Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-08-26
SUSTA|NS VET0ES
Taft Wins Two Great Vic
tories in House.
NO TARIFF Lt.W THIS SESSION
Attempt Fails to Pass the Wool and
Free List Over the Presidents
Vetoes- 90 Insurgent Votes
Against Him.

Washington, Aug. 10. - Democrats
and Republican insurgents in the
mouse failed utterly in their effort to
pass the wool tariff revision and farm
ers' free list bills over the vetoes of
President Taft.
This result is taken as assurance
that there is no possibility of tariff
Legislation at this session.
Confident at the opening of the
struggle that they would have the re-
CURED two-thirds to override the ex-
ecutive disapproval of the wool tariff
bill, they went to defeat in decisive
fashion.
The first great victory for President
TAFT is told in these figures of the
vote: To override the veto, IT, and
129 against. Thus the Democratic-in-
surgent alliance fell short of the two
thirds required by just eleven votes.
OF the entire membership OF the
house, 391. less several vacancies. 356
members, or nearly the entire men,
bership, we're present and voting.
The second victory for the president
was no less decisive, the house fail
ing TO override the veto of the e
list bill, received just after the vote
on the wool measure, by vote of 226
to 1877.
Shortly before the voting began, af
ter three hours debate that at times
was very bitter, the Republican whip,
Representative Dwight, of New York,
declared he had canvassed the house
and that the Democrats would fall
short of the two-thirds vote necessary
to pass the bill over the veto.
Interest in the debate then became
more intense when news spread that
Speaker Clark would take the floor
and close the debate.
when the voting began it became
evident that many, but not all. Of the
insurgents who had voted originally
for the wool bill would vote with the
Democrats to go over the presidents
head.
Get Twenty insuroent Votes.
The first roll call indicated that the
motion to override the veto had fail
ed. ont record roll call was ordered,
to verify the count. This resulted 227
to 1929
Twenty Republicans. all insurgents,
voted with the Democrats, as follows:
Anderson. Davis. Hanna, Haugen, Hell
geson, Hubbard. Jackson, Kent, La
Toilette, Lenroot, Lindbergh, Madison,
Miller, Morse, Murdoch, Nelson, Nor
ris, Stevenson. Volsted and Warbur-
ton.
Aikens. of New York, an independ-
ent, also voted with the Democrats.
President Tafts message vetoing
the so-called farmers free list bill was
read in the house.
Immediately on the conclusion of the
reading of the message Representative
Underwood, the Democratic leader,
moved that the bill be passed over the
veto. roll call was begun.
The president declared in his mes
sage that the bill was so carelessly
drawn that it was uncertain just what
articles were covered by il. He sharply
criticised every section of the bill and
declared the language too ambiguous
to be practicable.
Mr. Taft objected to the principle in
the bill which admits raw materials
free and keeps the machinery neces-
sary to a finished product on the du-
table list.
Lastly the president based his veto
on the fact that the tariff board had
no opportunity to report on the sched-
ules affected by it.