The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-10
ALL SLAUGHTERED
Amendments to Wool Schedule
Killed by the Senate
AS Rapidly as Presented by Pro-
gressive Republicans.
WITH LITTLE CHANGE
Finance Committees Majority
Remains at IL Votes.
DOlliver Continues to Have Fun
With the Opposition.


Washington June 10.-The "progres-
sives' came into the senate today de-
termined to continue their fight against
the wool schedule. although all the
votes taken yesterday demonstrated the
ability of the committee on finance to
maintain majority of 10 or II on all
OF the provisions it had recommended.
Shortly after the senate met, a vote
of 81 to 43 was cast against the con-
tention of Mr.. Dolliver that only the
WOOL in yard should be taxed, thus up
holding the committee on finance. Nine
Republicans, BeVeridge, Bristow, Brown
Burkett, Clapp. Cunnmins, Dolliver, La
Foiiette and Nelson, voted against the
committee as did Senator Foster of
Louisiana, although his colleague, Mr..
McEnery cast his vote with the Repub-
Means In support of the committee. Be
lore this vote was taken Senator War
rem declared that the purpose of levy
ing the duty on the entire weight of
the yarn was to keep out material that
was mixed with cheap cotton.
Mr.. Dolliyer claimed there was moth
ing surreptitious in the mixing of cot
ton and wool in making cheap yarn and
said there was no good reason for dis
terminating aginst such cheap mater
1al. Continuing his effort to tax only
the wool in fabrics made partly of cot
a SUBSTITUTE
for that purpose for the paragraph re-
lating to cloths. knit and other fabrics
and manufactures made in whole or
in part of Wool.
Dolliyer Becomes Witty.
He insisted that it was practicable to
assess the wool in the fabric and COM
menting on his proposed substitute
convulsed the senate with his witty
retorts and his humorous allusion to
pecuiaritfes in the Dingley law. Even
cotton cloth with polka dots of wool
glued on them We're. under the law, he
said. obliged to pay the full duty that
would be levied on them if wholly of
wool
Then the senator wants to lower the
limit on that polka dot game,' inter-
posed Senator Warren
II hope the senator will not introduce
mysterious figures of speech with which
am not at all familiar" responded the
Icwan.
Even Home Sweet Home and wei
come notices." he said, were subject
to pay duty under the wool schedule.
Corn plasters when made of wool were
Obliged to pay tribute to the wool
schedule, under a decision that had
declared them to be wearing apparel"
lettering to his apparent inability to
AFFECT the recommendations on the
committee on finance, Mr. Dolliver said
that when the bill was finally enacted
it might be quite different from its ap-
pearance at present.
Potatoes With fearful Eyes.
"Then,'' he said, 1.-The potatoes of the
senator from Delaware. with tears in
their eyes, may go out of the bill meet
ing stockings of the senator from
Pennsylvania coming in
The substitute was defeated by
vote of 80 to A. with the same division
that had been shown in the previous
vote. Offering another amendment re-
ducing duties on woolen or worsted
cloths, wool or Worsted shawls etc,
Mr.. Dolliver said it was an exact copy
of a paragraph prepared by the com
mittee on finance in 1888, a few months
prior to the enactment of the McKin-
ley law, and then approved by both
Senator Aldrich and the late Senator
Allison. He announced that he pro-
posed to offer a series of amendments
hope that their antiquity and the au
thority that had been behind them
would recommend them to senators
The substitute was promptly voted
down. Still another amendment apply
ing to blankets and flannel the prin-
ciple of taxing the wool in the fabric
instead of its entire weight as wool was
rejected by vote of 81 to 43.
Rejecting suggestion by Mr.. Clapp
that all of his amendments bearing on
the wool schedule and for the same
general purpose of those previously Of
fered be presented and voted on by
one roll call, Mr.. Dolliver proceeded to
offer them one by one. demanding a
roll call on each. The votes developed
no change of party lines from that
shown by the first vote taken after the
senate met today.
Slaughter Goes On.
Mr. Delivers next amendment ap-
piled the rate which he said was rec
commended by the finance committee
in 1888 in flannels and blankets, be-
ing somewhat less than the rates of
the proposed law. The amendment
was rejected by vote of % to 43.
Proposing an amendment authoriz-
ing the president to lower duties on
blankets and hannels five per cent an
nually or to raise them until the
greatest revenue producing level is
demonstrated, Senator Owen said he
did not care for roll call being will
ing to permit lit to be voted down by
the usual majority Senator Aid
rich interposed to suggest that an aye
and no vote be taken on that PROPOSE
ton Becoming engaged with Mr.
Carter in a debate in which the pro-
tective tariff system was the subject,
Mr.. Bacon declared he would place
the wool industry in Montana on the
same basis as the cotton industry OF
Georgia and would not tax the people
of Georgia to allow the sheep herders
in Montana to live in hotels as had
been suggested by the senator from
Montana
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