The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-02
SENATE IS HELD ID
 TARIFF MEASURE Extra Session May Handle Gen.
 sus bill In Addition LIVELY DEBATE OCCURS Senator Rayner Attacks Methods of Farmers of Tariff Bill and Calls
 Republicans Plunderers
 of the People.

Washington April 1.-The Senate to- day by viva voce vote, adopted Sem ator Hales resolution to confine the business of the extra session to the consideration of the tariff question to the exclusion of everything except the bill making provision for the 18th cen- sus. The discussion was participated in by Senators Culberson, Bacon. Talia- ferro. Bailey, William Alden Smith and Hepburn. MT. Smith explained that the resolution practically places the Sem ate in recess until the tariff bill was brought in
 MT. Hepburn made an earnest plea for mittee on revision of laws which is preparing a recodification of the fed eral statutes. He expressed the opin- ion that there were other important matters of legislation besides the tar iff
 Mir Hale however, declined to yield to MT. Heyburn saying that if any ex- ! ception was made other committees would also seek recognition with the result that it would be impossible to give concentrated attention to the tar if which the President had suggested as necessary in order to procure ex- peditious action on that most impor- tant subject of legislation.
 Senator Aldrich coincided with Mir ! Hale and suggested that any time if ! the Senate so desired 1t could by vote modify the Hale resolution.
 Bacon's Resolution.
 The Senate today began consideration ing that the democratic side of the chamber should be represented in all the hearings held by the committee on finance, Senator Aldrich, chairman of the committee, contending that as the republican party would be held respon- 1 sible for tariff legislation. it was the i, province of the republican members of the committee to shape the bill for the Senate. MT. Aldrich said the policy { pursued by the committee was the same as had been adopted in the considera- : tion of other tariff bills, practically in cluding the Wilson German bill
 This policy, MT Aldrich said, was pursued in every country in which representative and party government existed The minority of the Senate he said, could do just what the majority was doing. In addition to nnumerable communications he had received he said fully 100 people daily to discuss the tariff.
 Statement By Hale.
 When Senator Bacon called attention to a statement made by Senator Hale last Monday that he had just come from the committee room where there were "30 or 40 disaffected or dissatis- fled Pennsylvanians," it was explained both by MT. Hale and Mr Aldrich that the number had been overstated; that all there were not Pennsylvanians and that those who were there had beer invited to give their views as experts on the iron and steel schedule.
 It seemeu. MI. Adrich said, that al the people coming before the republican members of the committee had been ex perts, wnose assistance had been neces sary for proper understanding of tn, QutSlioH DtlnS cOHSlueTeu. ne Sdlu lHd : the House had been having hearings ant had published nine volumes of them ant he doubted whether any democratic sen ator had read any part of them.
 You will have to make an exception in my case,' said MT. Bailey, interrupt ing. although l have sot read all O them, and do not intend to- MT. Aldrich agreed to except the Texa senator. as he did also Senator Taliaferr of Florida.
 Mir Aldrich said the experts are no subpoenaed nor paid any witness fee and he declared that their statement were not public hearings at all.
 Senator Daniel Insisted on knowing what objection could be urged by tn senator from Rhode Island against tn democratic members of the committe hearing the statements.
 ''Is it.' asked Mir Daniel. "a prlvat snap for the purpose of framing tar if bill without giving right to rer resentatives of the people to hear tn testimony?"
 Mir Aldrlch said it was the purpos of the committee, so far as he Knew to hold public hearings.
 Rayner's Address.
 An impassloned address by Senate Rayney was directed against the metho of the majority in the framing of a tal If bill.
 This is the worst practice" he sait that has ever arisen before legislatfv body.
 ~when you are dividing this plunds'