The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-08
Upon His Action Rests the
Question of an Early
Adjournment
UNDERWOOD'S OFFER
IS NOT ACCEPTED
Conferees Fail to Agree on
SChedu!e-PreSident
May Veto Tariff
Legislation

WASHINGTON, Aug. LA Fol-
( lette, Of Wisconsin, holds the key to
the legislative deadlock o-night; and
upon his action rests the question OF
an early adjournment
lie and Chairman Underwood. or
the Ways and Means Committee, nave
reached an impasse on the aooi tin.
which was handed over TO them ny
the conference committee, Underwood
has made Il fair offer TO compromise.
but La Toilette holds off. Just what
ne is aiming at is nor clear. save that
he is clinging To the idea that it Is
still possible TO frame another sched-
ule thot VIII meet the approval of
both houses and which President Taft
VIII haHe 10 sign.
There is a suspicion that Mr.. La
Toilette is playing politics Certain
II is that there is now q fixed con-
Tiction in the minds OF practically
ali the mem bership OF both Senate
and House that the President Will
veto any tariff bill that is sent to
HAN,
Wherefore Congress Is growing
weary OF the delay and reseatment
over the attitude of La Toilette Is
growing. Both he and Underwood ara
standing pat on whatever propositions
they have put up to each other, and
while there was vague hope ex-
pressed tonight that an agreement
might he reyched by Wednesday, very
few entertain II Indeed, there is a
growing feeling that in the end the
revision of the wool schedule Will have
to GO oHer to the regular session or
congress which viii t-u1ls- c11e IN fte-=
Cember.
Farmers Free List the Test
A movement took shape to-day to
have La Toilette and Underwood since
they cant agree on wool, 10 lay the
schedule aside. take Up and agres
upon the farmers free list and send
that along to the President and make
IL the test of tariff revision approval
at this session. Ii the President We.
toes that eiIl II has agreed IT would
+ ne sufficient assurance that all other
tariff bills will Meet a similar fate.
in which case Congress may as Well
quit and go home. Sentiment in the
House Is strongly in favor of this line
OF action. The only point Of dit
ference between the House and Sen
ate is whether meats and breadstuffs
shall be admitted free of duty from
all countries or only the %reclprocal
hasts proposed 10y the Senate. The
House prefers meats and hreadstuffs
10 be absolutely free, bar il is certain
tina tsome compromise can be reached.
With regard - the wool BIN Mr.,
Underwood said Tonight:
We Will either agree or disagree
within q few days"
Underwood's position is that since
the new wool schedule, would not go
into effect until January /, anyhow,
he is not called upon right now to
sacrifice his position. The people IN.
whose interest the schedule is being
revised Will not get any OF the bene-
fits of rates untii January /. where
fore he can hold out for the Demo-
cratic terms
In other quarters II is pointed out
that there VIII be a report on wool
from the saEiH boar1 hX the time
Congress assemblies in December, SO
that by delaying now ii VIII be pos
/ sihle then to put together wool
schedule which the President may
be reasonably expected to sign
These would seem 10 be clinching
arguments against present action, in
asmuch az the President IL reported
TO have spent his time going TO and
coming from Mountain Lake Park
to-day. putting into shape his vetoes
or measures that are in conference
I President VIII Veto.
! Either or both the wool schedule
and the free list bill. ii is under
stood. viii be vetoed within twenty
; four hours after they reach the White
/ House.
/ As to the cotton schedule, unless
/ Congress Is held in session by the
refusal Of La Toilette to let &c. that
I bin viii go over till December hv
general consent II IL not regarded
as vital The Senate finance COM
mittee viii begin hearings on the
/ cotton schedule tomorrow, but I'M