Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-09
WESTERN SENATORS
HIT ALDRICH BILL
LA TOILETTE DECLARES RATES
ARE HIGHER THAN IN DING
LEY MEASURE.
NELSON DECLARES COTTON
SCHEDULES 20 TO so PER CENT.
ABOVE PRESENT LAW.

Washington, June with tue
adoption OF a resolution providing for
a day and night session aggregating
ten hours daily, beginning today, the
senate yesterday heard the sugges-
ton OLA policy for limiting dilatory
motions which caused earnest pro-
test from Mr.. Bacon and others. The
vice president, basing his action upon
the precedent made in the last con,
gress when the Aldrich-vreeland cur
rency bill was under consideration,
held that the absence of quorum
could not be called to the attention OF
the senate If the senator occupying
the floor declined to yield for that
purpose.
Mr.. Bacon declared that this was
one of the revolutionary rulings made
when the currency bill was under
consideration and that under it there
will be serious abuse OF parliamen-
tary rules. He announced his in.
tention to obtain full consideration
of this question by the introduction
of resolution to be considered by
the committee on rules.
A long speech dealing with the
pledge of the party leaders with re.
spect to revision of the tariff was be-
gun by Senator La Toilette yaster-
day and will be continued today.
BY numerous quotations he main
tanned that no question could be
raised as to the pledge OF the party
for revision downward and he declared
that before he should conclude his
speech he would demonstrate amply
that on the whole the pending bill
placed the custom duties above the
rates of the Dingley law Since the
enactment of the Dingley law and
until 1904, he said, the control OF
trusts had been extended to 1864
plants with a capital of more than
twenty billion dollars.
The heat in the senate chamber
and the exertion caused by making
an earnest speech told on the strength
of Mr.. La Toilette At the request
of Mr.. Money the senate took a re
cess for a half hour to permit the
Wisconsin senator to recuperate.
When the senate was again called
to order Mr., La Toilette appeared
much refreshed and said that there
was no occasion for the anxiety of nus
friends who feared that he would be-
had been talking with undue earnest.
ness because he was greatly interest
ed in the subject he was discussing
but that he had made more lengthy
addresses under conditions not near
ly as pleasant as those yesterday. Ne
undoubtedly referred 10 the flibuster
which he conducted year ago In
speaking Mr.. La Toilette frequently
pitched his voice to a high key and
became greatly overheated. Re was
often compelled to gasp for breath
and long pauses marked the progress
of his speech.
Senator Nelson also discussed the
tariff bill and quoted numerous com
parsons between the existing law
and the pending measure with the
intention of showing that In the cot
ton schedule the rates had been raised
from 20 to 50 per cent above the
Dingley law by the substitution o.
specific for ad valorem duties.
Mr.. Gore again oroted dividends
and surplus earnin = OF New England
cotton and WOO On manufacturing
companies to sustain his contention
that these corporations make large
profits and Mr. Frye In reply declared
that, taking into consideration both
the successful and unsuccessful cot.
ton aud wooden mills. profit Of not
more than six per cent. had been
realized by New England maRufac-
turers upon their investments in
those Industries.
The cotton schedule was construc-
lively under consideration all day but
no feature Of it was passed on.