senator
Q Penrose declared the mercantile agen,
: cies were receiving their information