The Washington herald., 1909-06-04
LIVELY TILTS STIR
SENATE CHAMBER
Continued from Page One.

Mr. Tillman-L do not feel disposed 70
be ordered 70 sit down by anybody. The
Senate can order me out OF the chamber.
but the Vice President or the President
Of the Senate cannot order me 10 sit
down.
The Vice President then proceeded 20
explain that under the rules Senator'S.
during the course OF a speech, could not
/ yield for a speech. Mr.. Tillman was
angry. but took mis- seat evidently con-
vinced that he had misunderstood the
/ Chair at the outset
Mr.. La Toilette later had a lively tilt
with Senator Gallinger. who attempted 70
/ interrupt him. I decline to yield just
now," Mr.. La Toilette said. In reply 10
/ AIr. Gallinger's request for a hearing
/ THE Senator from Wisconsin declines
/ to yield. Senator Cummins. President
/ Pro Tempore. announced
"Of course. the Senator from Wisconsin
/ does not have 10 yield II he does not want
to- Mr.. Gallinger retorted hotly.
''As long as 1 have the floor. I'll con
/ troll my time as I see TT. Let there be no
misunderstanding about that" Mr.. La
/ Toilette added.
Scores Undue Haste.
| Continuing his speech. Mr.. La Toilette
/ said the enactment OF a tarlR bin was
/ such an important work that there should
! be no undue haste. The members OF the
/ Senate. he added. should be ready 10 re-
/ main IN Washington all summer II need
be TO complete the bill properly. The de-
I sire 70 rush the consideration Of the bill
| Senator La Toilette charged. was for the
/ purpose OF preventing Senators from find
ing out what is in the pending measure.
/ Mr.. Aldrich. he added. had made no
/ explanation OF the changes OF the rates.
/ When members OF the Senate wanted 10
\ know why changes had been made he
\ said they were regarded by members OF
/ the Finance Committee as nneddlers.
/ Legislation in the Senate. he continued.
is in the hands OF a few men. whom he
/ referred 70 as the ''autoCracy Of the
/ Senate
Does any one believe that any SOW
I ereign State will long accept their legis-
lation from the Senator from Rhode
4 Island?" Mr.. Ia Toilette asked "The
/ pending bin Is being rushed through the
/ Senate under conditions that VIII not ad-
nit OF investigation. There is not a
/ country in the world that would revise a
| tariff as we are revising our tariff. The
/ German government had a tariff comrnis-
/ sion which gathered statistical data gave
/ 4tNeAA az So nAEllL4lE NAA years n us IN
/ vestigation. There was no need for any
/ disturbance OF business.
Somebody wants 70 get this bin
/ through without its provisions becoming
/ known as they ought 20 be known. Mr..
/ Consumer was not considered in the prep-
aration OF the bill He did not attend the
I hearings. And yet he IS the man who
: brought about this revision OF the tariff
Chairman Aldrich made a short speech
defending the cotton schedule While
there was. he admitted. an apparent in
crease in some OF the duties. In reality
most OF them were reduction from the
: Dingley rates. The rates OF duty as az
present administered by the customs Off
| GERS. he declared. were far below what
were intended 20 be imposed when Con-
gress enacted the Dingley law.
German Wage Report
The Senate again gave more than two
hours OF time 10 animated debate on the
much discussed German report on wages.
Senator Stone. OF Missouri introduced
the subject by reading from press dis
patches showing the excitement in Ger
many because OF Senator Aldrich's re-
mark few days ago that the sending
OF such a report for the purpose OF in
huencing tariff legislation was "a piece
OF impertinance-"
Mr. Stone criticised Senators AIdrich
and Depew. The Senator from New York
has condemned the sending OF The report
as a gross violation Of the international
properties. After establishing by Official
evidence that the information had been
called for by the State Department last
November through a communication sent
70 the American Ambassador az Berlin
and by him handed to the foreign office,
Mr.. Stone condemned AIr. Aldrich and
Mr.. Depew for giving Offense TO a
friendly power"
The Senator from Missouri was severe
in his comments. 1t is amazing" said
he. that a great Senator OF the United
|, States would stand here and say such a
thing in the light OF the facts have no
doubt that II the figures had been 10 the
Senator's liking the report would have
been printed and paraded in this chamber
and heralded 70 the country by a virtuous
Z and partisan press"
| Replying. Mr. AldriCh declared that the
act OF impertnenCe was not on the part
Of the German government, but by the
manufacturers themselves. Then the Sen
ator from Rhode Island praised the
Kaiser. He said that he liked that mon
arch especially because OF his devotion 20
protection.
Mr.. Aldrich declared that the German
government would be the last TO seek to
influence the Senate IN a matter OF pro-
b tecting and developing American in
/ dustries.
: Mr.. Tillman. who had been listening 10
, the debate with increasing interest and
nervousness, rose TO inquire:
, What is the mystery all about? BY
| what hocus-pOcus Is this report being
, kept from US? We ordered IT print
ed several days ago. There must be
something in II that the Senator from
Rhode Island don't like. Is it clean?'
AIdrich Replies.
1T is clean calmly replied the Senator
from Rhode Island. Then he explained
that he had read only the abstract Of II
that had been translated. The formal re-
port was SIN concealed IN the pater Ian
guage. and the state Department was
working as rapidly as possible 10 trans
late il. As soon as II was translated the
Senate could have it.
On motion Of Mr.. Tillman unanimous
consent was granted to have the abstract
> printed.
During the day session the Senate made
no further progress with the paragraphs
r in the bill. Senator La Toilette. OF Wis
cOnsin. held the floor most Of the day
discussing the tariff bill generally. Short
y before adjournment yesterday he took
up the cotton schedule and gave il atten-
ton. He intimated that his remarks might
extend over most Of to-day. At 1 o'clock
an attempt was made 10 reach an agree
ment by which he could suspend for the
, day.
T Mr.. Aldrich offered 10 agree 10 the ar
! l rapfar,,anf rro,-idnd Cauafore uould Gv