The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-15
PLAYING GAME OF
PETTY POLITICS
IN SENATE
SENATOR eURKETT SAYS THIS OF
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Assertion Is Made in Reference to
Cigars Recommended to Be i'm
Ported Free of Duty.

Washington, June 16.-That the
senate committee on finance has been
engaged in playing "a game of petty
politics" was today definitely charged
in the senate by Senator Burkett Of
Nebraska. The assertion was made in
connection with a report of a commit
tee, reducing 150,000000 to 70.00O,000
the number of cigars which may be i'm
ported free OF duty annually from the
Philippines. This change has been
arrived at by the committee at a
meeting held today and was the re-
suli of representations of Senator
Burkett Of Nebraska The assertion
was made In connection with a report
of a committee, reducing 150.000,000
to 70.000000, the number of cigars
which may be imported free of duty
annually from the Philippines. This
change has been arrived at by the
committee at a meeting held today
and was the result Of representations
of Senator Bulkley. Of Connecticut,
with an important product of whose
state the Philippine tobacco importa-
ton would conflict
Senator La Toilette had previously
presented an amendment reducing the
number to 75,O0O,0OO, and the Nebras-
XII senator found in the action of the
committee a discrimination in favor
OF Bulkley against La Toilette.
AS soon as the committee had
brought in It's amendment, Senator La
Toilette took the floor
Expressing qualification that the
finance committee had reduced the
number of free cigars to the extent OF
five million less than was called for
by his amendment, Mr.. La Toilette
said he was encouraged to change his
amendment so as TO provide for the
admission of only 60,000.000, and he
did so.
Mr.. Burkett declared that the action
OF the finance committee, in making
changes in the Philippine amendment,
was sufficient to cause senators to lose
confidence in it. The amendment, he
said. has been brought into the senate
as approved by the president. and in
face Of that fact the committee had
brought in its recommendation for
reduction OF five million below that
called for by the La Toilette amend
nent, and in this circumstance found
cause for complaint.
This" he said. lis a matter too i'm
portant to juggle with, and it looks to
me like game OF petty politics"
There is no mystery about It," pro-
tested Mr.. Aldrich, "and no politics
except desire on the part of the com
mittee to do the right thing and,
above everything else, TO pass this
bill"
Senators Dick. Gallinger and De
pew defended the committee,
Saying he had intended to vote for
n decrease OF the number of free ci-
gars from the Philippines, without
regard to the source OF that sugges-
ton" Senator oliver said he proposed
to vote for amendments without re-
gard to whether they came from the
committee or anywhere else.
An extended colloquy between Sen
ators Aldrich and Bacon occurred with
reference to the duty that would be
lost because OF the free entry Of TO-
OOO.O00 cigars into this country.
Mr.. Ald.ich said he did not believe
anything like 7G000.000 Philippine ci-
gars would be brought into this coun-
try under the allowing OF their free
entry.
Mr.. Bacon asked why 1t was thought
necessary to make such provision.
If the cigars would not actually be
brought into the country. Mr. Aldrich
replied:
1T is TO encourage a people who
are under the United States flag
Estimating the loss of revenue that
would result from the free entry or
cigars from the Philippines TO tho
United States al $3,500.0O0 annually.
the loss from free sugar at 10000
600. Senator Newlands declared that
1t would be- better TO make n direct
appropriation for the benetit of tho
Filipinos He. declared the tariff con-
cessions would benefit the great Phil
ippine tobacco trust chiefly.