The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-18
REGULAR REPUBLICANS MARCH.
ED OUT OF CHAMBER AS NEW
ALLY TO DEMOCRATS.
COTTON BILL PASSED
Insurgents In Rage Denounced Both
Democrats and Regular Repub-
licans Who Made 1t Easy
For The Former.

Washington, Aug. IA shrewd
movement by the regular Republi-
cans as unexpected as is was effec-
tive today threw the Democrats into
complete control of the senate in
their own rights and forced them to
abandon their coalition with the
progressive Republicans.
Out OF the chaos and uproar came
bill to revise the cotton schedule
of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law. II
was the bill as passed by the house
but straddIed with amendments to
revise the iron and steel, cotton
machinery and chemical schedules OF
the tariff law coupled with provisions
for reciprocal free trade in btu
minous coal across the Canadian
border
The bills. as amended will go back
to- the house and probably will be
sent to conference.
If it emerges and goes to the house
| it will meet the fate of the wool re.
vision bill
The Democrats votes alone were
cast in favor of the bill, the regular
Republicans deliberately absentet
themselves from the chamber and
left their progressive colleagues II
a hopeless situation.
The insurgents taken by surprise
we're thrown into rage, alternatel,
they denounced what they termed
the treachery of the Democrats viii
who they had been in alliance ant
1 1fHvetghed against che regular Repub
licans for the part they had played I,
the new combination.
In vain insurgents invoked for
gotten rules of the senate to compe
| the regulars to attend and to cas-
their votes. Senatorial courtesy wa
| tossed to the winds.
| The insurgents charged the Demo
Gratis had broken faith although II
caucus last night the latter had de
termined to carry through an insur
gent Democrat programme with th'
cotton revision bill which would hav,
included the adoption of LaFollett'
substitute for the measure.
| They insisted that the Democrat
had entered into an agreement will
the regulars to leave the progressive
in the lurch. Neither the regula
| Republicans or the Democrats woul'
admit such an understanding existe,
but Senotar Bristow of Kanas boldl,
declared that he overheard cen
versation between Senator Johnston
Of Alabama, a Democrat and Senate
Penrose of Pennsyiyiaia, the regula
Republican leader.
It left no doubt In his mind, h
said.
Despite the drastic rules invoke
many of the regular Republicans sti
insisted upon their rights to deClin
to vote and when serious consequer
ces threatened they resorted to me
tions to be excused which In severe
cases we're carried by safe majoritie
The Democrats sought to reliev
their new found alley with the blank
ct motion of excuse from voting bu
this failed, The Democrats foun
themselves in position where fc
. the sake of party consistency the
, had to disregard their preyiou
, agreement with the insurgents.
~ This agreement was based on th
belief that the Democratic hous
{ bill first would be defeated and ths
the Democratic and Insurgents woul
be combined to LaFollette measuI
| Just as was done with the wot
= schedule.
!, When the voting began howevt
there came sudden realization tn;
$ the Democratic bill could pass will
out the aid.2of the insurgent
I Enough regular Republicans ha
s walked out of the chamber to giy
: the Democrats y clear mojority.
Senator Penrose predicted tonigl
e that the session would terminal
with the week end.