The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-29
Passage of Tariff Amendment
in Senate by Two Votes Today.
Capper Votes Against Duty on
Wool and Wool Products.
CARAWAY STARTS new SCRAP
Lie Is Passed in Senate, and
Thoro Investigation Asked.
Counter Charges Flung About
as Caraway Howls for Probe.

Washington, July 29.-By a ma
committee amendment imposing COM
pensatory and protective duties on
woven wooden fabrics in the pending
tariff bill, was adopted by the senate
today. The vote was. "a to 26. Seven
Republicans voted against the amend
ment, three Democrats for it.
Republicans voting against the
amendment were: Borah, of Idaho;
Capper, Kansas; Cummins, of Iowa;
Kellogg and Nelson, of Minnesota;
Lenroot,- Wisconsin, and Wadsworth,
Democrats voting for the amend
ment were: Broussard and Ransdell,
of Louisiana, and Kendrick, of Wyom-
ing.
Then Comes the Charge
Investigation of charges that GER
tain senators are interested financially
in the rates of duties proposed in par
tfcular schedules of the pending tariff
bill was proposed in a resolution in
troduced today by Senator Caravan
Dem ocrat, Arkansas.
The inquiry would be conducted by
the judiciary committee which would
be instructed to report to the senate
within ten days. Also the committee
ators in the language of the resolu-
ton are or were financially inter-
ested in the passage of extension of
the so-called emergency tariff
Reads an Editorial
Senator Caraway read from an
charging certain senator's were inter-
ested in the production of wool and
imm mediately was interrupted success
sively by all of the senators mentioned
in the editorial with a resulting run
ming cross fire of debate which waxed
warm at times.
Senator Gooding of Idaho, chairman
of the Republican agricultural tariff
bloc, said Senator Caraway had voted
for duty on rice and that his interest
in rice should be investigated.
Nor His Relatives, Either.
Denying that he or any of his rela-.
tives had any financial interest in the
production of rice, Senator Caraway
said he would say to anybody who SO
charged that he was an Unqualified
liar
Shouting that he would insist that
the investigation proposed from the
other side for political purposes
should proceed Senator Gooding de-
clared that if he had violated any law
he was ready to resign.
Senator Caraway asked for immedi-
ate consideration of the resolution,
but Senator Wadsworth, Republican,
New York, objected. and the measure
went over under the rules.
Senator Bursum, Republican, New
Mexico, declared if the senate was
going to spend its time investigating
every little slur" that was made I'M
the newspapers against senators it
would accomplish little business. SEN
ator Caraway replied he did not re-
gard the charges that senators were
voting to take money from other peo-
pie to put in their own-pockets thru
the medium of legislation as a little
slur.'
CtanPiaId Ts Nax+
Senator Stanfield, Republican, Ore
gon. inquired of Senator Caraway.
whether a legislator was disqualified
from voting if he was interested and
the Arkansas senator replied that he
could answer best by reading from
senate rules are based, and which
said that a legislator ought to with
draw and cast no ballots when his own
financial interests were involved.
Senator Caraway said he did not
know a senator who would not vote to
impeach a Judge who had used his Of
ficial position to benefit himself ftnan-
cially.
Senator Gooding wanted to know If |
Senator Caraway owned any properly
affirmative reply. he asked If the
senator had not voted for the rice duty
to improve the general welfare in MS
state and thus enhance the value or
his own property.
Replying in the negative. Senator !
Caraway: "If I had dollar invested !
in rice. 1 would not have voted for a |
duty"
"If every senator followed that ]
out" said Senator Gooding, there
would not be a quorum on the tar
iff"
''If they voted that way it would be
better for the United States if the sem
ate never did have a quorum" re-
turned Mr.. Caraway.
"I plead guilty to owning a few |
we call few in the
west, but what would be many in the I
east" continued the Idaho member. |
adding that he would fight to the last
ditch" for that industry, because his
state could not exist without the live
stock industry.