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him do it like a little man." said Mr..


Harris.
':You proposed to the senator from
Kentucky to vote on the bill at 3
O'Clock. I have your language here
Gaping the official report, which he
had obtained from the official reports).
The very moment the senator from Ken
lucky took his seat l addressed the
chair, was recognized and accepted IN
good faith the proposition from the
senator from Rhode Island, from which
he seeks now rather vigorously to re-
tire Great Democratic laughter)
81 made no proposition" replied Mr..
Aldrich, 81 simply asked a question.
democratic cries of ooh! Oh!O l did
not say for myself or for any others on
this side of the house that we would
accept the measure. My proposition was
to take a vote on the bill as it came
from the house, and / renew that prop
osition."
Teller Comes In.
Gas I understand this controversy"
said Mr.. Teller, entering the discus
sion, the senator from Rhode. island
rendered an inquiry to the other side
of the chamber. After a consultation
on that side of the chamber dare to as
sert that the bill as it came from the
House, or as it came from the finance
committee, is to be that which is to
pass the Senate
eve are willing to vote on it," de-
clared Mr. Gray.
"Oh,'' said Mr.. Teller, ''the gentle
man knows the trick of conference
committees. He knows that in con-
ference it can be fixed BY that, 1t
can be made palatable to those on the
Democratic side to whom it is now
unsaVory.'
Mr. Cullom again arose to address
the Senate, when Mr.. Harris asked
what had become of his request for
osition of the senator from Rhode
Island.
"Ohr' said Mr.. Harris, in his drawl-
ing, significant way.
Mr.. Voorhees, again entered the de-
bate and declared that the statement
made by the senator from Rhode
Island was not true.
What statements" asked Mr.. AID
He Simply Lied.
1.-THE statement that amendments
have been agreed on to the pending
BILL replied Mr.. VOORHEES,. The Ell
forts here create the impression that
a new deal is being made me SEN
ator from Rhode Island taxes the sen
ator from New Jersey with being des-
titute of knowledge. The senator from
Rhode Island is himself a, striking eX-
ample of a man speaking without any
l<nOWledge of what he is talking ABOUT.
The statement made by the senator
from Rhode Island is without TRUTH
direct or implied"
81 do not know what the senator's az, :
means by having been agreed TO-
said Mr.. Aldrich THAT is subject
which he can put his own construction
on. That amendments have been agreed
to may not be true, but that they nave
been considered in the majority OF the
committee is true"
THAT is wide of the truth; that is
not correct" declared Mr. voorhees,.
'I will leave that to be decided IN
the course of events in the next few
days" replied Mr. Aldrich, and rested
the case on that.
Mr. Cullom was recognized and spoke
in opposition to the bill.
Mr.. Cullom spoke two hours and
twenty minutes and was followed by
Mr.. Dolph, who gave the fifth Install
ment of his speech, but soon sank into
the background to allow Mr.. Mcpherson
to get into controversy with Senators
Fry and Aldrich.
AIdrich Airs Himself.
After the incident on the floor, SEN
ator Aldrich said his reason for max
ing a proposition for a vote was that
he wanted, to demonstrate that if a
vote could be reached on the House bill
it could not pass.
81 made the proposition" he added,
with a view of demonstrating by an
actual test on the floor of the Senate
how idle the Democratic platform is
and how impossible it is for the party
to pass such a measure as was promised
in the Chicago convention"
He said he would have the Senate en-
tirely willing that the vote should be
taken upon his proposition to vote upon
the House bill as such, but that when
it came to amending it, that was an
other matter.
MY purpose" he remarked, was to
show those Democrats could pass no
other than protective bill and 1 am
sure they cannot"