Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-01

fali IN Win the plans OF tue ADMINS
tration and 10 assist in the promotion
OF its legislative program.
The Republicans taunied their Dem
ocratic opponents for apostasy TO theii
tariff principles. charging they hac
been compelled to come TO the Repub
lican way Of thinking and appreciate
the advantages OF protective tariff. Z.
This is the age OF miracles, de
clared Representative Mondell of Wy
oming. You Democrats change your
policy every time you change youl
lightning change artists, you are al
ways two laps behind your president
Uncle joe with an eight-inch
cigar tilted toward his left ear. his
vest open and the Joy OF battle reflect
ed in his eyes. -kidded" the Demo
Gratis numerically. He brazenly cham
pioned the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill
and predicted that before the Demo
Gratis we're able to pay expenses
they would have to adopt it from title
to enacting clause.
Il approved of the Payne-Aldrich
tariff DILL them cried Uncle Joe in the
lusty tones of man of 40, "and
have not attempted to apologize for IL
since Also wish to God that 1t was
on the statute books now"
Leader Kitchin. who was seated al
the head of the Democratic table from
which he directed the party forces
went back at Uncle Joe" with a
cheer and provoked a frequent reitera
ton of the rebel YELL"
The majority leader has rarely ap.
peared to better advantage. He was
sufcharged not only with the respon.
sibllity of his Office but with such a
tumult of thought that at times his
words ran into each other in stream
sometimes difficult to follow.
He appeared to have dressed for the
part he was to play. He wore blue
serge suit and q white linen waist.
coat of the brand that was popular in
New York a decade or two ago but
which is always au fat on cotton plan
tations and at political meetings in
the Southern states.
Taunts the Republicans.
When he assumed hooking tone
to taunt the Republicans with their
own tariff hypocFisy-which he fire.
quently did-he showed his hands be-
meath his coat and developed the full
expanss of his immaculate waistcoat.
Once in q while he tUyed with his lit
tie black bow tie, such as is usually
worn with a dinner Jacket, or stroked
his wealth of raven hair. Most of the
time he turned toward his own party
associates, and every time he did so
provoked them to an outbreak Of APP
proving handclaps and yelps OF an es-
sentially Southern resonance.
He singled out Uncle joe, who
sat just the other side of the center
aisle on the Republican side, and ap-
peared to secure just as much fun out
of the argument as did that pic.
turesQue old war horse. Meeting the
charge of the Republicans that the
Democrats were lightning change
artists" and were going over to the
Republican views of the tariff, Kitchin
showed he had spent some time in
looking up the records of the Repub-
licans who were engaged in batting
him and his party associates.
He dissected the record of Uncle
Joe" himself and proved that the old.
time speaker had Kicked over the
traces" once in a while on the tariff
question. In giving Fordney a clean
bill of health as consistent stand.
patter, Kitchin pointed out that the
Michigan reactionary was the only
man TO vote against an amendment
to the Payne-Aldrich bill proposing a
decrease in the tariff on wool.
Retorts on Fordney.
yes, and / am proud of it." re-
torted Mr. Fordney.
We'll. all I've got to say" drawlea
Kitchin when the laugh that followed
Fordney's admission had died away,
is that it takes less to make you
proud than any man / ever knew"
Kitchin then turned upon Ebenezv
Hill, the veteran Connecticut reac-
tionary, and proved from the record
that he had voted against the reel
nrocity recommendation of President
Taft.
And you made as good a Demo
cratic speech then as ] ever heard y
he concluded, pointing his finger At
the Connecticut statesman. .
But" he said with broad sarcasm,
this happens to be an honest Demo.
cratic undertaking, and you are not
broad enough to appreciate it. If the
Democratic party ever committed it.
self to free sugar-and it looks as
though in the Underwood bill it did
it was following the example of the
Republican party. -
81 can recall that it was the boast
of the Republican party in this house
and in the country that it was the
only free sugar party that ever exist
ed. ] recall that in the campaign
text book of 1892 the Republicans
boosted they had given the country
free sugar; that the Democrats vert
against free sugar, that they were
for a tariff on sugar. III. H..
Explains Democratic Attitude. g..
Il recall that my distinguished
friend from Illinois, Mr.. Cannon.
stood on the floor of this house
and demanded that every man that
loved the American people and had a
heart that beat for the laboring man
and the farmer ought to vote for free
guoar and against INV toriff ON e,,oo-