The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-16
LA TOILETTE IN BITTER RAGE
PUTS DOLLIvERS DEATH on
ALDRICH,S SHOULDERS.

Gets into . Tlrade as He Forces Wool
4 Bill Through the senate-Denounces
| SmOot and Guggcnheim to Their
| Faces--Says the system Day IL Run
WASHINGTON, Aug. l5.The Under
wood wool bill. rewritten in the Senate by
Senator La Toilette and the Democratic
and insurgent combination and still
further modified in the conference COM
mittee OF the two houses. is now through
Congress and up to President Taft for
the inevitable veto. The final touches on
the legislation we're added this afternoon
in the Senate. when at the end Of long
and bitter debate the conference report
was agreed to by 3s ayes to 2s noes
The report was put through the Senate
by the votes of thirty Democratic Sena-
tors and eight insurgent Republican Sena-
| tors. All Of the Democratic Senators who
were not absent or paired voted for IL.
The eight insurgents who voted aye were:
La Toilette, Bristow. Brown. Clapp. Craw-
ford, Cummins. Poindcxter and Works.
All Of the regular Republicans voted
against the bill They were twenty-five
in number. Three insurgent Republicans
from the wool growing States-Borah OF
Idaho. Bourne of Oregon and Dixon OF
Montana--voted against the bill. Two
insurgents. Gronna and Kenyon. were
absent and paired.
In the debate that preceded the vote
Senator La Toilette broke loose and
delivered the most vicious speech he has
ever made on the floor of the Senate. He
practically accused ex-senator Aldrich
with being responsible for the death
| Of Senator Jonathan p. Dolliver and dis
/ regarding all forms of Senatorial courtesy
/ attacked Senators Smoot and Guggen-
helm to their faces for daring to take
part in the framing OF tariff legislation
in which they have pecuniary interest.
senator La Follette's TRADE began
after Senator Smoot had condemned the
duties in the La Toilette bill as destructive
| to the woollen industry. The Utah Sena-
tor said that the bill carried less protect on
| for the woollen manufacturers than was
given in the Wilson German law. under
which woollen mills we're closed all over
] the country. He asserted that sixty-one
mills were closed in 1893 alone.
Mr.. La Toilette was very uneasy during
the Smoot speech. but did not interrupt.
At its conclusion. however. he aros al the
seat recently occupied by the late Will lam
p. Frye OF Maine. to which La Toilette
has succeeded. The memory of the
plain. quiet. dignified Senator who oc-
| cupied the seat for 30 many years and the
appearance of the little Wisconsin Senator
| sented contrast that every Senator
noted.
Turning and facing Senator Smoot
and with a great show OF earnestness Mr..
La Toilette vehemently exclaimed:
1T is fitting that the defence of this
infamous schedule when at last it is
brought to the bar Of justice, should be
made by a Senator who is himself bene-
fciary Of the law!"
| This brought Senator Smoot to his feet
and he admitted that he owned stock in a
woolen mill at Provo, Utah. to the value of
g.. .475. but contended that it had paid him
only 3 or per cent. annually. This ad-
| mission was what the pompadour Senator
was looking for. Shaking an accusing
finger at the Senator from Utah. Mr.. La
Toilette, standing out IN the centre aisle.
shouted:
| With one dollars worth of stock in his
| own name the Senator confesses his shame
to stand here and defend this schedule.
The Senator from Utah stands in unique
position: Will he say that the most
absolutely controls the politics of Utah,
| owns no stock in woollen mills"
Senator Smoot replied by remarking
that he supposed Senator La Toilette had
reference to the church, meaning the
Mormon Church.
That what mean" replied Mr. La
Toilette.
Senator Smoot replied that the church
at one time owned stock in the woollen
mill at Provo, but that il sold the stock
to the present owner and that so far as he
knew the church does not now own any
interest in woollen mills.
Furthermore. the church does not
own a single head Of sheep in Utah or els.
where. and do not own single head OF
sheep" replied MIR. Smoot.
| Senator La Toilette launched denun-
citation against Senators who voted on
matters Of legislation affecting their
personal interests.
1T is an outrage against common de-
cency." shouted Mr.. La Toilette, that
any man on the floor of the United States
own interests. We are here in a trust
capacity. but the public conscience has
either become dulled or Senators have
forgotten their duty and their oaths
We have Senators here who hold bank
stock and do not hesitate to vote on leg
islation that determines whether such
stock shall pay II tax or not. We have
Senators who own mining stock docking
at Senator Guggenheim) and do no,
hesitate to sit here and vote to fix the
OutleS on tne ores IN thelr mines. IL Il
time the Senate made an order to put q
stop TO this business"
Senator Smoot asked permission to
interrupt and then timidly inquired
whether the publisher of q newspaper OF
magazine had right to vote on Canadian
reciprocity.
II suppose the Senator refers to me be.
cause am the publisher OF magazine,
replied MIR. La Toilette. but was no,
affected by Canadian reciprocity because
l paid more than four cents a pound for
my print paper
Then the Senator pays more than he
ought to pay" retorted Mr.. Smoot.
well, ! think sometimes that I nav
more than l should pay for my print
paper, but l have never bought pound
Of II for less than four cents and after the
Payne; ;Aldrich bill passed they tried to
raise the price on me-
Senator La Toilette seemed particu
larly nettled because Senator Smoot
had said that the wool bill was being
rushed through Congress. He adverted
to the haste with which the Payne Aldrich
bill was brought nhnd passed. He charac-
terized ex-senator Aldrich as the boss
/ OF the Senate at that time and accused
Senator Smoot of trailing around after
Aldrich." He reviewed the party con-
ferenoes that led to the appointment of
| the Finance Committee.
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