The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-24
To VOTE ON
WOOL BILL
THURSDAY
Next Measure on Senate Pro.
gram and It's Defeat
Seems Certain
special 10 Daily Leader.

washington July -4-Wlth rec
h pfoei,y out of the way the WOOL Is.
Il IS the next measure 10 be voted poo
Il by the senate This vote rs IL n
N taken on Thursday July 21
Unless The senate Republican in
= snrgents viii change their intention
HhetWeen this and next Thursday III,
senate Nill slaughter the house Woo
blli hy q united insureent and sean,
pat Republican vote, aided perhaps by
one or two protection Democrats
lhts action, according to the present
program ol the insurgents, is to be
tahen without an attempt on .hAI
part 70 offer the I.a Fallette wool ma
I cotton Din as substitute for the
IAouse bill or 70 amend the house bill
They viii simply unite With the sfaRd
patfers 10 solid front against the
Democrats tarifl revision hiH with.
lont Offering anything in its stead
Then, when the Democrats list all
lcomes up they will offer the La fol-
letie wool bill as an amendment to
that measure ana DEFY the Demoes;sts
ITO vote Ii down
Change In ihsurgent rrouram
Such was not The insnrgent .slFo-
gram al the beginning. II was14to
substitute the La Toilette wool hll
for the house wool bin and taus pass
combination wool and cotton bill
up 30 the President for approval or
veto. The change in plan apparent
iy WAS due to the fear that the regu-
lar Republicans might not join the
insurgents In the scheme to sabsti-
tute the more protective La Toilette
bin for the house bill. which womd
leave the insurgents no alternative
but to accept the Democrats bill orI
by voting against it help to keep inI
force a few years i0ager the PAYNE
Aidfich wool bill lsss H
With TINS new situation, namely
for tate insurgents to help the stand
paters kick the Democratic wool Gill
clear out OF congress next Thursday
there has arisen a serious danger forl
the prospects of legislation on wool |
senator's are charging
taat the minute Faa Insurgents see
that they are on the threshold OF
passing through congress a bin byI
Democrats that undertakes to rRvise /
the wool schedule they join the \
and prevent such action I
There are charges Of insincerity, itn
lsmnch as it would be more difficult /
IOr President TAFT 10 veto eitheret the /
house on the Ia Toilette revision OF
.he indelensible schedule Il sent to-
aim alone than If 1t comes to him
led up with the free list bin and
lther amendments that may be taken
ln that measure.
President Taft's Attitude
1t is pointed out that In following
nch "a course the insurgents will Of
er the President opportunity to say
hat "A revision of schedule X is de
irable, and ultimate, that he would
pproye such 4 Bill hut that he II pp-
,osed TO the free list ana the steel
nd iron aud other reyisions With
which the wool revision is tied uH
Senator Gore. The one Democratic
enaior Who stood up in the senate
ast session and on the stump tl de-
lare that he rather would have the
e0pie elect progressive Republic
n than a bad Democrat is clearly
isappointed with the insurgents, ln
n earnest effort To pursue more
beral and more direct course than I
hat which the insurgents now CON 5
amplate lie wants a wool revision 5
ill, whether the house OF the iueurg
nts make IT, or whether il is com g
romise fin conference, to go 10 the
resident uniacumbered by any other
chedule which might furnish pre-
sxt for veto into the wool bin
Other DEMOCRATS apes net SO Stud Z
disposed toward the Insurgents as =
enators Gore. l5itchcoeN. Pomerene ,
nB most OF the new senators on the .
side, ana there is talk OF Z
ipfsals Senator smith of South Il
ar0lina Is quoted MS authority for @
Ia statement that there are eighteen
emocratic senators who have decid
10 vote for no wool bill except the s
be sent over by the house.
emocrats Plan Reprissls
The count 0f eighteen is said 90 be
,sed upon am actual poll of ihel
amoerauc side How much of Jbis !
umdo is blum intended 20 whip the Z
urgeuts into some more reason
Ne attitude VIII perhaps not develop
til the Democrats on August {
me face 20 iace with the alternative
taking the Ia Toilette wool ana
tton bin as AN amendment 20 tae
ae list bill having lost ont ON me
use bin. or of. by their vote. help
g the standpators 90 continue iu
rec the iudefensible schedule X ol
{ pas asne-AldriCh bin n