River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
PASS TARIFF BILL
ALDRICH-PAYNE MEASURE IS
ADOPTED aY THE
SENATE.
FINAL VOTE IS As TO "a
Senator Beverage In Closing Debate
Declares Republican Party Has
Not Kept Promise of Downward Re-
vision-Disputed by Aldrich.

Washington.-By a vote of 45 to 81
the senate, Thursday night, passed the
Aldrich-Payne tariff bill.
President Taft arrived in Washing
ton Friday and at once began a con-
ference with leaders to rush the meas
ure through.
The vote on the bill was:
Yeas-Aldrich, Borah, Bourne, Brad
ley, Brandegee, Briggs, Buckley, Burn
ham, Burrows, Burton, Carter, Clark
(Wyo), Crane, Depew, Dick, Dixon,
Dupont, Elkins, Flint, Frye, Gallinger,
Gamble, Guggenheim, Hale, Hepburn.
Johnson IN. d., Kean, Lorimer, Jones,
McCumber, McEnery, Nixon, oliver,
Page, Penrose, Perkins, Piles, Scott,
Smith (Mich.), Smoot, Stephenson,
Sutherland, Warner, Warren, Wetmore
As.
Nays-Bacon, Bailey, Bankhead,
Beveridge, Bristow, Brown, Burkett,
Chamberlain, Clapp, Crawford, Culber-
son, Cummins, Daniel, Dolliver, Fetch
er, Foster, Frazier, Gore, Hughes,
Johnston (Ala.), La Toilette, McLaurin,
Martin, Money, Nelson, Newlands.
Overman, Owen, Shively, Simmons,
Smith IS. d., Stone, Taliaferro, Tay-
lor-34.
The failure of the senate to keep
the promise made to the people by the
Republican party respecting a re-
vision of the tariff downward was the
theme of Senator Beverage as the
debate was drawing to a close.
"Our votes" he said, shall be cast
in harmony with our party's pledges
as voiced by our party's leader and
the nations president"
Senator Beveridge was answered by
Senator Aldrich, who said he had often
seen men interpret their own judg-
ment as the judgment of their party.
'The Republican party is a party of
majorities," he added, land the views
of the majority in matters of legisla-
ton control party policies. The SEN
ator from Indiana does not speak for
the Republican party. He has no
right to call here the name of the
president of the United States in sup
port of any suggestion which he has
made"
Senator Aldrich declared that the
pending bill was a fulfillment of the
partys pledge. If senators wished to
vote against the bill, he said, they
should not attempt to speak for their
party.
AS it passed the senate the bill con-
tains almost 400 paragraphs. The
senate made $40 amendments to the
house provisions, many of which were
added Thursday when the senate sat
continuously from ten o'clock in the
morning until 11:18 at night, stopping
neither for luncheon nor dinner.
The most interesting occurrences Of
the sitting were the adoption of
amendments by Senator Bradley of
Kentucky and Senator Curtis of Kan
sas, the former exempting tobacco Gin
the hand" from the internal revenue
tax of six cents pound, and the lat
ter placing countervailing duty on
crude petroleum shipped from coun-
tries which impose duty on oil impor-
tations from the United States. The
action on tobacco was real sur
prise as the senate has frequently re-
fused to remove the tax.
Senator La Follette's tariff commits
sion amendment was rejected by a
viva voce vote. Asking that they be
considered as single amendment,
Senator La Follettee offered a large
number of changes to the wooden
schedule, substituting ad valorem
duties for specific rates. They were
voted down.
Upon motion of Senator Aldrich, the
vice-president announced the senate
conferees as follows: Senators Aid
rich, Burrows, Penrose, Hale, Cullom,
Republicans, and Daniel, Money and
Bailey, Democrats.