The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-19

delivering his regular lecture" adding
that he thought he had heard it all be-
I fore
Mr. La Toilette replied that observa-f
/ tons OF that sort would not promote the
passage of the bill He chided the SEN
| ate with having put off interstate COM
/ merce legislation for nine years. and hav-
/ ing delayed the pure food law for seven
/ teen years, by applying the same meth
ods against which he was cOntending-
Penrose White With Rage.
| At this point Mr.. Penrose arose and.
/ with violent anger. and glazing across the
chamber at the straight form of the SEN
ator from Wisconsin, said:
| Il shall not sit silent in my seat when
misstatements are made, or elaptrap
craftsmanship is attempted here. / charge
/ that the senator from Wisconsin had
been on the committee on census, and
/ during his service on that committee had
/ failed to attend a single meeting of il.
I make that charge without any fear of
contradiction. He is on the committee
on claims and has only attended its meet
| ings once OF twice in all his service, and
| that attendance was only to bring up
some trivial claim. I make this state
ment without fear OF contradiction, that
| he is on the committee on pensions. which
has one of the largest appropriation bills
pending before congress every year, and
! has hardly ever been present at its meet
! ings. according to the unanimous testi-
| that committee. He is on the important
committee on Indian affairs, which every
| year considers a great appropriation bill.
and he has seldom or never rendered any
! And he has been in the senate during
two years" interrupted Senator CALM
ger.
Patent Medicine Vendor.
There is no senator" continued Mr..
Penrose, who has greater record for
| al ,fea1 T. -.
| to criticise these committees. When he
! is here it is only to delay the business
/ or the senate; to hold up the transaction
| of public business and to embarrass those
/ who, under their oaths of office and IN
the conscientious discharge of their du-
1 ties, endeaVor to enact legisla ton. I shall
not sit here, and / desire to give such no
/ tice to the senator from Wisconsin and
| listen to arguments that might better be
made by q vendor of q patent medicine
I from the tail door of a cart in a village
/ of Wisconsin than from a senator of the
| United States.
Senator Gallinger said as Mr.. Penrose
/ took his seat that he did not wish at that
/ time to have rule No. 10, which prohibits
any senator from speaking twice on any
question on the same day. enforced. but he
appealed to senators VINO had spoken sew
ersl times not to delay the senate business
unduly.
Remarks BY Ia Toilette.
/ Mr.. LsFolIette had remained standing
WINE theSe remarks " re directed toward
I him. He declared tina ne did not ask the
indulgence of any senate iII respect to the
rules He said lie expected them to be
enforced. and believed that they had been
ence to himself He added that if ne were
infringing a rule it might delay his brief
reply until another amendment should be
acted upon.
TT is Of little value" he said. ito utter
contradiction here to much that has been
said. II would merely put the word of one
senator against the other. ] have not at
tended the meetings of some Of the COM
mittees to which I was assigned. I at
l tended the meeting of the committee on
claims once or twice. Not feeling that I
could render service of value on it, I
asked to be relieved from membership on
that committee. ] have been reasonably
diligent on the committee on Indian af-
fairs
Penrose Interrupts.
1T is the uniform testimony of its mem
bers that you have failed to attend those
meetings" intsrposed Mr.. Penrose angrily
Il would have more confidence in the
statement replied Mr.. BaFollette DELHI
erately. IF senator's on that committee
made that declaration themselves. I was
absent from the senate two months at the
last session, being confined to my home
in this city by Illness I was absent dur
ing the holidays-a weelS-during this scs-
sion while 7 was at my home superintend-
ing the publication of d ma gazine in which
I am interested and that seemed necessary
to the success of the business at that
time"
Looking intentlv toward the senator
frGm PENNSYLVANIA. he continued.
Against this coarse and vulgar ASA ulr.
7 put my record since l have been a mem
Der of this BODY
Then. looking about the chamber. Mr..
La Toilette continued.
You can take no course which will de-
ter me from exercising my right on this
floor TO express my Views on legislation
ana the orderly conduct of the business Of
this body. If you were better acquainted
with me you would know that
All Talking at Once.
Mr. LaFollette took his seat and Mr..
FCHTOSe referred TO the next amendment
in the postofficc bill Mr.. LaFollette arose
at the same time addressing Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks to make an inquiry con-
corning the amend ment
Mr. President" called the senator from
Pennsylvania. in a loud voice. For a mo-
ment the senators from Pennsylvania ami
/ from Wisconsin I'd the vice president
were all talking at the same time. FINALLY
Mr.. Pcnrose's voice was heard declaring
/ that he believed h. had the floor.
The chair said the vice president
calmly. "is undo taking to answer a very
proper inquiry by tie senator from Wis
Consin.
II did not understand" said AR Pen
rose II thought 7 had the floor and no
enc had right To interrupt without my
! consent
ne senate tHfD ianS@Q INTO the ordinary
business of hearing additional amend
ments of the bill read
Bill Finally Passed.
+ Later i'm the day consideration of the
/ bill was resumed and il was finally
/ passed. In discussing the senate amend
ment providing for a readjustment an
mally of the compensation to be paid
I for the transportation of mails on rail-
roads. Mr. La Toilette said he had been
informed that the change would result
I in from $3.50 900 to S3000.0OO additional be-
B ing paid to the railroads each year above
the amount the railroads now receive
] Mr.. PenrOse declared that the amend
nent would not increase the cost to the
/ government more than S1,0Q0.000 annually
/ and might result in a saving to the gov
/ eminent.
MILITARY ANECDOTE.