The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-27
SENATE DEBATES WOOL TARIFF BILL Vote Is Probable at the Opening of Today's
 Session

Washington, July 96.-Solid support for the House wool tariff revision bill was pledged in caucus tonight by the dem ting forth their attitude offered by Sem ator Cuiberson Of TecSss was adopted | without a dissenting voice. although the caucus lasted throughout the greater part of two evenings and was signalized by protracted debate.
 At tonight's meeting the discussion was devoted largely, 1t is understood, to a discovery of some parliamentary method of resuscitating the LaFollette wool bill if the House measure is voted down. The LaFolette bill will be offered as a sub stitute for the House measure when a vote on the latter is demanded and 1t is conceded 1t will be killed. Then, if the House bill meets a similar fate. an effort, it is said, will be made to re- consider the vote on the House bill,
 which, if successful, will be followed promptly by re-offering the LaFollette measure as substitute and by coali- tion of the insurgent republicans and democrats passing it.
 
 entirely tentative and dependent on the willingness of MT. LaFolette to submit to sharp modification of his measure. The caucus took no official action on the plan, evidently desiring to convey to the insurgent republicans the inn pression that they were solidly behind the House measure and intended not | to entertain any compromise.
 The Underwood wool tariff bill had fircf i'm pCs 1x.x lon, +l, 1 Senate today, with a vote upon it in prospect for the opening of tomorrow s session. The honors of the afternoon were divided between the two senators | from Montana. Senator Myers, the new democratic member, declared he would l vote for the passage of the bill as it | came from the House of Represen- | tatives. Senator Dixon, republican, speaking | from behind a desk piled high with samples of wool and woolen cloths. ex- | tion should be passed at this session of Congress and that the revision when | taken up should be based on the forth coming report of the tariff board. Sen ator Dixon declared there is real
 .ioker' in the wool tariff known as the | "skirting clause" By permitting i'm porters to discard all the rough parts | of the fleece, he said. 1t reduces the actual protection to American sheep raisers from II cents to cents. | Numerous conferences were held dur | ing the day in the Senate chamber and in l the cloakrooms in an effort to clear the situation for the numerous wool bills and | to come to some agreement as to the at | titude the various factions would take. None of these conferences however, brought out any definite agreement | Senator Myers said he was ready to accept the Underwood bill as a fair ad- l justment of the wool tariff and favored | Congress remaining ito vote on all reme- dial legislation needed by the people He said ..the interests and trusts want Congress to adjourn
 | He declared the Senate had accomplish ed less in the last four months than "a good board of county commissioners could accomplish in a week
 | Senator Townsend of Michigan urged that no wool legislation be passed until the tariff board makes it's report on the wool industry.
 At the suggestion of Senator Penrose the Senate took recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, thereby continuing the legislative day of Wednesday. This will give Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin an opportunity to speak on his substitute wool bill before the vote is taken tomor- row The new cotton tariff revision bill vii be considered in the House tomorrow.