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Show I T i 5s yp n 'i Senator Lodge Relinquishes S I Control and Beveridge Takes J Charge of Measure. SI INCIDENT GIVES RISE I TO MUCH PLEASANTRY I" Sb I). After Sobering Down the Senate Takes a Recess at 1 :35 a. in. 1 Until 11 o'CIock. tSJ P WASHINGTON, March 1. When Scna- rj-3 f tor Eeveridgo moved at tonight's session II of the senate to-proceed with consldera- l lion of (he bill to create a permanent t i tariff board, thus indicating that control vjl of tho measure had passed from Senator Lodge to a senator who is not on the aSl j. eomml.ttco. there followed as clever a (8j bit of hazing as was ever witnessed in tho eenatc chamber. P " Beginning with some facetious com- $j inuntB by Senator Stono of Missouri, the i situation became sorious when Senator As , Money uf Mississippi, the minority leader, iti (Icin'anrJcd an explanation. Finally he uS moved to recommit the bill to tho com- stifl mittcc on finance, in the hope, as he bYa said, of clarifying the situation. Tills ,v motion faJIod by a vote of 1'Z to El. Before this action was taken. Senators Bcvcridgc and Lodgo endeavored to c.- J plain their positions. The Indiana sena- tt I tor said he has been interested In the H ' question of creating a permanent tariff tSJ boiird for many .years. Senator Lodge. Cfljl l with reluctance, confessed that the sur- onl rendering of the conduct of the bill to k Senator Bcvcridgc had been part of the i ' agreement of yesterday by which the ? senate fixed a time to vote on the Lori- lyflt f mer case and made the tariff board bill 3tii r the unfinished business. iflW ' According to Mr. Stone, it has been lJri hc unbroken practice of the senate that flj when a bill Is reported from a nommlt-JM nommlt-JM h tec sonic member of that committee shall redrJ lake charge of it. He called attention cofi lo the fact that the matter had been re-mpM re-mpM i- ported by Senator Lodtre, who had sud-r sud-r denlv disappeared, and Mr. Stone deli??! de-li??! t mantled to know whether he had disap-9i disap-9i '. pcared willingly or unwillingly, 'inl' ' Halo Asked to Solve Riddle. Ik- said that when the bill was given Wm to him to report It was his right and duty awj u maintain charge of It. lie wanted to gai? ' know whether It had been reported rc- rgll ' luclantly by a member of the committee ifSS ' who chose later to abandon it. Finally. tu r Mr. Stone addressed Mr. Hale of Maine 12 ? and asked him if he could solve the rld- KE? tllf. , lgjfi : "I am in a condition of surprise, said ' Hale. "I supposed that tho Sena- rM5 ' tor from Massachusetts was in charge 9 of tho bill and 1 should like to know Iff : by what process of legerdemain he was iUr! ; oiislcd from the control and managc- 'elei i mcnt of it." , . , . iSni Cdntlimlng. Mr. Hale said he old not i think nven his "modest friend from In- "JB. . dlHiia would assume to take the Icadcr- '?!.' j ship." iim Proceeding in this vein. Mr. Hala' kept 'jgtt lh senate ronvulscd with laughter while r3i& ; Hrnators Bo'ridgc and Lodge remained iSTtt i hi their scats evidently much cmbar-r-tssod. .At this Juncture Senator Owen '! ! si rose V would like to know," ho said 'Cnll )' "wliethi'i- this Interesting colloquy Is a elaii ' conspiracy " i . .jii li "It is a conspiracy that results from sSii I I wo serious and honest minds running in njKj. the same direction." responded Mr. Hale. 9H "Isn l it sin attempt to uncover a con- - splracy''" asked Mr Money, Asks How Lodge Was Ousted, Ilesuming hi discussion. Mr. Hale ,1211 again asked by what transformation Scn-Imt'ti Scn-Imt'ti i nlor J'lSJ had ber-u ousted. Ho wanted rlv-ir. to know ir the. senator from Massachu-sclts Massachu-sclts had been left dangling in the )CCWJ air. ;tbel? "If he has." the senator said, "llicn the JBB senator from Indiana was the proper R "'an, perhaps, to lake charge of the 'iSZm ""'a sure. '.'U, "1 am very anxlofts to know all about icoro? it," he declared, addressing Mr. Slont;, iolicei and asked If he, too, was anxious. lCflSfj "' t,1,s a foundling which had no n'ifi one ,0 vnrc lor iln(J w;us at '"sL lnul ,;u at the floorsten of the senator from ln-ifljjC" ln-ifljjC" i dlaiia?" nsked Mr. Hal6. aql' "This bill came from the house. Its iul paternity Is of iiiKiuestloned respcctabll-a respcctabll-a g Ity.' declared -Senator Owen. .Dal I 11 W'!1S al tnlK nolnl l!iat Senator "a 9 Money said the. question was a serious iw on0, sa'(1 proceeding was most i qiiM i, (lisonlerly and that there had been some n'gB" Irregularity which he could not undcr- 'Al ! taiul, by whli.li the bill had passed from cWVT 'f K' t,ontro1 r 3 member of t tic commlt- 'fib ;'i tcc " 'hiancc to the possession of tho ;7t! ' '"''"Jrn'aii of territories. He demanded $ ,0 I"ow whether the transfer was by :m 1 agreement, isvUn. "1L ,s noL !L 'anshing matter." said ; yXtiti henator Money. "Facet iousness Is one of 'trli I , vces o'" this age. Some people can't 0K "i l ia,k UP01 a question without trying to be TTWjL funny." I Senators Become Grave Again. ' Up to this lime, continuous laughter -,21! greeted the different speakers, but at klNflv .1. ?"J'onlllon of Mr. Money, the ri- itJS i 1,al(r.v of senators was ceased. He called RKm ur'" Senator Beveridge. rMT; "Fw four years I huvc been trying to secure thu enaetmcnt of a. measure such AsrW; as this." explained Mr. Beveridge. He TueiJ bjiokc with considerable emotion, saying h(, luid t1cn charge of the measure only ,YiW, after Senator Lodge had agreed to that ojugj! course. .IBf "It would make no difference If the '..Tab senator from Indiana, had been pressing in.jofaf. similar legislation for a hundred and four Vr,,rti '"stead of four years," responded Mvg,K- Mr, Money. InaS; ,,"N"o authority exists on that side of ikS.! V,c ll0US(J for tho uaimfer of the con- 3M: 1UvL of this bill to a senator not a mcm- kt JP er of the committee which gave tho ,rMoliv (:0"ti'01 o he senator from Massachu- "tV-it0.; sfMs- There Is something rotten in the iinstli! of Denmark, or dcail. as tho saying f viliSl' li,,s' ieei''f L,e 11,0,1 moved to recommit tho bill. rlwv Srvcni! senators protested agjtinst rc- nliiWi ?,omm,!lt.H-1 Senator Ptsnrose tried to have Wh!it :" ,ni ,ilul and conshlerallon given iSw;' to V!'" l'ostoffico bill. Mr. Beveridge l0i f?r '"V11 1,01 'onseut to this, and Messrs. i..JKili ;,,0(1so and McCumber expostulated that A wSl'' If wa noL llluL a" memlKM-s of tho lS hZ, . "?.c commlUec wcro opposed to the 10MM ft,'iff,'ionrd blll. They said they were sowI ,iearUI" fr II. Finally Mr. Lodgo said: Mr. Lodge Explains. , IflR ."I ,camo to the conclusion lliat In .mitW-X , iVKl"S "fl'l" and glvliip control of this IfttWtS-' 1,1,1 lo a"othcr it would help along Uiu V? nil! '''cement on th.j Lorlmr-r cuse and this HifilW' J,,e;iKllre." ",' rt'', llkc a wo":an trying to pick n JXtiflh V. ',nit,r a bot.th-. with a hairpin. Cet- 'nrfSm UnB 11 1,11,0 by 1H tic." retorted Mr. .Mt3S :"."'??' H" sa that unless ho could " coil' i"01, '1" whole tnitli as to the losrolllng ki?Stm- m , s,tcI agreonient bv which I he .jJlB "nhfcr whs made he mum lnslat upon (jclttJl Continued on Pago Two. or TARIFF BOARD BILL C0ISDPISE1TE Senator Lodge Relinquishes Control and Bevcuidge Takes Charge of Measure." Continued From Pago One. his motion to recommit. The vote wns then taken. Mr, Monoy then moved an amendment to make- tho commission n congressional body Instead of a permanent, commission to be appointed by the president. The amendment wa rejected, 2.1 to 18. In supporting the amendment, Mr. Bnlloy of Texas said ho was opposed to a presidential commission that would secure Information which would not bo available for members of the houuo or senate until by an order of congress. Mr. Bailey sought to have stricken from tho bill the section that empowers the commission com-mission to Inspect tho books of corporations corpora-tions or associations and provides for the submission to congress of refusals to produce books or papers demanded by the commission. Bailey's Opinion of Filibusters. Senator Bailey, whlio speaking, saw a smile flit over tho face of one of tho friends of tho tariff board measure when he suggested that It would bo well to leave tho, matter to the Incoming Democratic Demo-cratic congress. 1 "Tho anille of a. senator on tho other sldo," he said, "would scorn to Indicate that he Judged from my statement fhnt I purposed to filibuster against this bill. V do not so Intend. Filibustering is but a low form of opppsltlon. It requires no brains; all It requires Is endurance. Seven senators with endurance and no brains can defeat by filibustering tho will of eighty-five with brairs and no endurance. endur-ance. ' Senator Carter of Montana interrupted Senator Bailey, whose discussion of his amendment turned him to a consideration of the rates involved In tho proposed Canadian Ca-nadian reciprocity agreement. Senator Carter said an amendment to tho McCall bill to carry Into effoct the provisions of the agreement to admit meat and flour free to this country from Canada Can-ada would be accopt.ahlo to the state department de-partment and no objection to the ratification ratifi-cation of tho agreement with that new provision would be Interposed. Canada, however, did not desire to have Amorlcan meat, and American flour enter free because of the Inability of Its packers pack-ers and millers to meet American competition. com-petition. Thus a reciprocal arrangement of the matter could not bo reached. Again disclaiming any Intention to filibuster, fili-buster, Senator Bailey closed his discussion discus-sion and the ayes and nays on his amendment amend-ment showed Its defeat, 25 to 37. Tho senate, nt 1.35 a. m., look a recess until 11 o'clock. |
