Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-01
DENY TRUST CHARGE
SUGAR INTERESTS DECLARE
THEY ARE NOT CONTROLLED
BY THE OCTOPUS.
SENATE ARGUES SCHEDULE.
Bacon Raises Cry Against COLLISION
Aldrich States That Case Is Not
as Represented-other Talk on
the Point-Upper Branch interest
ed in Wordy Struggle.

companies III Cn0 senate against ZIG
charge that they are controlled by the
American Sugar Refining Company.
Such documents were presented from
the American Beet Sugar Company by
Senator Burkett; from the Carver
Sugar Company of Chaska, Mimi, by
Senator Clapp; from the Wisconsin
Sugar Company of Milwaukee, Wis. by
Senator La Toilette; from the Union
Sugar Company, the Pacific Sugar
Corporation of Los Angeles county,
Cal, the Los Alamitos Sugar Company
of Orange county, California, and the
Sacramento Valley Sugar Company, by
Senator Flint.
Farmers of Utah and Michigan,
also were largely represented in pc
titions presented by Senators Suth-
erland and William Alden Smith, pray.
ing against any reduction in the sugar
duties provided in the pending tariff
bill. The Mexican Petroleum Com
pany also protested that it was not
controlled by the Standard Oil Com
pany in petition presented by Senas
tor Flint.
Bacon Charges Collision.
Senator Bacon charged that by col
fusion between the clerks of that body
and Republican senators cloture had
been effected in the senate and the
schedule had been taken up and the
senate was about to vote on an amend
ment offered by Senator Gore reduc
ing the rate on refined sugar to one
cent per pound. Call the loll,' the
chair directed, whereupon one Of the
clerks Immediately started upon that
duty. Senator Bacon at once paren-
thetically ordered a halt, and de-
claring that he had addressed the chair
before the call had begun, immediate
ly entered upon protest against
what he declared was coming to
be the practice of the clerk in
SO promptly beginning his call as
to cut off senators who had gained rec
ognition from the privilege of be-
ing heard. He declared that such
practice was becoming frequent, and
asserted that 1.-The clerk was not there
as the representative of any party or
of any senator, but is here to do his
duty, and is not entitled to so manipu-
late the roll call as to prevent senators
from being heard"
Says Practice is Noticed.
Senator Bacon declared that other
senators had noticed the practice and
asserted that frequently it had been
resorted to for the purpose of enforc.
ing cloture. And he continued, 81
have good reason to believe that it
was done with the knowledge that
such was the purpose" He then re-
ferred to the all-night sessions of the
last congress when the Aldrich-Vree-
land currency bill was under discus
sion, when he declared that by the
clerks precipitancy, discussion of the
conference report on that measure had
been brought to an end. THE name
of the senator from Rhode Island
heads the senatorial list he said
and by answering promptly he could
have the roll call under way with very
little delay"
This statement brought the Rhode
Island senator to his feet with prompt.
ness, and he made the declaration that
he proposed to exercise his "constitu.
tional prerogative of answering to his
name when called without consulting
the senator from Georgia"
Talks Of Night Rider Problem.
That the outrages of the night riders
in Kentucky and Tennessee resulted
fho rs
Tobacco Company and that unless the
internal revenue tax on leaf tobacco
in the hand Is repealed these out
RACES will again occur, was the dec
laration made by Senator Bradley OF
Kentucky in urging the adoption OF
his amendment to the senate bill. This
amendment proposes to restore in the
tariff bill the house provision fol
the free sale Of leaf tobacco by the
farmer, which was stricken out by the
finance committee of the senate. After
reviewing the growth of the American
Tobacco Company, Senator Bradley
said that, not content with destroying
this concern drove the Imperial To
bacco Company of Great Britain, its
chief competitor, to compromise and
obtained an agreement by which the
Imperial yielded up all opposition In
the United States.
income Tax Vote June 10.
BY the decisive vote of SO to 80 the
senate decided to postpone until June
10 the further consideration of the in
come tax question in connection will
the tariff