The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-05-21
MORE DEMOCRATS
FAVORED THE DUTY
THAN OPPOSED 1
REVERSED THEMSELVES m,I
SUPPORTED 4 REPUBLICAN
MEASURE.
IRON ORE CAUSED TIL FLlr
Taylor And Frazier Lined Up VIA
The Stand Patters-Beveridge. !.
Toilette and Others Oppose seb.n.
Bailey Helped With Excuse.

WASHINGTON, May l4-By A
overwhelming vote thu Alliance com.
mittee amendment TO assess impr
ed iron ore at 20 cents a ton Va,
adopted by the senate THURSDAY ate,
noon. Party lines were all awry and
the curious spectacle was presented
of more democrats voting 10 llaee A
duty on this article than was in the
voting to sustain the house provision
placing iron ore on the free list An
other anomaly was that the majority
of those voting against imposing The
duty were republicans, most Of them
followers of the LaFollette faction
Under the present law iron ore Is
assessed at cents a ton.
The action of many democrats IN
voting with the republican organiza
ton is ascribed to brief speeches by
Senators Bailey, Money and Daniel IN
which they maintained that as 1t was
necessary to impose duties on some
articles to obtain sufficient revenue,
iron ore was one of the imports
which might properly be taxed in this
connection. There was a great deal
of talk about the steel trust and argr
ments pro and con as to whether the
retention of duty on iron ore would
help or hurt that organization.
The finance committees amendment
to assess iron ore at rs cents a ton
was carried by 81 to "a. Forty-thFee
republicans and eighteen democrats
voted in the Affirmative. Three demo
Gratis and fourteen republicans voted
in the negative. The democrats who
voted with the majority were. Bacon
of Georgia, Bailey of Texas, Bankhead
of Alabama, Chamberlain of Oregon
Clay of Georgia, Daniel of Virginia
Fletcher of Florida, Foster of Louis
lana. Frazer of Tennessee, johnson OF
Alabama, McEnery of Louisiana, Mar
tin of Virginia, Paynter of Kentucky,
Simmons of North Carolina, Stone Of
Missouri. Taliaferro of Florida, Taylor
of Tennessee, and Tillman OF South
Carolina.
The republicans who voted against
placing duty on iron ore were; BeV'
eridge of Indiana, Borah OF ldano'
Bristow of Kansas, Brown and Burkett
of Nebraska, Clapp of Minnesota
Crawford of South Dakota, Cummlns
of Iowa, Curtis of Kansas, Dolliver Oh
Iawo, Dupont of Delaware, Gamble o.
South Dakota, La Toilette Of Wiseon
sin. and Nelson of Minnesota.
It was interesting to see the repuo
lican insurgents sit up and begin 'c
take notice when Senator Bailey
asked Mr.. Aldrich to Ak a time fol
voting on an income tax amendment
and heard Mr.. Aldrich respond in
way that indicated that 1t was agree
able to him to have vote on thi'
important question at any time. MT
Aldrich said at first that he woul'
agree to vote on the income tal
amendment right away if it was ar
ranged that the final vote on the oil
should be taken at the same time. MI
Bailey regarded this as facetitious ant
pressed Mr.. Aldrich to fix a date 10
disposing Of the income tax matte
that was remote enough to give al
opportunity for consideration Th
outcome of this talk was that MI
Aldrich promised that tomorrow n
would let Mr.. Bailey know whether
would be agreeable for him to haV
separate vote on the income TAI
next Saturday, the date preferred b
Mr.. Bailey.