Show PENROSE E WEARY OF LA FOLLETTE I Pennsylvania Senator Angry Over Superior Airs of the Wisconsin Statesman SEVERAL CHARGES MADE SOMETHING ABOUT VENDORS OF PATENT MEDICINES Washington Feb IS ISAn An acrid ex cx exchange change of or words took look place In the sen senate senate ate today toda between Mr La Follette who was ya Va criticising methods of that body In Inthe Inthe inthe the handling of or appropriation bills and Ir Penrose chairman of the commit committee tee on and post roads who was in charge of the postoffice bill The colloquy was rendered almost tragic by br bythe b the angry tones and fiery attitude as assumed Burned umed by the senator from Pennsylvania as a ho he denounced the senator from Wis Is who stood quietly at his place on an the left side of or the chamber staring bank back at his big antagonist Criticism by La Follette The day had bad begun by Mr La Follette asking that the thc postoffice bill bUl be allowed to go over oer until tomorrow aa as a it had just been reported from the committee and he had no time to examine it Mr Ir Pen Penrose Penrose Penrose rose had resisted this request saying he would explain all amendments that had been suggested sUt by his committee Mr lr Penrose nad moved that the bill bUl be taken up and it was laid before the senate the senator from Wisconsin demanding the th full reading of the text of the bill Later Mr fr La Follette severely arraigned the senate s rate for or permitting legislation to accumulate the last few days of the when he ho declared Important bills were rushed through with little or orMo Mo time for or senators to understand them My lY observation is that these appropriation bills billa get in here about as late for the long session as they the do for the short session said auld Mr La Follette It seems to be part of the system that the most Important legislative lE acts shall have little consideration How Laws Are Enacted He charged that important legislation was placed d on these measures and passed when wen it not pass as a separate bill He lie said also that the salary increase for forthe or orthe the judiciary for far the Ute high legislative of offices and for the vice president and for forthe forthe forthe the speaker of the house hoose had been put through In that way war and insisted that unduly delayed bills which might b be reported earlier so S that the th sen senate senite ate tte would have more opportunity to study and lilt understand thorn them He lie declared he hoped the tariff bill would not be put through on a greased greas d runway runA runAr I r dont see ste he continued that it would be rn fair to to the salam salem salamIt Ity It to the country f the discussion Slon of these bills should carry some of ot them over overto overto overto to an extra session eM 1011 I know that if ap appropriation appropriation bills are disposed of at this time there will loin not be any reorganization tion of committees at this time Ume and van vari various arl oils ous important legislation outside of ap appropriation appropriation bills bill ought to go over until arother session of congress Senator interrupted to ask the senator from froni Wisconsin V whether he was delivering his regular lecture adding that he h thought he had heard it all be before before before fore Mr Ir La Follette replied that of or that sort rort would not promote the passage of the bill He lIe chided the sen san senate senate sanate ate with having put off interstate com corn commerce commerce merce legislation for nine years and hav hay having havIn haying ing In delayed the pure food law for tor seven seventeen seventeen seventeen teen years ears by b applying the same meth methods methods methode ode against which he was contending Penrose White With Rage At this point Mr Ir Penrose arose and with violent anger and glaring across the chamber at the straight form torm of the sen son senator senator ator from Wisconsin said saidI I L shall not sit silent In my seat when misstatements aro art made or claptrap statesmanship is attempted here I charge that the tue senator from Wisconsin had been on the committee on census and during his service on that committee had failed tailed to attend a II single meeting of it itI It ItI I make that charge without any fear of contradiction He is on the committee on claims and has only attended its meet meetIngs meetIngs meetings Ings once or OF twice in all his service and that attendance was only to bring brIn up some trivial claim I make this state statement statement ment meat without fear of that he is on the committee on pensions which has one ong of the largest appropriation bills pending before congress every year ear and has hardly hard ever been present at its meet meetIngs meetIngs meetIngs Ings according to the unanimous test testimony mony mon of nearly all of his colleagues on that committee Ho He Is on the Important committee on Indian affairs which every eel year considers a great appropriation bill billand billand billand and he has seldom or never rendered any an I service on It And he has been In tho the senate during two years Interrupted Senator Gallin Gallinger Gallinger ger Patent Medicine Vendor There is no senator continued Mr Ir Penrose who has a greater record for forab or absenteeism ab than he It Ill III becomes him hint to criticise these committees When he hela heIs heis Is la here it is only to delay the thc business of the senate to hold up the transaction of or public business and to embarrass those who under their oaths of office and in inthe Inthe Inthe the conscientious discharge of their du duties duties ties endeavor to enact legislation I shall not sit here and I desire to give glo such no notice tice to the senator from Wisconsin and listen to arguments that might better be made by a vendor endor of a patent medicine from the tall tail door of pr a cart in a village of ot Wisconsin than from a senator of the United States Senator Gallinger r said as Mr rr took his seat that he did not wish at that time to have hac rule No 19 Ill which prohibits any senator from speaking twice on any question on the thc same alime day 1111 on forced ut ho he appealed to senators senator v ho had spoken sev several se eral ersi times not to delay the senate business unduly Remarks by La Follette Mr Ir LaFollette lied hod standing while these remarks w r e directed toward him He declared that tha i J f did not ask the Indulgence of any an senate sento ir il i respect to thu the rules Ho He said he lie expected them to be enforced and believed that they had been men enforced with undue strictness In refer reference reference ence enee to himself He lie added that If It he were Infringing a Ii rule It might delay his brief reply until another amendment should be acted upon It Is of little value he said no to utter a contradiction here to much that has been said It would merely put the word of on one senator against the other I have hae not at attended attended attended tended the meetings of some of the com corn committees committees to which I was assigned I at attended attended attended tended the meeting of the committee on claims once or twice Not feeling that I t could render service of ot value on it I asked to be w relieved from membership on UNit that committee I have hae been reasonably diligent on the committee on Indian af affairs affairs affairs fairs Penrose Interrupts It is the uniform testimony of its mem mern members members bers bets that you have failed to attend those tho meetings Interposed Int Mr Penrose angrily I would have have more confidence In the j statementS statement replied Mr LaFollette deliberately delb deliberately if it senators Senator on that made that declaration themselves I was wasI w I absent bp nt from rm the senate two months at the thelast the thelast i last session being bIns confined to my rn home hOle I in this city cf by b illness Ins I was absent abent duD dur durI du duDing I ing InS the holidays a week during this sea ses 1 lon sion flon while I t was ns at my mr home superintend I ing log the th publication of a magazine in which r I am interested and anil that seemed necessary to the success of or the business at that tha time I Looking int toward the tm senator from Pennsylvania he continued I uA Against this ey ars and vulgar ular assault T I put mv m since sine I have been a mem mom member her ber br of this body I Then looking about abut the chamber Mr Ir IrI I LaFollette continued Yon Vo ran an take tak no course Cure which will de detor I tr tor me from exercising my m right wi on this floor foor to pr s mv nit m views Ies on 00 legislation J nf the orderly conduct of tl the e of this body bo If IC ITOU you were wee better beler acquainted wih with me Ie you ou would know that I i All Talking at Once I Mr Ir took his hil seat and Mr Ir IrI I i referred to the next amendment i in the bill Mr Ir LaFollette LaFolette arose aros I i at the same time addressing Vice Prel President President dent Fairbanks to make an inquiry con cn the amendment nt I Mr Ir President called cale the tho senator prator from fromI rein I I Pf in a loud voice olce For a mo mc moment moment ment the th senators s from Pennsylvania and I from AVIs on in ai ai ai l the the vie vIc president I I were wre all al talking at the same time Finally Mr r P s voice ole was wa heard declaring that he believed lv I hl had the floor foor I The chair said ait the th vice president calmly is undertaking to answer a very I proper inquiry by tit U senator from Win 11 I r did dil not understand said all Mr Ir Pen Penrose PenrO Penrose rose rO 1 I thought thou ht I had the floor foor and no noI noone Ion I on one had a right to interrupt without my consent I f The Te senate so then lapsed I into the ordinary of or He additional amend amendments amendments I ments of the bill bl read red redI I Bill Bi Finally Passed Later in th the day of the I bill Mi was wa r and an It was a finally ta In discussing the senate nate amend amendment I ment mont providing for a readjustment an annually I of the compensation to be b paid for the transportation of mails mals on rail railroads rl I roads Mr Ir La I Follette said he had been bEn Informed that the change would result in III from SO to O additional bo be boIng be beIng Ing paid lt to the railroads each ech year ear above aboe the amount the railroads now no receive Mr Ir Penrose declared that the amend amendment inset ment m tt would not hot Increase Iner le the cost to the I government more than 10 annually and might result in a saving to the goy gov government go |