The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-05
MAY COMBINE ON
TARIFF MEASURES
Democrats and Insurgents
Lack but Six Votes in
in Senate
EVIDENCE OF PANIC
WITH REPUBLICANS
La Toilette in Senate and I'm
derWoodin House Appear
to Understand Each
Other

WASHINGTON. August 4.--The
most interesting political complication
of the Taft administration is being
worked out in the declining days of the
special session.
The International News Service cor
respondent learns from reliable sources
o-nlght that count of forces shows
that but six votes are lacking to pass
the tariff bills over the expected veto
of the president in the Senate. No
doubt exists of the ability OF the allied
Democrats and insurgents to accom-
plish this end in the house.
Plans are under way not 10 send any
of the tariff measures To the White
House until they are all passed upon
by congress and can be submitted t.
the president en- masse. The idea is to
force general veto OF all the bills,
and then attempt to pass them over
the veto one after the other at a sin
gle session, on the principle that su,;li
action might be secured in a rush
where it wouii fail II an effort was
made to override the president on one
measure at tine
Evidence Of Panic.
The allies are not at all sure that
they can carry Out their plans: but
there is evidence Of a pansc among the
regular Republicans VINO nav- sem out
hurry calls fer aIl absences.
This is one feature OF the situation.
Another Is that the conferences on the
wool biil met to-day and delegated to
Underwood of the House and I4ak'nl-
lette Of the Sennte. the TASK Of fixing
up an agreement between the two
chambers ON this important measure
Here Is pit for the presidant. Two
OF his political fees are left to shape
a wool bill that v III go TO h.m fer has
APPROVAL. one of them his rival Cor ..se
ReDublieAa m.Eas-on.
The outlook Tonight 10 that Tn
derwood and La Toilette win agree
on conpromise bAlw can the Senate
duty Of 80 per cent. on raw wool and
the House duty OF 20 per cent. and
fix the rate at ~ 1-2 per cent. 1t
Is believed that both houses would
accept this compromise.
Must Report Bill.
Following right along in the COM
piication comes the action of the Sem
ate to-day in instTucting the finance
committee IS to 20 to report not later
than August 10 the cotton bili passed
by the House yesterday. Senator PEN
rose will in all probability report this
sbtll tomorrow AS matters stand 1t
is altogether likely that the bill will
pass in some shape and go to confer
ence. the free list and wool bills be-
ing held up in the meantime In fur
therance of the plan to send all three
at once to the White House
A possibility of proiongation of
the session beyond the approximate
time fixed for adjournment il held
out here, though with the majority of
the two bodies In substantial accord
there Is no reason why the slate
should not be cleared up for an adj
tournment not later than August Is
This. is especially so since the appor-
tionment bill passed the House to-
day in the. shape in which IL came
from the Senate. and now goes TO
the President for his approval. And
the conferees also have agreed on the
campaign publicity bill by cutting out
lie restrictions on expenditures to not
over IL cents per vote of $4,000 for a
candidate for the Senate, and $1,000
for Representatives
Statehood will be voted on next
Monday.