Show TARiff V V UP AA AGAIN t V Discussion of Civil Sundry Ap Appropriation Appropriation Appropriation Bill Stirs Up the Senate Senata I BILL PROVIDES FUND FOR TARIFF INQUIRY Senators Get Humorous and Per Personal Personal Personal in Their Re Remarks Remarks Remarks marks WASHINGTON June 11 The tar tariff iff Hf question again occupied tho the atten otten of the senate throughout today toda and the discussion was waH not concluded Tho ct came up In connection with the provision In the sundry civil appropriation bill providing a fund fun of with which to enable tho the president to Investigate the tho operation of tho the present tariff law The discus discussion discussion sion slon was participated In by b a large number of senators and took a n wide range which everybody understood to tobe tobe be the largely colored by b political condl condi conditions Senator Clay Cla opened tho debate with a 11 sharp Democratic speech charging that the tho measure was intended In Intended Intended tended to delude tho the insurgent Re Rev Republicans Republicans publicans Into the belief that there was to be another revision of the tar tariff tariff tarIff iff which ho he tried to prove provo by several Republican senators senator with some somo meas measure measure ure ot of success He was supported by br Senator Bailey Balle on the Democratic side of the chamber They Thuy TIlt succeeded In bringing Senator AldrIch Into the controversy with the result that he made a defense of or the present law lawand lawand lawand and succeeded In again bringing Senator Sen Senator Senator ator Beveridge to his feeL The rho Indiana senator and the Rhode Island senator found opportunity to thresh out their old controversy over oer the authorship of the Investigation provision of the tariff bill but with the result that each held to his 1115 original contention Mr tr Aldrich declared that he and ho Ito alone was responsible for the pro pre provision prevision vision Islon While claiming credit for the tariff commission bill of oC last session the Indiana senator asserted that but for tho the general agitation resulting from Crom that bill there never would have been an on investigation clause in the bill Mr Jr Aldrich said suld that he desired the Information the would elicit as a 11 justification of the present law which he and numerous other Hcan senators pronounced the tho best tariff law that hat ever was placed on the tho statute stable books All the regulars ex cx expressed pressed pr the opinion that there would not soon be a new revision of the tariff Incidental Incident III to lO the debate there were some amusing Incidents Senators Bailey Balle and Johnson made reference to the telegram sent by llY Senator Boyer Bover BeverIdge idge hl e to Senator Clapp after the close of oC the Indiana senators speech In which bich the senator was wag quoted as os say tay a aIns Ins Ing ho be had kicked the tho stomach off Me Metho tho the tariff bill Mr Ir Johnson con construed construed construed this language Into moaning that had hall disturbed the thc epidermis in ht the abdominal region of the tariff Mr Air Heyburn was vms among the speak speakers ors ers and Mr rr Hale called forth the Ule epithet thet of oC insolent from rom the Idaho senator by bv appealing to Senator Cum Cummins reins mins not Dol to wind him up again when the Iowa senator sought so to interrupt In Interrupt Interrupt the Idaho member The Th fact appearing that various senators still stin desired to be heard Senator Halo hale reluctantly moved move an ad adjournment adjournment adjournment without reaching a vote I Ion on n either cither Senator Clays motion to lo strike c out the provision or on tho the final passage of o the sundry civil bill The Tho senator from Maine expressed deep Jeep regret that an appropriation bill should he bo the tho occasion for such auch a po political debate dehate |