The National tribune., 1909-05-27
CONGRESS-.
Report Of Proceedings From Day 10 Day,
Senate.

| the session at 10 o'clock. and the tariff
bill was at once laid before it.
| Senator Sutherland, of Utah. spoke in
| opposition to the income tax.
| Senator Hale, of Maine. after holding
up the confirmation of Hutch i. Cone
as Chief Of the Steam Engineering Bu-
reau for a time, consented to IT.
| The Senate Judiciary Committee re-
cial nominations, including that OF
President Taft's friend, Charles A. Will
! iard.
House.
The House met at IL o'clock
T; objection was made to calling on the
War Department for information re-
garding the survey Of the Mississippi
Z, River.
| Mr.. HoIlingsworth, of Ohio, was re-
fused permission to make q speech re-
| garding the Mississippi silver service.
| but got in half q dozen of the ugly
Southern editorial utterances about his
speech.
| Consideration of the Philippine tariff
bill was resumed. Mr.. Underwood. Of
Alabama, discussed his amendment.
which Is calculated to abolish export
duties in the Philippine Islands.
| Senate.
May 1S.-The first three schedules Of
| Tic tdTIn Dlli, COpcIiu8 CHSLlICdlS, edEtL-
| enware and glassware, and metals and
their manufactures, were completed,
with the exception Of objected para
graphs, and to-day Mr.. Aldrich will en-
deavor to obtain agreements on those
items.
| After a sharp debate Of two hours
over the Gore resolution to investigate
| BILE for extoFtionate prices, 1t was re-
ferred to the Finance Committee.
All attempts OF progressive" Sena-
tors, joining with Democrats to reduce
rates not reported by the committee,
failed. A number Of rates were reduced
upon recommendation by the commit
tee.
The Senate will meet at 10 o'clock
this morning.
The House was not in session.
Senate.
May 1S.-Senator Clay. In a powerful
speech, attacked the sugar tariff, and
| assailed the Sugar Trust.
Senator Beveridge served notice he
would give the watch schedule an airing
in the Senate.
Senator Paynter spoke in favor of
10 per cent duty on typesetting ma
chines.
Senator La Toilette introduced reso-
luton calling for Information as to rail-
roads that have carried out the provi-
sions Of the law of Congress relating to
shortening the hours Of railroad em-
ployes.
The House was not In session.
6enste.
May 20.-Ths Senate debate on tho
tariff bill took SO wide q range that
Senator Raynor, OF Maryland. finally
asked IL there was really a clause in
the bill relating to gambling, which was
the clause supposed to be under consid-
Grafton. Senator Newlands took occa-
sion to score Industrial conditions in
Pittsburg. its long hours of labor and
lack Of Sunday observance. This brought
Senator Oliver, of Pennsylvania, to his
feet, and he declared that he had spent
a Sunday in Nevada. and he found it
the busiest day in the week of seven
days, all of which and all the hours
were filed with labor so far as he could
see.
II tried to find some refuge on the
Sabbath day." he said, where would
not be annoyed by the rattle of the rou-
lette wheel and Of poker chips and faro.
and was told that the only place to
which I could go to get away from 1t
to Reno by q former citizen of Pitts
burg"
Senator Nswiands came back at the
Senator from Pennsylvania, while the
Senate laughed In glee. an unusual
thing for the Senate. Then the Senate
was treated to q slap from Senator
Rayner, who invoked the rule that a
Senator shall not speak more than
twice on the same subject in the same
legislative day. rule which is not
pulled oftener than once in three or
four years. Then Senator McLauren,
Of Louisiana, came to his feet, much
irritated:
Il suppose the Senator refers to me-
know OF no Senator in this body who
speaks oftener on the same subject on
the same day than does the Senator
from Maryland"
Senator Rayner promptly disavowed
any reference to Mr.. McLaurin, and the
incident was allowed to pass.