The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-08
BEv[R|OGE AND
ALOR|CH CLASH
FORMER LEADING PROGRE SsiVE
REPUBLICANS AND LATTER
TaE CONSERVATIVES.
TWO VOTES ARE TAKEN
Beth in Cotton misunderstanding
Voting Against Committee, AS
serted Right to Follow
Conscience.

! Washington. June THE senate
cahmber was again transformed into
an arena, and Aldrich, leading tia
conservatives, and Beveridge leading
sle progressiyes, were the chief glad
iators. Both senators were frequently
on their feet and there We're maas
sharp conflicts between them Reglst
lning the session q the day with d vote
on the recommendation Or his commits
tee for a duty OF three cents square
yard and 20 per cert al yal0rem Oh
the fabric known as window Hollands
Aldrich was apparently somewhat chr
couraged over the prospect Of making
decided headway with the eottol
schedule.
His hopes were, however. d5omet
to early disappointment for only few
m9H-nts afterwards Beyerldge took
the floor and before he concluded had
opened such a gap that the Rhode II
ard senator himself could not cesist
the opportunity to walk in Reyeridge
having said that lie had been Inclined
to support the recommendations OF
the finance committee the admission
led the chairman Of the committee to
show that he had not shown ssch in.
clinatiora by his vote.
Follows His Conscience.
Coming back, the Indiana senator
asserted his right to follow his con
science rather than the leadership Il
any individual. From that time after.
ward the two senator's We're engaged
in warm debate much of the time dur
ing the day In the course of his re-.
marks Allrieh. while contending tha.
many prohibitiye tariffs were iustt
fed, said be never favored a prohih.
itiYe policy lie predicted that in
time tho south would become the
greatest manufactures of the finest
grades of cotton goods.
Replying to this assertion, Bacon
declared that even if such should ha
the case he would not favor any II,
crease of custom duties. He believed
the natural conditions in Georgia AMI
other southern states would prove the
best protection for their measures.
Second Vote.
About the middle OF the afternoon
the serate reached its second vote.
which was on the proposition BY Do-
liver, had for its purpose The striking
out Of the committees provision fix
ing a duty Of one cent a square yard
III, l, Df
amendment was lost by the unusually
close vote of 30 to SS
The narrowing of the margin was.
however. due 10 the absence of sena
tors ratheer thar TO the conversion CT
the progressive to the Aldrich stanl
ard. On this vote eleven republicans
voted with the democrats for the
amendment Jones of Washington.
who has almost uniformly voted to up
hold the committee on finance voting
with BeYeridge, Bristow, Brown. Bu~
kett, Clapp, Cummings, Deliver, Gam
BILE. J.afollette. ard Nelson. One dem
ocrat McEnery voted with the repub-
lican majority
Calls Them Democrats.
II was after this vote that Aldrich
found occasion to challenge the attL
tude of some Republican senators who
are contending for lower duties He
charged them with playing the part Il
brigadicr for the Democrats. AMI
speaking of Beyeridge he declared he
had associated with democrats 80
long that he was adopting their ia aaS
He characterized Beveridge as the
leader # the opposition.
Both Replied.
Both Senators Beveridge and Cum.
mnes replied. the former asserting
tConcluded on Second Pagel