Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-05
Sixty-first Congress.
Washington, June s.
SENATE.

A plain straightforward talk Is wha
Ssuator DOlliver, of Iowa, one of th'
progressive republican" senators, call
ed bis review Of the Aldrich speech IL
the Senate today. Mr.. Deliver did som,
OF his plsinest talking When Mr.. Aid
rich, after the loWan had been tslkins
for few mioutes, started to leave thu
Senate chamber. His action brought from
Mr. Doliver Nh indignant protest agaius
Mr.. Aldrich's apparent determination
not to listen to the answer to his argu
ment.
81 have an engagement, explained
Mr.. Aldrich as the reason for his de
parture.
81 want to engage you here" ex
claimed Mr.. Deliver. He said tina
Mr.. Aldrich could not turn his back OF
what he. Mr.. Deliver, was going to So
without snbjscIing himself to seriou
moral consequences.
Mr.. Aldrch resumed his seat, bu
within ten minutes he had slipped on
10 his committee room.
Mr.. Dolliyer said he desired to avoid
any spirit of harshness in his speech
aud he would be the last man to ssy
unkird things of Mr.. Aldrich. The
facts in the case, however, required thai
somebody make plain statement. He
challenged Mr.. Aldrich's statement that
the Aldrich amendment to the cotton
schedule would affect only 10 per cenI
of the cotton importstions. Mr.. Dolli.
yer quoted Senator SIN DOT to show thai
it would affect 20 per cent. Mr.. Aldricb
explained that he did not mean the bulk
of the importation, but that his amend
ments would affect only 10 per cent of
the total valuation of the importations,
ADD he would stand by that statement.
Mr.. DOlliver did not deny that view oi
the case. Referring to Mr.. Aldrich ms
authority Mr.. Dolliver said Thirty
years ago 1 carried around with me
copies of the senator's speeches aud
quoted his figures with confidence that
has gradually slipped from my mind.
SenstorDOliver advised his colleagues
that they had better go to their con-
sttuents and tell them that they had in.
creased duties in the cotton schedules
rather than say that the duties had not
! been increased. "The American peo-
pie" said he, care willing to be robbed
but they are no. willing to be fiimham-
med.'l He sad il was ridiculous to
claim that there we're no increases and
anyone who tried to tell the American
people differently would 6ud himself
in trouble.
Mr.. DOliver made a sweeping attack
IN Mr.. Aldrich for the argument he del
livered at last nights session, charging
MIN with exaggersting the amount lost
by the government on account Of rebates
paid importers.
Senator OulbeTson, attacked Mr.. Al
drich for having questioned the accuracy
of a tariff amendment made by the
Texas Senator. The latter showed that
the statement of facts in question had
been taken bodily from one of the re-
ports made by the finance committee
to the Senate.
Mr.. Aldrich said that as to that psrtic-
ular matter The report was in error. The
object OF the report had been to
show revenues, not a comparison OF
rates, and it WAS prepared in hurry
and consisted of great mass of figures
he had informed the Senate several times
that it would be found to contain some
errors.
Senator Oliver made a personsl state
ment on the floor of the Senate IS
follows:
"Tbere appeared this morning In the
public press dispatch from Gold6eld,
Nevada. stating that certain officers and
directors Of Nevada mining company
among them myself as one OF the direc-
tors had been indicted by the Esmer-
Ida county grand jury for conspiriug to
defrsud that state of certain taxes or
bullion.
The charge is that the company rem
dered a false statement to the Bullion
tax collector and that the directors and
officers sanctioned false bookkeeping in
order to carry out their conspiracy. at
is dne to his Senate, of which have
but recently become a member, to state
that / have no personal knowledge OF
the facts upon which these cases are
based. | never had any intimatiOn
even that such proceedings we're con-
temphied or impending.
knew nothing whatever about them
until advised yesterday by telegram. My
understanding is that my name, with
some other others, ia included In the list
OF defendants merely because we happen
to be directors of the company. | desire
to make my denial of any completely 10
this affair, either c1nslTuctively of sctu-
ally, as emphatic sud IS sweeping as
possible. | have never knowingly,
violated the laws of any state and
under no circumstances would |
consent to. or be party in, their viola
ton by men with whom | might be as
ISOLATED in business. "
HOUSE.
The House Was not In session today
having adjourned on Thursday until
Mondau