Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-06-22
IoSurgent Republicans Join
With Democrats In General
Revision of Tariff By Special
Session,
FINANCE COMMITTEE
HURLED FROM POWER
Report On Wool Schedule Ord
cred Made By July 10 and
Demand Is Emphasized By
Two to One Vote.
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W ,hington, June 2l.--The throw
ing t the democratic wool revision
bill into the senate today drove the
insurgent republicans of that body
into an open coalition with the demo-
Gratis in demand for general revi--
sion of the tariff and brought about
the threatened crisis in the finance
committees control Of the senate.
At the end Of a bitter fight the res
olution by Senator Gore requiring the
finance committee TO report back the
wool bill before July 10 was adopted
by q vote Of 80 to is.
The fate of the Canadian reciprocity
bill was tonight in doubt as a result
Of the remarkable developments of
the days session. Western republ-
cans who have fought the reciprocity
measure, taking up challenges thrown
down by the democratic leaders. fol-
lowed each other in rapid succession
in their ultimatums to the senate lead
ers.
These utmatums were invariably
TO the effect that before the rcciproc-
ity bill is permitted to pass a repub-
lcan senate Will be forced to under
take revision of other schedules of
the tariff including much more than
the woolen revision bill and the free
list bill, which have gone through the
house of ''tar sentc tives.
OF the affirmative votes cast for
the Gore motion overthrowing the
finance committee sixteen We're re-
puhlieans. They were Senators Borah,
Bourne. Bristow, Brown Clapp, Craw-
ford, Cummins, Dixon, Gronna, Jones
Kenyon La Toilette, Nelson. Poindex-
ter, Townsend and Works.
This included the full insurgent
strength Of thirteen. and ia addition
Senator's Jones, Nelson and Towns
end Senator Myers was the only
democrat voting with the republicans
against the motion.
As the result of the scnate's action
Senator Penrose before adjournment
called meeting of the finance com
mttee, Of which he is chairman, for
1890 o'clock tomorrow morning, and
he and other regular republicans pre-
dicted that when the senate con-
venes at noon tomorrow the wool
measure, together with the free list
bill, will be reported adversely.
Notable speeches ON reciprocity
were made in both branches of con-
gress today. Senator Root, announc-
lns that he favored the agreement,
advocated and explained his amend
ment to the wood pulp and paper pro-
vision of the bill. around which the
reciprocity fight has conferred and
which President Taft opposes on the
ground that 1t might jeopardize the
whole agreement. Republican Leader
Mann in the house attacked the Root
amendment as violation of the Can
adian reciprocity agreement.
Today's fight began the instant that
The wool revision bill appeared from
the house of representatives. Senator
Gore, apparently with the approval of
the democratic leaders, moved that
the finance committee be instructed
10 report the bill back to the senate
ON or before July 0. The admitted
purpose of the motion was to pre-
vent the finance committee from
holding the bill indefinitely or from
falling to report 1t at all
The result of the Gore motion was
10 disrupt so completely tine lines
That have formed in the senate that It
cannot be fore told now when vote
can he reached on the reciprocity bill
or whether enough votes can be mus
tered to pass it without amendment.
senators Cummins, Nelson, Craw-
lord, La Toilette Jones and other re-
publican Insurgents from northwest
ern states who have opposed the reci-
procity bin because of alleged dis
elimination against agricultural in
forests declared that before vote
would be permitted on the reciprocity
Dill they would demand that the 9TH
or schedules of the tariff be taken
up ana would insist upon an attempt
To tack to many of them upon the reci-
pfoeity measure
The republican leaders, notably SEN
"'"is fentosc, Smoot, Gallinger and |
Lodge. all members of the finance
committee, declared that such a lin
''aton upon the action of the SEN
''eS chief comlnittee was unfair. un-
'alled for and unreasonable. Sena-
TOR Pcnrose characterized the Gore
resolution as rank absurdity and +
shallow demagosism.
The insurgent republicans took up 1
'He tisht by declaring that the IL
nance committee must either report /
OUT the free list bill, the wool bin and
pihef measures OF tariff revision or
prepare for a long fight to secure q
'"le on Canadian reciprocity.
me republican leaders pointed out
mat II the wool and the free list bills
we're reported to the senate now It