The Washington herald., 1911-08-16

but he did not interrupt He took copi-
GUS notes, and when Senator Smoot had
concluded he took the floor and indulgel
In one of the bitterest speeches that he
has ever uttered in the Senate.
Standing in the place lately occupied by
the late Senator William p. Frye, of
Maine, to whose seat on the Senate floor
Mr.. La Toilette succeeded, the Senator
from Wisconsin even invoked the memory
of Senator Frye in justification of his
attack on Senate procedure. But he was
most sever on Senator Smoot. He char
acterized the speech of the Utah Senator
as most remarkable in its statements,
tone, and coloring."
In Toilette Back at smoot.
Turning and facing Senator Smoot, and
with great earnestness, Mr.. La Toilette
vehemently exclaimed: TT is fitting that
the defense OF this Infamous schedule,
when at last 1t is brought to the bar of
Justice, should be made by the Senator
who is himself beneficiary 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 $2,475, but claimed that it had
paid him but or per cent annually.
This admission of his small holdings
did not justify Senator Smoot in the
opinion OF Mr.. La Toilette. Shaking an
accusing finger at the Senate from Utah,
Mr.. La Toilette exclaimed: Z
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 a unique position. Will he say that
nj MIA
ton that absolutely controls the politics
of Utah. owns no stock in wooden mills?"
Senator Smoot replied by remarking that
he supposed Senator La Toilette had ref
erence to the church. meaning the Nor
mon Church.
That's what 1 mean," replied Mr.. La
Toilette.
Senator Smoot replied that the church
at one time owned stock in the woolen
mills at Provo, but that 1t sold the stock
to the present owner, and that so far as
he knew the church does not now own
any interest in woolen mills.
Church Owns No sheep.
Furthermore, the church does not
own a single head of sheep in Utah or
elsewhere. and 1 do not own a single
head of sheep" replied Mr.. Smoot.
Then Senator La Toilette launched a
denunciation against Senators who
voted on matters of legislation affect
ing their personal interests
TT is an outrage against common de-
cency," shouted Mr.. La Toilette, that
any man on the floor of the United
States Senate should sit here to repre-
sent his own interests. We are here in
a trust capacity. But the public con-
science 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
vote on legislation that determines
whether that stock shall pay a tax or
not. We have Senators who own min
ing stock and do not hesitate to sit
here and vote to fix the duties on the
ores'in their mines. 1t is time the Sem
ate made an order to put stop to this
business
Senai, moot asked permission to in
terrupi, and then timidly inquired
whether the publisher of a newspaper or
magazine had right to vote on Cana
dian reciprocity.
Il suppose the Senator refers to me be-
cause l am the publisher of a maga-
zine" replied Mr.. La Toilette. But /
was not affected by Canadian reciprocity
because I paid more than cents a pound
for my print paper"
Then the Senator pays more than he
ought to pay" retorted Mr.. Smoot.
We'll, I think sometimes that I pay
more than 1 should pay for my print
paper. but have never bought a pound
of it for less than cents, and after
the Payne-Aldrich bill passed they tried
to raise the price on me-