Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-18
INSURGENTS IN
 STANDPAT TRAP
Regulars Play Trick on Pro- greSSiveS Which Breaks Up Powerful Coalition
 in Senate
MADE IN VAIN


 WASHINGTON, Aug. IA shrewd move by the regular republicans today, as unexpected as it was effective, threw the democrats into complete control of the senate in their own right, and forced them absolutely to abandon their coalition with the in- surgents.
 Out of the chaos and uproar came bill to revise the cotton schedule of the Payne-Aidrich law It was the same bill as passed the house, but saddled amendments to revise Iron. steel, cotton machinery, the chemical schedule and coupled with the provision reciprocal free trade in Soft coal with Canada. The bill goes back to the house and will prob. ably be sent to conference.
 If it emerges from this ordeal it will be to meet the late of the wool revision veto. Democratic votes alone
 were cast for the bill The regular republicans purposely abseuted them selves, leaving the progressives in a hopeless situation The latter alter nately denounced the democrats for treachery and inveighed against the regulars for the part they played in the trick.
 In vain the insurgents invoked for
 gotten rules of the senate to compel the regulars to attend; and vote.
 Senatorial courtesy was forgotten.
 They charged the democrats with bad faith, after having adopted caucus plan to carry through the La Toilette amendment on the cotton bill Cunmins demanded the rule be in-
 yoked compelling senators to vote.
 or state their reasons The vice pres
 ident knew no rule to compel them
 to answer. but announced the clerk
 would call the roll of those V sent and refusing to vote. Instantly an ex-
 odus began. The roll call then fol ! Vowed the passage of the bill as amended. The regulars recorded ab- sent were:
 Gronna. Guggenheim, Kenyon, Lori mer, McCumber, Poindexter, Shoot ! Sutherland, Stephenson. Works Those excused from voting were:
 Curtis, Nixon, Mclean, Oliver, Pen
 rose.
 The first three announced were ! paired.
 They insisted the democrats and regulars had an understanding to leave the insurgents in the lurch ] Neither admit this, but Bristcw de ! clared he overheayd a conversation | between JohnstOns, an Alabama dem ocrat, and Penrose of Pennsylvania republican, that left no doubt in his mind
 The results accomplished were de | cisiye. The arrangement was that the l democratic house bill first be defeat ! ed, then the insurgents and democrats were 10 combine to pass the La Fol lette substitute. When the voting be l gan there was sudden change 1 Enough regulars were left in the ] chamber to give the democrats a clear : majority by themselves. , The break in the senate coalition is ] taken to mean an early adjournment ! Without an effective working agree I ment between the two all further tar . if legislation is impossible The dem : ccrats set about to placate the in ! surgents, but this was thrown of iI | scoTn.
 ! Penrose tonight predicted the ses ! sion would end with the week end ] The count of the vote showed that i the cotton bill carried 29-I9. LaFol ! lette offered a substitute, appealing ! to the democrats for support, but on I ly received the insurgent vote.