The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-28
Underwood Asserts Meas ure Must Be Still Further
 Compromised
SENATE AND HOUSE
 PLAN CONFERENCE
Underwood and LaFOllette Bills De- feated When LaFOllette ComprO- mise Is Passed By Demo- cratic-Insurgent Coali-
 tion-Adjournment
 Not Delayed

Washington July 2L-Out of what had appeared to be chaotic condition Ill the Senate there suddenly arose today d coalition of democrats and insurgent re- publicans which bowled over the regular organization and passed a compromise bill for the revision of the woolen tariff by 4S to g.
 This new force in the Senate, united A material reduction of tariff duties all down the line, and, flushed with victory tonight is threatening not only to enact the so-called House farmers free list Dill into law next Tuesday, but to put through a cotton bill as well. The insurgents want the sugar and steel schedules in- cluded in the programme.
 The House democratic leaders are not willing to accept the compromise bill as it passed the Senate today, but they are more than willing to meet the Senate con ferees.
 Chairman Underwood of the House ways and means committee expressed the belief that bill satisfactory to both Houses was more than likely to be agreed upon.
 This would put the wool issue up to President Taft, and there is much specu- lation as to what his course would be. While MT. Taft would make no comment on the situation, there have been strong intimations from the White House within the past few weeks to the effect that he would not hesitate to use the veto on any tariff schedules passed in advance of re- ports from the tariff board.
 Assumption O. power by the democratic- insurgent combination today was the out growth of a similar coalition formed on June 2l to send the woolen bill to the finance committee with instructions to re- ators then admitted that their control in the upper house of Congress had been broken, and that they would no longer hold themselves responsible. The finance committee, shifting the responsibility to the floor of the Senate, reported the bill back adversely the next day. Today these regular senators again showed their re- sentiment in defeat and declared they would not serve on any committee of con- ference with the House of Representa- tiyes There is likelihood, therefore, that
 
 Toilette, insurgent republican. and Sem ators Bailey and Simmons, democrats.
 Will Taft Use Veto?
 Senator Penrose, chairman of .hs finance committee, freely predicted today that President Taft would veto any wool measure that might come out of the con ference. Both democratic and regular re- publican leaders seem to feel that veto would not be to their disadvantage
 What effect the Senate coalition, as perfected today, will have upon the date of adjournment cannot be prophesied. The House democrats are frankly anxious fer the session to end. The insurgent sen- atorS declare they are anxious to rs.. main in Washington "all summer to enact tariff Legislation
 The bill as passed by the Senate was drawn by Senator LaFollette and was q compromise between the Underwood bill, which passed the democratic House, and the original LaFollette bill, both forced out of the way.
 Some idea of the compromise may be had from the proposed rates on raw wool
 The House bill proposed rate of 20 per cent ad Nalorem. The original LaFol- lette bill proposed 40 per cent The coGi- promise fixes the rate at 5. It is pre- '-'N-Na 8 per cent.
 The progressive programme is to re- main in session until action may be had on the several schedules named
 The agreements under which the wool bill was put through extends to the farmers free list, now on the Senate call endar, and the passage of that measure il form seemed assured tonight
 The plan is either to place the various measures on the free list bill as amenu- ments or to have the House rake up t..u schedules as independent bills.
 The democratic senators are neither 70 or as enthusiastic as the in- Furgent republicans for a continued re- vision. They say that much will depend on the Presidents attitude.
 IL has been suggested that after the disposition in conference of the wool. cot- ton and free list bills, there should (, e recess of a month or six weeks to per- init the ways and means committee to proceed with it's work.
 Quick Work
 The result in the Senate came with surprising quickness
 Thorough organization of the com bined forces was apparent from the start. Senator LaFollettes wooden bll offered at first an amendment to khe OnuefWOOu Dlll, received but votes--those of the insurgent repun- licans.
 The Underwood bill itself was vosed down with equal facility, only the dem ocrats and Senator Brown of Nebraska supporting if. Then came Senator La Follettes motion to reconsider tho vote. Democrats having secured their desired record vote on the Underwood bill, joined him in the vote to re- consider.
 The Underwood bill then was brought back to life and Senator LaFollette offered the compromise bill that mad been agreed upon. It was attached to the Underwood measure as a s,ibsti- tute for the terms of that bill and passed by q vote of 4S to 32, all With out hitch or tumble The derlo- crats voted solidly. The insurgents lost three northwestern republicans, Senator Borall of Idaho, Senators Jones Of Washington and Dixon or Montana, but they gained Senator McCumber of North Dakota.
 T would not agree to the bil, as # passed the Senate" said Mr. Under wood, "and I do not think the House would agree to it. But hope to seq some sort of a wool bill passed. would not stand out for the bill as 1t passed the House, but would be will ing to make some compromise and I believe the House feels the same way"
 MT. Underwood expressed the opinion that the wool bill would not necessa rily delay adjournment later than at present contemplated-shortly after the vote on statehood on August 7---as tho Icon-
 
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