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The Commoner
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ONE DEMOCRATIC VICTORY
Tho famous ball gamo between democratic
And republican members of congress took place
at Wasblngton, Friday, July 16. The story of
tho battlo Is told by tho Associated Press In
this way: ,
Washington, July 16. With "Undo Joe"
Cannon looking on and powerless to call tho
minority to order or bring In a special rulo
shutting oft base hits, tho democrats of tho
house of representatives walloped all sorts of
tariff schedules out of tho republicans at Amer
ican League park today and won tho most fa
mous congressional baseball gamo on record by
tho thrilling score of 26 to 16. Tho minority
yinted to make It iu to l, dm mo repuuuuiuiu
rufoated that proposition onco again.
Tho domopratlc victory tho first of tho extra
Tho
Bosslon was rouoweu Dy a ciouuuursu ino
deluge did not descend until tho seven-inning
imHirt lmfi nnrinrl with thn ntout mombors all
deluge did not descend unui uio suvun-imunB
battlo had ended, with tho stout members all
chasing balls, and tho loan members prone on
tho grass from exhausted energy. Tho crowd
which witnessed this game "as equally weary
from laughter. Tho throng present included
most of tho distinguished government officials.
President Taft did not attend he was at Ch'eyy
Chase with Vico President Sherman playing
golf.
More different kinds of baseball were played
In that game than over crowded into seven inn
ings before, and it was not all bad. The dem
ocrats put up a rattling gamo in tho field
sometimes. Representative Heflin of Alabama
playing in one of tho outer gardens once had
a chance to bo a" hero. Tho republicans came
to life In the fifth inning and wero scoring,
eight, or nine or ton runs, when a lino fly went
winging out Into left field, straight at Heflen.
Tho portly Alabaman, who played In white flan
nel trousers, cast one eye at the ball and an
other at his baro hands and "ducked." Tho
hit ought to have been good for a home run, but
Representative Howland of Ohio fell exhausted
on the second sack and yelled for somobody to
como out and finish the run.
Representative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio
failed to live up to his advance notices. He
presented a natty appearance in his golf trous-
ors, but ho "Caseyed out" twice with two men
on bases, got a base on balls onco and then,
In tho Inst half of the sovonth showed a flash
of rare speed when he beat out a tiny little
Infield hit. His only other acquaintance with
the ball was a couple of foul tips and several
long runs after two-baggers slammed out by
the democracy.
Tho official score looked too much like a
house tariff bill coming out of the senate com
muteo on finance to be presented in full. The
republicans stuck to thoir original line-up
throughout the game but the democrats wore
themselves out making ten runs in tho second
and after that substitutes were called upon with
over Increasing frequoncy and the batting order
was shifted evory Inning.
The nearest the "newspaper scorers could come
nnif ,ttSG and errors was to give the dem
ocrats twenty-three of tho former no jest in
tendedand five of tho latter. The republicans
orreoraredTd WU1 tWenty safG tsTnd nine
orrors. The real reason there were not more
errors was because the players side-stepped the
hard ones and could not reach the long ones
Texas leaguers wore there in bunches and once
In chasing a pop fly the republican catcher and
pitcher collided with fearsome results. Repre
sentative Burke of Pennsylvania, who was at
the receiving end for the majority is of slight
n?n4ai;d,T;hG.n.h0 crashed int0 etcher Gaines
of West Virginia the little catcher was sent
heels over head to the ground. He picked him
n? LUP undau?t1ed ad then while he and the
pitcher wore doing an "Alphonso and Gaston"
three democrats, with a warped Idea of chival
rous courtesy rushed home and added three runs
to their already opulent total.
Rumors were In circulation that "ringers"
would be introduced but when they lined up at
4 o'clock the nine republicans were as stalwart
a party of men as was to bo found L all the
land while all the democrats weTe of as pure
a Jeffersonian strain. p e
The first victory of the day for tho frao
traders was won at the gate. The game was
KaVUs Charity bUt 0Veryb0y SeeS
"This certainly Is funny," said the old gate
keeper, as the passes poured in. "if i K0t a
paid-for tiokot I .wouldn't know whore to put it "
. Therepublicanswere captained by Represent
ative Tener of Pennsylvania, -who played short
Representatives Gaines and Burke wero tho
battery.
The democratic leaders were KInkaid of New
Jersey, who played second and wound up a
brilliant record by making a double play at tho
end of tho seventh, with Nicholas Longworth
as one of the unwilling victims. Representa
tive Webb of North Carolina pitched for tho
democrats, and outside of the fifth inning, when
tho republicans equalled tho democrats' high
inning score of ten, he "had the game well in
hand." Representative Oldfield of Arkansas was
the catcher. It was in battery work' that the
democrats excelled, although their slugging was
a revelation to baseball enthusiasts. There were
some funny mix-ups at tho plate all through the
game. Once a thin democrat began to chase a
fat one around the bases after making a long
hit to center, caught up with him at third and
then the two ran home together. Catcher Burke
got the ball in plenty of time to make the most
phenomenal double play on record by tagging
the two runners out with a "take this and that"
but ho dropped the ball. Nearly every player
wore a hat, and after stealing a base some one
invariably had to go back and4 retrieve his "sky
piece." The stayathome white uniforms of the
Washington American league team were in great
demand. Some "old-time grays and blues were
also scattered about the diamond.
The problem of securing a satisfactory um
pire was solved by the selection of Rev. Father
James Reynolds of Red Bank, N. J.
Score By Innings
Democrats 210 2 0 0
Republicans '.2 0 1 0 10
Hits 'Democrats 23, republicans 20.
Errors Democrats 5, republicans 9.
The lineup:
Democrats Oldfield, Ark., c; Webb, N. C,
p; Hughes, N. J., lb; Kinkead, N. J., 2b and c;
Garrett, Tenn., rf; McDermott, 111., If. and cf;
Robinson, Ark., rf.; O'Connell, Mass., ss. and
3b.; Dan Driscoll, N. Y., ss. and 3b.; Heflin,
Ala.lf.; Cox, O., cf.
Republicans Burke, Pa., c; Gaines, W. Va.,
p.; Dawson, Iowa1, 2b.; Longworth, O., cf.; Cole,
O., rf.; Ames, Mass., If.; Tener, Pa., ss.; How
land, O., lb.; Thomas, O., 3b.
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FOOLING THE PUBLISHERS
Now York, July 9, 1909. Office of Commit
tee on Paper, American Newspaper Publishers
Association. To Newspaper Publishers: When
the United States senate at Washington re
turned to the house of representatives today
the so-called Payne bill with 847 amendments,
a resolution was offered that the house do not
concur and that a committee be appointed to
confer with a similar 'committee of the senate
upon the points of difference.
Speaking upon that resolution, Hon. James R.
Mann, of Illinois, who had been chairman of
the select committee of the house of representa
tives, which committee had spent ten months
in a study of the paper industry, said:
"Mr. Speaker, it seems to me the only thing s
we can do is to adopt the resolution and send
the bill to conference. It Is out of the question
to believe that we will remain here and give
calm and cool discussion to the senate amend
t ments. But in saying this I desire to add a
' word In reference to certain amendments of
the senate. Without any desire on my part, I
was placed in a' position where, with other mem
bers of the-house, we were compelled to make
an investigation in reference to certain items
contained in the tariff bill which at least took
more time than tho Investigation upon all the
others combined. The committee that investi
gated the subject of wood pulp and print paper
will properly not be represented upon the con
ference committee.
"The house passed a bill which upon these
items would reduce the tariff on print paper,
Id the benefit of the consumer probably, and
at the same time would give to the manufacturer
of print paper that free raw material from
Canada which Is absolutely essential to the con
tinned prosperity of that business. The house
bill made the tariff $2 per ton on print paper
Instead of $6; but by so doing wo would secure
pulp wood from Canada without restriction of
exportation. Tho senate amendment, on the
contrary, will raise the tariff on print paper
from $6, the present rate, to $8. and in effect
will stop the exportation of pulp wood from
Canada. I-have stated what will be the effect
of the two propositions, not merely what they
nominally propose. There are two states In
the union which- would be benefited by the
adoption; of the proposition ,of the- senate: . two
states which have two-thirds of the spruce wood
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in the United States, which can bo used in tho
manufacture of news print paper. I give notlco
now that If those two states write the provision
in the conference report on news print paper
and on wood pulp, In the interest of their states
and against the interest of the consumer of
paper and the manufacture of paper in the rest
of the union, so faT as I am concerned I shall
swallow my desire to stand with the organiza
tion of the house, my desire to prove that the
republicans are able to write a tariff bill, and
vote against tho conference report. (Loud ap
plause.") Newspaper publishers are urged to ask their
representatives in congress to co-operate and
to notify the conferees that any increase In
pulp and print paper duties over those recom
mended by tho select committee will not bo
confirmed.
The conferees on the tariff bill are now In
session. Action on your part, to be effective,
must be immediate.
JOHN N.ORRIS,
Chairman of Committee on Paper, American
Newspaper Publishers Association.
Practical Tariff Talks
Anbody'with a strong pull can get what he
wants put in the senate bill. This is a strong
statement, but there are many Items which
prove it. Here is one: The committee has
decided to raise the tariff on cigar bands. Now
adays most smokers insist upon buying a cigar
with a band about it. The Dlngley law put a
thirty-three per cent ad valorem duty on all
bands imported. This was sufficient to make it
impossible for the foreign maker of bands to
undersell tho Americans, but the public fancy
seems to demand a foreign label in a number
of instances and there is also a desire on the
part of some makers of cigars to palm off
domestic cigars for the imported variety, and
this can best be aided by using a sure enough
foreign printed label.
. Evidence was presented before, the , committee
and the seriate that the printing of these bands
in the United States is almost entirely in the
hands of what is called in the communications
to congress, "the lithographic trust," and tho
assertion made was undisputed that the real
Intent of the new rate, which is 38 per cent
ad valorem, is to' give these manufacturers a
complete monopoly of tho business and place
them in a position where they may dictate prices
to the cigar trade. The fact that under the
existing law the American manufacturers have
offered labels and bands less than the price of
the imported stuff proved they have protection
enough. What they desired was to wipe out
the little competition that exists by putting a
prohibitive tariff in effect, and as the business
Is In a few hands and those hands control nine
tenths of the labels used in this country, the
absence of any competition would put them in
the position of absolute price-dictators, which is
what a' good many business men think a pro
tective tariff is really meant to do- anyway.
C. Q. D.
THE WORST ENEMIES OF PROTECTION
High protectionist senators who absented
themselves from the chamber while Senator La
Follette was speaking on the tariff last Wed
nesday missed some sound and seasonable doc
trine. We refer to the senior senator's sting
ing rebuke of the nauseating and dishonest talk
about the party's not being pledged to down
ward revision and to his powerful plea for free
hides.
The Sentinel yields to none in loyalty to the
principle of protection.
But protection Is not "standpatism," or per
petuation of this or -that set of schedules. The
worst or most dangerous enemies of protection
are, not out and out free traders, but defenders
of tho abuses and excrescences of protection,
and the legislative henchmen of selfish inter
ests that fight against reduction of schedules
when those schedules have become excessive
and levers for extortion.
When party leaders stoop to the pitiful quib
ble that no pledge of downward revision was
given in. tho last campaign they countenance a
welching operation whichif carried out would
expose the party, to : the -charge . .of- 'winning an
electonvonvfalse-pretenses.-MiIwankee Sentinel
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