The Washington herald., 1909-06-11

Presentation OF amendments anc
lengthy speeches by Senators La Toilette
Dolliver. Gore, and Clark, OF Wyoming
occupied the sessions OF the Senate yes
tsrday
Record votes were made. but the Al
drich forces voted down the proposals
OF the insurgents with increased majori-
ties. In the continued fight on the WOO
schedule but little progress was made to-
ward completing this item In the tarin
bill
At the night session Mr.. Gore made g
humorous speech, based on statistics
which proved the diverting feature OF
the evening.
Had Numerous Amendments.
Senator La Toilette took the aoor
shortly after o'clock. He had submitted
twenty-four amendments changing the
character Of the wool schedule. and was
explaining them to the Senate. He held
the floor continuously until the hour OF
adjournment An effort was made by Dir.
Aldrich 10 get an agreement for an hour
to-day to vote on them. but Senator Cum
Minis and others expressed the desire 70
discuss them.
Sharp talk ensued between Mr.. La Fol-
lette and Mr.. Aldrich. and the former
said II an agreement could not be reached
70 allow the amendments 70 go over until
to-day, he would talk until the close OF
the session. then they could go over. The
Senator said he did not care TO barter and
trade over the matter, which was one OF
courtesy between Senators. He held the
floor until the adjournment.
Referring 70 the fact that Senator Car
ter had said the Boer war had a de-
pressing effect on the sheep industry. Mr..
Gore said that sheep in the Transvaal
were members of the peace society. and
had left there when they foresaw the dan
ger ~ war, and came 10 the United
States He worked out some remarkable
cOmh.cations from the statistics, showing,
for xlmple there were more sheep in
the nited States IN 1893 the year the
panic in Cleveland's administration swept
the country. than there were under the
operation Of the Dingley law.
Nj. Gore concluded that sheep tlrived
on the panic. He said the sheep must
have looked far enough ahead 10 see
the Tanic Of 1893 was not a product of
the WilsOn-Gorman law OF 1894, fifteen
months later
All day Senator DolIiver pleaded for the
turers. On the first vote two Of the low
tariff Republican Senators-Gamble and
Crawford, OF South Da5Ota-paTted their
hawsers and foated gracefully over into
the anchorage provided for them by Sen
stOr Aldrich.
On the first amendment offered by Afr
Diuover relating to duty on yarn the ma
jority against him was 12 Then it grew
20 l3, and on every vote the Finance Com
mittee was stronger in the Senate that
it has ever been heretofore. Senator Nc
Emery, OF Louisiana. voted with the Re
publicans most Of the time. but his col
league. Senator Foster. of Louisiana.
voted with his Democratic colleagues on
every roll call.
Confronted the PrOfectfOnfsts
Failing 10 impress his own tarir views
on the Senate Mr.. Dolliver confronted
his protectionist colleagues with some OF
their own tariff material He submitted
an amendment which he said ought 10
appeal 10 the Senators on the Republican
side who have respect for antiquities and
felt the call OF duty. He lifted from the
Mckinley law the paragraph which he
offered as a substitute for a pending
amendment.
Senator Aldrich greeted the new arrival
with a smile, but said Il was entirely
out Of fashion. He told his colleagues
that while the language, which he ad-
mitted he had once submitted 10 the
Senate himself with his own recommen-
dations. was model tariff legislation for
its day and generation. but that the
world had moved on, and new condi-
tions demanded new laws In bries. he
said II would not do. and the Senate was
so much impressed by Mr.. Aidrich's ex-
PLANTATION Of the matter that on that roll
call II increased the majority against by
one. making it thirteen.
Mr.. Dolllver was not dismayed He in
timated he was eager TO make a perma-
nent record, and he offered amendment
after amendment, proposing 20 re-enaet
Mckinley law rates in the woolen sched-
ule, and one by one they were rejected
by the Senate. His most earnest fight
was TO change the basis Of the compen-
satory duties on woolen garments to make
the duties apply simply to the weight Of
the wool In the garment, and not TO the
weight Of the garment. and limiting the
ad valorem duty in any case 10 100 per
cent.
On this amendment he was routed by
the cabalistic thirteen majority His next
amendment proposed 10 limit the ad
valorem duty on rags. waste and all
the by-products OF the worsted manufac-
turers 10 so per cent ad valorem. This
amendment failed
Addressing himself 10 this amendment,
Mr. DOlliver declared the carded wool
manufacturers have been turned away
from the Finance Committee rooms with
out the kindly consideration to which
they were entitled. They have been de-
MED that respectful consideration 20 which
they were entitled as business men whose
business was being destroyed by law"
Republican Colleagues ImpIOred.
Rising to tiptoe in his earnestness. and
extending HIS hands imploringly. he in
quired OF HIS Republican colleagues
whether "a statute OF 1861 was so sacred
that nobody could inquire into il without
being ordered out OF the party he has
served long and faithfully"
AR Dolliver next attempted 10 place a
limit OF 50 per cent ad valorem upon the
duty on cotton waste. nofis, and wooden
by-pTducts, but his amendment was de-
feated by a vote Of p ayes 10 80 noes.
Shortly before adjournment he submitted
an amendment consolidating first and sec
ond class wool, and also basing the rate
Of duty upon the actual shrinkage when
secured, which was also rejected BY a
vote OF p ayes and 81 noes.
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