Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-07-09
TARIFF BILL
PASSES SENATE
Idaho Senator's Supported Measure
Which Now Goes to Conference

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wesley I. Jones won the distinction
OF forcing practically the only amend.
ment to the tariff bill on the last day
Of its consideration. He procured
the imposition Of a duty Of one and
one-half cents on arsenic in the ore
two cents on arsenic in the white
and also increased the duty on lime
from five to ten cents a pound. SEN
ator Jones watched all day for an OBJ
portunity to offer his amendments
nnaily seeing an opening, with a re-
suit that they went through.
Senators Hale and Smoot OF the
finance committee believe the tariff
Dill will be in conference only a few
days. Hale saying five days and
Smoot 10 at the longest. I'VE have
many matters already arranged, so
that the controverted points will be
few an deasily settled, Hale said.
II these opinions, which are from
men who have been on the inside in
all tariff makings this session. are
accurate the bill should be before the
president not later than July Is.
On Mr.. Curtis amendment for a
countervailing duty on crude oil.
which carried by "A to 81, Borah.
Bourne, Carter. Dixon, Jones, Piles
and Hepburn voted aye, Chamberlain
nay. The amendment imposes a duty
on all imports from any country OIL
crude oil of one-half the duty inn
posed by that country on our exports
of crude oil.
On final passage of the tariff billl
the Pacific coast senators voting aye
We're: Borah. Bourne, Carter, Dixon
Hepburn, Piles, Jones. Flint and Per-
kins; voting no. Chamberlain.
On La Follette's amendment for a
tariff commission and other changes
in the bill Chamberlain voted aye,
all other Pacific coast senators no.
Cummins. Dolliyer, Nelson, Clappl
and La Toilette voted aye.
Vote on Bills Passage.
The tarif bill passed the senate
just after IL o'clock last night by a
vote of As to "a. Republicans voting
IN the negative were: Beverage.
Indiana; Bristow. Kansas; Brown,
Burkett Nebraska: Clapp.
Minnesota; Crawford. South Dakota
-ummins. Iowa; Dolliyer. Iowa; La
Toilette, Wisconsin, Nelson, Mime
iota McEnery. of Louisiana, was
he only democrat voting in the af-
The vote in detail:
Yeas-Aldrich, Borah, Bourne.
Bradley. Brandegee. Briggs. Buckley.
Burrows, Burton, Clark
.Wyomingl, Carter, Crane. Depew,
Dick, Pixon. Dupont, Elkins. Flint.
Frye, Gallinger. Gamble. Guggen-
leim. Hale. Hepburn, Johnson
North Dakota). Kean, Lorimer.
ZONES, McCumber. McEnery. Nixon.
oliver. Page, Penrose, Perkins. Piles.
Scott, Smith tMichigan). Smoot,
Sutherland. Warner.
Welmore-45.
Nays-Bacon. Bailey. Bankhead.
3everidge. Bristow. Brown. Burkett,
Clapp. Crawford. Cul-
person. Cummins. Daniel, DolIiyer.
Fletcher, Foster, Frazier, Gore,
hughes. Johnston CAlabsmal. La
Toilette, McLaurin. Martin, Money.
Nelson. Newlands. OYerman. Owen.
;chiyely. Simmons, Smith (south
,aroIinal. Stone. Taliaferro. Taylor
"a.
..Insurgemt" Activity.
The closing hours OF the considera-
ion of the tariff bin were given over
o general debate. In which the lin
urgent" republicans took a leading
art. Ii was during this debate that
senator Beveridge announced that
he Insurgents would vote with
he democrats against the bill. This
negative vote, he said, would be cast
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