The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-05
SENATE LABORS ON
COTTON ALL DAY
Continued from Page One.

Continued from rage one
affecting the prosperity of your sec
fion The time will come when the
south will be found standing shoulder
to shoulder with the north in an effort
to perpctuatc this great industry.
Mr.. Aldrich read the following let.
ter, dated Juno 4, signed by four of
the general appraisers. including Will
liam N. Parkhill, whose figures were
quoted by Senator Dolliver and Senator
LaFollette:
'tWc all agree that the average rates
imposed by paragraphs 3l3 3l4, BIG and
81 of the bill as reported from the sen
ate committee on finance are not great
or than those imposed by the act of
1897 as originally construed upon tho
merchandise now in those paragraphs
in tho senate bill.
Great Interest Manifest.
No one was required to call for
quorum when the senate met today.
The events Of last night in respect 10
personal references to Senator La Fol
lettc had caused feeling that storm
was brewing, and nearly every senator
was IN his place. Contrary TO the gen
when Mr.. La Toilette took the floor,
was quite pacific Mr.. La Toilette aud
Mr.. Gallinger had ii friendly exchange
of words, relating to the refusal of the
Wisconsin senator to yield to his New
Hampshire colleague for question of
yesterday. Mr. La Toilette then said
he had not been sick yesterday, but |
after holding the floor over five hours
did not feel inclined to continue all |
night, and had remained at home TO
rest
Turning toward Mr.. Aldrich, Mr.. La |
Toilette remarked that the senator |
"stood on this floor as any other SEN
ator.''
"He forgets it sometimes he add
ed, Then referring to the session of |
last evening as sensational TO such |
an extent as the obscure the debate of |
the day which had preceded, he turned |
10 Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania,
who sat in his place on the opposite side
of the chamber, facing him.
Roast for Penrose.
Gas to the remarks of the senator
from Pennsylvania, he said. ''l
would suggest that he would render
more important service to the country
and to his state if he would account for
the way he spends his time when absent
from this body than in any effort to
make an account for my time. "
Sitting upright and leaning forward,
Mr. Penrose gave close attention TO
every word Of the senator from Wis
consin. The galleries were crowded.
anu tne intense StlllhesS SccHtd 10 Plo'
sage scene.
III might add continued the SEN
ator from Wisconsin, "that no man
could undertake to account for the
whereabouts Of the senator from Penn
sylvania without transgressing the
rules of the senate. and do not
Mr.. Penrose. interrupting, referred
10 an article in magazine published
by the senator from Wisconsin. as ms
himself and Pennsylvania.
Reading the article complained of, Mr..
Penrose was promptly stopped by Mr..
La Toilette who SAID the statements
were taken from a newspaper, and when
denied by that publication were prompt
ly withdrawn by his own magazine.
Mr. Penrose asked to be referred to
the denial. and was assured that he
would be furnished with the magazine
containing it, Mr.. La Toilette then
proceeded with his analysis Of the tariff
bill
Many Senators Leave,
Illustrating his remarks with sam
pies that he said had been procured
through the chief examiner of the New
York custom house, Mr.. La Toilette eX
planned the difference in duties carried
by the pending bill and those imposed
by the Dingley law. with the purpose
Of showing increases. An opportunity
TO rest was afforded Mr., La Toilette
when Senator Nelson suggested the alb
sence of a quorum and the roll was
called. Although sIXty-eight senators
answered 10 their names. there were
only thirty present after Mr.. La Fol
lette had resumed. He discussed at
length the cost of mcrccriZcd fabrics.
Upon being questioned by Mr.. Dixon.
Mr.. La Toilette admitted that he had
not taken into consideration an amend
ment which was adopted 10 the para
graph on cotton thread and carded yarn.
and that he did not know how many
of his estimated seventy increases had
been reduced by that amendment.
One Crack at smoot.
When Mr. La Toilette concluded the |
exhibition Of his samples Mr.. Dixon !
inquired whether he would permit the |
senator from Utah, Mr.. Smoot, 10 at.
tempt TO explain the changes in duties
in each case
Mr.. La Toilette said he would fur
nisb samples Of all the goods he had |
exhibited TO every senator, and the
senator from Utah could give his views |
then llc. however. declined 10 permit |
an interruption Of his speech for that |
purpose.
That the cost Of mcrcerization was
less in this country than in England |
was asserted by Mr.. La Toilette. who |
added that the hours OF labor in Eng
land are generally less than in the |
United States. In thc last fifteen
years. he said. under improved systems
OF manufacture IN tins country. the cost
of the production Of cotton goods has
decreased.
At 30 clock Mr. La Toilette con
cluded his speech. after having had The
floor for nearly SIX hours Tho epnutc