Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-20
SENATORS HAVE
HOT DISCUSSION
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLl-
CANS TAUNT ONE ANOTHER
DISCUSSIONS OVER TARIFF ARE
CAUSE OF TlLTS
Bailey of Texas Preciptates Clash.
Duty on Machinery to Remain.
Reno's Wage System
Denounced
GRx Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, May 19.-The senate
dropped into a party discussion late
today and Democrats and Republicans
tainted one another with the dissen-
sions each party has suffered during
the consideration of the tariff.
The debate was precipitated by Mr..
Bailey. who charged the Republicans
with having entered into conspiracy
to exaggerate and misrepresent Demo-
cratic dissensions in order to hide their
own differences.
This statement called Mr.. Hale to
his feet. He assured Senator Bailey
that there was no reason for such sus-
picion. Mr.. Hale declared there would
be no failure to enact a protective tar
iff bill and that when it was all over
all the Republicans would support it
and all the Democrats would oppose 1t.
Mr.. Bailey, resuming, referred to an
interview with Governor Johnson of
Minnesota, criticising the minority in
its attitude toward the bill.
IF this represents the views of Mr..
Johnson" Mr. Bailey said, then we
might better be at home studying the
tariff question than seeking Democratic
favor in other states. If this interview
was authorized or sanctioned by Gov
ernor johnson, he is utterly reckless Of
the truth and disqualified for any sta
ton.
Should Give Names
His explanation is that the rail-
roads of the south have interested
themselves in this legislation and have
overcome the conscience of some sem
ators. He ought TO name the men to
whom he refers"
Mr.. Bailey declared the day when
Democrats should favor free raw ma
terial had passed.
He defended the vote of Democrats
who favored the revenue tax on iron
ore.
Senator Clay of Georgia made a
warm appeal for small differential
on refined sugar in the interest of con-
Sumers.
All sections of the metal schedule
were agreed to before adjournment.
An amendment by Mr.. McLaurin to
put sewing machines, typewriters and
printing presses on the free list was
rejected % to SO. Mr.. LaFollette voted
with the Democrats.
While Mr. Newlands was describing
conditions in Pittsburg as highly UNI
satisfactory from the standpoint of
wage-earners, Mr.. Oliver interrupted
to give what he said was a description
of Reno New, the home city of Mr..
NewlandS.
Denying that Sunday work or twelve
burg, he said:
Denounces Nevadans
"In the home city of the senator from
Nevada the workingmen do not know
such a thing as Sunday. They have
gambling in the Hobbies of the hotels,
and when | was there the only place
in which l could get away from the
click of chips and the roulette table
was in the Carnegie library"
Mr.. Newlands replied that the people
of Nevada were liberty loving and
FESTIVE under restraint of personal lib
erty, but that the legislature had
passed law prohibiting gambling.
An amendment by Mr.. Newlands to
reduce the duty on sewing machines
from 80 to 20 per cent ad valorem was
rejected, Senators Beveridge, Bristow,
Brown. Clapp, Cummins. Dolliver and
LaFollette joining the Democrats in
voting for the reduction
Mr.. Dolliver offered an amendment to
make the duty of 45 per cent ad valor-
EN- apply to articles or wares not es
peciaily provided for whose "chief
value" was metal instead of those
composer 'in part of metal, and de-
clared that the committee provisions
placed under this schedule many ar
ticles containing but a trifling guam
tity of metal.
Mr.. Aldrich said the provision had
been in all tariff laws since 1883, and
he defended it as being necessary to
prevent evasions of the law.
The Dolliver amendment was re-
jected, 80 to 40.