The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-10

Washington, Aug. 3.-The Under
wood cotton revision bill, carrying an
average ad valorem duty of II per
cent. on cotton manufactured goods
a cut of 21 per cent. from the pres
ent tariff, was passed by the house
to-day by 202 to 81.
Supported by all the Democrats
and by 80 Insurgent Republicans, the
Democratic cotton tariff bill, the third
of the big tariff revision measures
brought forth by the Democratic
house of representatives passed that
body early this evening by 202 to 81.
The bill cuts the average tariff on
cotton manufactured goods from AZ
to 27 per cent. ad valorem, a FL per
cent. reduction in duty that the Dem
ocratic leaders estimate to reduce
revenues by about s3,000,O00.
Not an amendment was offered to
the bill, although the Republicans at
tackled it vigorously on account OF
alleged increases in certain items
over the rates of the Payne-Aldrich
tariff law. Scarcely had the cheers
that greeted the passage Of the cot
ton revision bill subsided when DEM
ocratic Leader Underwood, calling
up the free list bill as it passed the
senate a few days ago, accomplished
a strategic move which surprised the
Republicans.
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
amendment carried. The change
gave the house Democrats what they
claimed to be an added advantage in
dealing with the senate in the con-
ference committee.
Issue Hurry Call.
Tonight the Republican leaders in
both houses of congress called in alb
sent members from all parts of the
country in preparation for a threat
ened attempt of the Democrats to
pass the wool tariff bill over Presi-
dent Taft's veto. The Democratic
leaders in the house have asserted
within the last "a hours that they
have the necessary two-thirds major
ity to pass the wool bill over the
presidents veto and have been doing
effective missionary work in the SEN
ate to-day. The Republican managers
In the house insist tonight that they
have enough votes to prevent two
thirds majority in support of the
wool bill.
The wool conference will start at
10 O'Clock tomorrow morning when
the committees of the house and SEN
ate will meet in the effort to effect
g compromise. 1t is possible that the
compromise can be secured at one
sitting of the committee, in which
case the bill will come back to the
two houses tomorrow or Saturday.
Speaker Clark tonight appointed as
q conference committee on the free
list bill the same conferees who will
act on the wool bill, Representatives
Underwood, Randall of Texas, and
Harrison, of New York, Democrats;
Payne and Dalzell, Republicans.
Caucus Methods Attacked.
Bitter attacks on Democratic eau
Gus methods by Representative Payne
of New York and other Republican
leaders and charge of Representa-
tive Prouty of Iowa, Republican In
surgent, supported by Representative
Mccall of Massachusetts, and Hill OF
Connecticut, that the Underwood bill
made enormous increases in the tar
fff on certain cotton cloth manufac-
turers in Southern mills, marked the
closing hours of debate on the cot
ton bill.
Former Republican Speaker Can
non upheld the Democratic caucus
policy, declaring that ''this is a gov
ernment by party organization,
while Representative Lenroot, Re-
publican Insurgent, earnestly defend
ed the cotton measure and denounced
the attempts of his fellow Republi-
cans to make it appear that the bill
revised any schedule upward.
Prouty Gets Call-down.
Representative Prouty said until
to-day he had intended to support the
cotton bill, but figuring with his
nencil" he found that the ad YalOrem