Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-14
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

Senate.
Little progress was made in the consider err
alton Of the tariff bill in the Senate on the
9th, the lead schedule being under discus
sion. Senator Bristow made strong hght
against increases in the rates Of the sched-
ules over the duties pFoviicd in the House
on the ground that such increases would
unnecessarily increase the cost Of paint,
which the farmers use extensively. During
the discussion Senator's Beverage and Cal
finger engaged in sharp colIoquy during
which Mr. Gallinger accused the lndlahit
senator Of advertising his own wares.
Earlier In the day Senator Cummins al
dressed the Senate in favor Of lower duties,
especially in the iron and steel schedules.
lie declared that the people would take
matters in their own hands If the law did
not check mOnopolies, aud said that in thar
event convenient lamp posts would be
found AT O'Clock the Senate adjourned,
according to agreement to discontinue
work on the bill daily at that hour, for one
week.
Just before adjournment on the 18th the
Senate voted to fix the duty on lead con
tained In lead ut IL cents a pound,
which is the rate Of the Dingley law, and
of the pending bill it passed by
the House Of Representa- ti""" tifty-tnree
senators, including all Republicans present,
and Senators Hughes Of Colorado and Nc
Emery or Louisiana, voted in favor OF the
duty, ana nineteen Democratic senators
voted against it. This particular paragraph
has not been opposed by the low tariff Re
pubicans and the vote was not significant.
During the day Senator Clapp of Minnesota
spoke at length in favor of lowering tariff
q
held the cOnstitutionality OF income tax.
Adjourned at $40 O'Clock.
The entire session of the Senate on the
9Th was consumed with a debate on the
schedule OF duties on pig lead and it's prod
ucts. The stout opposition presented to the
adoption of the amendment recommended
by the committee on finance making the
rates similar to those of the Dingley bill
prevented a vote being reached before adj
Journment At 4:56 p. adjourned until
Monday.
The ability Of the Republican majority
OF the Senate to uphold the recommends
tion or the committee on finance on the
rates in the tariff bill In the place of the
lower duties fixed by the House of Repre-
sentatives, was fully demonstrated on the
10th when by a vote of 80 to A the Senate
declined to reduce by onc-quarter of Il cent
pound the duty on pig lead, recon-
mended by the committee on finance. In
this vote eleven Republicans voted with
the Democrats and two Democrats with
the Republicans BY a viva vote the
Senate adopted the rate of Us cents
pound on pig lead as recommended by the
committee. At the conclusion of the ses-
sion Chairman Adrich stated that he re-
garded the vote as an endorsement of the
action of the committee. and he expressed
confidence that all the schedules of the
committee would be upheld. Adjourned at
4:58 p. IN.
Substantial progress was made in the con
the amendments of the committee on
finance being upheld by the Senate by sub
session was a general discussion concerning
the great disparity between wholesale and
retail prices of commodities. Republican
Senator's declared that this difference was
so great as 10 demonstrate that the duty
levied by protective tariff had small eff
feet on the price paid by the consumer
This feature of the discussion was preciptat-
ed by Senator Scott. himself a glass manu-
facturer. The schedule covering the prod
ucts of lead was passed over upon the sug-
gestion of Senator AIurich because, he said
the finance committee desired to made some
changes in the duties as previously recon-
mended. At 5:O6 O'Clock the Senate ad-
journed.
After several hours spent in the Senate on
the 10Th in discussing the window glass
schedule of the tariff bill Senator Aldrich
asked that that paragraph be passed over
Some other sections relating to glass manu-
featured articles that previously had been
passed over were agreed TO. The Senate
proceeded to the consideration of passed
over sections until the iro1 ore para graph
was recorded when Senator Crawford spoke
at length upon the lack Of wisdom of any
tariff that encouraged the exhaustion OF
natural resources, which could not readily
be reproduced. He insisted that there
should be no tariff on iron ore, oil lumber
and coal. Early in the session Senator
Paynter spoke in favor of the removal Of
the duty of cents n pound upon leaf to-
bacco as a means for freeing the tobacco
growers from the control of the tobacco
trust. Adjourned at 5:24 O'Clock.
House
Formal charges of impeachment against
Federal Judges Phillips and Mcpherson OF
the western district of Missouri are to be
filed by Representative Murphy or that
state. who made announcement of that fact
Immediately after the House adjourned on
the 9th. IncenSed over Il telegram to At
torney General WickerSham by Frank Hag-
erman, attorney for eighteen railroads. in
which MIR. Hagerman characterized MIR.
Murphy's resolutions of inquiry into the Of
fetal conduct of the two judges as IAN out
rageous tissue of Misrepresentation" Mr..
Murphy today held the attention of the
House with a repetition of the charges
ton. His colleague, Mr.. Rucker, corrob-
GRATED all that he said in denunciation of
the action of the two judges, and added
that Judge Phillips ought to have been i'm
the House adjourned until Monday.
The House was not in session on the 9Th.
The House was not in session on the Sth
Strenuous opposition by the Democrats in
the House on the 10th prevented the refer
ence of the Presidents message recon-
mending certain legislation for Porto Rico
to the committee on ways AMI means
motion by Mr.. Garrett CTennessee) direct
Ing the speaker to appoint forthwith the
committee on insular affairs. which under
ordinary procedure would have charge of
the subject, disclosed the fact that a quo
rum was not present. Consequently the
message will lie on the speakers table I'M
was reported and Mr.. Payne gave notice
that he would call it up Thursday Ad-
Journed at 12:47 p. IN.
Congress failure to furnish funds for the
carrying on of experiments in aeronautiCs
at Fort Myer, it was announced would
dirigble No. 1 to Fort Omaha, where the
trials this summer will be held.
The House was not in session on the 18th.