Evening star., 1909-05-18
HOT TALK IN SENATE
Mr.. Cores Resolution Stirs Up
Spirited Debate.
GALLERIES ARE AMUSED
Dignified Senators Also at Times
Give Way to Laughter.
IS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
Vote on Proposal to Appoint Spe-
cial Committee to Investigate
Prices so to 20.


decidedly above the average in briliiancy.
Ridicule, irony and sharp retorts, always
sometimes amusing and fire.
quently biting, were hurled back and
forth form one senator to another. to the
huge delight Of the gallery. Through It
all Mr.. Gore. the blind senator from Ok
lahoma. was the central figure. In fact.
Mr.. Gore, was responsible for it.
When the extra two hours which the
Senate expected to gain by meeting at 10
o'clock had all been spent in this delight
full manner q vote was taken on a mo-
ton to refer to the finance committee Sen-
ator Cores resolution providing for an in
vestigation by select committee OF three
republicans and two democrats to deter
mine whether the jobbers and retailers or
the manufacturers of the country are re
sponsible for the present high prices OF
articles to the consumer.
The resolution was sent to the commit
tee by vote Of 80 to %, all of the demo-
Gratis and two republicans insurgents
Bristow of Kansas and La Toilette OF
Wisconsin-voting in the negative.
Originally Mr.. Cores resolution direct
ed that the finance committee make the
investigation. but he altered It
at the suggestion of Senator Bailey OF
Texas on the ground that the finance
bill to do the work.
The action of the Senate this morning
means that the Gore resolution will not
be adopted.
Senator Carter Objects.
The blind senator, called up his resolu-
tion, which had come over from Satur-
day last, as soon as the Senate convened
and a quorum was declared present. I'm
liax r-- of ol~-
jected to it on the ground that the finance
committee proposed to have q tariff COM
mission in the Treasury Department to
do practically the same work. Senator
Aldrich, chairman of the finance COM
mittee. objected because he said the COM
mittee was furnishing the information
sought by Mr.. Gore ell the time and
besides had no time for a special in
vestigation
These are not reasons. They are ex-
cuses," retorted Mr.. Gore, warmly. They
are perfectly transparent to the Senate
and the country. They are lightning rods
to keep lightning from striking Congress"
The Oklahoman asserted that IL the sub
ject were taken up by select committee
the information could be secured and
report made in three weeks.
Il know the democrats on the finance
committee are not overworked," he de-
clared
They are at liberty to conduct any
the senator from Oklahoma
wants." replied Mr.. Aldrich.
But Mr.. Gore didn't want a partisan in-
and said so emphatically. He
wanted some good republicans on the
too.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma then came
to his colleagues aid by demanding 10
know why the republican platform had
contained the rule that the republican
tariff should equal the difference be-
tween the cost of manufacture at home
and abroad, If the finance committee was
not going to furnish that information
upon which the Senate might act? Mr..
Aldrich replied that the committee was
giving it all the time.
MIR. Owen denied that the stuff which
the committee was furnishing was any
thing like what ought 10 be given.
characterized as Absurd.
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire
was here drawn into the discussion BY
characterizng Mr.. OWENS demand as
absurd
1T may be absurd to the senator from
New Hampshire, said Mr.. Owen, to
have to furnish information to carry out
the pledge of the republican party in the
last campaign"
Again attention was called by a repub-
lican to the proposed Treasury tariff com
mission, this time by Senator dupont OF
Delaware.
II am not talking about coroner's
inquest shouted Mr.. Gore 1T Is
that will prevent dissolution and not
examine into the cause Of dissolution
after ii shall have come.
This brought mighty roar OF laugh.
ter. under cover of which Mr.. du Pont
sought his seat. Then Senator Carter
ventured to lock horns with the Okla
homan again. 1t was we'll enough. ac-
cording to Mr.. Carter, to demand thu
kind of information the two Oklahomans
wanted in an academy. but not In the
Senate OF the United States.
"A senator who represents his stats
here" announced Mr.. Carter SIS expect
ed to be we'll read in the current lit.
erature of the time. We can't take an
in this body.
'Needs All Its Spoons"
NO" put in Senator Racon of Geor-
gia, because the republican party needs
all its spoons with which TO feed the in
FAINT industries of the country"
II am glad to see the senator from
Georgia is not in need of the bottle-fed
trea ment" replied Mr.. Carter.
Here Senator Tillman of South Caro-
lima jumped into the fray.
The demand of the senator from OK
ahoma,' said he. is certainly quite un'
for he is asking that the re-
publican party furnish rope with Whlcn
TO hang itself.
Mr. Gore had not proceeded much fur
Lher with his argument in favor of tht
adoption of his resolution when Mr.. Cal
niger quoted Macbeth at him, and got
, little of the same in return. Then Mr.
tried TO poke fun at Mr.. Gore
oy asking If he was going to stick to his
ow tariff ideas when il came to agricu
.ural products. He asked him II he would
vote for tariff on these articles.
II will not shouted Mr.. Gore, quickly
L can see through that transparent sub
erfuge Nobody who believes in a duty
IN corn ought to be allowed to run al
arge outside of the Senate
Made Everybody Laugh.
This was too much for the ''risibles'' oi
he dignified Senate. All decorum was
thrown TO the winds and everybody OF
he floor doubled up with laughter. and
even Senator Frye. who was in the chair
smiled just a little.
"Wil the senator vote for a tariff on
hides?" next demanded My. Gallinger.
II will net" retorted Mr.. Gore, 'and
ask the senator from New Hampshire