Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-04-01
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY

preparation bill continued for on 81
! four hours in the house. The sIb-
! jects discussed took a wide range,
politics, finance, the trusts and the
Presidents last special message all
receiving attention Mr.. Houser of
Ohio predicted the election of Secre-
| tary Taft for president, while Mr.
| Hull OF Tennessee in an arraignment
of the republican party appeared
equally confident that Bryan would be
the successful candidate,
Washington, Mar. 19.--Resuming in
the senate his unfinished speech on
the Aldrich currency bill. Senator La
Toilette directed himself to the
charge made In his previous remarks
that the recent financial stringency
was started by the great bankers
aud flnanciers declaring hat he had
secured additional information prov
ing that his charge was correct. He
read letter signed by II. r. Vermilla,
auditor Of the Washington Life Insur-
ance company, calling upon an agent
to send premiums, collected weekly,
to New York, and he said such let
ters were sent to the agents of that
company all over the country.
Senator Gore. the blind member
rom Oklahoma. interrupted to ask
whether. in view of the charge made
! by the senator sr2M Wisconsin, the
president was justified in congratulate.
ing the men who brought on the
| panic,
Does the senator think" he said,
that President Roosevelt and Secre-
tary Cortelyou were not s.ar actors
10 that performance or at least that
they congratulated the ,hief actors
when it was over" He quoted from
letter sent by President Roosevelt
TO Cortelyou.
| Senator La Toilette deprecated the
idea Of bringing partisan politics into
! the discussion and said he did not
| propose to be drawn into criticism
of the president. who had done the
best he could to relieve the situation
and had not thought it wise at the
| critical moment to attempt punish
ment of the incendiaries who had
started the confagration which the
president sought to put out.
Whatever agencies were back of
that panic" said Senator La Toilette,
whatever purposes were behind It,
/ the president and his secretary of the
/ treasury were confronted with a con-
dition."
Senator Bailey said he sympathized
with the Oklahoma senator; that the
money should have been sent to banks
| throughout the country whose money
was in New York and was kept from
them. aud he did not think such a per
! Torrance should have been ended by
a letter of congratulation from the
president.
Senator Gore said he justified the
president "in standing and delivering
to those pirates and depositing with
them the peoples money when their
dagger was at his throat"
"But | cannot, he said. excuse
him for congratulating the pirates as
public spirited henefactors. excuse
/ the president for helping the incendi.
aries who kindled the fire, but | can
hardly go as far as to approve his
proclamation Of them as deliverers Of
the country"
! Mr.. Gore stated that he heartily
agreed with the senator from Wiseon-
sin. that MIR Rockefeller and Mr.
Morgan brought on this country a
panic which had ripened to the point
OF falling. but he did not think they
should be hailed as benefaetors after
ward"
Senator La Toilette resumIng, spoke
| on the proposition TO include railroad
bonds as securities for government
loans After speaking uore than two
hours and half Senator La Toilette
yielded the floor with the statement
that he would resume his speech on
Monday.
Washington. March 2o.--Under Sen
ator Ia Follette's tariff commission
bill. the commission is authorized to
make Spec{al INQUIRY regarding the