The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-06-17
ALDR|CH IS ACCUSED
UNFIT AS LEADER AND A LEoIs.
LATlVE TRicksTER, SAYS
LA TOILETTE.
HIS CHARGES BREAK RULES
Vice-Presldent Decides Wisconsin SEN
stor's Personal Attack Is improper
-cummins and 6everidse drilled
by 'Aldrich for Votes on Wool.

Washington, June 12.--The rules of
dent Sherman, were violated when
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin
made a personal attack on Senator
Aldrich, whom he accused of legisla-
tive trickery and called unfit to serve
as leader of the Republican forces in
the highest branch of the nations law
making body.
The charge by the Wisconsin sena-
tor followed the action of the senate
in voting down all OF the amendments
he had offered to the wool schedule OF
the tariff bill
Taking the floor as soon as the
La Toilette amendments had been re.
jected, Senator Aldrich declared that
the amendment affecting wool of the
first class il adopted would have cut
down the duty one-half This he ex.
planned was because of the fiuctuation
in the price of foreign wool, which
at times would make the protective
duty Az instead of IL cents a pound,
although on its face 1t was 45 per
cent. ad valorem.
Raps 5everidge and cummins.
Il would like to know" said the
senator from Rhode Island, how my
friend from Indiana (Senator Bev.
eridge) and how my friend from Iowa
(Senator Cummins) will explain their
votes in reducing the protection which
has been afforded the wool growers
of the United States 40 and so per
cent. by their action in this matter?"
1T will keep us much buster" in.
terposed Senator Clapp, lin explain.
ing somebody else's votes" This
declaration called forth applause from
the galleries, which was quickly sup.
pressed by Vice-President Sherman.
My votes need no explanation" re-
sponded Senator Aldrich, either to
myself or to my constituents to whom
| am directly responsible"
AS he was speaking, Senator Aid.
rich produced Telegram which he
had just received quoting the Liver.
pool price of merinos at 13% cents
mat. he said, would mean "a duty of
six cents a pound on these merinos,
me woolen goods that come more Sc.
verely in competition with those OF
the United States than any others"
La Toilette In Hot Reply.
No sooner had Senator Aldrich
taken his seat than Senator La Fol-
lette was upon his feet.
That 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 mem
bers in this body would find justifica-
tion in his course here to-day If IL
had never before. Reserving his in
formation upon this bill, he compelled
everybody to vote upon the amend.
ments paragraph by paragraph Does
he expect To keep the confidence of
the Republican membership OF this
body by proceeding of that kind =?
He Is the leader of the Republican
side and as such he has aided in bring
ing us into a position of embarrass-
ment before the Republican constitu-
The senator from Rhode Island" !"
Senator La Follettee continued, with
all his eraftiness, has embarrassed
the Republicans" He said Senator
Aldrich had stated half truths, which
have discredited his leadership before
this body and before this country.
Talks Of Legislative Trick.
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 re-
turn to their state and discuss these
questions with their constituents. He
cannot, by any legislative trick, argue
any amendments that have been voted
upon, confusing the minds OF sena-
tors here who have been exercising
some independence by melting terror
or timidity."
There was hasty protest by Sena-
tor Gallinger who called upon Vice.
President Sherman to invoke para
graph 2 of rule 10.
I'm my experience In this body"
said Senator Gallinger, 81 have never
heard 80 oft-repeated accusation that
legislative tricks were being prac-
ticed and ask that this rule be laid
before the senate that everyone may
know what 1t is"
Consideration of the income tax pro-
vision went over until next Friday.