The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-06-10

Washington. June 4.-The first night
session of the senate to- consider the
tariff bill developed q hot fight Of
which Senator La Toilette of Wiscon.
sin was the cause.
Every Republican senator who is in
the city except Mr. La Toilette was in
his seat, and his absence was made
the subject of criticism that involved
the sincerity of his attitude on the
tariff bill. and finally descended to
serious attacks upon him by conserva.
tive Republicans in charge of the bill
and spirited defense from insurgents
and Democrats.
Defended by 5eVeridge.
Growing out of a recess taken in the
senate in order to give Mr.. La Toilette
opportunity to recover from the i'll
effects of over exertion during his
speech and his failure to be on hand
at night to resume his remarks, some
senators sought to show that he had
received unusual consideration. Sen.
ator Beveridge. in defending Senator
La Toilette. asserted that no senator
would question that Senator La Fol.
lette was i'll and needed the rest. Sen.
ator Penrose declared that he would
be able to prove that Senator La Fol.
lette was we'll enough to be abroad in
the streets, consulting with the rep.
resentatiyes OF yellow journals and up.
lift magazines"
Prompt defense of the Wisconsin
senator came from Senators Borah
and Dolliver (Rep) and Money
(DemD.
Senator Beveridge suggested that
the senate should adjourn for a rea.
sonable time to give Senator La Fol.
lette an opportunity to recover and
resume his speech.
Aldrich Opposes the Plan.
Senator Aldrlch opposed the sugges.
ton, saying that while the senators
sympathized with Senator La Toilette.
there was no reason why Senator Bev.
eridge should not make his own
speech II he desired Senator Bever.
idge Immediately interrupted Senator
Aldrich and refused to yield further to
h'hif oHy Ahb hNNllit W Iltlu Dt-
cause 1t is not question of SYM
pathy and, in the second place, have
no speech to make"
lll-feeling was apparent on every
side. Senator Dolliver suggested that
Senator Aldrich might take the oppor.
tunity to make certain statements
which he said had been promised TO
the senate for four weeks Senator
Aldrich replied he would select his
own time to make any speech that he
desired
Declaring that Senator La Toilette
had been offensive and insulting to
him when he had asked permission to
interrupt the senator from Wisconsin,
Senator Gallnger (N. H. said an un.
usual courtesy had been shown Sen.
ator La Toilette when the senate took
a recess in the middle of the day to
give Senator La Toilette time to re.
cuperate his strength.
Assailed by Penrose.
1T has been part of the custom.
airy tactics of the senator from Wis.
consin," said Senator Penrose. "to
plead Illness in the midst of his
speeches, and under that plea to alb.
sent himself from the chamber, while
in fact 1t is generally known that he
was consulting with the representa-.
tives of yellow journals and the edi.
tors of uplift magazines"
Jumping into the breach Senator
Borah sharply criticised the propriety
of making charges against a senator
in his absence. Senator Dolliyer fol.
lowed with a declaration that Il did
not require the services OF a physi.
clan to prove that La Toilette was
suffering severely from the strain of
his efforts and the heat.
Stone Jolts Aldrich.
At the day session Senator Stone
(Mo) forced Senator Aldrich to yir.
tually retract his statement made last
week that the German government
was guilty OF "impertinence" when IL
furnished the American government
with statistics on German wages in re-
sponse to the request from the United
States state department.
In doing so, however he intimated
very strongly that the Missouri sena. !
tor stood on the floor of the senate
as the representative OF the German
government, thus, in the opinion of
several senators, making the situation
more offensive TO Germany than be.
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