The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-02
democrats and Insur-
gents Sweep All Uppc-
sltion Before hem.
f FARMERS FREE
LlSI@ Is PASSED
'Unholy alliance" in Senate De-
teats House Measure by Tie
Vote, Then Accepts One Al
most Like It-Tariff Pro-
gram Moves One Step
Closer to Taft.

washington, August 1.-The Demo
cratic tariff program was moved up
closer to President Taft to-day. when
the Senate. by another remarkable
coalitlon OF Democrats and Eepubli-
can insurgents. passed a farmers free
!ist DILL after voting down the original
rouse measure By so close a margin
tnat one more Democratic Senator
would have changed the result and
left the entire revision issue squarely
before the President tonight.
The "unholy alliance" as the COM
bination of the Republican wing and
the Democratic party has been called.
'nassed in almost unbroken alignment,
swept aside a host of amendments.
voted down by a tie vote the original
house measure. according to program
Tor political purposes, and then carried
by surprising concentration of
strength a measure differing from the
House bill only In comparatively un-
important particulars. Now the bill
goes back TO the House. and Demo-
cratic Leader Underwood of that body,
tonight confidently asserted that IL
would be finally agreed TO in conference
between the two houses and sent to
President Taft
1t Is not even certain that the House
VIII insist on conference, for many
prominent Democratic representatives,
believing that the bill has not mate
rally been changed. are urging that
the House accept the Senate bill with
out controversy and rush the first of
the tariff measures up to the President
for veto or approval.
Nothing 20 Prevent Agreement.
81 think the bill viii go to President
Taft" said Lea cdr Underwood. Il am
not sure II will be sent to conference;
l certainly see nothing to prevent the
two houses from reaching an agree
ment upon its final form"
Had Senator Bailey. of Texas. voted
with his Democratic associates or
bad Governor Hoke Smith, OF Georgia,
as ;ne new Senator-elect from that
State. been on hand and voted with
his party. the free list bill would have
passed the Senate unchanged. and
would have been in the hands of the
President tonight One vote was all
that stood in the way of placing the
entire issue of emocratic-Insurgen
tariff reform Immediately before him.
Mr.. Bailey announced last night that
he hoped the privilege OF casting the
deciding vote would fall to him in
order to show his opposition. Governor
Smith has insisted all along that he
TO assume his seat in the Senate
The House free list bill was beaten
on a tie vote of 80 10 SO. was then
recorsidered changed by a compro-
mise amendment offered BY Senator
Kern. of Indiana, former Democratic
candidate for Vice President, and with
Democratic Republican, nsurgents sup
port finally passed amended by a
vote OF IS to 80.
meat products. -four and cereal pro-
ducts from all countries should be
admitted free OF tariff duty into the
United States. The Kern amendment
provides that this free admission shall
apply only 10 meats. -four and cereal
products coming from any foreign
country with which the United States
has reciprocity trade agreement. and
which shall admit from the United
States free OF duty cotton. corn,
wheat. oats. horses. cattle and hogs"
Accomplish Their Aim.
It is admitted that this provision
applies only TO Canada. after the new
reciprocity agreement shall have be-
come effective between the two coun-
tries. Senator Bailey. Senator Clapp
and other Insurgents. who voted for
the free list after the Kern compromise
amendment had been adopted, declared
tonight that the amendment accom-
plishes what they tried to effect by
amendments to the reciprocity bill
II admits the manufactured articles
made from farm products free from
Canada an end which the Insurgents
repeatedly tried to gain In the reci-
procity fight. Several other amend
ments were adopted after they had
been first defeated, when offered s
amendments to the original bill. One
of these, by Mr.. Gronna. of North
Dakota. Insurgent Republican. ex-
tends the free admission of shoes to
cover ali kinds of footwear, whether
leather or not. Another by the same
author admits free Roman, Portland
and other hydraulic cements An
amendment by Mr.. Shlvely, of Indiana
Democrat, adds binders to the list of
agricultural machinery that is to be
admitted free.
II President Taft vetoes the free
list bill and the wool tariff bill. both
of which, 1t is asserted. will be sent
to him, the Democratic managers OF
the House Will make no further effort
at tariff revision this session, but
will continue the preparation of tariff
bills for the regular session next De-
cember. II he signs either measure.
the whole tariff program OF the Demo-
Gratis will be opened up and Congress
will remain In session.
Democratic Leader Underwood made
this announcement to-day.
Discuss Lines of Action