The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
TARIFF AND TAFT'S VETO ARE RAPIDLY COMING TOGETHER Much Depends on Crisis Which Is Now Very
 Near
TAFT PROBABLY GET
 WOOL BILL TUESDAY
Both Branches Expected To Act on Wool Bill Conference Report Tomorrow and Adjournment
 Depends on Taft's Action

| Washington, August 12-Tariff revision legislation moved swiftly onward in Con- gress today toward the expected presiden- | tial veto. The complete conference agreement on the wool bill was reportea to the House with a view to final action ia that body through adoption of the con- ference report on Monday. The free list bill, quickly discussed in committee as matter subsidiary to the wool measure, was disagreed to on it's two chief amend ments, the single House amendment add | ing lemons to the free list, and the Kern Senate amendment limiting free meat and | cereal products to those from countries from which the United States has recip- roca trade arrangements. All its other amendments were accepted The dis agreement will be reported to both houses Monday, with view to another vote in the Senate on the Kern amendment and in the House on the lemon amendment.
 The cotton bill was discussed without action in the Senate. Democratic leaders said today they believed adjournment of Congress would come within week or 10 days.
 | There was little argument in conference over the free list amendments. Chairman Underwood of the House conference com- n,ittee declared the House could not ac- oept the Kern amendments which were in- jected into the bill after the original free list bill had been lost by tie vote in the Senate. Senator Bailey said the Sen ate would not approve the lemon amend rent. though he himself favored 1t. On tho motion of Mir Underwood the confer cree committee agreed to the Senate amendments putting binders, cement and all kinds of boots and shoes on the free list and instructed that a disagreement on the other amendments be reported to the House and Senate Monday.
 The result will be to force another vote in the Senate on the Kern amendments and in the House on the Ilemon amend ment. Following such action the bill will probably again go to conference and a final agreement on it is confidently pre- dicted.
 Over the objection of the republicans the House today received the conference report on the wool tariff revision bill and ordered it printed, preparatory to a vote on Monday. Minority Leader Mann oh- jected to the House receiving the report, making the point of order that the House having asked for the conference and tho Senate having agreed to it. the Senate must act on the report of the conferees first. Speaker Clark overruled the point and was sustained in that action by a , party vote of 162 to S9.
 Long Debate Ensues The vote was preceded by a long tech-
 nical debate in which Democratic Leader , Underwood and Representatives Henry of Texas and Fitzgerald of New York de-
 tended the action of the House conferees.
 Republican Leader Mann, ex-Speaker Cannon and Representative Cooper of , Wisconsin argued in favor of the point of order.
 : The fight in the House was largely a question of "who has the papers?" AL though they were in possession of the House, Minority Leader Mann insisted the Senate, as the body agreeing to the conference. should first act on the wool conference report. The House voted co accept the report, however, but to avoid l a repetition of the performance on the l free list bill. Representative Underwood, before the conclusion of the free list r conference this afternoon, smiled at his senatorial colleagues across the table and 3 said:
 Now, you take these papers, !, The wool bill conference report will be . printed and ready for adoption in the :. r House Monday. It Is expected the bill will be ready for the signature or veto
 of the President by Tuesday.
 When the cotton bill was taken up In
 the Senate. Senator Cummins of Iowa F presented his amendments for revision of
 the iron and steel schedules of the tariff T law, but he did not speak upon them to- day. Notwithstanding the desire of the
 democrats to get action on the cotton bill I at this session 1t Is believed Congress 7 will not hold together for that purpose after final action Is taken on either or both of the other tariff bills. Definite ac- l tion by the President and an attempt C 5 pass bill over his veto will be followed ) it is said, by an immediate demand fol - an adjournment, leaving the cotton bil still pending.