Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-26
CRAWFORD's COMMEND
ABLE TARIFF RECORD

The Dakotan of the 14th inst. edi-
torially claims to state the facts as
to Senator Crawford's votes on the
20 roll-calls on which they say he was
allied with Adrich, principally in
forcing higher duties or refusing to
lower the schedules in the Payne
Aldrich bill. In their attempt to
place Crawford by himself as a pro-
gressive republican, and to array him
with Aldrich, on those roll-calls, they
have not, in one single instance, state
ed the facts as they exist, as is shown
by the Congressional Record.
They glaringly misstate the facts in
the very first item in their alleged
roll call, where they say that Bever-
idge, Bristow, Clapp, Cummins, Dol
liver and LaFollette all voted aye on
an amendment reducing the duty on
linotype and printing presses, and
that Crawford alone, of the progress
sives. voted with Aldrich, Eikins, etc;
whereas in fact, as shown on page
2190, Cong. Record (the page they
refer toy every one of the progressive
senators above named, together with
Senators Borah and Dixon, voted
nay, with Crawford. In every other
instance of the roll-calls referred to
by them, from two to four progress
r;l RI
except in very few instances where
one or two of them were absent.
Furthermore, only 20 of the roll
calls in their list pertained to the
Payne-Aldrich schedules, and of that
20, only Is of said roll calls had to do
with present voting on schedules, the
other 5 being dilatory motions, etc,
The said Is of that 20 referred to th =,
woolen schedules, and Senator CrafN
ford, in voting upon that subject, ca&H
ried out the instructions of the Soutic
Dakota legislature IN its resolutions
OF 1909, petitioning congress and our
delegation to maintain the tariff on
the woolen schedule, in the interest
of our sheep and wool producers
And Borah, Dixon and Bourne, the
other western senator's, when present :,
and sometimes Beveridge and other
progressives, voted as he did. See
Cong Record, Vol. Al, pages 5000,
3005, BOIL, 1882, 3035, 3036, SO37, 3O44,
1854, 3061. 3o76, 3124, s139 and 1924,
year 1909, for a verifcation of these
facts.
Upon the remaining roll-salls in
the Dakotan's list of 20, where other
than the woolen schedules were con-
| sidered, Crawford had with him, in
every instance, from two to five pro-
pressive senator's, whenever they
were present. Some Of those roll
calls related to such subjects as, for
instance, the corporation excise tax,
and the income tax; and Senator
Crawford voted for the corporation
excise tax because it was clear that
that tax would be constitutional,
while general income tax, if enacted
then, would fly IN the face of the fed
eral supreme court decision of 1894
declaring such tax unconstitutional,
He voted to submit constitutional
amendment authorizing an income
tax, and submitted one himself. The
federal constitution has now been
amended, so that we now have clear
constitutional authority for the in.
come tax.
| In 1911, when Senator Crawford
found that the resolution of our leg.
islature in 1909 did not express the
sentiment of the people because il
had undergone very material change
as to the wool schedule, he supported
Senator LaFollette's amendment tc
the democratic bill revising the WOO