Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-12
ioWAN TAKES FLOOR in SUP
PORT OF MR.. LA FoLLETTEa
AMENDMENTS PROVIDING AZ
NALoREM FOR SPECIFIC DUTY.
LAFOLLETTE is
CALLED TO ORDER
WISCONSIN SENATOR'S pERcoh
Al ALLusloN TO Mr.. ALDRicH
BRINGS RULING FROM CHAIR
UNDER RULES.

.
the senate this afternoon Mr.. La
Toilette declared that by his
course on the wool schedule Mr..
Adrich had forfeited the conf
dence of the other Republican
senators and impeached his own
leadership.
The chair called LaFolIette to
order because of his personal alIu.
sion, Whereupon the latter com.
planned that the chair had not
been so prompt in other infrac-
tons of the rules.
Washington, D. c., June 11.--When
the senate met today the considera,
tion of the tariff bill was resumed and
numerous amendments offered by Mr..
LaFollette providing ad yalorem for
specific duties in the wool schedule
We're promptly taken up for the pur
| pose of voting on them zen bloc,' as
| Vice President Sherman announced
Senator Cummins taking the floor,
\ said he wouldNyote for these amend.
4 nlents. not ESQ sraucir because he was
satisfied that they We're exactly right
but because he was absolutely sure
the schedule reported by the finance
|
then proceeded at length to show how
from his point Of view the finance com
m1ttee's work had miscarried.
The senate voted down, 80 to a.
the twenty-four amendments to the
wool schedule offered yesterday by
LaFollette.
IA Toilette Offers % Amendments.
The night session was enlivened by
Senator La Follette's offer of twenty
eight amendments to the wool sched-
ule.
Twenty eight amendments making
ad valorem rates for the various
classes of wool and wooden goods were
introduced by Mr.. La Toilette. They
We're in harmony with views expressed
by him In his speech yesterday, and he
asked that all be voted upon at ona
time.
i Mr.. La Toilette explained that hil
1 amendments were intended to COM
bine the present classes l and 2 into
one class, to fix the rate upon this
class at 40 per cent ad valorel- and
to make what is now class dutiable
at 35 per cent ad valorem.
The night session was begun with a
statement by Mr.. McCumber, a mem
Der OF the finance committee, by which
he sought to show that the lowei cost
of manufacturing woolen cloth abroad
as compared with the cost in this
country, just ABOUT equals the import
duties.
Mr.. Gore delivered satire upon ex-
plantations by Messrs Warren. Cartel
an Smoot in defense of the Senate
woolen schedule, greatly to the amuse-
ment Of his colleagues.
The La Toilette amendments wers
explained at length by their autho,
an were then ordered printed ant
will be disposed of today.
AIdrich Reverses Aidricf.
Senator Aldrich objected on th,
, ground that it would be impossible t.
determine the proportion OF the con
stituents in such articles and tha
therefore the provision was impractic'
able. On the entire series the vote wa
{ practically the same and in no In
stance did any of the Republican sen
ators change.
One Of Mr.. Delivers amendment
+, was identical in terms with provision
! suggested by Mr.. Aldrich as part Q
r the Mckinley tariff bill of 1888. but tn
9 Rhode Island senator refused to accep
/ 1t. saying that the conditions were en-
, tirely different now from what the.
: We're in those days In the course OF
. discussion between Senators Aldric
and Owen of the duty on blankets tn
= fac was brought out that blankets pa,
u
8 In this connection the chairman of tn
. finance committe was given an oppor
= tunity to accept a general provisio
prohibiting any rates in the schedul
above 100 per cent, but he declined t
n do so, because, as he said, it might Il
l. in foreign woolen manufacturers.
l. The debate throughout the day wa
good natured and Mr.. Dolliver dis
!, tcussed polka dots. corn plasters, HON
= notices and kindred subject wit
Z much hu.nor lie seem to have res
a feeling over the possible tears in til
" leyes of the Irish potato.
,r The wool schedule occupied the at
II tention of the Senate throughout th
!. day, and on this account considerable
= of the proposed income tax, which ha
&c been set for yesterday. was postpone
e. until today.
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