The Irish standard., 1909-06-05
NELSON .ENLIvENs SESSION
Question of Recognition Is Raised and
Scene Is Likened to That Preced.
ing Passage Of Aldrich.vreeiand
Emergency Currency Measure.

one that no other senator would have
attempted without constant reference
to notes, but the blind statesman from
the southwest found no difficulty in
giving off-hand the greatest variety
of detail without the ability to as
sist his memory in any way. The
senate had promptly begun the days
business by resuming consideration of
the cotton schedule of the tariff bill
and Senator Gore was the first
speaker.
:. ~=.Cannot Blame Them, He Says.
Referring to the cotton and wooden
manufacturers, and with rasping
and sinister tone, the Oklahoma sem
ator said he did not blame them for
their large earnings ..
81 know they are intelligent citi-
zens." he said, Judging from their
business success and from their selec-
ton Of United States senators"
He referred in sarcastic Ian
guage to the. statement made by
Senator Lodge that some of these
large earnings resulted from sales
of real: estate fortunately acquired
years ago, and said that the. stock of
the Troy Cotton and Wooden Company
of Massachusetts had been advertised
as earning 81 per cent. in 1907, with
out reference to profits from real
estate sales. He suspected, he said,
that the good-natured: philanthropic
manufacturers did not divide their
earnings on the square with their la.
borers.". :. ~. 80. .
Nelson for Upward Revision.
Senator Nelson followed. "The
business interests of the country
need not be alarmed, as their appeals
to us for prompt action on the tariff
indicates. because there will be no
downward revision, he declared, aft
er saying the understanding in his
state was that the. tariff would be
lowered. "The only thing they have
to wait for" he continued, lis to see
how far they can mark up their goods.
At least there will be no downward
/ revision that they themselves do not
consent to." ~ ~
Sustaining the contention of Sena'
tor Dolliver in opposition to the spe'
cific duties in the cotton schedule re-
ported by the committee on finance,
Senator Nelson gave extended exam
pies of specific increases and their
equivalent ad valorem rates to show
that they had been placed higher
than in the Dingley law. .3:~'
:: stirring scenes In Senate.
There was a reminder Of the stir.
: ring times which characterized the
consideration of the Aldrich- yreeland
currency bill during the closing hours
of the first session of the Sixtieth con.
gress, when Senator La Toilette, who
was opposing the bill, failed to re.
ceive recognition to make the point OF
no quorum, while another senator &C.
cupied the floor.
Senator Nelson being about to en-.
ter upon what Senator Beverage re.
/ garded as an important statement
concerning cumulative features of the
cotton schedule, receiving recognition
of the chair. called attention to, the alb.
sence of a quorum. Senator Nelson
laughingly declared that the high pro.
testionist senator did not care to
hear him, declined to yield: :. !
Bacon Insists on Point.
Senator Bacon insisted that the
point Of no quorum having been
raised, it was absolutely necessary to
call the roll; that otherwise sen.
ator might take the floor, tell mem.
bers of his own party that they could
60 home and rest themselves several
hours, and then decline to yield the
floor to permit any one to raise the
question Of a quorum. Such a pro.
cedure, he declared, was in gross VIC.
lation of the rules of the senate. /.
Vice-President Sherman announced
that his first impression was that the
senator from Georgia was correct in
his Interpretation Of the rules, but for
the precedent made at the time that
Senator La Toilette had called at,
tention to- the absence Of quorum
during the previous congress-.
Tilt Over Recognition.
With this precedent before him he
could only refuse to recognize Senator
Beveridge's demand in the absence of
consent from Senator Nelson, who &C.
cupied the floor. r. -. 49,.
Senator Bacon declared that the pre-.
vious action Of the senate had been
taken at time when the senate was
In no temper for deliberately deciding
such question. It was, he said.
one Of the many revolutionary things
done at the close Of the first session
of the Sixtieth congress.
Agree to Night Sessions.
Without further resistance on the
part of the minority the senate
promptly agreed to the resolution pro.
viding for night sessions which was
presented by Senator Aldrich. Under
the order Of business so established
the senate will be in session ten
hours daily, from 1920 a. m. to $50
and from to II o'clock p. m.
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