Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-31
Mclean, Quotes
 Norwich Speech TO SHOW DEMOCRATS HAVE
 BROKEN FAITH PLEDGE OF BALDWIN,
Not Being Kept in Pending Tariff Bill, Declares senator-other Democratic Campaign Speakers Quoted.

Washington July S0-Democrats and Republicans of the Senate clashed again in Ndebate on the Underwood Simmons tariff bll today, when Senator Stone charged that the Republicans were deliberately attempting to bring on a panic in their speeches attacking the pending measure.
 GaIIinger Fears Disaster. Republican leaders, denyng any in tention to bring about disaster de- clared they feared that such would be the result. Senator Gallinger asserted he has no fear of a calamity however but that he actually feared the result which he hoped would not come. If the disaster he feared did not come the senator said, the glory would go to the democrats.
 Industrial Depression Already
 Senator Penrose declared that Znot only did he fear the proposed bill would bring on disastrous conse- quences, but that industrial depression already was upon the country. He cited instances of steel mills in Penn sylvania that already had closed down, while Republican and Democratic lead CTS were engaged in hot discussion.
 Kenyon is Optimistic.
 senator Kenyon dN0IT6Q I1dC III HIS talks he had always stated he did not believe the pending bill would result in disaster and that the people of his state did not believe so either.
 "Oh, I was not referring to the pro- gressive republicans" said Senator Stone. "I meant that the majority of the minority were attempting to arouse the people,"
 EarthenWare Schedule Completed
 After the furry of this storm and the later excitement caused by a hail and wind storm which forced a recess of the senate, considerable progress was made in consideration of the bill. The earthenware schedule was com pleted except for a few paragraphs which were passed and the metal sche- dule was taken up.
 Mclean AssaiIs Tariff Bill.
 Charging that democratic leaders have broken their tariff promises made to the working people of New Eng land before the last national election, Senator George P. Mclean of Connec- ticut assailed the Underwood Simmons bill. Accounting the campaign in against Representative Ebenezer J. Hill of the ways and means committee, Senator Mclean cited speeches made by Majority Leader Underwood, Sec retary of Commerce Redfeld, Repre- sentative Reilly and Governor Simeon B. Baldwin, whom he quoted as as- surfing mill workers that the demo- cratic tariff would look after the diff ferences in cost of production here and abroad.
 Charges Broken Faith.
 'The protection democrats have tried to compromise with the free trade democrats, and this of course, is impossible" Senator Mclean contin- ued. You cannot compromise with the arithmetic or the compass You are either there or you are not there. If 20 per cent does not protect 10 per cent. will not protect.
 My complaint is that the demo- cratic party has broken it's sacred promise to the people of Connecticut. This I have shown from the lips of those democrats who alone had au- thority to do the promising. If ade- quate protection is found in any rate contained in this bill, it is thereby ac- cident only.
 BaIdwin's Promise in Norwich.
 '"The Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin dem ocratic governor of Connecticut and candidate for president of the United States in the convention that nomi- mated President Wilson, added his name and seal to the sacred promise when made-for all democratic prom ises are sacred-in the following lan- guage:
 (Extract from Governor Baldwin s speech at Norwich, Conn, October IT. 1912, as published in the Waterbury American on October Is, 1912)
 ''The democratic party proposes in the next congress to revise the tariff but not in a radical way. They are not aiming at free trade. We mean to have a larger free list, and duties high enough to enable us to keep on paying higher wages in the world without unnecessarily raising the cost of living to every American family.
 AbsoIves Connecticut Democrats.
 "The five democratic congressman from Connecticut have done what they could to prevent this complete be- trayal of the people of Connecticut but to little or no purpose, and the reason must be plain to every one
 "Mr. President, there are 'protec- tion' democrats and there are tariff for revenue only democrats, and when you try to mix them they will not mix, because they can not be mixed. The fact has been, and will be, the tragedy of democracy, if not of the nation, until something or some body comes to the rescue.''