Evening star., 1911-08-13
WOOL BILL
House to Vote on Conferees'
Report Tomorrow.
AGREEMENT is REACHED
Expected Measure Will Be Ready
for President Tuesday.
FREE LIST BILL REJECTED.
Senate and House Committee Dis
agree on the Questions Of Two
Amendments.

Congress yesterday were:
The conference report on the wool bill,
representing the complete agreement of
the conferees on that measure, was laid
before the House with a view to its con-
sidera&ion tomorrow.
The conference on the farmers free list
bill met and speedily resolved to disagree
and to report to their respective houses
tomorrow to ask for further instructions.
The cotton bill was discussed in the
Senate without action.
Leaders in both houses forecasted ad-
journment within a week or ten days.
Two Amendments Rejected.
The free list bill. quickly discussed in
committee as a matter subsidiary to the
wool measure, was disagreed to on its
two chief amendments, the single House
amendment adding lemons to the free
list, and the Kern Senate amendment linn
iting free meat and cereal, products to
those from countries with which the Unit
ed States has reciprocal trade agree
ments. All Its other amendments were
accepted. This disagreement will be re-
ported to both houses tomorrow with a
view to another vote in the Senate on the
Kern amendment and in the House on the
lemon amendment.
There was little argument in conference
over the free list amendments. Chairman
Underwood of the House conference COM
mittee declared the House could not ac-
cept the Kern amendments, which were
injected into the bill after the original
free list bill had been lost by tie vote
in the Senate. Senator Bailey said the
Senate would not approve the free lemon
amendment. though he himself favored 1t.
On the motion Of Mr.. Underwood the con-
ference committee agreed to the Senate
amendments putting binders. cement and
all kinds OF boots and shoes on the free
lists. and instructed that disagreement
the House and Senate tomorrow.
The result will be to force another vote
in the Senate on the Kern amendments.
and in the House on the lemon amend
ment. Following such action, the bill
will probably again go to conference and
a final agreement on 1t is confidently pre-
dicted.
Report Received on Wool.
Over the objection of the republicans
the House received the conference report
on the wool tariff revision bill and or
dered it printed. preparatory to a vote
jected to the House receiving the report,
making the point of order that the House
having asked for the conference and the
Senate having agreed to it the Senate
must act on the report OF the conference
first. Speaker Clark overruled the point
and was sustained in that action by a
party vote of 162 to 50.
The vote was preceded by lengthy
technical debate. In which Democratic
Leader Underwood and Representatives
Henry of Texas and Fitzgerald of New
York defended the action of the House
conferees. Republican Leader Mann. ex-
Speaker Cannon and Representative
Cooper Of Wisconsin argued in favor of
the point Of order.
The fight in the House was largely a
question Of who has the papers" AL
though they were in possession of the
that the Senate. as the body agreeing to
the conference" should first act on the
WOOL conference report. The House voted
to accept the report, however, but to
avoid a repetition of the performance on
the free list bill, Representative Under
wood, before the conclusion Of the free
list conference yesterday afternoon,
smiled at his senatorial colleagues across
the table and said:
Ready for President Tuesday.
"Now you take these papers,
The wool bill conference report will be
printed. and ready for adoption in the
House tomorrow. 1t is expected that the
bill will be ready for the signature or
veto o fthe President by Tuesday.
When the cotton bill was taken up in
the Senate Senator Cummins of Iowa pre-
sented his amendments for revision of
the iron and steel schedule of the tariff
law. He did not speak upon his amend
ments. however.
Notwithstanding the desire Of the demo-
Gratis to secure action on the cotton bill
at this session. it Is believed that Con-
gress will not hold together for that
purpose after final acti6n is taken on
either or both of the other tariff bills.
Definite action by the President and an
attempt to pass bill over his veto, will
be followed. 1t Is expected, by an inn
mediate demand for adjournment, leav-
ing the cotton bill still pending.