Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09
SENATORS N TILT
STONE OF MISSOURI. "cALls" Al,
pRlcH FOR HIS TARIFF
STATEMENT,
TEuToN STATISTICS CAUSE

TEuT0N STATISTICS CAUSE
Western Member Tells Leader He 10
Wrong in Declaring Germany "lm.
pertinent" Finance Chairman De.
elares He Rebuked Data Givers,
. Not Whole Country.
Washington, June 4.-Senator AL.
drich's recent Characterization of the
course of any government which might
send to this country an anonymous
statement concerning prices in the for
eign country with view to influence
ing legislation was made the subject
OF an acrimonious colloquy in the SEN
ate between Senator Aldrich and Sen
ator Stone.
The previous remark of Senator Al
drich was based upon the fact that in
response to request from our state
department the German authorities
had forwarded to this government
statements of manufacturers concern.
ing the rate of wages in Germany,
with a request that the names of the
manufacturers be not used.
Senator Stone brought up the ques-
tion soon after the senate convened by
reading cablegram from Berlin in
which it was stated that the German
government had taken offense at Sen
ator Aldrichs language, because of
the important position he occupies in
his party and in congress.
Says Utterance Is lmpolitic.
Reading from Senator Aldrich's orig.
inal remarks, Senator Stone said:
when the senator from Rhode Is
land made that somewhat petulant
and extraordinary declaration, every
one here took notice, and I think
every one regarded his utterance as
impolitic, if not impolite."
Continuing to comment on the Incl.
dent, Senator Stone said that he was
not surprised that the German gov.
ernment and the German people had
taken notice of this utterance and felt
offended by it. Senator Aldrich, who
had listened attentively to the words
of the Missouri senator arose and
said:
II made no charge against the Ger.
man government. was talking about
German manufacturers, whose names
were kept from us, and who furnished
information with the express under
standing that it was not to be used
In the enforcement of our custom
laws. The senator may consider that
information of value. I do not. There
is no question about the German gov
ernment involved here at all. The
German government forwarded these
statements with the distinct under
standing that they were not to be used
to raise the invoice value of goods i'm.
ported into the. United States contrary
to our laws.
Attempt Called Impertinent.
ANY attempt on the part OF any
government to influence legislation on
the tariff matter is impertinent. I
did not say the German government
made such an attempt, but If any gov
ernment made such an attempt it
would be impertinent."
Senator Stone, insisting that the
senator from Rhode Island had re-
ferred to the German government as
lmpertinent, again read the statement
made by Senator Aldrich as it ap-
peared in the Record.
Il was not discussing the German
government in that regard. but was
referring to various statements before
the committee" said Senator AL
drich, who added with energy: "The
senator is mistaken"
Il am not mistaken" insisted Sena-
tor Stone.
Senator Stone contended that Sena.
tor Aldrich's utterance must neces.
sarlly have had reference to the
German government, as he was not
discussing anything else.
Calls for Correspondence.
Replying, Senator Aldrich said that
his criticism was directed towards the
effort to use the information from
Germany to influence American legis-
lat1on. He proceeded to express his
great admiration for Emperor William
and the German people, and then read
number of extracts from the Ger.
man report to show that there had
not only been an effort to influence
legislation but that the report con-
tained criticisms of the house commit
tee on ways and means. Senator De.
pew spoke in depreciation of the entire
incident, saying that it was absurd to
think that the German government
had in reality given serious consider.
alton to the matter. Senator Stone con.
cluded his presentation of the aues-
ton by saying that while there had
not been direct retraction the dose
mad been so sugar coated by eulogies
upon Germany as to remove the bit
ter taste. Senator La Toilette intro
duced resolution calling for all the
correspondence relating to the sub
ject, but it's consideration was post
p0ned.
Pleads Guilty to $4,000 Theft.
Bnffalo, N. Y, June 4.-Samuel w.
Hofheios, the defaulting tax clerk in