Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-06-11

COTTON SCHEDULE COMPLETED
oinsley Rates Are Restored on Ho.
slery, Making Reduction From
the Rates Of the House Bill Rhode
Island Senator Victorious In votes
on Two Observation-Disclosures Sem
ator characterized az Leader Of the
Opposition. 3.
Washington. June 8The senate
chamber was again transformed into
2 mental arena and Senator Aldrich.
leading the conservatives, and Sena-
tor Beyeridge, heading the progress
sives, were the chief gladiators. Both
Of the senators were frequently on
their feet and there were many sharp
conflicts between them.
Beginning the session Of the day
with vote on the recommend tfon
of his committee for duty of cents
a square yard and ~ per cent ad va
loren on the fabric known as window
hollands, Senator Aldrich was APP
parently somewhat encouraged over
the prospect of making decided head.
way with the cotton schedule. His
hopes were, however, doomed to- early
disappointment, for only a few mo-
ments afterwards Mr.. Beveridge took
the floor and before he concluded had
opened such a gap that the Rhode
Island senator himself could not re-
sist the opportunity to walk In. Mr..
Beverage having said that he had
been inclined to support the recon-
mendations of the finance commit
tee, the admission led the chairman
of the COMMITTEES to say that he had
not shown such inclination by his
vote. Coming back, the Indiana sena-
tor asserted his right to follow his
conscience rather than the leader
ship of any individual.
Engaged in Joint Debate.
From that time forward the two
senators were engaged In joint debate
much Of the time during the day. In
the course of his remarks Mr.. AID
rich, while contending that many pro-
hibitive tariffs were justified, said he
never had favored prohibitiye policy.
He predicted that In time the South
| would become the greatest manufac-
turer of the finer grades Of cotton
goods. Replying to this assertion,
Senator Eacon declared that II even
such1 should prove to be the case he
| would not favor any Increase of the
customs duties. He believed that
natural conditions in Georgia and 9th
er Southern states would prove the
best protection for their measures.
About the middle Of the afternoon
the senate reached its second vote,
which was on a proposition by Sena-
tor Dolliyer which had for its purpose
the striking out of / the Committees
provision fixing a duty of 1 cent q
square yard for the process Of mer-
cerization. The amendment was lost
By the unusually close vote of 80 to
Is.
The narrowing Of the margin was,
however, due to the absence of sena-
tors rather than to the conversion of
the progressives to the Aldrich
standard.
1t was after this vote that Senator
Aldrich found occasion to again chal-
lenge5 the attitude of some Of the Re-
publican senators who are contendfng
for lower duties. He charged them
| with playing the part of brigadier for
the Democrats, and speaking of Sena-
tor Beyeridge declared that he had
associated with the Democrats SO long
that he was adopting their ideas. He
characterized Mr.. Beverage as the
leader of the opposition. S@
Beverage and cummins Replied.
Both Senators Beveridge and Cum
Minis replied, the former asserting
that he was simply standing on the
Republican platform, while the latter
stated that he had been SO often
charged with being a Democrat that
the charge did not worry him. Sena-
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| Iation in the situation, because, as he
said, he believed it would inure to
the vantage of the Democrats.
During the day Senator Smith
tMich.l found occasion to attack the
position Of Secretary MacVeagh as
the mouthpiece Of the administration
ION the tariff situation. He intinlated
that he did not consider the second
member Of the presidents cabinet a
reliable leader on this subject, be-
cause Of his former Democratic pro
cIiyities. VI
Late In the day the progressive Re-
pnblicans gained concession from
the finance committee in the removal
of rubber goods from the cotton
schedule, thus preventing the imDosi-
ton Of q duty on such goods because
Of the cotton in them.
The cotton schedule was completed
Fat the night session Of the senate. The
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