Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1909 — PLEDGE BROKEN, AVERS BRISTOW [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PLEDGE BROKEN, AVERS BRISTOW

He Declares He Will Vote Against Tariff Bill TAFT ACCUSED BY BAILEY Senator From Texas Declares the President Has Been Indulging In Mock Heroics and That Much Time Has Been Spent In Doing Nothing—Kansas Senator States He Considers It Hls Duty to Keep Payne-Aldrich Measure From the White House. Washington, Aug. 3. —Beginning Its consideration of the conference report on the tariff bill by the tedious reading of that document, the senate dragged along during nearly seven hours with-

out accomplishing any important result. The debate on the conference report was opened by Senator Daniel, who claimed that the Democratic senator? on the finance committee had been dealt with unfairly in not being per mitted to vote in committee on the adoption of the report. <<!> Bristow Against the Bill. Senator Bristow denounced the tariff bill as a violation of Republican pledges and announced that he would not vote for it. “Before long I will demonstrate bo., much there has been to do about nothing.” said Senator Bailey, referring t recent statements and acts of th> president. “T think I can make it manifest that the people of the United States hav< been entertained with some mor heroics and that this battle which her been raging here for days and wee 1 :? was nothing more nor less than r sham battle,” he added. "The tax.” said Senator Bristo—“has been taken off of hides and i has been added to the sole leather suit case that the American citizen buys. And yet it had been advertised that a reduction has been made on the leath er schedule for the benefit of the American citizen.” Conferees Called Together. Taking up one after another of the schedules, Bristow undertook to dem onstrate in detail that the Payne bib ftad effected no material reduction in the duties by which the consumers would be benefited. “I love the president,” cor.tlnt.ied Bristow. “He has honored me with his friendship. I am devoted to the welfare of his administration and for one never vote to sena him a bill for approval that is a violation of his party’s pledges.” The conferees were called together once more. The session was for the purpose of listening to western sena tors who say that the leather schedule as arranged by the conferees with the approval of the president, Is unfair to the states interested tn protected hides.

SENATOR JOSEPH L. BRISTOW.