Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-04
GERMAN INTERFERENCE
IN THE AMERICAN TARIFF
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further to him, saying: II decline to
yield, because it is not a question of SYM
pathy, and in the second place l have
no speech to make"
III feeling was apparent on every side
Dolliver suggested that Aldrich might
take the opportunity to make certain
statements which, he said. had been
promised to the Senate for four weeks.
Aldrich replied he would select his own
time to make any speech that he desired.
Declaring that La Toilette had been Of
fensve and insulting to him when he had
asked permission to interrupt the senator
from Wisconsin, Gallinger N H., said
that an unusual courtesy had been shown
La Toilette yesterday when the Senate
took a recess in the middle of the day to
give La Toilette time to recover his
strength.
1T has been a part of the customary
tactics OF the senator from Wisconsin,
said Penrose. TO plead illness in the
midst Of his speeches and under that
plea to absent himself from the chamber,
while in fact it is generally known that
he was consulting with the representa-
tives of yellow journals and the editors
OF uplift magazines
Jumping into the breach, Borah sharply
criticized the propriety of making
charges against Il senator in his absence
Dolliver followed with declaration that
he sat near La Toilette when he was
speaking yesterday and that it did not
require the services of a physician to
prove that he was suffering severely from
the strain Of his efforts and the heat
Money. defending the Wisconsin senator,
declared that he could hear him breath
ing heavily and that he had been told
by Hale that this was audible across the
chamber.
To end the discussion Aldrich suggested
that the Senate pass over the cotton
schedule temporarily and proceed to the
consideration of the fax and hemp sched-
ule
This met with general approval and
the Senate proceeded with the flax
schedule. Bradley. Ky. offered an
amendment taking jute and jute butts
from the FREQ list and assessing a duty
OF one and one-half cents a pound. The
Bradley amendment was adopted
An amendment offered by Aldrich
making the duty on threads made of
flax or hemp yarn finer than lea 1913,
cents per pound was also adopted. A
more specific construction of the word
ing of the paragraph making straw
mattings dutible. and increasing the
duty on the finer grades of mating.
proposed by Hale, was agreed to.
The paragraph on cotton bagging
was passed over. Aldrch promising
Tlllman that the finance committee
would give it careful consideration in
order that it may be prepared to in
sist IN its amer.imcnt IN conference i:
IT should lie decided to reduce or ahol-
1sh the duty on cotton baggng. An
amendment offered by Aldrich placing
duty of 81 per cent ad valorem on
tamplco when fixed with other vcge-
table substances and treated was
adopted.
The sunGries schedule was then
taken up and several minor committee
amendments specifically placing real
horse hair and spangles in the dutable
list were agreed TO.
A re-wording of the House bill plac-
ing dutY Of 10 per cent ad valorem
on button forms was agreed to. as we'll
as an amendment making all straw
braids for hats dutiable at If per cent
ad valors m whether bleached. dyed.
colored. stained or not. The House pro-
visions placing duty of 30 per cent
al valorem on snap fasteners or clasps
was restored
me paragraphs on toys and fire
works. substituted for the Hous,, pro-
vision. We're agreed to.