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Show DOLLIVER HITS BACK. That was a spunky speech which Senator Dolliver delivered in the Senate on Monday. Ho declines to bo read out of tho Republican part', and declines to admit that tho new bunko tariff law is a test of Republicanism. Ho hol'ds that the law was ono of the two great hoaxes of last year, Hie other being the Cook claim of discovery of the North Pole. That is putting it ve' straight and clear, in a way that even the most dense "stand-patter." could not .fail to comprehend. Senator Dollivor was very emphatic and also very strong when he stated that the dereliction of tho "insurgents" in refusing to support -this bunko tariff bill was "duo to their belief that it failed to fulfill the party pledges;" that in their opposition they wore clearly clear-ly vindicating the President's campaign speeches, and fulfilling the expectation of the country, which demanded a revision revi-sion downward of the whole tariff bill, and honest work in that respect throughout. Sonator Dolliver distinctly'says that the President's showing in behalf of the tariff bill in his speech at Winona, was made by presenting a "grotesque table" of reductions in duties which was prepared by a paymaster in tho arni3'; and further, that his Winona speech was in direct contradiction of his Lincoln Day address; all of which is undeniably true. Senator Dolliver then proceeded to show the effect of f ho tariff law- on thc rubber tire industry, whoro those interested in tho monopolies fostered in this industry by tho tariff law were multiplying their wealth 1)3' rapid strides. Ono concern in ten 3'cars had increased its capital from $50,000 to $10,000,0.00, a clear outrago and imposition impo-sition upon the public, a robbery bojroud all defense. Proceeding further in the matter of exposing the fraudulent nature of the new tariff law, Sonator Dolliver presented pre-sented figures to show that rates had been raised, most of them b3 subterfuge. subter-fuge. Included in this list were the products of irou and stool, sugar, tho woolen schedules, and, of course, tho cotton schedules, whero the raises were, as compared with the old law, in somo enses boosted away over 100 per cent, tho result being a marked iucreaso to American consumers in tho products of all of the cotton factories. There is no question but that Sonator Dolliver had this matter right. The argument is with him; the proposition that the uow tariff law was framed in the interest of tho trusts, combines aud monopolies, and that its effect has been to put the markets in the hands of those combines, is not susceptible of denial. The argument is all one way. The new tariff law is a fraud, an imposition im-position upon the people, a huge and scandalous imposture throughout. |