Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-22
FOR THE MOTION.
Desire for Tariff Revision.

The strong desire in the Senate for gen
eral tariff revision became very evident
during the four hours Of discussion of
1.-The Gore resolution. The admitted pur-
nose of the Gore motion was to prevent
the finance committee from holding the
bill indefinitely or from failing to report
it at all.
Republican leaders notably Sc ors
Penrose, Gallinger, Smoot and Lodge,
urged the defeat of the motion py pro
lnouncing such a limitation on the actions
| # the Senate's committee unfair. I'M
| called for and unreasonable. Rank alb
,urd;ty and shallow demagog sm,' Sena-
tor Pearose pronounced the resolut on.
| But il was the announcements Of the
senators who composed the alliance that
put through the core resolution that held
the greater significance. They declared
/ that the finance committee must either
| act on the wool and free list bills and
| report out other tariff measures nr pre-
pare for a long fight for vote on the
| reciprocity bill.
| The republican leaders appealed 10 the
!! democrats by saying that the pasSa sc
| of the reciprocity bill. which the demo-
| Gratis e Morally favor. would he endan
I eered by the injection of the other tarih
/ measures into the Senate; but the demo
| Gratis were obdurate. II was pointed OF
! that he reciprocity bill might he amend
| ed as a result and the President would
not sign it il ii carried amendments such
| as the democra of the House and SEN
ate and the republican insurgents could
\ agree upon.
When q o'clock arrived Senator Cal
I lineer, for the republican standpatters,
| moved that the Senate adjourn The Ia
Vorabie vote on the Gore resolution was
/ forecast by the result OF the vote on
| that motion Tor it was defeated by a
/ coalition between democrats and insur-
gent republicans.
| Then followed more exchange of views
/ regarding tariff revision, with insurgents
/ taking the leading part.
Would Put It Up to President.
1 Senator La Toilette declared that the
democrats had been batting the republic
can progressives by asking them if they
/ still retained their principles of down
| ward ta.if revision. He said that he
| favored a coupling Of many tariff seized
ules with the reciprocity bill, 50 that the
| President would be compelled to pass
/ upon them as an entirety.
Il believe the executive who got his
| election on the promise of a downward
revision of the tariff will not dare with
I hold his approval from a bill that enacts
into law this Canadian pact and at the
4 same time enacts reductions in duty in
/ these important tariff schedules" said
Senate" La Toilette
/ Senator Cummlns declared he was con-
/ WINGED the Senate flnance committee did
1 not intend to report any bin affecting the
/ tariff other than the reciprocity bin For
! that reason, he said, he would join in
| the demand that the other bills be re
ported out within certain time. He
| declared Chairman Penrose had made
/ open statements that he expected the
eciprocity bill to pass within a short
! time and that he expected the Senate to
adjourn shortly after.
j Il am prepared TO consider carefully
| revision of the wooden tariff" re-
| piled Senator Penrose; 1t has been on
| the statute books many years, and
| conditions may have changed But we
have a tariff board making a minute
inquiry into every phase of it: we have
hundreds of people who have asked for
hearings and to be allowed TO submit
| arguments to our committee, and we
| have before us simply a bill thai WAS