New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-19
From The Tribune Bureau
washington, il

Washington. July Is.
| PLANS ARE SLIPPING. THE plans oi
| tho insurgent- Democratic coalition to pass
| bin revising the wool schedule, with
| view 10 forcing the President to veto H. are
already "slipning." 1t was remarked III
! this column. apropos Of these plans day
mr. two AGO that .there is many a slip be
tween the cup and the lip" and especially
when there is an insursent IN 'le sau'e!'
II may be that the slip won't prove suf-
| dciently serious 10 upset the coh'e"'s vi
the cup. but there are number OF lhulca-
tons that It will. The insurgent pian'
which contemplated a favorable vote bE the
Democrats on a motion to substitute the La
Toilette bill for the one passed by the
House. has already gone Slimmering. ire
democrats in their anxiety to bring TINS
session TO a close thought 1T might ne
feasible" on sober second thought now
ever. they realize that ii is not that 10
vote 70 substitute the insurgent bill be-
fore their own measure had been actuaHy
rejected would stultify all the Democratic
pretensions and make theim ridiculous
They have. therefore. decided that they
must vote for their party measure. This
measure will have no parliamentary status.
That will preclude any action on the IN
sureent bill on July a. the day set for
vote on tho wool bill Confronted ny TINS
situation, the insurgents now propose to
offer the la Toilette measure as an amend
ment TO the Farmers Free List bill. which
will oe voted on. according TO agreement
on August T. If the insurgents ana the
Democrats vote soldly for the La Toilette
hill as an amendment and then vote for the
confined bill with it's free meats free
-four. cornmcal rye -four. oatmeal bran.
middIings, leather and other products OF
the farm. e will. of course. result In get
ting the La Toilette bill into conference
And that is the only way that vote can
he secured on the insurgent measure or
that the constitutional requirement that
revenue measures must originate in the
House can be complied with.
UNDERWOOD THE GOAT.-If the Sen
ate masses the free list bill with the La
Toilette bill as an amendment the sen
ate conferrses will be compelled to INSIST
on the retention of both measures. but
should both measures be reported from
conference il is doubtful if the insurgents
would continue to vote with the Democrats
Their sole purpose is 10 embarrass the Pres!.
dent. and they realize perfectly that the
Chief Executive would be in no degree en-
barrassed by the necessity OF Vetong
measure which embodied the provisions OF
the free list bill. This. then, is where Mr..
Underwood comes in and the success OF
I the insurgent plans depends on his Wiling
/ ness 10 be the goat. He, as head OF the
i House conferrees must stoutly resist the
determination Of the Senate conferrees TO
PRESERVE the provisions of the free list bill,
must cat lis and all other Democratic argu-
I n,onts made in support OF the free list bill
, no matter how nauseatins the dose may
! be--and by his implacaole opposition 10 the
! Senate conferrees must force them to XIII
/ HIS own bill the much Wanted Farmers
Free List bill But this is not all Of the
pleasing role which has been chosen lot
/ Mr.. Underwood by his considerate insur-
! gent friends. Having killed his own oaoy'
I he is then to be party to he mutllauoh Of
/ his eldest child, the wool bill. The IN
| sJr-ents on the conference committee VIII
| gently break the news to him that theS
1 do not Ike his kind Of wool revision ana
/ that he must yield practically all for "hlch
/ he has contended and accept 40 per cent
duty on raw wool and a number or otner
/ little notifications Of the House wool Dill.
which. incidentally. will go mutilate that
/ fral product OF the Underwood brain that
1 its own father won't recognize IT, Oh
course. II IS admitted that the role picked
out for the Democratic chairman Of the
/ Ways and Means Committee is little diih-
| cult. but then he is regarded as merely
vast aggregation Of amatility, and OF
: course. as soon as he stops to think OF the
srlendid end to be achieved by his s"eetlY
supjne self-sacrhce and realizes that II Is
J all for the greater glory of Robert Marion