New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

-. :, as a man hunt" and referring
- H. Nho were to make the inquiry
. s,,,ooSbounds." He protested against
a.. 4ood Of denunciation as renee
.,on OF the high Office OF Presiueht VI
the United states
M. Williams. in reply, sought 10 JUS
tify the proceeding.
"It viii not do" he declared 10 say
that If the President OF the Onl'e'
Statss received a contribution OF SloV'-
ooe from a big business aggregauoh
Yb,cb he himself had dubbed unla"-
full he received it as an innocent oaOe
as a sweet little child.
constitutional argument asa!ne'
the resolution was made by senator
Rqtiev of Texas. who declared that 'He
investigation was without the Jurlsdic-
ton Of the Senate.
To free American politics OF tnat
curse" said the Texas Senator / am
in favor of a law that would preVeh'
any candidate for public Office from
spending a farthing for any purpose IL
his election campaign. Such a Ia"
would nut the poor man on the same
basis with the rich man.
Mr.. Bailey reviewed the history OF
American politics for the last hfty
years. Since 1860. he said. the Demo-
Gratis had defeated the Republicans
only three times, and he predicted that
the Republicans are TO sit in the back
GROUND for the next half century and
watch the Democrats administer the
gov9rnnent business of this country.
Senator Poindexter tried 10 secure a
unanimous consent agreement TO have
a vote taken on the Penrose resolution
at once, but Senator McCumber OBJ
jected.
AS il was clearly impossible to adopt
the resolution in the face of the storm
Of discussion which had been raised.
the Senate took d recess until later in
the evening. to await the action Of the
conference committee on the general
deficiency bill. the only measure that
stood in the way of adjournment.
When the Senate met after the re-
cess Senator La Toilette upset the
plans for an adjournment tonight by
demanding the adoption Of an amend
ment TO the resolution for the investi-
cation OF the Penrose-Archbold-R Roose-
-rYN H.
versy and insisting that action must
be taken on il.
Angered by efforts To dissaude him
from his purpose. he announced that he
would not permit adjournment until
the resolution was adopted. His
amendment would compel the commit
tee TO investigate all contributions 10
the present campaign.
An objection was interposed by SEN
stor Hepburn, who had fought the pro-
posal earlier in the day.
Senator Smoot protested that he
had yielded the floor to Mr.. La Toilette
for the purpose of asking unanimous
consent for the consideration of the
resolution and not 10 permit the max
ing of a formal motion.
In turn. the Wisconsin Senator served
notice that he would object to any
unanimous consent request made by
Senator Smoot and other Senators.
without which business could not pro-
ceed. All Senators realized that 1t
would be practically impossible to hold
a quorum, even if one were obtained.
To test the situation, Mr.. Smoot moved
that bills on the calendar be taken up.
La Toilette demanded the ayes and
noes
Leaning across his desk Mr.. La Fol-
lette said to Senator Smoot in what he
intended as an undertone: You will
see where you've got US TO now. We
will stay here until we vote on this
resolution
The Wisconsin Senator thumped his
desk with his fists and showed his sat
isfaction as it became evident that the
requisite number would not respond
10 the call. Once a quorum was an
nounced, but only thirty-six Senators
answered when Mr.. Smoots motion
was voted on.
Senator Penrose declared to-day
that he had been justified in making
the fight, and that he proposed to carry
it through to the finish. he said he
had received a flood of letters from
various parts of the country relating
10 contributions from one source or
another 10 the Roosevelt campaign.
These reprots he purposes TO investi-
gate.