Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-25
DANIEL DEFEATS
PLAN Of ALDRIIG(H
Aldrick asked for Unanimous
Consent That Senate Agree TO,
Vote on Tariff Bill Now Pend
ing on the Second Day of June.

WASHINGTON, May 22.-Failure today
of the first serious attempt OF Senator AL
drich. of Rhode Island, chairman of the
finance committee. to fix day when
the senate shall take a final vote on
the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill and all pend
ing amendments thereto. Senator Dam
iel, of Virginia. objected to the fixing OF
the date and as such an order in the SEN
ate can be made only by Unanimous con-
sent there was an end to it for the pres
ent. Mr.. Aldrichs request was Tor
June I'd.
1t is generally understood. however,
that Mr.. Aldrch was merely making
test play He will try again in few
days, pushing the date forward little
and the belief is that he will eventually
succeed in getting a vote about June 9th
or thereabouts.
Senator Aldrich had scarcely made his
request before Senator Cummins was on
his feet, but before he was recognized
Senator Daniel in distinct voice, sad
II object"
CUMMINs TAKES A HAND.
! Mr. Cummns did not take his seat but
proceeded to say that he hoped Mr.. AL
drich would not press his request too
hard. He said that several Republican
| senator's felt that certain amendments
TO the bill ought to be revised. These SEN
aIOTS, ne HCius udu uON uA4uOAy oCAGy~&
the proceedings so far but had confined
themselves to the points at issue. Per-
! sunally, Mr. Cummins declared he was
4 just as eager as the senator from Rhode
Island to speedily end the debate. he
wanted to see it proceed as fast as posi-
BILE with the full and fair discussion. He
said he voiced the sentiments of several
! Republican senators when he said that
within those limits they would aid Mr.
/ 10 oarIv aHffOn
! The chairman of the finance committee
said he fully appreciated the attitude OF
Mr.. Cummings; that he had no intention
| to limit free debate. He thought Mr..
Cumniins would agree that there had
/ already been much irrelevant discussion
on the bin. He expressed the hope that
date for the vote might soon be f1xed
HALE ASKS FOR FACTS. 80
| Then Senator Hale, of Maine, got on his
\ feet and asked what proportion of the bill
| still remained to be acted upon. Mr.. Aid
Irfch's answer was that he believed IN
Ipoint fof numbers of paragraphs, about
Eone-han of the bill still remained. and
THAT of what remained half of the para
| graphs were subjects of dispute.
/ Therefore he believed a majority OF
the disputed paragraphs of the entire
measure had been disposed OF to date. y
4 July is the date that is now generally
liked for the bill to become law.
| Senator EIkins served notice on Senator
Aldrich this afternoon that few OF the
schedules so far advanced, passed or
would be passed. met with his epprova'.
4 "And I am in a peculiar position, ne
| went on "I can't get the finance COM
mittee to agree with me nor can agree
| with it, nor can 1 keep company with the
| Republican members who are organized
| here as the 'progressives.' would IKE 70
| find out exactly where I stand.
RANKLY DISCRIMINATING.
| The committee, according TO Mr.. Elkins,
was rankly discriminating against coal,
iron, oil and lumber, the chief products or
his state. It was not right, he held, for
the products to be subjected TO reduc-
ton while others were being better pro-
tected Whatever was done the revision
should be fair. he insisted.
'The senator from North Dakota has
got all the protection he could for his
! wheat and barley, and now he Is trying
to take away all my profits" exclaimed
Mr.. Elkins.
To this Mr.. McCunber replied ironically
that he knew the farmers in his tate
lwere becoming multi-millionaires, while
the people Of West Virginia were being
lpauperized.
'rWhy." said he, ''the farmers of my
state would trade half of all their prod
lucts for what the senator from West
Virginia owns personally"
CAN'T RAISE MILLIONA1RES.
81 want to say" declared Mr.. E1lins,
that my state produces lumber, oil, iron
and steel, but IT does not produce mill
Iionaires."
Senator Scott, of West Virginia. asked
This colleague whether he had not voted
to protect all of the products OF Mr.. Nc
lCumber's state.
yes" sang out Mr.. Elkins, land viii
vote for protection every time the chair
man Of tile finance committee tells me
ltof'