Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-06-30

more than two-thirds OF the member
ship of that body should belong to
one political party.
Hale Agreed to Proposition.
Senator Hale. the chairman of the
committee in charge OF the bill. had
been making points OF order against
every amendment proposed to his bill
except such as were reported from Q
committee or such as provided legis-
lation which had already been enacted
by the senate. II Is we'll known that
Senator Hale has no sympathy with
the tariff board idea. He does not be.
lieve in 1t. He merely consented to
report the provision In obedience to
the iron hand Of circumstance which
was described by Senator B~everidge.
Yet the fairness of the proposition
that II there ia to be a tariff inquiry
that the minority party OF this country
should be represented upon the board
SO appealed to the senator from Maine
that he stated to the senate that al.
though the amendment proposed by
Senator Bacon was fairly out Of order
he would not raise the point Of order
against 1t.
Vice.President Sherman then put
the question to the senate II was
voted upon. There were two or three
ayes and two or three noes, and the
vice-president said the noes seemed
to have It. Whereupon Senator Bacon
demanded the ayes and noes. and
three Democratic senators other than
himself were on the floor at the time.
These were not sufficient In number to
secure the ayes and noes. Had the
ayes and noes been ordered there is
no doubt but the Bacon proposition
would have carried, but Senator Ba-
con, because his own party associates
had deserted the floor, was unable to
secure the support of enough members
to force the roll call.
From the rear of Senator Bacon's
seat and out through the swinging
doors OF the Democratic cloakroom
there came the confusion OF voices
and q ripple OF laughter as some good
Democrat gave expression OF approval
to the story told by some other good
Democrat, and In that cloakroom and
In other places, instead OF upon tho
floor, the minority party lost the op-
p%ortunity 10 be represented upon the
tariff board which shall make such in
quiry as can be made under the weak
law and which shall affect the making
of future tariff schedules.
Victory for Progressives.
Progressive Republicans won .
decided victory In the conference
report upon the railroad rate bill.
They did not secure all that they
contended for. They did secure
more than they had any reasonable
hope could be wormed out Of the con-
ference. The victory vas the more
remarkable when !. Is considered that
these Progressives had lined against
them not only the Aldrich influence
Of the n Out the president OF the
United States upon the principal mat
ters for which they were contending.
The r~eactionaries made much out
OF the fact that the fight Of Repre-
sentative Lenroot to accept the rate
bill as It came from the senate HAD
resulted in defeat for the Progress
sives. but 1t is hat fight and the show
ing which was made in the vote upon
this proposition which was the con
trolling factor and which finally gained
for the public whatever has been
gained In the railroad rate bill,
Strange Features OF Conference.
The conference presented the spec
tacle Of Senators Aldrich and Elkins,
who were delegated by the senate to
fight for the enactment OF the senate
bill, retreating from the provisions OF
the measure of their " house from
the momen that they went into the
conference. They oevei stood and
made an honest fight &c enact into the
law the good provisions which the
Progressives OF the senate had forced
into the bill. Allied with Mr.. Al.
drich was the president.
When all other matters Of contro-
versy had been settled and there re-
manned but this one question, the
great question In controversy to be
determined. Mr.. Mann ave signs of
weakening and called upon some OF
the Progressiyes In the house to know
just what attitude they would take In
the event that he reported In the bill
with the six months time which the
president wanted inserted. He told