Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
LIKE GAME Of
PETTY POLITICS
NEBRASKA SENATOR SCORES AL
DRICH AND PROPOSES LACK
OF CONFIDENCE.
BORAH WILL VOTE TO LOOSEN
BANDS THAT BIND
PHILIPPINES,

Washington, June 16.-InduIging in
vigorous denunciation Of the commit.
tee on finance because of it changes
Of front overnight on the subject of
tobacco importations from the Philip
pines, Mr.. Burkett, of Nebraska, stand
ing face to face with AIdrich yester-
day declared its action looked to him
like a game Of petty politics." He
characterized this action as an EFF
fort TO hang the senator from WiscOn-
sin up in the air, and finally declared
that this event afforded the senators a
good opportunity to vote a lack of
confidence in the committee.
This tart language followed Mr..
Aldrich's statement that the commit
tee would accept the amendment pro
posed by Mr.. Bulkley to reduce the
number of cigars to be admitted free
from duty from the Philippines from
l500G0,000 to 70,0O0O,000 and the
quantity Of filler tobacco from 1900
600 pounds TO 100000 pounds, to-
getheT with a provision that wrapper
and filler tobacco should be unstem-
med when receiving this concession
The support back of the Buckley
amendment was evident when the two
Pennsylvania senators gave their sup
ticut, all OF whom had read strong pc
titiOns from the cigar makers for the
action they desired. MI AIdrich reply
ing calmly declared that there We're
men whose dpnunciatiOn was highest
commentator, and said that the com
nlttee'S action involved no mystery or
petty politics, but that it proposed in
the futHe 10 change a schedule when
convinced that mistake had been
made as it had done in the past. He
expressed the opinion that the actual
impOItatiOns from the Philippines
would not equal the number named
in the amendment the committee had
accepted, and said that what 1t had
done was to encourage a people who
had been brought under the Ameri-
can flag.
Encouraged by the committees &C
tion, Nh. Ia Toilette proposed an
other amendment to reduce the free
importation of cigars TO 10000 600 an
nuaIly, but this was defeated, SO to II.
An interesting feature of the days
Was a declaration by Mr..
Borah thai he proposed to cast his
vote for IOOsening the band which tied
the Philippines to the United States.
He declared himself in favor of giving
the Philippines an Independent govern
ment and said that in that respect his
would force him to differ
from his party and perhaps from the
president of the United States, as he
did not believe a colonial policy to be
consistent With the constitution of the
Unired States. MI Owen delivered a
long speech in criticism of the entire
tariff bill as formulated by the ma
iOrity of the senate.
The Philippine island amendment 10
The tariff bin was technically under
consideration until six O'Clock when II
was temporarily laid aside and Mr.
Aldrich took advantage of an OppOr-
tunity to present the finance commit
tees amendment to the silk schedule
Mr.. A1drich also submitted amend
ments to the window glass schedule,
reducing the rates even below those
provided in the house bill and elected
strong protest from Nh. Scott, who
expressed the opinion that the change
would be luinous to the glass prOduc-
ing industry. He also presented
amendments reducing the rates on
Osier and willow for basket making,
changing the rates upon electrodes.
brushes. cite. and restoring the house
rate on balytes. In response to the Re
quest of MI. Scott, action on the win
dow glass schedule was postponed I'M
til today. but the other recommends
lions OF the committee were adopted
without revision.