The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-30
VOTE ON WOOLEN
 BILL IN THE SENATE
 WAS SPECTACULAR
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 their fodder and gather this years potato crop. MT. Taft had hoped to get away te Beverly before the frosts of September come but he is numbered among the | Hanks of the marooned-and perhaps the eloomiest of the entire bunch. What he thinks of Senator Shoot as promiser of peace and security is far from being a problem. It is believed that the President would | have chosen defeat for his pet reciprocity measure than the necessity of signing vetoing wooling bill at this lime.
 This very fact so well known to every fitdiY is the best assurance that the in- sGrgent republicans will yield most any thing to pass some sort of tariff revision bill. They want to embarrass the Pres ident with sslch a measure
 The House democrats will no doub. take advantage of this disposition of the Insurgents to secure a still further con- promise in the LaFollette bill. When Y Sues to the conference the House demo- erats will contend for the Underwood rates and the expected result is a con- promise that will be dictated by the dem ecrats The democrats can well afford to compromise on most any rate below g cents. Thirty-ffve cents Is better than e5 cents. the minimum of the present law. The country demands a reduction h the woolen tariff. The republicans have violated their pledge to revise this tar If and the people are looking to the democrats to give relief. A reduction .o B cents will be a great relief and the democrats are not called upon by any pledge from the people to stand on 70 Der cent basic rate as provided in the original Underwood bill.
 The democrats are disposed and feel un- der obligation to accept the best tariff revision that can be secured and it is ,p to them to get it. They have nothing 10 lose in accepting the support of the republican insurgents politically or other wise and may gain everything.
 If the President should sign the woolen bill that will now certainly pass Con gress then there will be a demand for the immediate revision of other schedules and no excuse for adjournment If the President vetoes the bill he must answer to the people for the act and Congress will adjourn, but the prospect is that !, will be many weeks yet before the woolen till will 5e laid before the President for his signature
 Oscar Underwood is approaching the erlsis or his leadership in the present Congress. There are breakers ahead i., caucus, in conference and on the floor of the House. There is danger of serious breaks There will be wide differences of opinion as to the best course to pursu, eome democrats will want to stand stub- bornly by the original woolen bill MT Underwood may want to do this Others will contend for the compromise offerey hy Mr. LaFollette and the Senate coar- ton. Others will demand still further Compromise. Some do not want to ac- cept the seeming dictation of the repub- 1oan insurgents.
 There is work for Mir Underwood. i tried to get him to discuss these features for the readers of The Age-Herad. He would not. It was not the time. I agree with his wisdom but there were a score cf other newspaper men from all over 9le country on his back and if he would | r-lk wanted his Birmingham friends t, lave the benefit of his opinion But he was confident and smiling ua was not purturbed over the situation. His approach on the difficult problem is mas. terful. There was not a man t.roWdjna b,,n for some expression but hat fer, -sat he was master of the situation and i, that he will be able to manage if with ] out friction.
 His colleagues have more than once demonstrated their entire confidence i,, 4 his wisdom and every mans puess ;q tat this confidence will be continued Whatever Mir Underwood thinks is hes, for the party and the people will be done