Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-21
PASS WOOL REVISION
insurgents Aid Democrats in
Carrying Measure.
NOW UP TO THE SENATE

Another important party measure
passed by the democratic House is now
up to the republican Senate. The Under
wood wool revision bill. which has been
the subject of general debate In the
lower branch for the past two weeks
was put through yesterday afternoon by
a vote of 221 to 100. Twenty-seven re
publicans, all OF them heretofore classed
as insurgents sand near-insurgents. ex-
cept two-Representatives Campbell and
Anthony of Kansas. who are regulars
voted with the democrats for the Under
wood measure. The other twenty five re-
publicans were Anderson, Lindbergh,
Stevenson. Volstead. Davis and Miller Of
Minnesota; French of Idaho. Haugen and
Woods of Iowa, jackson, Madison. Rees.
Murdoch and Young of Kansas, Hedge
son of North Dakota, Kent and Stephens
Of California, La Toilette and Warburton
Morse Of Wisconsin, Norris and Sloan
of Nebraska and Wedemeyer of Michi-
gan.
Representative Victor Berger. the Mil
waukee socialist, voted for the bill. as did
Representative Theron Akin of New
York who was elected as an independent
and has not as yet been classified
Tariff Statistics Incomplete.
Announcement. OF the vote passing the
bill was greeted with tumultous applause
by the democrats. The racket had hardly
died away when Speaker Clark laid before
the House message from President Taft
In answer to a resolution introduced by
Representative Anderson OF Minnesots
and passed a week or SO ago. calling upor
the President to transmit to the House
ha -totf icc In cnhpdryla
lected by the tariff board. In this messas,
of reply the President said the board had
not completed its report on the WOO
schedule and for this reason he found !,
impracticable to comply with the Ander-
son resolution, but that the statistics IL
question would be forwarded to Congress
in December.
The republicans who had voted agains
the Underwood measure greeted the OPP
perfume reading of the Presidents mes
sage with applause, their principal argu
ment against the passage of the WOO
revision measure at this time having beer
that, pending the receipt of information
on the wool schedule from the tariff
board, there was nothing on which scien
tiic revision could be based.
After reciting in his message that IN
was Informed by the tariff board tina
the data on wool were incomplete and tina
IF transmitted to Congress now would
be not only OF doubtful utility, but &C
this comment:
Steam Roller Working Well.
1.-THE board reports to me, as will be
seen. that 1t will have full and com
pIete report on the subject of schedule
K. and it's contents, to cost OF produc-
ton OF wool and woolens at home and
abroad. and also upon the same facts In
| respect to the cotton schedule. by the Is,
of December next, when ] shall be glad
to submit both to the Congress. Mean
! time the board is not In position to
transmit anything. except what has al
ready been sent to the ways and means
committee"
| The democratic steam roller was in fine
working order yesterday. and every
amendment offered by opponents of the
wool measure. except a little one by Mr.
Mann to correct the language of the bill
was voted down. The republican regu
lars made their last stand on q motor
by Representative Serene Payne Of New
York, who wrote the tariff bill at present
on the statute books, to send the Under
wood measure back to the ways and
means committee to await the receipt OF
statistics on the wool schedule from the
| tariff board. This was defeated by a
strict party vote.