The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
BRISTOW AND JAMES
HAVE LIVELY TILT


Senators Bristow and James engaged in
lively colloquy tonight over the tobacco
tariff, which aroused applause from the
crowds in the galleries. Senator Warren
called the vice presidents attention TO
rule that there should be no applause.
Il am very grateful to the senator from
Wyoming for calling my attention to
the rule said Mr.. Marshall, but on
careful inspection of the rules / fail to
find it."
Senator Bacon, democrat took issue
with the vice president, declaring that
while he had the profoundest respect for
the vice president and wished to give no
offense, he earnestly wished him to re-
wise his statement that there was moth
ing in the rules of the Senate giving him
authority to preserve order. He insisted
that while there might not be a written
rule 1t was always a fundamental, in
herent rule in every parliamentary body
to protect itself against disorder
The vice president replied that he had
noticed many times that senators object
ed TO applause from the galleries only
Wren 1t was to the argument of the other
side He said he looked to the Senate to
be judge of order in the galleries; that
ne had not the slightest objection to
preventing applause and would willingly
clear the galleries If the Senate would
There has been as much disorder here
tonight at the instance of senator's some
OF whom are the most insistent about
the rules, as there has been in the GAL
leries, he added. "As to following prece-
cent, the chair is not one of those to ne
bound by any precedent"
Senator Bacon was about to move for
an executive session, but was restrained
by Senator Simmons. Then Senator Call
intrnd1nnI ~
'hat II should be the duty of the vice
president to preserve order in the GAL
lerles, failing in which the sergeant at
arms should clear them The vice presi
cent referred the amendment to the COM
mittee on rules.
fhe first hint of the final fight over
iree raw wool came late this afternoon
when Senator LaFollette introduced a
seheral substitute for the wool tariff Sec
.ions or the tneerwood-S Simmons bill An
inheritance tax amendment offered by
Senator Norris was pending at the time
and debate alternated between the SUBJ
jects for several hours.
Comes as Surprise
The LaFollette wool plan came as a
surprise to the democratic side. Instead
OF the expected 10 per cent duty on raw
wool after January l. next, his substitute
proposed general cut of the wool rates
based on 30 Fer cent raw wool duty for
lsi4; & :. per cent duty for 1915 and a
lb> per cent duty after January |, 1916
When Senator LaFollette concluded
Senator Stone. in charge of the wool Sec
tions of the bill, urged democrats to re-
frain from debate. He said the subject
had been thoroughly covered before; that
Senator LaFollette had refraine1 from
cferinS his amendment when the WOO, is
sue was being discussed and that the
tariff bill's. passage should not be de-
layed by the reopening of the wool fight
While the high wooden tariff rates of
the present law came in for much of Sem
ator LaFollettes criticism, he insisted
that the democratic bill did not treat the
wool raising industry fairly. He declared
thc vcol duty was about the only tariff
duty from which the farmer profited. and
demanded an explanation for the demo-
cratic plan of taking all the duty off
wool at once while Louisiana sugar pro-
ducers were given three years in which
to prepare for free sugar
Another Amendment
When the vote came at the night ses-
sion, the substitute was defeated Al to
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