The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-27
The Regular Republican Sena-
tors Expect the Veto
To Be Applied to Any Measure
Reducing Wool Tariff.
WOOL BILL PASSES.
Not the Original But the La
Toilette Compromise.
The Insurgents and the Demo-
Gratis Line Up Together.

Washington. July 27.-A compro-
mise wool bill offered by Senator La
Toilette (Wis.), a modification Of both
his own and the house bill was passed
by the senate, As to 80, through the
union of Democrats and Republican
insurgents. On this middle ground the
Democrats having secured q record
vote on the original Underwood bill,
Joined with the Republican insurgeat
forces. The measure adopted reduces
the raw wool duty to 80 per cent ad
valorem and correspondingly reduces
the duties on wooden articles.
There is some doubt as to what
sue with regard to the compromise
bill. House Leader Underwood sew
eral days ago served notice that the
house would not accept the original
La Toilette bill.
Although President Taft has made
no definite utterance to that effect, it
has been strongly intimated at the
White House from time to time that
he might feel called on to veto q wool
tariff bill, passed in advance of a re-
port on that schedule from the tariff
board.
The regular Republican members
OF the senate finance committee ar
nounced that because of the carrying
out of the Democratic Repu blican- In
surgent wool program they would re-
fuse to serve on the conference COM
mittee between the two houses.
| The passage of the bill came after
q defeat of the Underwood house bill.
"A to 36, on almost a party vote, and
after the original LaFollette substs-
/ tute had been voted down with only
the Republican insurgents in its favor
Having secured a vote on the Under
wood bill, as passed by the house, the
Democrats then supported a motion
made by Senator LaFo1lette to recon
slider the vote by which their bill was
defeated.
AS soon as the motion to reconsider
had been carried, LeFollette offered
his compromise.
The situation is entirely to our
liking" said Chairman Penrose. of the
finance committee. I'VE are satisfied
/ that the president will veto any bill
| that can be sent to him within the
range prescribed and we shall pro-
srevision may be necessary. Then we
shall have the tariff boards report and
can work intelligently.''
How They Voted.
All insurgents but Borah qdal1o),
Dixon (Mont.) and Jones (Wash.), vo-
| ted for the compromise bill, while the
| Democrats were unanimous in their
support of it. The vote on the final
passage OF the compromise bill fol-
lows:
For the bill: Bourne
| (Ore.), Bristow (Kan.). Brown CNeb.)
Clapp and Nelson (Minn.), Crawford
| Is. d., Cumnins and Kenyon Qa-).
Gronna and McCumber IN. ID, La
Toilette (Wis.), Poindexter (Wash.).
Works (Cal).
For the Till: Democrats Bacon (Ga-)
Bailey CTex.). Bankhead and Johnston
| (Ala.). Bryan and Fletcher {F1a.). 4.
Chamberlain COre.). Chiffon and Wat
son CIV. Va.) Clark and Davis (Arlk. }.
Foster and Thornton (La), Gore and
Owen (Ol<.), Hitchcock (Neb.), Johnson
(Me), Kern and Shively Gnd), Mar
| tin and Simmons (Va). MARITIME IN
-, Myers (Mont.), Newlands (Nev.), },
iO'Gormon IN. YD Overnan and Sim
mons IN. CO, Paynter (Ky.). Pomerene
4 (OD. Reed and Stone (Mo.), Smith
(MdD, Smith (S. c., Taylor CTenn) },
Williams (Miss).
Against the bill: -Borah
and Hepburn Qdaho), Bradley (Ky).
Brandegee and Mclean (Conn.), Briggs
IN. j.. Burnham IN. H.), Burton (O).
Clark ard Warren CWyo), Crane and
Lodge 1Mass.) Cullom and LoriIner
0lI). Curtis (Kan.). Dixon lMont).
Gamble Is. ID. Guggenheim CCol.).
Jones CWash-), Lippitt and Wetmore
Or. u. Nixon CNev.), Oliver and Pen
rose (Pa-), Page CVt), Perkins (Cal.).
Richardson CDeI.), Root IN. W, Smith
and Townsend (Mich), Smoot (Utah).
Stephenson (Wis).
Absent-Dupont (De). Frye (Me.l.
Gallinger IN. H). Lea. (Tenn), Percy
CMiss.), Sutherland utah, Tillman Is.
Present and not vting-Becauss
paired with absentees) - Culberson
(Tex.) Dillingham; (Vt.), Rayner md }.