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Show JDAL DISTRIBUTION IN STATE HANDS HOT SQUABBLE INSUES DURING TARIFF DEBATE ; Western Senators Charged 1 With Being Interested Financially INQUIRY PROPOSED "Liar" and "Jackass" Freely Used in Upper House WASHINGTON'. July 20 Investigation Investi-gation of charges that certain senators sena-tors are Interested financially in the rates of duties proposed lb particular schedules of tho pending tariff bill was proposed in a resolution pro- posed today bv Senator Caraway, I Democrat. Arkansas I The inquiry would be conducted Dj the Judiciary committee, which would he Instructed to report to the senate : within two days. 1 Also tlie committee would Inquire , into charges that senators. In the lan- guage of the resolution " are or were financially interested in the passage I or extension of th" so-called emer-1 emer-1 gencv tariff." j Senator Caraway read from an edl-t( edl-t( rial In thf New York Hers Id chart;-j chart;-j lng that certain senators were Inter-' Inter-' oArA In the uroducfion of wool an 1 Immediately was interrupted successively succes-sively by all of the rjenators mentioned men-tioned in the editorial, with a resulting result-ing running cross fire of debate which waxed warm nt time. HINTS IT CAR W Senalor Qoodhlg, Of uaiio. chairman chair-man of the Republican airrlcultural tariff bloc said Senator Caraway had voted for a duty on rice and that nil interest In rice should be Investigated. Denying that he or sny of his relatives rela-tives bad any financial Interest in the production of rice. Senator Caraway sold be would sue to anybody who bo charged that he was an "unqualified "unquali-fied liar " Senator Smoot Of I'tah. In ohorgo of the wool scheunie. reiterated htr denial that he was Interested in fi p raising, declaring he bad not owned a Blnglt sheep or lamb for many "ears. Senator Oddie Republican, Nevada, another of those mentioned in the Herald editorial told the senate he di l not own one .sheep and was not interested in Iho wrtol matter except "as I am Interested In the welfare of the west." Senator Bursum, Republican. New M tied, declared It the senate was going go-ing to sr.cn J it time Investigating every little siur" that was made In the newspapers acraln.si senators. It would accomplish utile business. CARAU W SARC ISTR Senator Carawav replied he .lid not regard the charges that senators were votlnirto make money from other peo-ple peo-ple to put In their own pockets through the m '.lium of legislation as a "little slur" Mr BurSUm replied that be had no objection to the "world knowing about this matter." be d nled be was a millionaire, as one publication had averred Senator Caraway f.ske.i for Immediate Imme-diate consideration of the resolution, but Senator Wads worth, Republican, Kfw York, objected end the measure went over under th' rides. REFERS TO MANUAL Senator Stanfield. Republican, Ore-gon. Ore-gon. Inquired of Senntur Carawo whether u legislator war. disqualified from otlng If he was Interested, ami tT Arkansas senator replied that he could answer best by reading from Jefferson's manual on which the senate sen-ate rules are bnsed, and wfaloh said that a legislator Ought to withdraw and cast no ballot when h!s own M-nancuvl M-nancuvl interests war Involvet Si'nntor Stanfield next inquired of Senator Caraway whether he thought one could not vote for a principle and that principle would overshadow n personal or selfish Interest Ho asked also whether one should stand ldlv by and see an Injustice done Senator GOoding wanted to I; now if Senator Carawa) owned any oropertv In Arkansas and upon receiving in affirmative reply he asked if the senator sen-ator v.ad not voted tor the rice duty to Improve the general welfare !n liv state and thus enhance the value Of his own propertv XO MONEY in BICE. Replying in the' negative. Senator Carawaj added: "If I had a dollar Invested in 1 ice I would not have voted for r, duty " "If every senator followed flint out," said Senator Gooding "there would not be a quorum on the tariff " "If they voted that way it would be better for the United states if the senate nvor did have n quorum," returned re-turned Mr Caraw The Idaho senator remarked that there should be an Investigation of the whole matter. Senator Stanley. Democrat. Kn- ' (Continued on Page Two.) HOT SQUABBLE ON TARIFF Bill Lively Session Starts When Caraway Suggests Inquiry (Continued from Page One) tacky, suggested that tho senate 1 might ..prove some such amendment to th.- wool .schedule as offered ny Benator Lenreot, Republican, Wisconsin, Wiscon-sin, lowering the rate on low grade wools and Benator Gooding asked If that should not be applied to all Schedules. Mr. Stanley replied TO the affirmative, and added that he was willing for it to he applied to everything every-thing in Kentucky from 'a bottle of whiskey to horses and mules " The Idaho senator suggested that i Jackasses also ie included. If we ever t,ro after jackasses. returned re-turned Senator Stanley, I would advise ad-vise the senator to wait on the Lord In prayer. Rut It's no uso to talk about) an animal atur you have heard blm bray " Shouting that ho would Insist that thi investigation "proposed from thi other side for poltthal purpose -i' should pro. I, Senator GOOdlng d' dared that if he had violated any Is W he was ready to resign. THREATENS TO RESIGN. By the eternal Gods. I will resign," re-sign," Senator Gooding exclaimed, pounding his desk. "I plead guilty to owning a few sheop," continued the Idaho member, adding that he would fight !tO the last ditch" for that Industry beoauss lil . state could not exist without It. Asserting that his conscience wis clear In the matter of a v, ool duty and that when ho got through this term be would be able "to sleep with i . eonsolonce," Senator Goodln.; charged that If any reflection jvas madi on any man In the senate. DO man would be more ready to cast It than Senator Caraway. POLITICS CHARGED S nator Bursum described the resolution reso-lution BS 'on attempt to capital!! partisan polltli i" md said the senate was giving undue attention to matters app artng dally in the opposition press. Intervening In the fray. Senator Warr.n. Republican, Wyoming, said: "This Investigation would probably pro-. .- that the only men eligible for t he n: t would be hoboes riding on the brake-beams. I have no objection to this resolution, but it would amount to pi'U what such investigations always al-ways have amounted to these damn fool nonsensical investigations WS have from time to time." Benator Caraway with considerable Indication of temper said that vt' Ctourst Senator Warren would think his resolution was a " damn fool measure meas-ure ' and St-nator Warren apparently believed only rich men should be in the senate. lie added that he doubted doubt-ed If the country would be worse off If the senate vas made up of hoboes than of millionaires RWUE APPLIED. Senator McCuinber. apparently nettled net-tled by the tlmo taken, broke in and demanded that the senate rule against speaking twice on the samo subject be applied It was applied, but Senator Sen-ator Bursum continued briefly on another an-other line. Mexico, told the senate he had been Interested in the- production o; wool, but bad disposed of his entire Interests Inter-ests In 1904 Whllo so engaged he raid he had acquired some personal knowledge of the Industry and could state that even with the protection proposed in the bill, the business of tho wool grower still would Lo in a precarious condition. Ho added that there was no assurance. that even with the ti rents a pound of scoured content duty the Industry WOUl 1 thrl B WOOL DUTIES VPIHOYED. WASHINGTON, July 29 Hy a vote of Jft to IN the s.-ni.te approved today to-day the committee amendment Imposing Impos-ing duties on woolen cloth tor men's suitings Seven R.pubi Icons voted against the amendment and tre.- Democrats supported it On motion of the committee the senate eliminated hous ! provision of the woolen schedule under which an additional duty of 1 per cent wouro. have boon Imposed i pen cloths which had been subjected to ft prOCOSl of dampening, sponging or shrinking. Next the senate ppro'.-d "3 to 16, a duty of 46 cents a pound and 50 per rent ad valorem on pile fabrics and manufacturers thereof The Republicans were Borah, Capper, Cap-per, Cummins, Kellogg, T.on-oot, Nelson Nel-son and Wadsworth and the Democrats Demo-crats Broussard, Kendrlck and Runs- dell. The duties as a creed upon are 25 cents pound and 10 per cent ad valorem on such cloth valued at not more than 60 rents r pound; -0 cents and "0 per cent ad valorem on that valued at from 60 to SO cents a pound; 49 cents a poun 1 and 50 per cent ad valorem or. t'.ia'. valued at more than 80 cents a pound. Under an amendment by Benator Lonroot WhiOh was approved, tie -19 cents a pound compensatory duty would apply ap-ply only on the woolen toutent ot tho cloth on |