Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-12
SENATOR BORAH IS
GIVEN GREAT
OVATION
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caucus, and by resolution BIND the vote 4
of the party. In the cases OF two mea-
sures, I am told by men who were in 1
side, that was exactly what happened 4
Take the Underwood bill. There .
Is not a single product of the southern 1
fields that is not sufficiently protected
by it, while every product of the north
is left exposed to the competition OF
foreign producers. A duty was placed
on peanuts, a southern product; the
duty was taken from potatoes, which
grow in the north. A duty was placed
on rice. Senator John Sharp Williams,
the ablest debater in the senate, said
on the floor of the senate that the duty
had been made as low as possible
without destroying the industry"
Senator Borah said he did not OBJ |
iect to protective tariff to the south
but he did object to a tariff measure
that gave protection to the south and
none to the north
KILLED IMPORTANT MEASURE.
The speaker reviewed the immigra E.
ton bill and the manner in which 1t
was smothered on the senate calendar
for weeks and months In his opinion,
he declared, this measure could have
been passed as there were enough Re
publican and Democratic votes for 1t,
but there was no opportunity to cast
them. He asserted the immigration
measure. in his opinion was and is one
of the most important pieces of legis-
lation congress had to deal with due
to the emigration to America bound to
follow after the millions of soldiers
now engaged in the great European
armies are mustered out Of service
History has shown, he said, that after
every European conflict there has been
marked increase in emigration to
America. These soldiers will find
when released from service on the
bloody battlefelds of Europe that home
ties have been broken. their respective
countries are financially burdened, with
desolation on all sides. and will turn to
the great land OF the free, America.
We should have a law to govern their
advent into this country"
DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY,
Democratic economy prated about
by the administration, Senator Borah
said. had resulted in an attempt to
abolish just one office, failure to re-
duce federal offices and instead the
creation of 5000 additional offices and
positions for 900 deserving Demo
Gratis" adding to the list sufficient bu-
reaus and commissions to take care Of
grand total of 9S,773 officers.
The rivers and harbors pork barrel
measure was Illustrated in the North
! Carolina grab. Colonel Roosevelt dis
covered the River of Doubt in South
America but the Democratic discover
les of rivers and harbors in North
| Carolina makes the colonels find look
like 80 cents" declared the speaker
! when I studied geography I did not
realize that you could step out of doors
! in North Carolina without falling into
a creek" The same pork barrel meth
! DDS were followed by the Democrats
Senator Borah charged, in distribution
of the appropriation under the agrlcul-
tural bill. One appropriation Of SS4, 900
was for the investigation of insects in
furious to cotton; another Of $4,000
to investigate "other" insects injurious
to cotton and 100000 to teach the
Louisiana farmers how to raise cattle
and hogs
Now consider these appropriations
in connection with the worthy one Of
$4,000 l asked congress for to make an
! inVestigat ion of the Black Canyon
project in this state on which settlers
have struggled for eight years. The
Democrats downed it in congress. Yet
/
What is the answer"
Senator Borah followed this exposure
with a ringing Endorsement of Charles
Evans Hughes. the Republican presi-
dental candidate in whom he said the
people had hope of these gross Demo-
cratic wrongs being righted.
CAST LIGHT ON ADAMSON BILL.
The Adamson bik ~. ed by the last
congress was classed by Senator Borah
as a wage law" He asserted there Is
a false impression regarding the terms
of this law and that it makes no Hmi-
tation of mans hours of labor; that
under it they would work from 10 to
| 16fhours a day. He charged the meas
ure was passed in a At of cowardice.
Closing his arraignment of those re-
sponsible for the law as it stands and
giving in detail some of its terms Sen
ator Borah said:
The bill. as passed, included only
30 per cent of the railway employees
How could | eonscientiously vote for
such a measure, which merely raised
tho wages of small percentage of the
men employed by the great carriers
, AS the bill stands ii will mean an
additional expense of $6O, Gao, 900 for
the consumers of the country. If it is
, extended 10 the other 80 per cent il
will mean an increase of $500, 900 900, tc
! be borne by the people.
IF the employees deserve such an
, increase, and if / know. after inquiry
that the people of the country want tc
give it to them. I will vote for 1t, but
, | vote for no such bills without being
; well informed as to the merits of the
controversy.
And l take this occasion to war;
the union men and the laborers of this
city and state and nation that such leg.
islation leads directly to having tn,
government fix wages. Also il will be
made penal offense to strike Will,