The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
Senate Adopts Wool
Report By SO To 70
But Veto Ready
La Toilette, Replying to
Shoots Attack on Bill,
Accuses Him of Own
ing Wool Stock

Washington, Aug. 16-After five
hours of debate the Senate late yes
terday afternoon adopted the confer
ence report on the Wool BILL by a vote
of SO to Is. The House adopted the
report Monday and it will go to the
White House today. The President
will send it back in short order with
a veto. and the House may attempt to
override his objections. But yester-
days vote in the Senate, which came
eighteen short of the needed two
thirds, makes it certain that the eff
fort will be in vain.
The insurgents only mustered 8
votes for the report fathered by Mrl
La Toilette while the other thirty
supporters were Democrats who solid
ly supported the measure. Four insur-
gents voted against the report, with
"a regular Republicans. Among the
four insurgents who bolted the La
Bourne, President of the Progressive
Republican League. The other three
were Senator Borah, who is not an
insurgent on tariff matters. Mr.. Mel
son, who primarily is an insurgent on
the tariff and on nothing else and Mr..
Dixon, whose great sheep growing
constituency has pulled him to the
side of the protectionistS.
Prof. Emery, Chairman of the Tar
iff Board, who was closeted with Taft
yesterday, told the President again
that the Tariff Board is not yet. ready
to report On the wool schedule, and
the President will use that as one
argument against letting the pending
act of wool revision become law.
The Senate will probably receive
Senator LaFouettes disagreeing re-
port on the Free List bill today, ana
that too, will soon be sent to the
President. He already has the mas
hot hi 0id oro
ton.
The debate on the LaFollette report
yesterday afternoon was extremely
bitter. Mr. Hepburn of Idaho, who
occupies the floor oftener than any
one in the Senate, assailed the meas
ure at length. Then Mr.. Smoot of
Utah, who is ordinarily most quiet
furious denunciation of the measure
which, according to his reasoning will
wipe out the wooden business of the
United States. His speech brought
Mr. LaFollette to the floor, and the
sharpest tilt of the day occurred.
"It is fitting" said Mr.. La Toilette
as Mr.. Smott sat down. chat the de-
tense of the present iniquitous sched-
ule should come in this Senate from
a Senator who is himself a beneficiary
of that schedule
81 will say interrupted Mr.. Smoot,
chat I own only S2,475 in wooden
mill and that 1 have not sheep in
the world
by admitting ownership of 81 Of
wool stock" shouted Mr.. LaFollette,
1.-The Senator confesses to the shame
of voting in this body On a matter
in which he is personally interested.
He has no right to vote. 1t is an out
rage of common decency. 1t would
disqualify him in any court Of
equity"
When Mr. Smoot denied his owner
ship of sheep Mr.. LaFollette said that
it was known, however, that a Ger
tain institution in Utah did own
stock in wool mills and did own
sheep, and that Mr.. Smoot was inter-
ested in the institution.
st suppose the Senator means the
church," said Mr.. Smoot.
That's what I mean,' snapped Mr..
LaFollette.
"Then the Church has sold its in
terest in wooden mills and doesn't own
now a single head of sheep
Senator Warren. a large sheep own
er, then spoke against the measure
and was followed by Mr.. Reed Of Mis-
souri, in a slow-moving speech in it's
support. Mr.. Smith of Michigan in a
speech declaring the bill pregnant
with disaster ended the debate.