Show 1 SENATOR DOLLIVER STILL TILL REPUBLICAN 0 IOWA ORATOR IN TIGHT BOX Rayner of Maryland Invites the Senate Insurgents to Come Over or at Least De Declare Declare clare dare Intentions in Future HAWKEYE STATESMAN DECLINES INVITATION In the Last Fifty Years the Democratic Party Had not Added a Line to the Progressive Progressive Progressive sive History of the Country NO DEMOCRACY FOR HIM WASHINGTON cc 7 April 27 In Insurgents vy of the Senate through the eloquent tongue of Sen Son Senator Senator ator Dolliver today spurned an in invitation invitation invitation to quit their party associates and join the Democratic party which invitation had been boon extended by Sen Senator Senator Senator ator Rayner in the course of a speech in opposition to the administration railroad bill The exchange of mock compliments and aspersions amused the Senate and galleries for several hours and finally resulted in political debate that goaded Senator Bailey in into into i ito to a sharp defense of the minority I party A lively general debate debato followed Mr lr invitation to the in insurgent I urgent senators made a general hit with ss Ith the insurgents themselves quite as us much as aa with the Democrats and regular Republicans Mr r Rayner bad had ot resumed his biB seat before Mr Dolli Doll Dollier DollAr er Ar was recognized Before replying to Mr in Mr Dolliver entered upon a discussion of ot the capitalisation of rail railroads raIlroads railroads roads i iHo Ho lic advocated the right of at the na i LaI government ia Is Isile i tue tie ile of stocks and bon bonus ls of railroads lie to Ie said the states could in no way interfere with the federal control of Interstate commerce commerce and that ie control of ot capitalization might be bea a sod sed od for that purpose Mr Dolliver then thon declined Mr Ray Lers Invitation with thanks Taking up the question as BB to the disagreement of ot the insurgents with the regular Republicans he intimated that there was room enough in the Republican larty for all elements Republican Party Good Enough It is a large party part he ho said and andI if I has haa within the last fifteen years converted a number of ot people to its faith It is large enough and good enough t carry on the fight tight for tor good govern government ment Dunt but if It I ever over did feel any temp temptation temptation tation to leave it I would have to 10 Took look over a good many things before I J would pitch my tent with the Demo Democratic Democratic Democratic cratic party part because I know that there li If 1 quite as much discontent In the Democratic party as to its leadership a RI i In the Republican party Mr Rayner RaI er interrupted with the sug sugi i that while there might be dis 8 in the Democratic party regarding r leadership the trouble In Int t tiP c Republican party related to Its I Mr Dolliver dissented He Ie contend contended ed cd d that his party was right in prIn prInIE c cle Ic IE and when he waa was pressed as to tot tofte t H e action of the party with reference t a J the tariff he recalled he 10 P course of ot the Democratic party part In Int t j e enactment of the tariff law of 1894 saying that if ho he horad hel holad lad rad l ad ever felt any Impulse to embrace tv PP t Democratic faith the trend of in that direction would have dis him because he declared t te IP Democrats had then lost the op opI j I to make malte good their promise to reduce the tariff rates Source of Comfort Mr Ir declared he was bound tv l only one alliance that was to his duty Still it had been a great c to him to know some honest Continued on Page Two w it k I I ISADOR RAYNER RAYNEE Maryland Senator who invited the insurgents into the Democratic camp SENATOR DOlliVER STilL REPUBLICAN Continued from Page One minded men of the Democratic party had shared his views in that connection connection connection tion But so far as making an alliance with the Democrats is concerned he said why bless bleas my heart that is the only handicap we have ever eer had in the course we are pursuing He said that but for the charge that the Republican insurgents were In coalition with the Democrats they would be in control In many states 1 I have very great sympathy with the Democratic party but very little confidence in it as It Is now managed he be added The best that can be said of ot it said Senator Dolliver Is that it occa occasionally occasionally occasionally supplied the punctuation Here and there it put In a comma some somo sometimes sometimes i times a semicolon and in 1892 a full tull stop No one can tell what the political party of the future may be I 1 believe it will be a party with Its Us doctrine based upon Abraham words An unfettered start and a fair fall fairchance fairchance chance for every man in the race of at life Speech Are the insurgents in earnest or have they just been flirting and co 00 with us Senator Rayner of Maryland Mar land II i mock seriousness asked this tIlls and others even more pointed in his speech He said that the Democrats wanted no nomore nomore nomore combinations with the insurgents more skirmishes but that preliminary on recalcitrant Republicans R would be the welcomed into Democratic 7 ranks n J It they only would enlist and take their feelings with them Pointing out that on almost all pre pro preliminary moves on various measures Congress the in insurgents InsurgentS before the present and Democrats have stood to together together together Mr Rayner said that when the te gether bill they final vote voto is taken upon the leisurely to stray away from us seem is Now ho said the question what do your friends mean Are they in or are they simply flirting and coquetting with us Is It merely engagement or is it a per permanent permanent permanent a temporary manent love feast Is the senior senator from Indiana the for instance embracing us for fol ecstacy and transport of at the moment or Is la ha he willing to unite with us in inthe inthe the tho bonds of ot holy political wedlock 1 would like to know from him what Ins hs h iI future intentions are Whenever we have voted with him I have h ve noticed he cast a radiant smile that is full of or I fooling feelIng in our direction but Is this merely the symptom of ot a momentary passion or is it the token of per permanent permanent manent affection r |