The evening times., 1911-08-04
FREE LIST AND
WOODEN BILL ARE
in. CONFERENCE
Same Senate Conferees Are
on Both Measures Which
Are Identical
COTTON SCHEDULE PASSED
H0USEBY VOTE OF 2O1 TO 81
1t Cuts Cotton Schedule Average From
Forty. y.Eight to Twenty.Seven Per
Cent Ad Valorem and Reduces Pros.
pective Revenue by ss,OOO,O0O.

pective Revenue by ss,OOO,0o0.
Washington. Aug. 4-The farmers
free list bill was sent to conference
today by the senate after refusing to
accept the house amendment placing
lemons on the free list. Senators
Penrose, Cullon. LaFollette, Bailey
and Simmons were named as confer
ees. They are also on the wool bill
conference of which the free list con-
ference will be virtually an extension.
The house cotton tariff revision bill
reported to the senate today on mo-
ton of Democratic Leader Martin
was referred to the finance commit
tee with instructions to report n
back by August 10. The arrival OF
the bill from the house where it was
passed last night, precipated a live
ly debate.
Passed House
Supported by all the Democrats and
by thirty insurgent Republicans, the
Democratic cotton tariff bill passed
the house early last evening by
a vote Of POI to 81. The bill
cuts the average tariff on cotton man
ufactured goods from forty-eight to
tWenty-seven per cent ad valorem, a
twenty-oone per cent reduction in
duty that the Democrats estimate to
reduce revenue by about $3,OOO,O0O.
Not an amendment was offered to
the bill, although the Republicans at
tackled it vigorously on account of al
legged increases in certain items over
the rates Of the Payne-Aldrich tariff
law. Scarcely had the cheers that
greeted the passage of the cotton re-
vision bill subsided, when Demo-
cratic Leader Underwood, calling up
the fffeeslist. bill as At passed the SEN
ate q few days. accomplished strate-
getic move which surprised the Re-
publicans.
He asked for a conference on all
the amendments to the free list bill
except that of Senator Gronna of
North Dakota, putting cement on the
free list. He urged that the house
accept that amendment, adding to it
lemons. Pacific coast Republicans
made Intellectual attempts to stop this
sudden and unexpected putting of
lemons on the free list but the amend
on the free list but the amendment
carried. The change gave the house
Democrats what they claimed to be
an added advantage In dealing with
the senate in the conference commit
tee.
Last night the Republican leaders
in both houses Of congress called in
absent members from all parts of the
country, in preparation for threat
ened attempt Of the Democrats to pass
the wool tariff bill over President
Taft's veto. The Democratic leaders
in the house have asserted within the
last twenty-four hours that they have
the necessary two-thirds majority to
pass the wool bill over the presidents
veto and have been doing effective
missionary work in the senate today.
The Republican managers in the
house insist that they have enough
votes to prevent the two-thirds ma
jority in support of the wool bill.
The wool conference will start at
10 o'clock tomorrow morning, when
the committees Of the house and
senate will meet in the effort to ef-
feet compromise. Should this be Sc
cured at one sitting the bill will come
back to the two houses tomorrow.
Speaker Clark appointed as confer
ence committee on the free list bill
the same conferees who will act on
the wool bill, Representatives Under
wood, Randall of Texas and Harrison
Of New York, Democrats; Payne and
na1zA1J Renuh1icana
The progressive Republicans who
voted for the cotton bill were Rep
resentatives Akin, New York; Ander-
son, Davis, .Lindbergh, Miller, Steen-
erson and Volstead. Minnesota: Esch,
Kopp, Lenroot, Morse and Nelson,
Wisconsin; French, Idaho; Hanna and
Helgesen. North Dakota; Haugen.
Hubbard and Woods. Iowa; Jackson.
Madison. Rees and Young. Kansas;
Lafferty, Oregon: Kent and Stephens,
California, Kinkaid, Norris, Sloan,
Nebraska; LaFollette and Warburton,
Washington.
When the conferees on the wool
tariff revision bill met today Sen
ator LaFoEette and Representative
Underwood were appointed subcom-
mittee to consider and report the diff
ferences. between the two houses. The
motion for their appointment made
by Senator Bailey on the ground that
they represent the extreme limits Of
the senate and the house respectively.
{ Fears that a coalition Of the Demo-
Gratis and insurgeut Republicans in
the house may be able to pass the
wool tariff revision and the farmers