The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-07-15
Party Promises Crushed.

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bill was passed by the senate just
after IL tonight by u vote of 45 tt
"a.
Ten Republican insurgents vot.
ed against the bill. They are
Beveridge, Bristow, Brown, Bur.
kett, Clapp, Crawford, Cummins,
Dolliver, La Toilette and Nelson.
McEnery of Louisiana was the
only Democrat recorded in the af.
firmatlve.
AS it passed the senate The bill
contains almost 400 paragraphs.
The senate made $40 amendments
to the house provisions, many of
which were added today, Conse.
quently the enrolling clerks are
finding the preparation of the bill
for the house an arduous task
They have been following as close
" upon the heels of the senate as
was possible, and have the work
we'll in hand.
The senate sat continuously to.
day from 10 in the morning until
l1:1S tonight, stopping neither
for luncheon nor dinner. Most OF
the many speeches during the day
and evening were brief and in the
main the day was devoted to &C.
tion upon amendments.
The most interesting occurrences
of the sitting were the adoption of
amendments by Senator Bradley of
Kentucky and Senator Curtis of
Kansas, the former exempting to-
bacco ''in the hand" from the in
ternal revenue tax of 6 cents q
pound, and the latter placing a
countervailing duty on crude pc
troleum shipped from countries
which impose duty on oil importa.
tations from the United States
The action on tobacco was real
surprise. The senate has frequent.
ly refused to remove the tax.
A large number of minor amend
ments were added during the day
by the finance committee, but
most of the changes suggested by
other senators were laid on the
table.
The closing scenes in the senate
chamber were tame, indeed. Mr..
La Toilette closing speech was
earnest, but not especially animat-
ed. He had slim audience on
the floor and the galleries were not
crowded. Senator's remained in
the seats only because required to
be there to vote.
The result of the vote on the bill
had been long discounted, as there
was no doubt of it's passage by the
usual finance committee majority.
The debates during the day
were characterized by attacks,
yelled and otherwise, upon Sena-
tor Aldrich, who succeeded, as us
ual, in voting down amendment
after amendment.
Mr.. Gore, the blind senator of
Oklahoma, delivered a final de.
nunciation of the entire system of
protection as exemplified in the
bill. He compared Mr.. Aldrich to
the shepherd of hungry flock,
saying that his lambs had all beer
tanned until they would eat out of
his hand. Some had even taken
to strong drink, taking as 'theirn'
crude and refined petroleum.
Said he: "Mary had one lamb,
and it followed her to school one
day the chairman of the finance
committee has 50 lambs, and they
follow him every day"
Suggesting that the president
should promptly veto the tariff
bill, in fairness to his campaign
pledges, Mr.. Gore added:
"Then it may not be 80 far
stretching prophesy to say that
the next president OF thu United
States may be an african. "
This reference to Mr.. Roosevelt
was received with laughter.
The failure of the senate to
keep the promise made to the peo.
Pile by the Republican party re-
specting REVISION of the tariff |
was the theme of Sena,
tor Beveridge as the debate on the
bill was drawing to close.
sour votes" he said, "shall he
,ast in harmony with our party's
pledge as voiced by our party's