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Show HIGH TENSION IN THE SENATE. Washington, June 3. The atmosphere atmos-phere of tho senate chamber was surcharged with electricity tonight , when the tariff bill was taken up at 8 o'clock In the first night's session since congress was convened. Fifty-four Fifty-four senators were present. Every Republican senator In the city except Mr. La Follette was In his scat nnd his absence was the subject of criticism. The sincerity of his at- j titude on the tariff bill was questioned ques-tioned and finally serious attacks upon I him were made by conservative Re- J publicans In charge of the bill and a ( spirited defense came from Insurgents and Democrats. Another outbreak Is almost sure to occur when the Wisconsin senator gets the floor. Calling attention to a recess taken In the senate yesterday In order to-give to-give Mr. LaFollettc an opportunit)-- to rest, and to his failure to be on hand tonight to resume his remarks, some senators sought to show that he had received unusual consideration. Mr. Beveridge, in defending Mr. La-Follette, La-Follette, asserted that no senator I would question that Mr. LaFollette was 111 and needed the rest. Mr. Penrose Pen-rose declared that he would be able to proe that Mr. La Follette was well enough to be abroad on the street, "consulting with the representatives of yellow journals and uplift, magazines." maga-zines." Prompt defense of La Follotto came from Senators Borah and Dol-llver, Dol-llver, Republicans, and Money, Democrat. Demo-crat. Mr. Beveridge suggested that the senate should adjourn for a reasonable reason-able time to give Mr. La Follette an opportunity to recover and resume his speech. Mr, Aldrlch opposed tho suggestion, saying tnat while the senators sympathized sympa-thized with Mr. La Follette there was no reason why Mr. Beveridge should not make his own speech If he so desired. de-sired. Mr. Beveridge immediately interrupted inter-rupted Mr. Aldrlch and refused to yield further, to him, saying: "I decline de-cline to yield because It Is not a question ques-tion of sympathy, and, in the second place. I have no speech to make." Ill feeling was apparent on every side. Mr. Dolllvcr suggested that Mr. Aldrlch might take the opportunity to make certain statements Tvhlch ho said had been promised to the senate for four weeks. Mr. Aldrlch replied that he would select his own time to make any speech ho desired to make. Declaring that Mr. La Follette had been insulting to him when he had asked permission to Interrupt the senator sen-ator from Wisconsin, Mr. Gallinger (X. H.) said an unusual courtesy had been shown Mr. La Follette yesterday when the senate' took a recess to give Mr. La Follette time to recuperate. "It has been a part of the customary custom-ary courtesies of the senator from Wisconsin," said Mr. Penrose, "to plead illness In tho midst of his speeches, and under that pica to 'absent 'ab-sent himself from the chamber while, In fact, it is generally known that he was consulting with the representatives representa-tives of yellow journals and the editors edi-tors of uplift magazines " Mr. Borah sharply criticised the practice of making charges against a sonator In his absence. I Mr. Dolllver followed with a declaration declara-tion that ho was near Mr. La Follette when he was speaking yesterday and that It did not require the services of a physician to prove that he was suf- ! ferlng severely. I Mr. Money, defending the Wisconsin j senator, declared that he could hear hlra breathe heavily. |