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SENATOR MAKTIN, MINORITY LEADER
" 'Mr. Bryan explained at the white house
I that ho was not opposed to the election of Sena-
tor MaTtiri as minority leader of the senat.e but
that he personally would not vote for Martin if
he were a member of tho senate.' Associated
Press dispatch.
"Noithor would any other progressive demo
crat. There is little in tho record of , Martin
to encourage confldenco in him to interpret
aright the desires and tho needs of the people.
The record shows him voting with Senator
Aldrich on too many occasions to admit doubt
that his and the Rhode. Islander's'points of view
are too nearly alike for Martin's leadership to
differ very materially from the discredited
leadership of Aldrich. Senator Martin leans
bo far towards protection, and he went to the
aid of Aldrich at so many critical times during
tho tariff debate in tho last congress, that his
record ought to have foreclosed against making
hira the leader.
"Mr. Martin co-operated with Aldrich and
voted for the finance committee amendment to
the tariff bill imposing a duty of , twenty-five
cents a ton on iron ore. He voted with Aldrich
against tho La' Follette amendment reducing the
duty on extracts of quebache to one-fourth of
one cent por pound.
"In disposing of the lumber schedule, Mr.
Martin voted with Aldrich on two roll calls.
He voted with Aldrich against the Cummings
amendment to recommit the woolen schedule
to the finance committee with instructions to
lower the duties. He voted with Aldrich to
admit certain works of art free of duty. He
voted with Aldrich against the Bristow amend
ment excepting sugar from the list of articles
admitted free of duty from the Philippines
"Ho voted twice with Aldrich against the
McCumber amendments making reductions on
certain kinds of prepared lumber. He voted
with Aldrich against the Taliaferro amendment
reducing the duty on pineapples. Ho voted with
Aldrich for tho duty of sixty cents a ton on
bituminous and shale coal, as against the Mc
Cumber proposition to fix it at forty cents a- ton
"Ho voted with Aldrich against tho Cummins
amendment reducing the duty of iron in pigs
cast scrap iron and. scrap steel from $2 50 to
Jl Per ton. He voted with Aldrich against the
Tillman amendment imposing a duty of ten
ceiiV-s a pound on tea. He voted with Aldrich for
the committeo amendment adding the cornora
tion tax provision to the tariff bill. He voted
with Aldrich against tho Bailey amendment pro
viding for a constitutional amendment permit
ting the levying of a general income tax-".
Dubuquo (Iowa) Telegraph-Herald
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