Evening star., 1911-08-16
WOOL BILL ADOPTED
Senate Ratifies' Conference
Report by 38 to 20.
TAFT'S VETO TO HOLD
Upper Chamber Lacks Strength to
0verrule President.
PAvES WAY FOR ADJOURNMENT
Vote on Measure, Taken After Acri-
monious Debate, Means End of
Extra Session Within Week.
PAvEs WAY FOR ADJOURNMENT

The conference report on the wool bill
was adopted by the Senate last night
by vote of 3S to g. and the bill was
put in shape to go to President Taft.
The report was adopted by the votes
of thirty democratic senators and eight
republican insurgents. All the demo-
cratic senators voted for the report ex-
cept those who were absent of paired
The eight insurgent republicans who IA
vored the report were Senators La Fol-
lette. Bristow, Brown, Clapp, Crawford,
Cummins and Poindexter
1t is not believed the Senate can pass
the wool bill over the Presidents Veto
In fact. the vote yesterday showed this
conclusively. And the action Of the, Sen
ate yesterday, which will be followed i'm
mediately by the Presidents veto, clears
the air for an early adjournment The
date for ending the extra session is van-
ously predicted for next Saturday, the
following Tuesday or Wednesday,.
smoot Attacks Report.
The vote on the wool bill confer
ence report came after an acrimonious
debate, in which Senator La Toilette
and Senator Smoot were the main
actors. Senator Smoot vigorously at
tackled the conference report on the
ground that the conferees had ex-
ceeded their authority by writing into
the message higher rates on certain
articles than had been provided in
either the House or the Senate bill He
was compelled to admit, however, that
the conferees on the Payne Aldrich
tariff bill had made similar changes
during the consideration of that meas
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Senator Smoot was representing his
own interests when he attacked the re-
duction of the wool tariff. Turning to
Mr.. Smoot, Mr.. La Toilette said en-
phatically:
1T is fitting that the defense of the
infamous wool schedule of the Payne
Aldrich tariff law should be defended
by the senator who is himself bene-
ficiary of the law"
Senator smoot immediately rose and
admitted that he owned stock in a
wooden mill at Provo, Utah, to the
value of $2,475, but added that 1t paid
him only or per cent annually.
Shaking a finger at Senator Smoot,
the senator from Wisconsin declared:
With one dollars worth of stock in
his own name the senator -confesses
his shame to stand here and defend
this schedule" Senator La Toilette
also charged that the Mormon Church.
Of which Senator Smoot is a member.
owned stock in wooden mills.
Denies Church Is Interested.
Senator Smoot denied that the Mormon
Church had dollar in any wooden mill,
although it formerly did own such stock.
Mr.. Smoot attacked the wool bill, de-
claring 1t had been rushed through with
out careful consideration.
Senator La Toilette replied to this by
referring to the passage of the Payne
Aldrich tariff law which. he declared, had
been driven through the Senate by the
boss system
II would like to ask If certain publish
ers didn't vote upon the Canadian reci-
procity bill,' demanded Senator Smoot.
Senator La Toilette declared that as a
publisher he would not be affected by the
reduction of the duty on print paper, in
the bill, because he used a high grade
for his magazine. He then objected Wig
orously to having his argument inter-
rupted by Senator Smoot.
Il sat here for three hours this after
noon,'' he declared, "and heard myself
derided and belittled. But 1 did not in
terrupt."
Senator La Toilette asserted that there
was mo duty in the conference report
below those the tariff board would rec
ommend when 1t makes it's report
Senators Smith of Michigan, Hepburn
of Idaho. Warren Of Wyoming and Smoot
of Utah opposed the bill, while Senators
Bailey of Texas, Newlands Of Nevada and
Reed Of Missouri spoke In favor of it.