Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-08
DEMOCRATS ARE
FIRM FOR LOWER
DUTIES ON WOOL
Conference a Deadlock So Far.
Senator LaFoIIette'S Argu-
ment for So Per Cent Find
ing underwood UnyieIding

Especial Dispatch to The Journal.


WASHINGTON. d. c.. Aug. Sos
car Underwood put down his firm foot
in conference today. and Senator La
Toilette. who with him is considering
the wool and free list bills. went back
to the senate insurCent camp with the
news that the house will not accept a
IS per cent rate on raw wool. He prom
Used to see Mr.. Underwood again before
nightfau IL he had made any progress
with Senator Bristow and other insur-
gents. who insist that the house accept
the senate bill.
BY the time Mr.. Underwood was
dressed to take dinner with the presi-
dent and Admiral Togo. no word had
come from Mr.. LaFollette. so the tar
if matters went over until the first Of
LaFollette had no invitation TO dine
with the president.
AGREEMENT UNCERTAIN
In the belief of Mr.. Underwood IT will
require patience and probably time, to
agree on wool. but he expects that pe-
fore many days Of next week are passed
bill viii be reported back to both
houses and accepted.
Senator LaFollette today advanced the
the president he will have less. excuse
for vetoing IT than if the bill carried
a duty of nearer the 20 per cent i'm
posed in the house.
Mr.. Underwood. none the less anxious
for the revision of the tariff, believes
that the president will veto any bill
they send him until his tariff board has
reported. and theref e he is determined
to stand on a measure which can be
Haf al he r~ftr %
bill. and which the president cannot
undercut in duties when he transmits
his revision message next December.
ADJOURNMENT SOON
OF course the longer the jockeying
lasts the more hay grows the date of
adjournment, but there is an undercur-
rent OF belief that the legislative log
jam will break some time soon and a
concurrent adjournment resolution will
be passed s--s
When the full wool conference commit
tee met today. the free list bill was TAX
en- up
A motion was made at once to report
disagreement on the free list bill to
both houses so that another chance to
vote on the meat and flour amendments
would be afforded the senate.
SENATOR BAILEY. AGAIN.
Senator Bailey, whose single vote de-
AcalcQ the DtnOCTduC mouse measure
this week, promptly objected. however,
saying that he was unwilling to report
a disagreement until Mr.. Underwood and
Senator LaFollette had tried their hands
on the free list bill as wei las the wool
bill
Both bills were then referred to them
and they went into conference, taking
up the wool bill again before they part
ed. with Mr.. LaFollette promising to let
Mr. Underwood know II he had secured
any concessions from his colleagues
wv edidn't agree. and we had secured
actly disagree" said Hr. Underwood.
But IL / can't get much lower rates
than IS / won't report any wool bill"
PRESIDENTS VETO CERTAIN.
Meanwhile the information that the
president intends to veto all tariff acts
and that the house will attempt to re-
pass them over his veto, received fresh
confederation.
Senator Bradley called on Mr.. Taft
and talked over things with him.
He received the distinct impression
that the president has no thought other
than vetoing the bills.
Senator Crane reported to Mr. Taft
that an attempt TO repass the wool and
free list bills, after he had disapproved
them, would be futile as many Repub-
licans who voted for them before would
not fly in the face of their president a
second time.