VOL. "XLVIII. XO. 14,723.
PORTLAND, OREGON,': WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
I90S.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WILL RETURN TO
ANSWER HENEY
Fulton Will Meet
Charges in Oregon. "
STANDS ON OFFICIAL RECORD
Knew of Conspiracy Against
His Character.
WILL DEFEND GOOD NAME
After Heading Text of Honey's
Speech, Senator Says He Will
Answer Kvery Charge,
Vully and Completely.
OREiiONTAX NEWS BUREAU. "Wash
ington, Feb. 4. Senator Kulton has de
cided to go hark to Oregon, meet the
chaises made against him by Francis
J. Heney, and square himself with his
constituents. The full text of Mr. Hsney's
speci-h as printed in The Orcgonlan was
received here last night. After reading
the full report, the Senator decided to
make his answer on the ground rather
than by letter from here, and says his
answer will be complete. He will prob
ably take the 3 o'clock train tomorrow
afternoon. The Senator tonight said:
"I shall leave for Oregon tomorrow. I
would have left today, but for the fact
that it was necessary to arrange, so far
as possible, for matters pending: In which
the state is interested. I had not con
templated another trip to Oregon during
the present campaign, being perfectly
willing to leave the matter of, selecting
my successor to the people without sug
gestion from me. so long as the cam
paign should be conducted along decent
lines.
"I have been perfectly willing that my
record In Coneress should be made the
test of my fluids to be returned. I have
known that there existed a conspiracy
to inject other matters Into the campaign,
but had not believed ft to be so wide
spread and vicious as It evidently Is. I
desire, re-election. It is true, because I
enjoy the work and believe that the ex
perience I have had will enable me Xo
do better work than I have yet done.
"But, above and beyond any ambitions
along that line or In any direction, Is
my regard for and my purpose to main
tain and defend my reputation for
honesty and Integrity! That I must and
will protect and maintain, whether in or
out of Congress. 1 cannot permit my
character to be assailed and remain ab
sent from the seat of aetlon. I shall go
to Oregon and am prepared to meet and
answer every accusation made or to be
made by Mr. Heney against me fully and
completely and in a manner satisfactory
to every fair-minded person."
CAXXOT WAIT BUT MAY RETURN
Heney Says He Has Lots More Facts
Against Kulton.
Once moro Francis J. Heney and Sen
ator Fulton will chase each other around
Robin Hood's barn. "When told last night
that Mr. Fulton was coming to Portland
for the purpose of meeting him In a joint
debate and to answer the charges that
he had made against the Senator. Mr.
Honey kiughed and sail:
"Why has Senator Fulton waited so
long before making up his mind to come
back? He has had plenty of time,, had
he started the day after I delivered my
spee( h, to have reached Portland before
I left. I would like nothing better than
to have been able to remain here until
the Senator's arrival, but I cannot, be
cause I have promised to be in San Fran
cisco on Thursday.
"I fully expected, when I wired District
Attorney Langdon early last week, that
I would be through with the Hall trial
by Tuesday and the Ruef case was post
poned until Thursday. The Hall case has
dragged along so that the Ruef case will
start without my being there. I shall
have for San Francisco Just as soon as
I finish my argument."
Mr. Heney was told that his returning
to San Francisco, now that Mr. Fulton
was coming home to meet him, would be
a keen disappointment to the Senator's
friends, who are confident that once Mr.
Fulton was on the ground, the charges
that Mr. Heney had made against him
would not only bo refuted but riddled to
pieces.
"I am sorry that I have to disappoint
Senator Fulton's admirers," ho replied.
"When are the primaries? In April?
Well, there is still plenty of time before
then. Tell Senator Fulton's friends that
I may be back before then. You can
also tell them that 1 still have lots of
facts against Fulton that will make In
teresting reading. I haven't fired all of
my ammunition. Fulton's friends may be
of the opinion that the Senator can come
back and refute the charges I have made
against him, but there is nothing to pre
vent me from returning and completing
the work I started."
WALK LADDER TO SAFETY
Heath by Fire Near Tenants of Chi
cago Building.
CHICAGO, Feb. 4. Fire this afternoon
In the upper stories of the "Wolff building,
SI Dearborn street, threatened serious loss
of life and the fate of those on the sev
enth and eighth "floors was not known
for a time. The fire was finally brought
under control with JDO.OOO loss.
W. G. Stewart was caught by the
flames on the seventh floor and so badly
burned he probably will die. Mrs. Mary
Bachman. employed in an office on the
seventh floor, was overcome by smoke
and was carried out by Fire Chief Horan.
Carl Szostrom and V. A. Murrell, who
occupied offices on the eighth floor, were
caught by the flames and were unable to
reach the elevators or stairways. They
tied a number of ladders used by the
Janitors together and threw them across
a 30-foot alley to the building east of the
Wolff building. Then they crossed to the
other building and escaped.
The flames attacked the Chemical Na
tional building which adjoins the Wolff
building, but were extinguished after a
sharp fight.
Firemen Injured and One Missing.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4. Caught be
tween collapsing floors, several fire
men were injured tonight while fight
ing a fire which destroyed a five-story
structure occupied by dry goods firms
at 43 Worth street, In the heart of
the wholesale dry goods district. Fire-
Kdwin Non-U, Who Has Succeeded J.
K. Toole a Governor of Montana.
Edwin Norrls, Lieutenant-Governor
of Montana, who has succeeded J. K.
Toole as Governor, has been twice
President of the State Senate and.
has been very successful as a crlm-, ,
inal lawyer.
man Frank Eglanton is missing and
is believed to be in the ruins. The
monetary loss is" estimated at $200,000.
SUPS FRANCE IN FREE
RUSSIA REQUESTS RECALL OF
AMBASSADOR BOMPARD.
Offended at Demand for Prosecution
of Critic Russian Foreign Min
ister to Be Deposed.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 4. The
French Ambassador, M. Bompard, whom
the French government has recalled, left
hurriedly tonight for Paris. He -will re
turn only to present his letters of re
call, which virtually were demanded by
Russia, M. Bompard having demanded
through Foreign Minister Iswolsky that
the government ' prosecute the author of
an article published In the Grasdanln,
the editor of which Is Prince Mestoher
cky. The newspaper was fined $300.
The article sneerlngly referred to M.
Bompard as a "parvenue Social Demo
crat, who is ignorant of social usages
and diplomatic traditions." It declared
that he was not received In good society;
that Clcmenceau was an enemy of Rus
sia, who was compromising France for
the honor. of toadying to England, and
adverted to rumors that Clemenccau had
assented to the recall of M. Bompard
on condition . that M. . Iswolsky was re
tired. M. Iswolsky's resignation Is generally
regarded as Inevitable, but the exact mo
ment of his retirement has not been de
cided upon.
PARIS, Feb. 4. Vlce-Admiral Touchard
has been appointed French Ambassador
to St. Petersburg, in succession to M.
Bompard, who has been recalled.
CAUGHT IN SNOW SLIDE
Five -Miners Carried Down 300
Foot Slope.
TBLLURIDE, Colo., Feb. 4. Twelve
Inches of snow has fallen in Tellurlde
and vicinity since 6 o'clock last night,
when the storm began. The fall in the
mountains already amounts to two feet.
A small slide came down at the Valley
View mine. Five miners were caught on
the outskirts of the moving mountain of
snow and swept into the ravine, a dis
tance of nearly 300 feet.
The men managed to stay on the sur
face of the slide, and upon reaching the
bottom, succeeded In digging themselves
out without much difficulty. With the
exception of severe bruises, they were
uninjured.
FINDS OLDER'S KIDNAPER
George Burns Arrests Chauffeur
Who Spirited Away Editor.
CHICAGO. Feb. 4. Peter Callander, the I
chauffeur who operated the automobile in
which Fremont Older, managing editor of
the San Francisco Bulletin, was kidnaped
uoerai montns ago and taken from San
Francisco to Santa Barbara, was arrest
ed here tonight on a fugitive warrant.
Callander expressed willingness to go
back to San Francisco without' extradi
tion. George B.' Burns, son of TV. J. Burns,
the detective who has had charge of the
securing of evidence in the graft oases in
San Francisco, recognized Callander on
the street and caused his arrest. '
Brings Back Girl Swindler.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. .-Detective
Djmc, or me Seattle Police De
partment, arrived in the city last night
tfl tnlce KnrR ftraolrHn . . tl . i
. u i m t -. i airesL Here,
who is said to have passed a number of
worthless rlieeks in tho i
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back to stand trial on a charge of ob-
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Wants Corporation
Chiefs Punished.
BEATS THE BRYAN TOM-TOM
Democratic Fervor for Roose
velt Has Cooled.
ARE CALLED HYPOCRITES
Shows Approval of Message Incon
sistent AVlth Democratic Text
book Cockran Qualifies In
dorsement of Roosevelt.' '
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. President
Roosevelt's recent message to Congress
on the relations of capital and labor and
of corporations and the public' again was
the theme of discussion In the House to
day. So great was the demand for time
that general debate on the Indian appro
priation bill, which is the pending busi
ness, wag extended tomorrow for four
hours. Interest In today's proceedings
centered In a speech by John Sharp Will
lams, the minority leader, who, while
lauding the President for some of his
sentiments', expressed the belief that oth
ers were dangerous. "Williams spoke for
nearly two hours. His remarks on the
financial question prompted a lengthy
discussion of. that subject by Hill of Con
necticut, in which he opposed the Aldrlch
bill.
Williams said he disagreed with Hep
burn's statement of yesterday that the
message met with the approval of the en
tire American people. . Indeed, he said;
there are things in K sensational, Feder
alists and dangerous to the American
public.
Threatened the Big Four.
Hepburn, he declared, had threatened
the "big four" of the House the Speaker
and" Payne.' Dalzell and Sherman when
he asserted that he House would pass
the remedial legislation the President had
recommended. Ho hoped to see the
standard of rebellion raised by Mr. Hep
bum, and he said he hoped to see some
of the things spoken of In the message
enacted Into law. He was not a hero
worshiper, and therefore he would con
sider the message "without any regard
to the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, . from
whom the message emanated." "I shall
consider It," he said,-amid loud applause,
"Just as if It had been a message ema
nating In the past from Grover Cleveland
or William McKinley or a message which
more nearly resembles In Its substance
one emanating from the Hon. W. J.
Bryan."
Williams declared that he was not one
of those who were afraid of a radical In
the White House. He discussed briefly
the possibility of railroad rate' legisla
tion and Insisted that it was of Demo
cratic origin.
Returning to the President's message.
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Williams said It was not deserving of an
all-around eulogy upon .the part of any
man who loved democratic institutions.
There were, however, good things In it.
He did not think, he said, that the Demo
crats could indorse that part of the mes
sage4 which recommended restoring to the
railroads the power to pool, or which ad
vocated licensing of corporations, or
which declared it useless to attempt to
punish the "men, flesh., the beings," who
violated the law in the name of - corpo
rate authority. As to the corporations,
Williams declared they never would be
properly punished "until you visit punish
ment upon- the flesh and blood from
whose brains and by whose acts the vio
lations take' place."
In this connection he referred to Paul
Morton, ex-Secretary of the Navy, and
asked
"Did- he get out of the Cabinet to go to
a prison after a confession of a long-continued
violation of the severe laws? No,
but instead he jumped Into a lucrative
position in private life, with a letter of
commendation from the President of the
United States."
Williams Insisted that a corporation,
as such, could not commit a crime, and
therefore he advocated punishing the
responsible head of corporations.
"Punish one," he said, '.'and you will
not have to punish any more."
Declares Squarely for Bryan.
Williams said he did not like to
"stand here or anywhere merely as the
mouthpiece of a heterogeneous body of
oppositional criticism and contention";
he believed that the party he represent
ed, "the party that In the past so glori
ously led Its country," was capable of
leading It again, no less gloriously-. Al
luding to W. J. Bryan as "our proposed
leader,'.' he aligned himself squarely
with the Nebraskan on declared prin
ciples, and policies, and predicted his
election. Then he said:
"I hope to see this bill the one I
hold "In my hand, the one which we
have been discussing some day signed
by him."
Calls Democrats Hypocrites.
After briefly discussing the financial
question, Mr. Bonynge, of Colorado,
called attention to what he said was
"the absolute insincerity and hypocrisy
of the Democratic party" as an organ
ization In Its present attitude toward
the President.
He quoted several passages from the
last Democratic campaign book antag
onistic to Mr. Roosevelt, and Inquired
if they accorded with the present
Democratic commendation of the Pres
ident. He charged tnat "these utter
ances of Democrats, made at this time,
are simply made for political pur
poses."" -
The Democrats, he said, had hereto
fore shown the discretion to withhold
their commendation of Republican
statesmen and a Republican adminis
tration until the statesman had passed
to the -"great beyond," and the admin
istration had passr a Into history; but
this time they were "catching up with
the procession," and were indorsing
while' the ' administration was still In
power. 1
"Do you mean to say,'' inquired Ollie
James, . of Kentucky, "that we must
wait for Roosevelt to die before we
applaud his message?"
"If you desire to pursue the course
you always have," responded Bonynge,
"that would be the proper thing to do."
Democratic Change of Heart.
A remark that Cockran had Indorsed
the administration brought- a denial
from that gentleman, who said that In
dorsement of a single message was
distinct from an indorsement of the
administration.-,
Republican applause and laughter
greeted Bonynge's reply that he could
well understand the Democratic change
of heart - which had taken place over
night. After agreeing to extend the
general debate for four hours tomor
row, the House adjourned.
CLEETON -CHOSEN
FOR ATTORNEY
Bourne Throws Up
Sponge for Schuebel.
FINDS HIS CASE HOPELESS
Makes Final Effort to Over
come Opposition.
SCHUEBEL AS ASSISTANT
Sorely Disappointed, He Withdraws
Reluctantly Bourne Frankly Ad
" mits Certainty That His Man
Would Be Rejected.
THE NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
Thomas J. Cleeton waa born on a
farm In Schuyler County. Missouri.
October 7. 1861. and came to Ore
gon In 1891. settling at St. Helens.
In Columbia County. Shortly after
his arrival in St. Helens. Mr. Clee
ton was elected County Superintend
ent of Schools. He was a, member of
the Legislature in 1895 and nominated
George W. McBrlde for Senator on
the last day of the session. In 1886
he was elected District Attorney for
the fifth Judicial district and served
two terms.
In 1900 Mr. Cleeton removed to
Portland and has been engaged la
the practice of law, being a member
of the firm of Graham & Cleeton, In
the Marquam Building. He supported
Senator Bourne after his nomination,
by campaigning In different parts
of the State. He Is also on friendly
terms with Senator Fulton and Co
gressmen Hawley and Ellis.
ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 4. Thomas J. Cleeton, of
Portland, a close friend of Senator Ful
ton, is' slated for. United States District
Attorney for Oregon. Senators Fulton
and Bourne and Congressman Frills united
In recommending him; the recommenda
tion was placed in the President's hands
last night, and It is expected that -Mr.
Cleeton's nomination will be sent to the
Senate tomorrow.
The obsequies were held over Chris
Schuebel's nomination yesterday after
noon. Mr. Bourne was the only mourner,
tout the ceremony was behind closed doors
and there was none but his colleagues to
witness his last tearful tribute to his
friend. Mr. Bourne frankly admitted to
them that it was useless for him to press
Mr. 6chuebel's nomination further. He
said -he was satisfied that to do so would
be to court a turndown by the Senate, for
his careful canvass of the situation had
satisfied him that. If the nomination was
pressed, not only the subcommittee but
the entire judiciary committee- would
vote adversely and the Senate would sup
port Mr. Fulton in his opposition.
But Mr. Bourne did not surrender until
he had' pulled every available string and
had exhausted his last bit of influence.
He counted on the co-operation of Sena
tor Knox , to secure Mr. Schuebel's con
firmation and he brought Influence to
bear to swing Mr. Knox into line, but
found to his surprise that Mr. Knox, not
withstanding his (Bourne's) promise of
"several Oregon votes in the National
convention," was unwilling to support
any man for District Attorney who had
had no practice in the Federal Courts.
Mr. Bourne had frequent conferences
with the President after opposition to Mr.
Schuebel developed and the President, it
Is understood, made a careful canvass of
his strength in' the Senate regarding this
and other cases. Whatever his discovery,
it was not encouraging to Mr. Bourne,
who was forced to acknowledge that,
even with the President's co-operation, he
could not bring about the confirmation of
his man.
. When all expedients failed and Mr.
Bourne realized his predicament he broke
the news to Mr. Schuebel and from the
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Thomas J. Cleeton, of Portland, New
Choice of Oregon Delegation for
United States District Attorney.
best Information obtainable has promised
to have Mr. Schuebel appointed Assistant
District Attorney. There will be no op
position, provided Mr. Schuebel is willing,
and it la understood that he will now take
anything Mr. Bourne can get for him,
though he Is sorely disappointed at his
own defeat and equally grieved to learn
that Mr. Bourne lacked strength to have
him confirmed.
Mr. Schuebel did not willingly consent
to have his nomination withdrawn; he
sidestepped under pressure. He had a
lingering hope and belief thkt Mr. Bourne,
backed by Mr. Roosevelt, could override
Mr. Fulton, but Mr. Bourne concluded
otherwise.
Why Bingham Was Dropped.
When Mr. Fulton and Representa
tives Hawley and Ellis joined some
time ago in recommending George G.
Bingham, of Salem, Mr. Bourne told
the President that Mr. Bingham could
not be appointed, because he had been
the Salem attorney for the Southern
Pacific. Publicly, Mr. Bourne denied
that he had any objection to Mr.'Blng
ham. But it now develops that he
poisoned the President's mind, as soon
as he knew upon whom his colleagues
had unites, and because of Mr. Bourne's
representations the President refused
even-to consider Mr. Bingham. In fact,
the President made it plain that ' he
would appoint no man who had at any
time been associated with corporations,
or who had been affiliated with any
defendants in land-fraud eases.
In canvassing the situation yester
day, the delegation had to eliminate
all candidates who come within the
President's restriction, and was obliged
to pass up several candidates who, in
its opinion, would make good District
Attorneys. Mr. Cleeton appeared to be
the only man among all the candidates
upon whom the delegation could unite.
When Mr. Fulton. Mr. Bourne and Mr.
Ellis had united upon Mr. Cleeton, who.
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TESTER DAY" S Maximum temperature, 46
degree; minimum, 41.
TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds.
Foreign.
Portugal returns to constitutional rul and
Franco flees. Page it
Count Boni tells why he assailed Sag an.
Page 4.
Russia demands recall of French Ambassa
dor and will remove her Foreign Minis
ter. Page 1.
Turkey threatens ' attack on Russia and
troops are rushed 'to -frontier. . Page 4.
National.
Williams criticizes ' Roosevelt's message In
the House. Page 1.
Commercial delegation demands tariff re
k vision, but Is snubbed, by Cannon and
Payne. ' Page 1.
Proposed abolition . of ' pension agencies.
Page -4.
Oregon Relegation selects Cleeton for Dis
trict Attorney. Page I.
Polities.
Kulton will return to answer Heney; Heney
can't wait for him, but will come again.
Page 1.
Bryan declares Wall street worse than
Monte Carlo. Page 3.
Indiana Republican., delegation elected for
Fairbanks; Taft second choice. Page 3.
Ioinetic.
Littleton glvea up Thaw's case, but Thaw
will fight for .release. Page 3.
fiport.
Nelson and Unhola light ten rounds, Unholx
having advantage. Page 7.
Dan Kellv decides to remain In NewTork,
Page i
Pacific Coast.
Governor Chamberlain Is out after the scalp
of Master Fish Warden Van Tusen.
Page 7.
Corrupt practices act may be declared un
constitutional. Page 6.
Saloonkeeper kills one man and holds four
others at bay until he telephones for
help. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Mild weather causes Improved demand for
produce. Page 15.
Wheat advaneea sharply at Chicago. Page 15
Btock market almost stagnant. Page 10
Customs receipts show a steady increase In
spite of financial flurry. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Arugment will begin in Hall trial today.
Page W.
Former manager of X-Radium. Institute
flees from city; malpractice scandal
grows. Page 10".
Joe Anderson confesses T,ogan and Kevins
murders to cellmate. Page T.
Board of Trade plans to form commercial
exchange, page IV
Manufacturer Association . has new indus
tries in prospect for Portland. Page 10.
Washington" birthday set as time to plant
roses In plaza blocks, page 14. .
E 10. HOPE OF
TARIFF REVISION
Cannon and Payne Re
buff Delegation.
OPPOSE NAMING COMMISSION
Speaker Favors Maximum and
Minimum Rates.
NOW IS THE WRONG TIME
Leaders of House Tell Manufactur
ers Xext Winter Is the Time and
the House Committee Should
Hold an Inquiry.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. The present
Congress will not appoint a tariff commis
sion. Revision of the tariff will be un
dertaken next Winter, in the short term.
These announcements. In substance, were
made today by Chairman Payne, of the
House committee on ways and means, in
the presence and with the tacit approval
of Speaker Cannon, the occasion being a
call upon those leaders by a tariff re
vision delegation from various parts of
the country, comprising representatives
of many of the biggest manufacturing
and Industrial concerns in the United
States, and headed by James W. Van
Cleave, of J3t. Louis, president of the
National Association of Manufacturers;
ex-Governor N. J. Bachelor, ' of New
Hampshire, and H. K. Miles, of Racine,
Wis., chairman of the tariff committee
of the National Association of Manufac
turers. The delegation spent more than an
hour presenting Its case and listening to
replies by the two foremost Republican
leaders In the House, which, while they
were cordially couched, were practically
a refusal of all that the delegation had
journeyed to Washington to plead for.
Business Tariff Wanted.
In Introducing the subject of the ap
pointment of a tariff commission. In line
with the Beveridge bill, recently offered
in the Senate, Mr. Van Cleave said the
delegation was unanimous In the belief
that "the matter of the tariff can be bet
handled by the application of a hard
headed business bill," which would so
amend the tariff schedules as to encour
age the development of foreign commerce
by the producers of the United States,
without at the same time exposing their
goods to the reactionary effects of free
trade. He said It was the firm belief of
the vast Interests represented by the.
members of the delegation that a whole
some review of the tariff could best be
got by a commission appointed to ascer
tain the costs of domestic production, the
relative profits derivable from home and
foreign sales and all the multitudinous
facts appertaining to so complex and im
portant a jBubject. He said:
Plea for Tariff Commission.
"VT want, and we believe w can truth
fully state to you that the whole country
want, a aounrt and rational business con
sideration of the sublect and we believe,
after lone and earnest study of the situa
tion, that the suggestion of the appointment
cf a tariff commission to stand between us
and you. to receive and weigh and formu
late the mess of technical Information wo
have to offer and then to present it to Con
Bress in compact and intelligent shape, em
bodies the best means of arrivinc at that
result.
Other speakers along these lines, each
of whom branched into concrete Illus
tration of his points by citing the condi
tions existing in his particular business,
were A. H. Saunders, representing the
Reciprocity League, of Chicago; H. E.
Miles, chairman of the tifriff committee
of the National Association of Manufac
turers; N. J. Bachelor, of New Hamp
shire, master of the National Grange; S.
H. Cowan, representing the National
Livestock Association and the Cattle
raisers' Association, of Texas: G. A.
Stephens, of Moline, 111., representing the
National Association of Agricultural Im
plement and Vehicle Manufacturers: Mr.
Metcalf, representing the manufacturers
of agricultural Implements, and J. K.
Wilder, representing the Illinois Manu
facturers' Association, and speaking for
the sole leather manufacturers of the
country. '
Cannon's Tariff Policy.
Mr. Cannon, interrupting Mr. Metcalf,
aske1 :
Do I understand that you favor on tho
part of the United States an even tariff
with every other country in the world,
except that we shall enforce our maxi
mum tariff against such countries as
discriminate against our exports that
you favor a minimum and maximum
tariff, with that application?"
The answer was strongly affirmative.
"Then," said the Speaker, "I am glad
to hear your medicine, for that is pre
cisely the kind of tariff I believe in my
self." In his general answer to the statements
of the delegation, Mr. Cannon spoke In
part as follows:
Iet me suggest that, should the House
-nass such a tariff commission bill as you ask
for, there is no certainty of what the Senate
would do. Three Senators-can. by virtue of
their right to an unlimited occupancy of the
floor, hold up any measure for as long as
two years, without possibility of prevention.
I fear greatly that your tarlfT commission
would turn Itself into a debating school,
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