The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-18
In ey A re Abandoned
Suddenly by d e O.
cratic Allies.
LEFT IN LURCH
BY REGULARS
Democrats Are Thrown Into
Complete Control of Upper
Branch of Congress, Sena-
torial Courtesy Is Cast to
Winds, and Out of Chaos
Energies Cotton Bill.

washington. August IA move by
''e regular Republicans. as unexpect-
Gu as IL was effective. to-day. suddenly
threw the Democrats into complete
control of the Senate In their own
right and forced them absolutely to
abandon their coalition with the Pro-
gressive Republicans
Out OF the chaos and the uproar
came a bill to revise the cotton sched-
ule OF the Payne-Aldrich tariff law.
IL was the bill as passed by the House
put saddled with amendments to re-
wise the Iron and steel, the cotton ma
chinery and the chemical schedules
of the tariff law. coupled with a nro
vision for reciprocal free trade in BIZ
luminous coal across the Canadian
border
The bill as amended will go hack
10 the House and probably will he
sent to conference If IL energies
from this ordeal and goes 20 the White
house II unquestionably will meet the
rate of the wool revision bill. which
was vetoed to-day by President Taft.
Regulars Ab.ent Themselves.
Democratic votes alone were cast
In favor OF the bill. The Regular Re-
pnbltcnns deliberately absented them
selves from the chamber and thus'Ief,
hopeless and helpless minority. The
insurgents, taken completely by sur
prise We're thrown into rage AL
ternatcly they denounced what they
termed the treachery Of the Demo-
Gratis, with whom they had been in
alliance, and inveighed against the
Regular Republicans for the part thev
had played In the new combination
which had brought about a revolution
a Sra
honal as the coalition which earlier
had robbed the Regular Republicans
OF their supremacy In the upper House
OF Congress.
In vain the Insurgents invoked ALL
ut-forgotten rules of the Senate 90
compel the Regulars TO attend and 10
cast their votes. Senatorial courtesy.
80 Ions re'ered and jealousy defend
ed, was tossed to the winds The IN
surgents charged that the Democrats
had broken faith, although in caucus
last night the latter had determined
TO carry through an Insurgent-Demo-
cratic program on the cotton bill.
which would have included the adop-
ton of La Toilette substitute for
the House measure. They insisted thar
the Democrats had entered into an
agreement or understanding with the
Regulars to leave the Progressives in
the ,urch
Neither the Regular Republicans nor
the Democrats would admit that such
an understanding existed but Senator
Bristow. OF Kansas. boldly declared
that he had overheard a conversation
between Senator Johnston. of Ala
bama. Democrat. and Senator Pen
rose, of Pennsylvania. the Regular Re-
publican leader. that left no doubt In
his mind.
Insist on Their Rights.
Despite the drastic rules invoked.
many of the Regular Republicans sttIl
insisted upon their right tn decline
TO vote. and when serious consequences
threatened they resorted to motions RI
be excused which in several cases
were carried by safe majorities The
Democrats sought to relieve their new
found allies with a blanket motion NJ
excuse from voting. but this plan
failed.
Whatever the agreement, whatever
the understanding, the results accom-
plished were both definite and decis-
I've The Democrats found themselves
in position where for the sake of
party consistency they had to hisre.
gard completely their previous ar.
rangement with the Insurgents This
arrangement was based upon the ha-
lief that the Democratic House hill
hrst would be defeated. and that then
the Democrats and Insurgents would
combine to pass a La Follstte com.
promise measure. just as was done
with the wool schedule. When the
voting began. however. there came
sudden realization that the Demo
cratic bill would pass without the aid
of tie Insurgents. enough Regular Pa
putlicans having walked out OF the
chamber to give the Democrats clea-
majority. and still maintain the neces-
gary quorum.
The break in the Senate coalition
which had made tariff legislation pos
sible, was taken to mean tonight the
Democrats, 1t was said, already had set
this was regarded as impossible after
the events of the day. Without an
effective working arrangement between
these two elements OF the Senate all
further attempts ct legislation would
be useless. Senator Penrose predicted
tonight that the session would ter
inmate with the weekend
Fighting Spirit aroused.
Amazement of Insurgents at the un-
expected development to-day changed
TO a fighting spirit that lasted until
the last roll call was taken. They In
sisted that the ce-President send out
OF the chamber for Republicans who
had left the room, but Mr.. Sherman
declined to interpret the rules as Civ
ing him that authority. None of the
Insurgent leaders would discuss the
situation tonight in any of its phases.
They felt that they had achieved O
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