The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-31
General Tariff Revision Is Slogan of Coalition
 SoIOns
HOW, WHY AND WHEN
 WILL TAFT USE VETO?
Democrats and Insurgents Are Doing Much SpeculatiOn-Senate Votes on Free List Bill Tuesday.
 Wool Conference Soon

| Washington. July 30-General tariff leg islation at this session of Congress, so as to leave the responsibility for any de- 1N f revision squarely upon the President, is the slogan of the democratic progressive coalition in the Senate and the democrats in the House. The Pres ident today is accredited with being as
 determined as ever to veto any tariff bill
 passed by Congress prior to the submis-
 sion of the report of the tariff board to
 Congress at the regular session in De- cember
 l Meantime the democrats. continuing to
 press their revision measures are wonder
 ing how the President will act on the
 wool bill, emerging from conference with lower duties than the LaFollette final
 compromise.
 It is the most remarkable situation with
 respect to tariff legislation that has arisen in long period. Despite the apparently authoritative declarations that the Pres ident will refuse to place his approval on the tariff bills, some of the democrats. even Speaker Clark, still express the opinion that the President may yet ap- prove revision legislation. Democratic leaders, encouraged by the effective re- suits of the combination of their party with the insurgent republicans in the Senate, are becoming moro confident that the tariff schedules passed by the House will go through the Senate in some form This is the way the government out
 look stands today:
 The wool tariff revision will be in con ference early in the week. A compromise measure on the basis of 30 per cent ad valorem raw wool will be reported out probably. The coalition forces are confident 1t will run the gauntlet of both houses and be the first revision measure to go to the President as the test of his veto disposition.
 Free List Vote Tuesday The farmers free list bilr' will be voted on Tuesday in the Senate under agreement Coalition senators and 1t.1uxs democrets express certainty of it's pass i age. There will be a Senate democratic caucus on the bill tomorrow morning. | however, to insure it's passage. As the bill comes up for vote immediately after morning business Tuesday, the only op- portunity for debate will be tomorrow. 1 Senator Cummins, progressive repub- 1 ican, will address the Senate tomorrow on hs metal amendment to the bill. Eff 1 forts will be made to get the measure 1 through without changing its general l character as free list measure in- l tended to add to the number of articles the farmers use which may come in free of duty. 1t is expected that in this shape it will receive practically the solid dem ocratic and insurgent republican vote. The cotton tariff revision bill will be pa ssed by the House Thursday. If neces- fr m ndarD arbitrarily shut off debate on that day. Though by no means certain, the coali- ton senators and the House democrats are moderately hopeful that the bill will go through the Senate
 Some senators are insistent that hear ings should be held on 1t before xat is put to vote. The amendments at first contemplated in connection with the meas ure. those relating to sugar steel, rub ber etc.. will be offered as riders to the cotton bill when it comes up in the Senate.
 Reapportionment Bill
 Besides tariff revision, some otheH important legislation figures in the pro, ~ gramme for this week; the congress. | sional reapportionment bill which has : already passed the House and provides for House membership of 433, is to be voted on by the Senate Thursday. A large majority of senators are pre- pared to concede to the House the right to decide it's own size, but although It's passage Is thus apparently assured, there will be some sharp debate. Sem ators Root, Burton and LaFollette and possibly others will express their dis approval of the bill, and MT. LaFol- lette, as chairman of the census com mittee, will present a minority report from the. census committee opposing the change.
 ba A~iy ct bill will have consideration this week. Senator Borah will oppose the judicial recall feature of the bill on Friday and Senator Bourne will advocate that provision in a speech Saturday. Th9 indications are that the Senate on Tues day. August l, will pass the bill with directions to the people of Arizona to | eliminate the judicial recall. | House democrats will caucus tomor- | row night on what course to adopt with reference to the campaign publicity | bill
 The House judiciary committee tomor- row will resume the Alaska syndicate inquiry respecting charges of failure of the Attorney General to prosecute Alaskan corporations. The House sugar trust committee will reconvene tomorrow Later in the week 1t will again hear c. A. Spreckels to complete his testimony. The Senate Lorimer committee will spend perhaps its last week of taking testimony here and may then recess to meet in Chicago at some time yet to be decided.
 The House rules committee wilE act this week on the Lindberg resolution to investigate the so-called banking trust"
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