Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
WOOL TARIFFS CUT
BY VOTE OF SENATE
Democrats and Republican In
surqents Unite in Passing
Compromise Bill.
CONFERENCE WITH HOUSE
TO ADJUST DIFFERENCES
Senate Regulars Will Refuse to
Serve as Conferees.
NAY DELAY ADJOURNMENT
Proposed That Other Tariff Revi-
sion Measures Shall Be Pushed
Through-Embarrassing
for President.
Senate Regulars Will Refuse to
Serve as Conferees.
NAY DELAY ADJOURNMENT

BY vote OF 4S to 80 the Senate this
afternoon passed a wool revision bill-a
compromise between the La Toilette orig
inal substitute and the democratic House
bill-offered by Senator La Toilette, re-
publican insurgen,.
The result was accomplished by the
uniting of democrats and all but two of
the insurgents in favor of the compro-
mise
The wool revision bill will now go to
conference, the differences between the
la Toilette compromise and the House
bill to be adjusted by representatives Of
tie republican Senate and the demo-
cratic House.
The passage Of the compromise meas
IRE by the Senate practically assures
ne sending of wool revision bill to
me President for his signature or veto.
u view of his denunciation Of schedule
E,' the wool schedule Of the present
lIw, and his desire to have tariff re-
vision await reports of the tariff board,
this may prove embarrassing to the
resident
May Affect Adjournment.
The result, too. upsets all calculations
- TO the final adjournment of the present
.cssion of Congress. There has been q
ceiling among many House democrats
and Senate insurgents that II it can be
saown that tariff revision measures can
lie pushed through the Senate Congress
ip nf ha
hedules Of the Payne-Afdrich law are
.evised or attempts to revise them are
efeated.
For the wool revision bill that passed
the Senate Is republicans and 36 demo-
rats voted aye; all Of the SO mega
,'e votes were cast by republicans,
tvo by insursents-Senators Borah
and Dixon.
How Senators Voted.
Republicans voting for the wool re-
vision bill were: Bourne Of Oregon,
I;ristow Of Kansas. Brown Of Ne
lraska, Clapp of Minnesota, Crowford of
south Dakota, Cummins Of Iowa,
Gronna of North Dakota, Kenyon of
Iowa, LaFoilette Of Wisconsin, Nc
Cumber Of North Dakota, Nelson of
Minnesota, Poindexter Of Washington.
Works Of California.
Democrats voting for the bill were:
Eacon Of Georgia, Bailey Of Texas, Bank
lead Of Alabama, Bryan Of Florida
Chamberlain Of Oregon, Chiffon Of West
Virginia. Clarke of Arkansas, Davis Of
arkansas, Fletcher OF Florida, Foster Of
louisiana, Gore of Oklahoma, Hitchcock
of Nebraska, Johnson Of Maine, Johnston
of Alabama, Kern of Indiana, MARITIME of
new Jersey, Myers OF Montana, New
lands of Nevada, OGorlnan of New York,
overman Of North Carolina. Owen Of
oklahoma, Paynter Of Kentucky, Pom
creme of Ohio. Reed of Missouri, Shively
Of Indiana, Simmons of North Carolina,
smith of Maryland Smith Of South Caro-
> ina. Stone of Missouri. Swanson Of Vh.
. sinia, Taylor of Tennessee, Thornton Of
louisiana. Watson of West Virginia, Will
liams of Mississippi. Martin of Virginia
republicans voting against the bill
were Borah of Idaho. Bradley of Ken
lucky, Brandegee of Connecticut, Briggs
Of New Jersey. Burnham of New Hamp-
shire, Burton of Ohio, Clark Of Wyoming,
crane of Massachusetts, Cullom of I'LL
nois, Curtis of Kansas. Dixon of Mon
tana, Gamble of South Dakota, Guggen-
helm of Colorado, Hepburn Of Idaho.
Jones OF Washington. Lppitt of Rhode
Island. Lodge of Massachusetts. Lorimer
OF Illinois, Mclean Of Connecticut, Nixon
OF Nevada, Oliver Of Pennsylvania. Page
of Vermont, Penrose of Pennsylvania,
Perkins of California, Richardson OF
Delaware, Root Of New York. Smith OF
Michigan, Smoot OF Utah, Stephenson OF
Wisconsin. Townsend Of Michigan. War
Island.
How Two Projects Died.
On the initial roll calls on the original
La Toilette substitute and on the House
democratic bill. defeat was recorded. the
democrats remaining faithful to the
House bill when the La Toilette substitute
was up. and the insurgents sticking to the
Ia Toilette amendment when the demo
cratic bill was voted upon.
Then Senator La Toilette sprang his
compromise substitute-fixing the duty or
raw wool at 80 per cent ad valorem and
cutting down the duties of manufactured
articles from his original substitute &C.
cordingly.
1t provides for a new classification o.
wool and woolens in place Of the presen
one schedule X, against which sG
much complaint has been heard.
The regular" republican members o.
the Senate finance committee today an
nounced that because of the carrying ou
of the democratic republican insurgen
WOOL program they will refuse to serv,
on the conference committee between tn,
two houses.
Senate in Early Session.
To hear Senator Smoots defense o
schedule h of the present Payne-Al
drich tariff law and Senator La Toilette
denunciation of the same rates the Sen
ate met at 10 o'clock. From 10 unit
FIVE minutes of noon it was, technically
a part of yesterdays session. The reces
instead of adjournment from yesterda
until today was necessary to allow tn
speeches before the vote as the agree
Inent to vote today precluded any de
bate on the wool bill at today's session.
Five minutes before noon Senator Pen
rose asked to have a resolution OF sorroy
on the death of Representative Kipp lai,
before the Senate, and the Senate ad
tourned, to meet f1ve minutes later. out O
~respect to the deceased member of tn
1iouse.
Routine morning business which pre-
ceded the voting on the wool bill, occu
pied but few minutes.
senator La Follette's substitutes, prac
ffcelly the same aE he proposed in a