The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-08-02
SENATE PASSES KERN sUBsTi.
TuTe FOR ORIGINAL MEAS
URE FROM THE HOUSE.
COALITION IS EFFECTIVE
insurgent Republicans Join Democrats
in Securing Important Changes to
eill-Free Admission Of Meats, Flour
and Cereal Products Shall Apply
Only to Dominion Of Canada.

washington Aug. 1.-The demo.
cratic tariff program was moved up
closer to President Taft today when
the senate. by another remarkable
coalition of democrats and republican
insurgents. passed n farmers free-llst
bill after voting down the original
house measure 80 closely that one
more democratic senator would have
changed the result. and left the entire
revision issue squarcly before the
president tonight.
The unholy alliance" as the COM
bination OF the progressive republican
wing and the democratic party has
been called. swept aside host Of
amendments. voted down by a tie votc
the original house measure and then
csTried, by surprising concentra-
tion OF strength. measure differing
from the house bin only In compara-
lively unImportant particulars.
To Conference.
Now the bill goes back to the house
and Democratic Leader Underwood of
that body tonight confidently asserted
that It will be finally agreed to In
conference between the two houses
and sent to President Taft.
| 1t ls not certain that the house will
insist on conference, for many
prominent democratic representatives,
believing that the bill has not been
materially changed. are urging that
the house accept the senate bill with
out controversy and rush the first Of
the tariff measures up to the presi-
dent.
Il think the bill will go TO Presi-
dent Taft" said Mr.. Underwood. II
am not sure 1t Will be sent to confer
ence. certainly see nothing to pre-
vent the two houses from reaching an
agreement upon Its final form.'
Had Senator Bailey of Texas voted
with his democratic associates, or had
Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia, SEN
ator- elect from that state. been on
hand and voted with his party. tho
free-list bin would have passed tho
senate unchanged and could have been
In the hands OF President Taft tonight.
eaiisy's Wish Fulfilled.
Mr. Bailey announced last night that
he hoped the privilege of casting tho
deciding vote would fall to him In
order to show his opposition. Mr..
Smith has insisted all along that he
would not leave Georgia at this time
to assume his seat in the senate.
The house free-list bill was beaten
on Il tie vote of 80 to 80, was then
reconsidered changed by compro-
mise amendment offered by Senator
Kern of Indiana, and passed, aa
amended, by vote Of 4S to 80.
The Kern Amendment.
Originally the bill provided that
meat products. flour and cereal prod :
ucts. from all countries, should be ad-
mitted free in the United States. The
,, Kern amendment provides that this
, free admission shall apply only to
meats, flour and cereal products com
Ing from any foreign country with
, which the United States has II recip-
rocal trade agreement, and which shah
: admit from the United States free OF
. duty cotton, corn, wheat, oats, horses,
: cattle ana hogs"
1t Is admitted that this provision ap-
plies only to Canada. after the new
' reciprocity agreement shall have be-
come effective.
: Senator Bailey. Senator Clapp and
, other insurgents who voted for the
: free-list bin after the Kern compro-
> mise amendment had been adopted
" declared tonight that the amendment
;, accomplishes what they tried to effec,
by amendments to the reciprocity bill
> 1t admits the manufactured article.
made from farm products free from
Canada. an end which the insurgent.
repeatedly tried to gain In the reci.
procity fight
l. Several other amendments wer'
: adopted after they had been first de-