Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-15
w ork of Congress
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Through forenoon, afternoon and
evening sessions the Senate Friday
labored on the cotton schedule. Mr..
La Toilette completed his long speech
attacking the changes in the Dingley
rates which were recommended by the
Senate Finance Committee and replied
to Senator Penrose's charge that he
was shamming sickness as an excuse
for his absence from the night session.
He said he was not sick, but was very
tired and was resting in order to be in
shape to continue his speech in the
Senate. At the night session Chair
man Aldrich replied to Mr.. La Fol-
lette's assault upon the work OF the
Finance Committee and made a gen.
eral defense of amendments, which he
asserted were necessary to carry out
the intent of the trainers of the Ding
ley law. The House was not in session.
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After devoting the larger portion of
Saturday to listening to a discussion
of the cotton cloth schedule, the Sen
ate entered upon a period of voting
late in the afternoon and rapidly dis
posed of the entire subject of changing
from ad valorem to specific duties for
the purpose of preventing under-valua-
tons. On all the votes taken the
finance committee was sustained by
majority of ten or eleven. Three votes
were necessary to accomplish this re-
suit, and others would have been nee
essary but for Senator Bacon, who,
seeing the futility of opposing the
committee, suggested the grouping of
the votes after the first two ballots
had been taken. This suggestion was
unanimously agreed to, with the re-
suit that so much was accomplished
that a night session was not held
Senator Dolliver occupied much of the
time of the session with a speech in
criticism of the methods of the finance
committee. The House was not in
session.
The Senate chamber Monday was
the scene of a sharp conflict between
Senator Aldrich and Senator Bever-
idge over the tariff bill Both Sena-
tors were frequently on their feet and
were the chief speakers of the day.
The first subject of dispute was Al.
drichs amendment for duty of 8
cents a square yard and 20 per cent ad
valorem on window hollands. This
amendment was finally adopted by the
usual majority. as were all the other
committee amendments TO the cotton
schedule. A motion to remove rubber
goods from the Gotten schedule prevail
ed and overshoes and other rubber
articles in which cotton is factor
will get a lower rate of duty. The
Senate hosiery rates, which are a re-
enactment of the Dingley rates, were
adopted The House of Representa-
tives passed the Porto Rican bill with
out amendment The bill provides that
whenever the Legislature shall fail to
make the necessary appropriations for
the ensuing fiscal year, those for the
current year shall be considered as in
force and effect. 1t also provides that
hereafter all reports of an official char
acter shall be made direct to an execu-
tive of the government of the United
States to be designated by the Presi
dent, and such department is author
lied to take jurisdiction of all mat
tiers pertaining to the island posses
sion. At 1905 p. m. the House ad-
journed until Thursday.
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The wooden schedule of the tariff bill
was taken up in the Senate Tuesday.
Mr.. Dolliver offered several amend
ments and announced his intention of
presenting a number of others, appeal
ing to the Republican members to vote
with him because, he said, these
amendments would justify the attitude
of the Republican party in advocating
a protective tariff. Mr.. Smoot. assist
ed to a large extent by Mr.. Warren,
defended the finance committees rec
concentrations with regard to that
schedule. The various amendments
proposed to the House bill by the
finance committee of the Senate are
intended to restore the Dingley pro-
visions, which in some instances pro
vide higher duties than the Payne bill.
Mr.. Dolliver proposed an amendment
which would assess the duties on wool
ems on an ad valorem basis according
to the shrinkage Of the wool. Mr.
Warren, in order to illustrate the
small proportion of the entire cost or
a wooden garment which is dutiable,
asked Mr.. Dolliver to examine the suit
which he was wearing. Mr.. Dolliver
said it appeared to him to be a very
good suit, whereupon Mr.. Warren ex-
planned that the cloth in the suit cost
only 81, while the making and the
trimming cost S42, showing that the
duty on the 81 worth of cloth was tri-
fling compared with the entire cost of
the suit The usual night session was
omitted. The House was not in ses-
sion.
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