The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-27
FACE REAL FIGHT OF
 SPECIAL SESSION The WOolen Schedule Is the
 Cause of Trouble HOW THEY LINE UP Absolutely Necessary for Democrats to Have Insurgent Aid in the
 Senate to Approve the
 Underwood Bill
HOW THEY LINE UP
Fly WALTER HARPER

Washington, July 6.-(Special. )-Not tlll after the final passage of the reciprocity pac- last Saturday in the Senate did the real fight of the special session begin. There may have been some interest, some li.tle uncertainty as to the final passage O. the Presidents tentative agreement with Canada in an unamended form, but there was never any question about it's passage in some form.
 | BUt the real struggle of the session is vet to come. There may be a general nulke. but whether the expected fight ma teria,ves or not, these few remaining days that are promised for the special ses- sion will be history making days in a l political sense.
 The Senate is to vote on the woolen schedule sent over from the House next Thursday. This Is the democratic bill. Senator LaFollette, the leader of the re- publican insurgents has introduced a wooden bill, as has Senator Shoot.
 New what will be done with all this? To you see the opportunity for fight?
 The demecrats are pledged to revision of the tariff President Taft has declared
 
 O. the Payne tariff law is indefensible. MT. Tenrose, the republican floor leader Hl the Senate, has declared that the tariff
 .st be revised downward. Senator
 root has admitted this in the intro-
 n, ton of a bill that claims to reduce A;5ien tariffs. The insurgents are clam Wrg for tariff revision downward, but
 rot. they claim, go as far as the
 rn o, rats. Of course the republicans Vbi nol go so far.
 Sro Iass the Underwood tariff schedule tue democrats must have the support of republican insurgents. If the insurgents vote down the democratic measure and offer the LaFolette bill as a substitute they must have the support of democrats to make any showing.
 TEe question that is being asked by many democrats is. "Can the democrats afford to support the insurgent bill as the best thing they can get during the present. Congress?" It is argued that if the democrats cannot secure tariff re- vision or even get a tariff bill up to the President at the present session 1t will be sust as impossible to accomplish the feat al any other session of the present CGnel ess.
 If tEo vote of the republican insurgents, which holds the balance of power, de- fcats the democratic measure and the vote of the democrats defeats the insur gen: measure, and the combined votes of the Democrats and insurgents defeat the Smont or republican measure. where will lie the responsibility for the continuation of the woolen schedule that the President declares is "indefensibe?"
 It IS the belief of many democrats that the rates in the LaFollette schedule are on the average higher than those of the present Payne law, and they are look ing on it with suspicion. It Is claimed tha. il will take a board of experts to determine the true results of the bill. But all the advantage is with the demo- crats. Broad-minded people who are watching the fight from the outside de- clare that it Is up to the democrats to stand firmly by their colors and to re- fuse any compromise that is not entirely satisfactory to the party and its poli- cics
 The country is looking to the democrats for tariff revision. The party was given all the power that the people were able to bestow at the last elections. If repub- lican or near-republican opposition blocks the progress of the reforms that were pronlired by the party, and on which the party was elevated to greater power, then that party only has to stand by its principles and await the further commits sion from the people bestowing upon it the power to carry through its legisla- tion without opposition.
 IL + being argued that if the democrats are unable to affect legislation promised tie reople and on which it gained con- .rol of the House at the recent elections, there will be no mistaking the voice and the demands of the people in the next elections. That the republicans realize tIis is admitted in the hedging that is so plainly observable in the recent ex- press,ons of the President and other lead CTS of his party.
 Tke democratic revision bill that has already passed the House is not an ex- tre7ie measure. It is not free trade by any means. 1t is designed as a revenue rieasure and was framed with the great est care by experts. The only thing that can Ee said against it is that it is demo- cratic and was promulgated before a re- DOT. had been received from MT. Taft's pc1 tariff board
 HG, the people have demanded tariff re- vision downward The President has de- clared that the present law is indefen- sible Other republicans have admitted that the schedule must be revised down. warc The only objection to the Under wood bill is that it is democratic, and the people will recognize the objection
 Now. what will they do with it?
 The real fight of the present special ses- sion is now on in the Senate and the next few days will witness the making of political history.
 All tariff legislation may be voted down as Sir John Moore was buried, Without the feet ting of drum" with the naked , excuse that mo tariff legislation should be attempted before the tariff board has mace it's report" but the people will find difficulty in reconcillng the inconsis- teno'es of the republican party which admits that the wooden schedule is inde- fcr'sible, and then refuses to give the peo- pie sny remedy just because they do not | like the doctor.
 OSTEOPATHS ISSUE
 FAIR ENCE