The evening world., 1911-08-18
TAFT ASSA|lED
FOR WOOL VETO,
BUT BILL STANDS
Democrats Fail to Override
President After Attacks by
James and Lenroot.
IS 227 TO l2o.
Republicans Support Taft's
Disapproval and Prevent
Repassage of Measure.
IS 227 TO i2o.

WASHINGTON. Aug. is.-After .
long end hitter debate on . morton 70
PASS the Wool Tariff Revision bill over
President Tafts veto. the House late
to-day failed to IA xhe bill by the
necessary two-thirds vote, the result
being 81 TO i29. This kills me Wool
bill.
Amid wild soenes, the House lis
tened to . thundsrous assault on the
President by Repr esentative James
(Dem.. Of Ky.p. and rocked with Demo
cratic applause. as . Republican. Rep
resentAtivs Austin Of Tennessee alluded
to the boom Of Speaker Clark for Pres-
ident
James bitterly denounced Preaident
Taft.
He Win 20 down In history" he
shouted. ''as the President who placed
his ponderous c~orporos,ty In tho path
OF service TO The people; he will 20
down In history a. the one man who
placed his veto against the will Of the
American people.
James denounced the Republican
tariff and President Taft's stand.
The people trusted you In 1908 when
o and YOU President promised earir
revision downward he said. The
President called Congress In extraordin-
AIRY session and you passed the Payne
bill. q bold betrayal OF the peoples in
terests. He signed II. Later he declared
that the Wool schedule In that bill was
~indsfsnsibie. He had no tariff board
when he signed thai bill. But now he
vstoss . bill that would cheaper wooden
country"
James characterized the veto a. .
relic OF the power Of revolutionary
authority"
For 100 years." no said. "ths King
OF England has been afraid to use the
veto power. II he we're to exercise
IL to-day. It would usan his crown
perhaps his head. The House OF Lords
has been forced to forgo the veto power
vested In It from time immemorial. No
longer can the House of Lords exercise
the right Of rendering ineffective the
work Of the representatives Of the
people.
President Taft relies upon this tariff
board. created by himself. whose NOM
bers hold their places trough his favor.
y appeal from thk board az five men
answerable only the President to the
representatives Of the people Of the
United States. In Congress assembled
Representative Austin Republican of
Tennessee). defended the right Of veto.
and lauded the President for his
dangerous majority In this House."
Austin spoke Of the Clark boom for
President. and for FIVE minutes the
House was in an uprOAr. Democrats
and Republicans rose to their feet shout
ing and pounding their desks While
Clark bowed repeatedly from the
Speakers chair.
The Democrats cheered wildly when
Representative Lenroot (Republican OF
OF the bill. He wal the first insurgent
TO declare for the passage of the meas
ure over the Presidents veto. He said
that no veto should be allowed to stand
when the President explained a. Taft
did in his message. that he had no
facts before him on which to Judge
OF these rates.
mo President should exercise the
power Of veto unless he knows the bill
vetoed 10 wrong. he shouted"
Lenroot appealed to the progressives
who voted for the Wool bull to stand
firm and vote against the President
now. He declared he had information
that great efforts had been made to
align Republicans with the President,
and asserted that II progressives failed
now the country would believe they
were either insincere or feared the dis
pleasure Of the Administration anc oon-
sequent loss Of patronage.
Late this afternoon Republican Whip
Dwight declared he had ~canvassed the
House and that the Democrats would
fall short OF the t%wo-thirds vote neces-
sary to pass the bill over the veto.
Interest In the debate became more
intense when news spread that Speaker
Clark would take the iioor to close the
debate.