Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11
FIRST TEST VOTE
IN THE SENATE
Finance Committee Amendment to
the Lead Schedule Approved
A to 35.
DNGLEY RATE Is RETAINED
House Bill Had Lowered Duty on Pig
Lead Quarter of Cent.
DIVISION oEG PARTIES
Eleven Republ. y 4! vainst Amend
ment, Two b ~. for 1t.
TILT MARKS OPEN. IT. BODY
BeveridEe starts ArKui With
AIdrich by Quoting spec, De-
Iivered by Rhode Island
Senator.
TILT MARKS OPEN.


WASHINGTON. May 1O-The ability Of
tho republican majority Of the senate 10
uphold the recommendation Of the COM
mittee ON finance on the lead schedule
which contains the Dingley rates in the
tariff bill in the place Of the lower duties
fixed by the house OF representatives. was
fully represented today when by vote OF
81 to "A the senate decimed TO reduce by
one-duartcr of cent pound the duty
on pig lead recommended by the committee
on finance. In this vote eleven repubh-
cans voted with the Democrats and two
democrats with the republicans. BY viva
voco vote the senate adopted the rate OF
p, cents a pound on pig lead as recon-
monded by the committee.
At the conclusion of the session Chair
man Aldrich stated that he regarded the
vote as an endorsement Of the actions OF
the committee and expressed confidence
that all the schedules OF the committee
would be upheld
First Test VOteO. ETA
On practically test vote in the senate
an amendment fixing the duty on pig lead
at 15s cents instead OF Pa cents as fixed by
the committee on finance, was lost. 30 to
A. A number of republicans voted for the
amendment and Hughes and McEnery'
democrats, against it.
A tilt between Senators Aldrich and Bev-
eridge was the opening feature in the ses-
sion fthe senate today. HAT body had
no sooner been called to order than the
senator from Indiana took the floor. He
spoke OF the address of Senator Carter
last Saturday, in which the Montana SEN
ntor referred TO the abundance Of informa-
ton OF the present tariff bill available to
senators.
II think the senate understands this
speech" said Mr.. Beveridge, but In order
that the country may understand 1t, l
viii ask the clerk to read an extract from
the sCoRgrnssienals Rnanud- The = extract.
read was from a speech by Senator Nc
Cumbcr In which complaint was made that
no Information was available for senators
showing the comparative cost OF articles
in the tariff schedules In our country and
abroad and in which it was suggested that
a bureau to provide such information
should be created.
Quotes from AIdrich Speech.
MIR Beveridge then sent to the desk an
other extract from a statement by Mr..
Aldrich to be read by the clerk, the chair
man fthe committee on finance being
quoted as saying: II have no knowledge
whatever of anything that transpired upon
the ways and means committee" etc. Mr..
Aldrlch said his statement had related only
20 the hearings on "orange mineral" under
consideration when ne spoke and did not
refer TO the hearings as a whole, because
he had read much OF the report Of those
hearings.
II have given thirty years to the con-
sideration of these matters" said Mr.. Aid
rich, and while | may not have the abil-
ity OF The senator from Indiana, yet such
as ! have I have brought to this question
and n the senator will give a fraction of
the time TO the consideration of these
matters that have given he will serve
his constituency and the country better
than By proclaimirg to everybody the lack
OF information"
Mr. Hepburn having the floor, declined
to permit any further interruption. He
spoke at length in discussing the lead
schedule, explaining mining methods and
the systems OF treating lead ore In order
70 demonstrate the necessity for a differ
sntial duty on pig ore and other products
oG lead ore.
New National Banks.
As compromise between the contention
~ senator's whoe have cOntended against
giving any differential for pig lead aud
those who have Insisted y of a Genet a
pound, as proposed by the committee on
finance, Senator Cuemmns offered an
Amendment fixing the duty at ~ OF a cent
q pound, IN addition to thee duty of one
and one-half cents pound on the lead in
lead ore.
Statements by Mr. Cummns regarding
the freight rates lead ore from western
states to New York were disputed by
Messrs Aldrfch, Borah, Sutherland and
smooth Mr.. smoot was particularly em-
phatic in stating that the rates was about
se6 a ton and not six or seven dollars as
claimed by MIR. Cummins
The Iowa senator declared. however. that
II there was any railroad charging a rate
OF SIS ton ON lead ore from Salt Lake to
New York congress should turn aside for
few moments from the consideration Of
the tariff and deal vigorously with am
such railway. I'm the opinion Of Mr. Borah
NJ form OF legislation would hurt the lead
and smelter trusts. II was idle ne con-
tended. for anyone 70 say there were no
such trusts. So thoroughly intrenched were
they. he said, that they easily could avoid
the provisions Of the bill by transferring
their bases of operations.
Nelson on Orthodox.
Referring to the criticism which he said
had been heaped upon certain senator's MIR.
Nelson said he was tired OF being lectured
about the schedules of the bill and the
orthodoxy OF the republican party Let
Us recognize the fact" he said. that the
tariff bill is just like the rivers and har-
Nors bills"
Mr.. Nelson maintained that the present
Apty on wheat had not helped his state a
Sarticle. In conclusion, Mr.. Nelson said
All comparisons were being made on the
basis Of THE poor laboring man In his
competition with the poems OF Mexico ana
IA other ways" He said he wished some
OF the senators who were interested In the
smelling and refining trusts could be com
pared with the Mexican poems.