Arizona republican., 1909-06-04
SubieCt0f Discussion Of First
 Night Session IF CONSERVATIVE CRITICISM
Of the Wisconsin Senator for Absenting Himself --- Sen- ate in a Quarrelsome Mood. Messrs. Aldrich and Stone Engage in a Tilt.

Washington. D. C., June S.-The at- mosphere in the senate chamber was surcharged with electricity tonight when the tariff bill was taken up at s o'clock in the first night session since congress was convened Fifty four senators were present Every re- publican senator in the city except La Toilette was in his seat and his ab- sence was the subject of criticism.
 The sincerity of his attitude on the tariff bill was questioned and finally serious attacks upon him were made by the conservative republicans in charge of the bill, and a spirited de- fense came from the insurgents and democrats. Another outbreak is all most sure to occur when the Wiscon- sin senator again gets the floor.
 Calling attention to a recess taken in the senate yesterday in order to give MT. La Toilette an opportunity to rest, and to his failure to be on hand tonight to resume his remarks, some of the senators sought to show that he had received unusual consideration.
 MT. Beveridge, in defending MT. La
 
 question that Mir. La Toilette was ill and needed the rest. Mir. Penrose~ de- clared that he would be able to prove that La Toilette was well enough to be abroad on the Streets, consulting with the representatives of Yellow Journals and Uplift Magazines
 A prompt defens of LaFollette came from Messrs. Borah and Deliver, re- publicans, and MT. Money, democrat.
 MT Beveridge suggested that the senate should adjourn for a reasonable time to give MT. La Toilette an oppor- tunity to recover and resume his speech. MT. Aidrich opposed the sug- gestion. III feeling was apparent on every side To end the discussion, MT. Aldrich suggested that the senate pass over the cotton schedule temporarily and proceed to the consideration of the flax and hemp schedules.
 The senate proceeded with the flax schedule and NIT. Bradley of Kentucky offered an amendment taking Jute and jute butts from the free list and as- sessing a duty of IF cents pound. The amendment was adopted. An amendment offered by Mir. Aldrich, making duty on threads made of flax or hemp yarns finer than five lea 12& cents per pound was also adopted.
 The senate was not in an amicable frame of mind today and there were several clashes of temper MT. Stone of Missouri asserted that German of ficals had taken exception to the re- marks made recently by MT. Aldrich relative to the wage statement sup piled by the German government at the request of the American secEetary of state.
 Mir Aldrich characterized as i'm pertinent' the effort which he claimed had been made in that statement to influence American tariff legislation and NIT. Stone undertook to show that the epithet had been applied to the German government
 Mir. Aldrich resented this implica- ton. but said repeatedly that the Ger man manufacturers had undertaken to influence the course of the tariff bill and charged that in doing so they had been guilty of impertinence. Mir. AL drich intimated that MT Stone was acting as a representative of Ger many.