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Show SiOT OBJECT ! OF SENATE LAUGH Solon 5 Guffaw When Opponent Op-ponent of Tariff Crowds Utahn From His Position Washington. i-v-it. u- -The sen-i nt- made progrcas in iu consideration bl the I onlney emergency i:rlff hill' ytsterda and when the .session ended, end-ed, it b6d adopted four of the nine ti malnlng amendments recommended by it rinapi committee, j Senator McCtimber, Republican, , .N.irth li.ihora, i,, charge of tin bill, said proapecta were good fu a vote today. When it became ppnreni tba' - final uctlon could not be had laal - .ilplr. Mr. McCumhe'r oncrht to con-i con-i cluol consideration oT all committee amendments. This plan Buffered dc-f. dc-f. u Among amendments accepted was P the subsiituti- sugar amendment pro-l'e, pro-l'e, b Senator Smool. I bpu blican. I'tah. Tin irnendiiicnt would place ithe tariff at one cent per pound In I ; addition to the present duty of the tame amount. ' ther amendments adopted would provide rates as follows; , Mutter mui butter substitutes, right t!cents Per pound! Cheese and cheese ,aubtUutee, 2 : per rem ad valorem: , we j, milk, two cents per gallon, and croam, five centa per gallon. niO.M s OBJECTS. Senator Thomas, Democrat, Colorado Colora-do alone vote. I against tin Smoot Vtsugar rluiy, while 07 were recorded for It. In joininn with supporters r the bill, who pul bver the Bugar .ime.idliu nt. Innerat! f.i,oiu-ui 'claimed to have won a polut which, il way, said, will eventually cause trou-j r.ble for the rheaaure'e proponents. The! a -unanimous vine, it was declared, will force the senate conference committee com-mittee to hold out to the end against house conferees. The house refused three times to add sugar to the com-jmodlties com-jmodlties for which protection was uf-j uf-j forded- 1 Trite arguments and acrimonious charges as well as logic, characterised I jthe debate. Senator Williams, Democrat, Dem-ocrat, Mississippi, held the attention I e.nt senators lor more than an I hour in an attack on the tariff blll that aparkled with wit, sarcasm and I ; I Sincerity. Seldom. If ever, have asp many senator- .- ,t as today, unmind-h ful of other matters, to liaten to m ih. I 1 1 tic senator riiaTKed proponents ot the mergency tariff with seeking lo I legislate money out of the pockets Of ithe public into the pockets of those benefited. Etc declared ihat the tariff 1 provisions on Bujrur were such as to make my Industry profitable, and added: "I can raise bananas in New Jer-SO) Jer-SO) il you will kIvc me a tariff I'd sell them for a dollar a banana. That WOUld he profitable If the tariff was high enough." . Senator Williams, as he waded deeper deep-er and deeper ituo the arguments j Against the measure, also moved across the aisle lo where Senator Smool sat I .Mr. Smoot finally gave way and in I the place from which the senate manv 1 times has heard preached the doctrine ', of hlph tariff there was delivered an j argument opposed. It caused a roar of laughter, but did not disturb the speaker- ail living creatures except plants are grouped by science as animals. 00 It was not until April. 1319. that New York state legalized Sunday base-' ball, motion picture shows and fishing. I |