Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-06-19

senator IaIlaIeffO was the only demo-
crat voting with the republicans for the
amendment, while Senators Beveridge,
Brlstow. Brown, Burkett, Cummins, Curtis,
Dolhver, La Toilette and Smith (Mich0,
republicans. cast their votes against It.
Senators Borah, Clapp, Crawford Gamble
and Nelson voted with the other republicans
for the duty, as did Senator Lorimer. The
new Illinois senator
Income Tax Again.
After this vote had been taken there was
al effort to reach an agreement upon
time of voting upon the various income and
corporation tax propositions. Mr. Aldrich
sought to maintain a general agreement
70 postpone the further consideration of
this question until after the disposal OF
the tariff schedules, but Senators Bailey
and Cummins insisted upon coupling with
the agreement an understanding that there
should be taken direct vote upon the
adoption of an Income tax amendment, and
no agreement was reached.
BY order of the senate adjournment is
taken each day at I p. m, and that hour
arrived. while the question was under dis
cussion The Bailey income tax amend
ment therefore will be the pending amend
ment when the senate convenes tomorrow.
II unanimous consent agreement, in ac-
cordance with the motion made by Mr..
Aldrich today, is not then obtained, he
probably will move to postpone consider
alton OF these subjects TO a certain day.
Democrats Air Differences.
Today's tariff discussion was confined
largely to the democratic side. and while
technically based upon the tariff had more
pertinent reference to the democratic ma
tionai platform The important subject of
the debate was an interview with former
Representative John Il. Lamb of Indiana.
in which that gentleman was represented
as criticising some Of the democratic sena-
tors who had not cast their votes on some
OF the schedules in accordance with the.
declaration of the Denver platform. Among
those who were referred to were Senators
Daniel OF Virginia and Simmons of North
Carolina, and each made response to the
criticism
Senator Bailey took occasion. also, to
reiterate his Independence of special dec
larations by the party, and Mr.. Hughes,
the new senator from Colorado, ulti-
mately drawn into the discussion. Mr.
Bailey having said that the Denver plat
form had been the work of one man, Mr.
Hughes entered upon a defense Of Mr.
Bryan and OF the platform.
His remarks caused Mr.. Bailey to again
take the floor. and in defending his posi-
ton, he undertook to show that by his
vote for a duty on lead ore Mr.. Hughes
had himself not been entirely controlled
by the official utterances of his party
He made reference TO trusts" and mas
ters, which in turn aroused Mr.. Hughes.
Exchange of Compliments.
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clared that not even his bitterest enemy .
would accuse him as had the Texas sena-
tor.
Disavowing his willingness to be elassed
AZ the bitterest enemy" Of the Colorado
senator. Mr.. Bailey was again met by a
sarcastic suggestiOn on the part OF his
Colorado colleague
Then" he said, the sweetest friend /
ever had, who in honeVed phrase. attempts
to praise me- will not place me in such a
position"
Nor" replied Mr.. Bailey. "am 1 the
sweetest friend the senator ever had"
Mr.. Bailey declared that the trusts could
only be regulated by putting in jail Of
tenders against the antitrust laws.
With voice indicating emotion Mr.,
hughes replied. He desired he said, to
''admonish the senator from Texas that no
matter how large he is nor how high
he rises in this senate" that he was no
taller than himself when IL came to a
question OF conduct and OF conscience
Referring TO Mr.. Baloy's remarks in re-
spect to masters and trusts" as "influ-
ences," MI. Hughes declared that he never
had any connection justifying such a sug-
gestion in regard TO him
He KNOWS No "MasterA."
Il know no master. have never had any
association with trusts 10 provoke such an
association" he said In effect.
Pacific exchange OF words between the