The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-09
FREE LIST Bill
The Democrats and Insurgents Push
Measure Through Senate
THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE
Programme Carried Out as Previous
Defeated by Tie Vote.-Reconsid-
II Announced-Origina1 Measure
cred and Passed, With Kern

Amendment.
The Democratic tariff programme
was moved up closer to President
Taft Tuesday, when the Senate, by
another remarkable coalition of
Democrats and Republican Insur-
gents, passed the farmers free
list" bill, after voting down the
original bill.
The "unholy alliance" as the CO.
alition was called, massed in almost
unbroken front, swept aside host OF
amendments, voted down by a tie
original House measure, according
to programme for political purposes,
and then carried by surprising
concentration OF strength meas
ure differing from the House only
in comparatively unimportangt parts.
Now the bill goes back to the
House, and Democratic leader Un-
derwood of that body, confidently as.
serted that it would be finally agreed
to in conference between the two
houses and sent to President Taft.
It is not certain that the House
will insist on a conference. many
prominent Representative believing
that the bill is not sufficiently chang
ed. They are anxious to rush the
first of the tariff measures to the
President.
"I am not sure it will be sent to
conference. can see nothing tc
prevent the two houses from reach.
ing an agreement upon its fna.
FORM" said Mr. Underwood.
Had Senator Bailey Of Texas, vot'
ed with his Democratic associates
the original bill would have passed
One vote was all that stood in the
way of placing the entire issue o1
Democratic-Tnsurgent tariff reform
Immediately before the President.
Mr.. Bailey announced Tuesday
night that he hoped the privilege
Of casting the deciding vote would
fall to him.
Had Senator-elect Hoke Smith, oi
Georgia, been present to vote, the
bill would have been In the Presi.
dents hand.
The House free list bill was beat
en- on a tie vote, SO to 80, and was
then reconsidered, changed by {
compromise amendment offered By
Senator Kern. of Indiana, former
Democratic candidate for Vice Presi
| dent, and with Democratic-1nsur
gent support finally passed as amend
ed, by vote of 4S to 80.
The new bill provides that flour
meat reductions and cereals should
be on the free list
The Kern amendment provided
that this free admission shall apply
only to meats, flour and cereal prod.
ucts Coming from any foreign coun'
try with which the United States has
a reciprocity treaty agreement an6
which shall admit from the United
States, free of duty, cotton, corn
wheat, oats, horses, cattle and hogs
1t is admitted that this provision
applies only to Canada, after the
new reciprocity agreement shal
have become effective. Senator ClapT
and other insurgents, who voted fol
the free list bill after the Kern com,
promise amendment had been adopt.
ed, said Tuesday night that the
amendment accomplishes what they
tried to effect by amendments to the
reciprocity bill.
Several other amendments were
adopted after they had been first de-
feated when offered as amendments
to the original bill.
One Of these by Mr.. Gronna, o.
North Dakota, insurgent Republican
extends the free list admission o.
shoes to cover all kinds of footwear
wheher leather or not. Another BY
the same author admits free Roman
Portland and other hydraulic ce
ments. An amendment, by Mr.
Shively, Of Indiana, Democrat, add:
bagging to the list.
1f President Taft vetoes the bill
and the wool tariff bill, both O.
which, it is asserted will be sent t
him, the Democratic managers Of tht
House will mae no further egort a
tariff revision this session but will
continue the preparation of tariff
bills for the regular session next De
cember. If he signs the bills tht
whole Democratic programme vii
open up and Congress will remain il
session until December.
No Extra Pay.
| Though all of Monday in the