The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-07-29
Pass WOOL BILL
LaFOIIette COmprOmiSe Goes
Through House.
IS JOIN IN THE COALITION
Democratic House Measure Was De-
feated, A to SO, and Then
Substitute Was Presented
and Passed.
As JOIN IN THE COALITION

Washington, July 2S. - The senate
passed 4 compromise wool tarin re-
vision bill by vote of As to ~.
This action followed the rejection oil
the insuisent wool revision plan rain
cred by Senator l.aFollette and Of the
Democratic house bill drafted by
Representative Underwood. chairman
%! the house committee on ways and
means.
Then Democrats and insurgents got
tosether. voted to reconsider the bill,
adopted the compromise arranged by
senator LaFollette and passed the bill
81 mat form.
Representative Underwood, chair
man If the ways and means commit
.c, 81 the house, declared after the
a.. age Of the LaFollette compromise
that no bill would be acceptable to the
g. use Democrats except the Under
wood bill The LaFollette bill, which
was the basis OF compromise, carries
duties of 35 per cent on cloths and
about 81 per cent on carpets.
Den ocrats Regard Duties as Protective
rlc house Democrats regard these
duties as protective. The Underwood
bin carried but 20 per cent on raw
wool. with corresponding duties on
manufactures of wool The Democrats
sought To get an agreement with Sen
aior LaFollette on a basis Of 80 per
cent on raw wool. with corresponding
a.l.rs on products thereof. but II was
cslulnt that this measure could not
..1e been passed.
- @ object Of the coalition is TO en-
b.iIdss President Taft. That is the
a,owed object. as stated by the Demo-
cratic caucus. Democrats would prob
ably have refused to support a bill
carving as high duties as the La
Toilette bin but for the belief that
p~c.asrt TAFT would veto ii. They
have Dean told that Mr. Taft will sign
no h.ll revising the tarin until the
tar,a board epoIts.
TIE plan is TO put the bill up to the
presidents. have him veto it and by
SD doing still further divide the Re
pual.c.ns
The Underwood wool bill and ifs
amendments were voted upon in the
senate r.der the unanimous consent
agreement The Underwood bill was
defeated by a vote OF 80 to Al.
In accordance with the plan Of the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT coalition. Sena-
tor LaFolleite then moved TO recon
slider the vote by which the Under
wood bin was defeated. and this mo-
ton was carried by 40 to 81. There
upon Senator LaFollette offered the
COMPROMISE bill of the coalition, which
fixes the duties on raw wool at 80 per
cent instead of 40 per cent, as in the
laFoilole antd other bills, and scaled
duties on wool manufactures accord
ingly
The voting began after running de-
bate. I'm which Senator LaFollette was
the Chief figure, with a sensational
speech.
The first vote taken was on the
original LaFollette amendment This
was voted down, IA to &C, all the af-
frmatiye votes coming from the ia
surgent faction.
Then the Democratic house bill, IN
amended, was put to a vote and was
defeated "A to SO, the two Republican
factions joining hands for the instant
~ dofeat the Democrats
Allies Win Reconsideration.
Having obtained a record vote on
the Underwood bill, as passed by the
house on June 20, by vote Of POI TO
100. the Democrats then supported
motion made by Senator LaFollette to
reconsider the vote by which the bill
was defeated.
The fact that Senator Martin, the
Democratic leader, endorsed the mo-
ton for reconsideration and made IL
clear that an understanding had been
reached between Democrats and in
surgents, and the motion TO reconsider
was carried. 40 to 81.
Senator LaFOlletie then offered the
modified substitute Of his original
amendment as a compromise between
the house bill and the original La
Toilette plan. Democrats and insur.
gents had agreed upon this step, and
put il through in short order.