New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-12
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p,1rrI. Avn IA TOILETTE. Pubic
and Official announcement OF a seer -.
lance between Joseph Weldon bai'es' Y.
Texas. and Robert Marion La Fo!let'o "
Wisconsin. 10 defeat If possioie' dAu
not 10 delay action on the Canaolai
procity agreement, was ABOUT ""e
thing members OF the Senate expected ~
hear That Senator Bailey. nero Vi t
Archbold letters and known 10Y ms se
vices 10 the Standard Oil COMPANY ana us
subsidiary the waters-Pierce vi I'm
many. and Senator La Toilette, chleI W
surrent and aspirant for the Preslaehl'ai
nomination: have been WORKING ZOE
% en,harrass the administration and oe-
feat Canadian reciprocity has iohg Oee'
rrov,n hut no one wa prepared Tor the
fr.,,, ovou,al which the Texan made on
The Aoor of the Senate to-day, that ne was
s,,o,,sterinq hecsuse Of private agree
noent with Senator La Toilette II orueE "
rrayert a vote on the bill. II has been
known for some time, too, that the trusts
NerA instrumental IN creating oPPo'i
tion 70 the reciprocity agreement anu
that much opposition literature enahateu
from the Vicinity Of Wall Street o"'
here+ofore Senator Bailey has made pre-
tence If opposing the bill from principe
To.dav he calmly asserted that he was
talking against time by agreement W.
Senator La Toilette, who was absent ~ 4.l
the Senate, 'as usual There may
suspicion that the Wisconsin 0ei'a'oi
acting at the dictation of the trusts ou.
there is serious chagrin on the IA.
his insurgent associates that ne s'1ouiu
have permitted his animosity 10 Freslu7''.
Taft and his political ambitions 10 Ieau
him into making an alliance WIN ~,
Railev. who is. Of course, only 100 S!du
m place the Wisconsin Senator under oo!i-
gations--obligations which II may be heces-
eorv 70 call upon the Wisconsin pariot 10 re-
doay, Soma time when certain interests ma
+bar,selves I'm an embarrassing situation.
The disnay of the other insurgents wheh
the Texan made this announcement was so
or.a+ that no one Of them was able 70
make a pertinent comment IN reply u tiie
soto voce remark OF a regular hepuo
I,oan; Whom the gods would destroy they
first make mad"
TIE PRESIDENTIAL BUTT-Thls Goes
NOT refer TO a certain gallant so4o4ei
that name. but 10 the President Oh '"e
United States himself, who is just III"
being made the butt of the Venohlous a.
tacks of the insurgent press agents anu
r,uclxrakers Under the rules OF the senate
end House an attack on the integrity OF
or,, member Of either house is not IN ofder'
ard The member who makes IT VIII De
etarplv taken 10 task by the presiolns ON
.ar Rpt there Is no rule 10 protect the
President. and any adroit manipulation OF
invective or billingsgate who mas la4's"
10 achieve publicity in any other way Is
free 70 exploit himself and the committee
Of which he may happen TO nave oeeH
chosen chairman by attacking the honor
and integrity of the Chief Executive w. T.
Cox. OF Indiana. recently called the atten-
ton of a group Of newspaper corresPoHu-
ents TO the fact that Representative nam
lin was getting on the front page Of the
newspapers every day with his investlga'
ton Of the Day portrait voucher anu
asked them plaintively if they could not
suggest some scandal which would bring
him like publicity. Nobody could, but the
next dav he found an idea, and accord
inelv introduced a resolution calling on
the President for information regarding
Controller Bay This Is the same states
man. II will be recalled, who recently
boosted on the floor Of the House that ne
had never ridden IN an automobile ana
never expected to ride in such an aTlsto-
crG tic conveyance. But Mr.. Cox is again
in the depths Of despair. for Senator Pom
dexter had beaten him by introducing
earlier a Controller Bay resolution in the
Senate, and Representative Graham, Of
Illinois. is exploiting the subject in the
House.
INSURGENT METHODS TO the average
man who reads only one or two newspa-
pers, and at least only those Of a single
city. the methods Of insurgent press agents