Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-28
TARIFF VIEWS VARY
Attitudes of Parties and Fac
tionS Are Outlined.
REGULARS FIRM ON WOOL
Will Vote Down Revision of Seized
ule Until Board Reports.
RECIPROCITY SURE OF PASSAGE
Bill Expected to Go Through With
out Amendment Within the
Next Thirty Days.
REGULARS FIRM ON WOOL
RECIPROCITY SURE OF PASSAGE

No revision until there is intelligent
revision. based on report of the tariff
board.-Program of regular republicans.
InSistence upon a record vote on wool
revision at this acknowledgement of
democrats.
Revision of wooden and other schedules,
but according to our fisures.-Program of
insurgent republicans.
This. in brief. is an outline of the atti-
tude of the parties and factions in the
Senate on tariff revision, barring the
Canadian reciprocity issue. That issue
has taken such definite form as to prom
Use settlement by the passage within the
next thirty days of the reciprocity bill
without amendment.
Consideration of the foregoing PROPOSE
tons in order shows the republicans of
the regular organization in the Senate to
be set in their determination to vote
down revision OF the wool schedule until
the tariff board has reported the result
of it's inquiry into the wool industry.
This does not mean, however, that the
regulars will seek to prevent the demo-
Gratis from securing a record vote on
wool revision. Ii could not be prevented
if the republicans tried their utmost. The
democrats are determined to have that
vote and they have demonstrated that
they can command sufficient insurgent
strength to force it.
Think It Can Be Defeated.
The regulars are willing that the vote
shall be taken, believing that the wool
bill can be defeated. They base this be-
lief on the we'll known differences of opin-
ion existing among factions of the demo
Gratis and factions of the republicans as
10 %ho 1,1fi ,ay w rn2nllT2c-
tured goods. There seems at this time to
be but little possibly of settling these
differences, with the regular republicans
voting always and consistently against
any kind of reduction.
The regular republicans are not dodS-
ing the democratic demand for record
vote, because they believe they can make
a good showing before the country ny
voting down the present hasty and, as
they claim, ill-considered. plan for wool
revision. and standing with President
Taft for revision after the tariff board
has reported
They think that with the wool bill
once before the Senate. the irreconcilable
differences of opinion as TO rates existing
between the democrats and between the
republicans will be brought out and their
insistence on adequate official informa-
ton be indicated.
Reasons for Willingness.
These considerations account for the
willingness of the regular republican lead
ers to agree to vote on the wool bill al
any date within reasonable time.
OF course, what the regulars are aiming
at is to pass reciprocity and adjourn, but
they now realize that before adjourning
they must satisfy the democratic demand
for a showdown" on the wool bill. The
democrats will be very well satisfied
some of their number think, to have the
House PASS these bills and put the repub-
licans on record as voting them down in
the Senate.
The insurgent program is for reduced
duties on wooden goods, without too
much reduction on raw wool, but they
want to name the rates and get the
credit. Senator La Toilette is determined
to press his tariff reduction bill and to
put the friends of President Taft on rec
ord as voting against the proposed re-
auctions.
Out of the conflicting and almost chaotic
conditions no one can foretell just now
what will come. Many senators are I'M
willing to believe that the Senate will
consent to remain in session throughout
the summer and September, fighting
windmills,' one senator put il. re-
ferring to the apparently fruitles5 task
of trying to compose the tariff differ
ences.