The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
Says, He Has En- barrassed Party. RHODE ISLAND SENATOR'S
 LEADERSHIP DISCREDITED Vice President Invokes Rule to Stop Personal Illusions. Further Consideration of the Iacome Tax Amendment was Postpened
 in the Senate UntiI June
 Is--BaiIey Charges Un-
 due Influence.

| shared with the wool schedule the att tention of the Senate during today's sitting of that body and after a dis cussion of an hour or more. it's further consideration was postponed until June IS.
 Referring to yesterdays debate on his amendments. Mir. Deliver said there l had evidently been a misunderstanding of what the amendments proposed to | do. He added that there was no req son for the statement by MT. Aldrich that 1t was visionary and impractica- ble to determine the class Of wool contained in the various clothes im- ported. Mfr. Deliver said he ought not to have been understood to say that the kind of wool in the cloth should be determined in levyinss the duty, i but said that the proposed amendment intended to apply the rates according to the quantity of the wool in the cloth. regardless of the class of the 1 wool.
 l By vote of s2 to A. all of tho amendments offered by MT. LaFollette were rejected.
 Taking the floor as soon as the La Toilette amendments had been rejected, | Senator Aldrich declared that the amendment affecting wool of the first | class, If adopted, would have cut down the duty one-half. This, he explained. l was because of the fiuctuation in the l price of foreign wool, which, at times. would make the protective duty l.1 instead of II cents g pound, although on its face, 1t was 4S per cent ad yal- orem.
 I T would like to know" said the I Senator from Rhode Island. "how my l friend from Indiana (Mr. Beverridge)s and how my friends from Iowa (hr. Cummins) will explain their votes n reducing the protection which has been afforded the wool growers of the | United States 70 and -50 per sent hy their action in this matter"
 "It will keep us much busier.7 inter posed MT. clapp, 'in explaining sorne- body else's vote.
 Thia declaration called forth ap- plause from the galleries. which was quickly suppressed by Vice-Presidens sherman.
 My votes need no expianation,@ re- sponded Mfr. Aldrich, either to my self or to my constituents to whom am directly responsible"
 As he was speaking MT. Aldrtch pro- duced telegram which he had just received. quoting the Liverpool price | of merinos at 13 3-4 cents. That, he said. would mean "a duty or 2 cents pound on these Merinos." the wooien Setition with those of the United States than any others. l LaFoIIeffe Scores AIdrich
 No sooner had Mir. Aldrieh taken his seat than Mir. LaFoliette was upon his feet.
 'aThat statement of the Senator from Rhode Island" he said, with impetuous language. lis an impeachment of the leadership of the Senator from Rhode Island. The want of confidence which has come to some Republican members of this body would find Justification In his course here today if it had never before"
 Reserving his information upon this bill, he compelled everybody to Vote upon the amendments. paragraph by paragraph.
 dence of the Republican membership of this body by a proceeding of that kind? He is leader of the Republi- can side, and as such he has aided in bringing us into a position of embar- rassment before the Republican con- stituency of our various States.
 "The Senator from Rhode Island" Mir. IaFollette continued. with all his craftiness," had embarrassed the Re- pubiicans He said he had stated half truths which have discredited his iead- ership before this body and before this country"
 | the Senator from Rhode Island had come from State that had granted ninety-nine year franchises, which he intinlated was something not tolerated in wisconsin. He said MT. Aidrich had made no report on this Dill and had "chilled or frozen" those who had sought with perfect courtesy, to gain some light on the changes he had made in 1t. He proceeded: I ''The Senator from Rhode Island need not take to himself any anxiety about the report that Senators of the Middle West will make when they return to their State and discuss these questions with their constituents He cannot, by any legislative trick, argue any amend ments that have voted upon. confusing the minds of Senators here who have been exercising some independence by melting terror or timidity."
 No sooner had these words been ut tered than there was hasty protest by Senator GalIinger, who called upon Vice President sherman to invoke Par agraph of Rule XIX.
 'In my experience in this body" said I Mfr. Gallinger. "I have never heard so oft-repeated accusations that legisla- tive tricks were being praeticed and ask that this rule be laid before the Senate that every one may know what it is."
 Rule XIX, which relates to the ne- cessity for avoiding personal allustons. was then read, and the Vice-President declared he thought the Senator from wisconsin had violated 1t.
 Mir. LaFollette had taken his seat and arose, saying he had noticed that this rule had not been equally applied to all Senators on the floor He said he had noticed that some Senators could say things without attention be- I ing called to them and 1t was gener- ally understood he had in mind Sena-. for Penrose's recent criticism of him. self. which was not rebuked-
 Vice President Sherman said he would see that the rule was uniformly applied, to which Mir. La Toilette re-
 piled that he did not blame tAe Vice President, as he understood / le rule
 was only applied when the ( tention of the chair was directed to It. .l Tn Aldrich-L,a Toilette incident then L came to a close and Senator Bacon