Show ANGRY WORDS OVER THE ALDRICH BILL i I SENATORS SENA IN 1 WARM fiGHT I Aldrich of Rhode Island and andI I Bailey of Texas Disagree and Some Hot Words Are Passed Before It Is Finished DUTY ON HIDES IS TOBE TO TOBE I IBE BE RESTORED TO BILL BIL Senators Nelson of Minnesota and Gallinger of New Hampshire Hampshire Hampshire Hamp Hamp- shire Also Exchange Some Superheated Compliments AN UPROAR OVER GLASS Washington April 22 Sen Sen Senator ator Aldrich may well use that interrogation made m-ade classic lassic some years ago and tonight ask himself Where am I at A very hornets' hornets nest was stirred up in the Senate today the excitement at times reach reach- ing the very highest pitch Asif As Asif Asif if in harmony with the situation situation situation situa situa- tion on the outside a rain and hail storm was vas descending as never a storm before was seen in Washington It drowned out the angry senators' senators voices in inthe inthe inthe the chamber t r 1 aR aRb b eca t o excited and so sown angry grY that speech finally failed him Senator Bailey questioned the veracity of Senator Aldrich in inthe inthe the Texans Texan's most dramatic manner Senator Aldrich said sahl that tho duty on hides as stricken from front tho the bill 1111 would be restored Cheers followed tel fol lowed tho time announcement Senators Scott and antl of ot We West t VIr Virginia lnla Ir Irritated Jr- Jr Senator Aldrich by asking di direct direct direeL di- di reeL questions So did Senator Aldrich was aided aide by Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Smoot of ot Utah who arose to say aay that in due time Ume full tull schedules would be explained to the satisfaction of or everybody Senator Dolliver turned to Aldrich and said sold Why dont don't you ou us a bill we can un understand I doubt if Il the majority members of ot tho the finance committee themselves understand this bill you ou present us here I confess contos I Ido Ido Ido do trot not I have havo it from many ninny of tho time ways and means committee that when tho the bill loft left that sido they didn't know much about It Senators Want Information Are Aro ro you ou trying to fool tool tho the people If It not so so wh why cant can't we have havo a bill that not only senators can interpret but lut tho the public at largo can know what wo we weare aro are doln doing You do lo not give Ive ua us the cot cost of the raw material You do ao not tell us time tilt cost of tho the manufacture of these thc o products abroad You fall fail to inform us as us to the difference in III tho the cost coat of or labor here hort and that paid in other countries 9 employed In the manufacture manu mauu- facture act uro of these articles I You will she be a sufficiently enlightened ht- ht ened at t tho J timer time replied Senator Son Sen ator Aldrich In answer to a question from Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Bailey asking Aldrich if it his bill was in consonance with the tho national platform of his party adopted at Chicago Chi ca cage cago o last summer Bummer there thero was an affirmative answer Aldrich declared however how how- ever over that the Senate bill was a protection protection protection pro pro- bill and that the Republican party would always stand for tor protection tion Senator Bailey Balle declared that Aldrich had ha once said that the tho legislation of ot this country should be left in the time hands of or those who had fought for tho preservation of ot tho the Union Unton and that Continued on Page L AN OVER THE BILL meant that those who had fought were Republicans ti lei O. l such statement et hotly the memory memo i. i good my word as good as S that of or the senators senator's meaning Bailey and I flatly flat flat- I ly den deny having having- uttered an any such state slate ment mont Oh Ohm but you did was tho the shouting reply Wb When n you OU made it on this floor 1100 some weeks ago ngo it struck me as coming coming- In bad grace graca I know that the senator oftentimes makes statements statements state state- ments meats without thinking thinking- of what he Is saying raying but a 3 declaration of ot that kind was so 80 revolutionary ry that I was wasa a aghast AldrIch Denies Denlea Accusation I 1 repeat that I made mado no such state state- me meat ment t re replied Aldrich It lt Js s willful willful- V e We will not dl discuss cuss the tho subject further fur fur- ther then answered Dane Bailey until I 1 have secured r the stenographers stenographer's n notes We f will trill have v them and Ill I'll show O the e s sator senator sen ator that ho did sa say exactly as I have quoted him as saying savIn I L deny it again retorted Aldrich II It any such Buch thought as that ever en entered entered en- en my mind I 1 am ashamed of ot It And I 1 am ama ashamed of you OU said the Texan This manner of ot colloquies continued con con- all aU afternoon After Arter Aldrich had taken his hla seat Balle Bailey said Because of ot tho the West's fidelity to the tho Union during the war he went on you ou continue to favor that section in your tariff bills to the tho detriment detriment detri detri- ment meat of ot thc the South You impose a a. heavy burden upon the tho cotton planter because of ot your tax on bagging baSKing and amid ties And when I auk ask you 1 if this Is not sectional legislation you to answer Senator Nelson began talking about revenue lie Us denied that the tho Dingley bill had anything to do with the tho panic of 1893 1833 and of ot 1907 The TIme first came or because of the silver agitation tho the second because a lot of ot millionaires In Wall street were trying to get richer Gallinger aro arose e to interrupt Hold told cm OTT there shouted the senator from Minnesota I am talking now Senator cloo on Excited Gallinger again tried to speak That the Minnesotan moie explosive He walked right under the tho nose noso of ot the distinguished member front from New Hampshire and in the fury tury of ot his language hi his words wore were lo lost t. t When quiet t had become somewhat restored Dolliver N ilson Bailey LaFollette Cummins and others In t their clr turn boKan be- be Kan gari criticizing New England for tor her insistence upon free tree hides and it was at nt this period that Aldrich agreed that tha t there should be protection on them Whoa When the schedule on glass glans was wag re re- re ed cel there came another uproar By this time every ory senator was in a state stat e of ot excitement Glassware had hal gone gon e higher as rated in fri the tho schedule than tham i now exists Aldrich rose roso to say say sav that tha t not a single manufacturer had hail ap ap- before hi his committee Where here did you get your tion from then asked Beveridge li He lIe e was wan informed that treasury ry experts expert s had bad given It to tho time committee What hat t experts Why hy from tho the treasury de- de 01 or ourse Scott cott of or Wc West t Virginia said that he I had hail never ne heart heard of ot such Huch a 3 procedure What hat right had the treasury department depart depart- ment to arrange tariff schedules he wanted to know Senator Aldrich ex explained ex- ex that the experts in the time treasury treas treas- UI ury must have complete and exact knowledge e of ot the time manufacture of ot ever every overy article that comes through a customs hou house e Therefore their testimony was worth more than the testimony of manufacturers The Time glass Sloss schedule went nt over until another da day Proceeding to tear the woolen schedule apart protesting that time the tax on woolen goods was ns excessive un un- un just jUit and arbitrary Senator Dolliver said In 1867 a number of ot shepherds meaning owners of or sheep gathered with senators in this very chamber und and mude a rL tax schedule on omm wool Ever since Minco shepherds have havet lIe been en gerting ger- ger ting what they want Now I propose to lo re open that shepherds session and say sav a few words myself Senator Cullom declared rJ after alter tho time days day's session that Congress Congre s would lIe be here until late In the time summer After the fires of ot debate had been cooled the Senate enato got down to actual work worl and a n. number of schedules were read rend and agreed to as the they appeared on the list |