Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-22
Mistellaneons 8eadina.
TARIFF BILLS KILLED.
House Fails to Pass Them Over Pres
ident's Veto,

cession of dramatic events the Demo
cratic house of representatives today
met defeat in its supreme effort to pass
the wool and free list bills over the
presidents vetoes and virtually fixed
upon adjournment Of congress early
next week.
The house will agree Monday to the
cotton tariff revision bill as amended
in the senate, but will not hold con-
gress in session to await the certain
veto of that measure. The senate
cleared away all its business and ad-
dournment is assured in the view OF
leaders Of both parties in both houses
by next Wednesday at the latest.
The democratic house majority, with
a great demonstration Of enthusiasm,
marshaled it's ranks for the great bat
tie to override the president and went
down with flying colors. The party
leaders failed to muster enough in
surgent Republican support to pass the
tariff legislation over the presidents
head.
Will End Session.
Tonight the Democratic members of
the ways and means committee deter
mined to end the long session. Mon
day the house will pass the cotton bill
as amended in the senate containing
the iron and steel, chemical and cotton
machinery schedules and the recipro-
cal bituminous coal across the Cana
dian border provision, and will send 1t
to the president Tuesday. Congress
will not be held in session to await his
veto which the house leaders concede
is certain to follow.
Congress will adjourn on Wednes-
day at the latest" was the declaration
of Majority Leader Underwood after
the ways and means committee con-
ference. I'VE have tried to put our
tariff bills over the presidents head
and have failed twice. There is no
use fighting it out any longer. AS soon
as we pass the cotton bill and amend
ments, we will be ready to go. The
president may then veto the measure.
We will not be here to discuss It."
Strenuous efforts were made by SEN
ate Democrats and Republican lead
ers in conference with Mr.. Underwood,
Speaker Clark and other house DEM
ocrats to bring the session to a close
tomorrow night, but owing to a desire
of the members of the ways and means
to study features Of the
iron and steel and chemical
schedules before concurring In them,
1t was agreed to dispose of the final
business early next week.
Stirring Incidents.
Failure of the attempt of the Demo-
cratic house to override the vetoes
came in a day filled with stirring Incl
dents. The close Of the debate on
the motion Of MI. Underwood to pass
the wool bill over the veto found
Champ Clark, the speaker Of the house
and an aspirant for the presidency,
pleading the cause of his fellow-Dem-
ocrats from the floor surrounded by
a throng of his colleagues who cheer
ed him vigorously. The galleries were
filled TO overflowing and the speaker,
as he concluded, was given Demon
stration that for several minutes de-
layed the roll-call.
On the motion to pass the wool
measure over the veto, there were 227
votes, % of them insur-
gent Republicans and one Independent
while the negative votes
were 129. The motion to override the
veto on the free list failed of two
thirds majority also, the vote being
226 to 1877.
During the three hours Of debate on
the wool bill, the corridors Of the Cap
itol reverberated time and again with
shouts of approval and derision from
the floor. Spirited discussions be-
tween members were frequent. Re-
publican Leader Mann and Represent
ative Clay Of Alabama had a wordy
encounter which for a moment had a
aspect. The incident was
when the minority leader
objected to the Alabama members re-
quest to have a newspaper editorial
printed in the Congressional Record.
Administration Watches.
That the administration was keenly
watching developments was evidenced
in the presence on the floor Of the
house of Messrs. Wickersham, Hitch
cock, Nagle and Stimson of the pres
ident's cabinet. All Of them kept a
close tally on the roll-call until 1t was
that the Democrats could not
rally the necessary two-thirds major
ity.
Speaker Clark was given an ovation
from both sides of the house when he
left the chair and took the floor to end
the discussion. The climax Of his
address was reached when he said:
The president has a right to veto
1l. IL l,D Nnf
quarreling with him. l am lamenting
his lack of wisdom, as his personal
friend. He has raised an issue that
will rage with unabated fury, until the
close of the polls in November, 1912"
This was the signal for such an out
burst as seldom has been known in
the halls of congress. Again and again
as he proceeded, the Democrats ap-
plauded, cheered and pounded their
desks until Democratic Leader Under
wood, who occupied the chair for the
first time this session, almost despair
ed of maintaining order.
How They Voted.
Then the roll was called. The 90
insurgents who stood on their former
record and voted to pass the wool
bill over the presidents veto were:
Anderson, Davis, Lindbergh, Miller,
Steenerson and Volstead of Minneso-
ia: Hanna and Helgesen of North Da-
kota; Haugen, Hubbard and Woods Of
Iowa; Kent of California; Norris Of
Nebraska; Jackson, Madison, Murdoch
and Young of Kansas: La Toilette and
Warburton of Washington; Lenroot,
Morse and Nelson of Wisconsin-22.
Akin of New York, Independent Re-
publican, also voted to pass the bill
over the veto.
The eight insurgent Republicans.
who voted with their colleagues for the
conference report last Monday, but
who deserted them to support the veto
of the president were:
Nye of Minnesota, Esch, Kopp and
Davidson of Wisconsin, Rees of Kan
sas, Stephens of California, Sloan and
Kinkaid of Nebraska-S.
Vetoes Free List.
No sooner had the result been an
nounced than the assistant secretary
from the White House arrived with
the presidents veto of the free list
bill.
In his message President Taft de-
clares that the same reasons which
impelled me to decline to sign the
wool bill, control me in this case"
The president summorizes his objec-
tions to the bill in these terms:
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