The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-07-28
SHOE MACHINERY INQUIRY COALITION UPSE1S The SENATl


service, Senator Simmons and Senator
Bailey will probably be the Democratic
conferecs.
The proceedings in the Senate to-day
which led up to the adoption OF the
La Toilette wool bill were intensely in
teresting. The Senate convened at 10
O'Clock. having taken a recess instead Of
adjourning senator La Toilette a. usual
wss the central figure in the closing
scenes The Wisconsin insurgent has q
habit Of insisting upon CLOSING the argu-
ment." and recess had been taken last
night SO as to extend the legislative day
into this morning and enable MIR. La Fol-
lctte to have the last word
The Wisconsin Senator took the floor
and spoke for more than an hour. ending
shortly before noon 40 as to permit the
Senate to adjourn the executive session
Of yesterday out of respect fer the memory
OF Representative George W. kipp, whose
death was announced. Under the unani-
nous consent agreement no debate was
in order in the executive session Of to-day.
The voting began shortly after noon
when the Senate met in regular course
on the Legislative day OF Thursday
The first vote came on Senator La Fol-
lettes pending amendment to the Under
wood bill. This amendment proposed a
duty OF ~ per cent on raw wool and cor
responding reductions from existing rates
on the manufactures of wool This
amendment commanded only fourteen
votes. Allof the insurgents voted for il and
senator Nelson OF Minnesota There were
siXty-six votes against II. Then the vote
came OH the Underwood bill as il was put
over from the House. This bill carried
~ per cent. on raw wool and proper
tionate duty on the manufactures Of wool
Only one insurgent Republican voted for
il, Brown Of Nebraska. II was rejected,
80 to ~
All this legislative work was merely
the curtain raiser to the real play What
had been generally expected as the result
of common rumor around the Senate as to
Democratic insurgent plans was borne
out when Senator La Toilette made a
motion to reconsider the vote by which
the Underwood bill was defeated and this
motion prevailed by - ayes to 81 noes
Every Democrat. every Republican in
surgent and two regulars Nelson and
Mct'umber-voted to reconsider
As soon as the result was announced il
was evident that the Democrats and in
surgents controlled the situation and
that basis of compromise had been
reached and that a wool bill would be
passed.
Immediately Senator La Toilette came
forward with compromise bill II prO
posed 3o per cent. on raw wool instead Of
10 carried'by his previous substitute
ana there was scaling down Of the
duties in his former substitute on ma nu-
tactures OF wool of ) per cent in each
important paragraph As the roll ca
proceeded it was evident that the measure
would prevail by very safe majority.
When IN" result was announced il was
found that the La Toilette bill had six-
teen majority. or a. TO 80.
The Senator from Wisconsin appeared
hlnnv His fann Ioa .,;,k
cation and the Democrats were smiling
IN a satsfie way, while the regular Re-
publican leaders sat da zed and disprun
tied. Here is the vote on the final pas
sage OF the La Toilette substitute:
Ayes es-Democrats-Bac Bailey, Bank
head, Bryan, Chsmberlin, Chiffon: Clarke
OF Arkansas. Davis. Fletcher. Foster, Gore.
Hitchcock. johnson. Johnston, Kern, Mar
tin. MARITIME. Myers. Newlands. o tiorman.
overman, Owen, Paynter, Pomerene, Reed
Shivcly, Simmons, Smith OF Maryland
smith OF South Carolina. Stone. Swanson,
Taylor. Thornton. Watson and Williams-3S
hepublicans, Bourne, Bristow. Brown,
Clapp. Crawford, Cummins. Gronna, Ken
yon La Toilette, McCumber. Nelson, Poin-
dexter and Works 10. Total, IS.
Noes Republicans - Borah. Bradley.
Rrandegee, Briggs, Burnham, Benton, Clark
of Wyoming, Crane. Cullom. Curtis Dixon
Gamble. Guggenheim. Hepburn. Jones
lippitt, Lodge, Iorimer, Mclean. Nixon.
Oliver, Page, Penrose. Perkins, Richard i
son. Root. Smith OF Michigan Smoot
Stephenson, Townsend, Warren and Wet.
more. Total, %.
Two Republican insurgents, Borah and
Dixon. declined to follow the La Fol-
lette leadership and were recorded against
the bill, Their places were taken, how
ever, by Senators Nelson and McCumber.
two regulars.
Congress leaders do not anticipate that
adjournment beyond August rs.
The following table shows the present
rates under the Payne-Aldrich bin, the
proposed rates under the La FoIlette
substitute passed by the Senate TODAY
and the rates under the Underwood bill
passed by the House: