El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-18
HOUSE FAILS To
OVERRIDE THE
WOOL VETO
Taft Returns to Congress
With Veta, the Farmers
Free List Measure.
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ocrat, led off in advocacy of congress
carrying the bill over the veto.
The support of the insurgent Re-
publicans in the house in the Demo-
cratic plan to override the veto was
foreshadowed by speech of represen-
tative Lenroot of Wisconsin, progress
sive Republican, and close friend OF
senator La Toilette
Mr.. Lenroot said the veto was based
on ignorance. not information.
Motion to Pass Wool Bill Fails.
Motion to pass wool bill in house
over presidents veto. lost, 227 to 129.
a two-thirds vote being required.
At o'clock Republican whip.
Dwight declared he had eanvassed the
house and that the Democrats would
fair short of the two-thrids vote nec-
essary to pass the bill over the veto.
Interest in the debate became more
intense when news spread that speaker
Clark would take the floor to close
the debate.
May Adjourn Saturday Night.
A joint effort by the two houses Of
congress was -inaugurated today to
bring about a final adjournment Of
congress at IL o'clock Saturday night.
by senator Penrose, and at his instance
senator Martin, chairman of the Dem
ocratic caucus, conferred with Demo-
cratic leader Underwood OF the house
in the hope of bringing the house to
accept that date.
Following the Martin Underwood
conference, Mr.. Underwood annonaced
that no agreement had beer. reached
as to adjournment
Senator La Toilette and representa-
tive Underwood had brief conference
today regarding adjournment
Underwood Says No.
Mr.. Underwood told the insurgent
leaders he did not think it possible for
congress to finish its labors before
Monday or Tuesday
The progressive Republican senators,
their battle alliance with the Demo-
Gratis shattered by yesterdays dramatic
victory of the Democrats through the
political maneuvering of the Repub-
icans admitted today that no more
regular legislation is possible at this
session of congress and some OF them
even contended it was doubtful whetn-
er it would be possible to close UP the
work already begun.
The house vote on the vetoed wool
bill and the action Of that body on
the cotton bill practically will wind
I'D its business The Arizona and New
Mexico statehood measure is not ex-
pected to take much time in either
house, nor is the action on the free
list bill when it comes back from the
president expected to prolong the ses-
sion.
Members Prepare to Leave.
Many members, of the house and the
senate are preparing to leave Washing
ton Sunday.
Adjournment by the middle of next
week at latest and passage OF the cot
ton bill with amendments including
iron and steel schedule, was the pre-
diction of representative Underwood
THE cotton bill will be passed be-
fore adjournment" Mr.. Underwood de-
clared "As far as the iron and steel
amendment is concerned, the scheduIe
passed by the senate is not very Tar
from the schedule as prepared by the
WAYS and means committee. whether
we will accept that schedule L can
not say. The ways and means commit
tee will meet today to discuss the STU
ation.'
Urges Government Control.
Senator Poindexter, of Washington,
introduced a bill today extending gov
eminent control over the haTbor 'front.'
age on Controller Bay in Alaska over
the Boring coal field and over the rail-
road and the steamship lines to those
coal fields.
Mr.. Poindexter said the purpose was
TO prevent monopoly and to protect aE&
conserve the great coal deposits for
public USE
Free List Bill Vetoed.
President Taft's message vetoing the
socalled farmers free list bill was read
IN the house this afternoon.
The bill reached the white house
shortly after 10 o'clock today and the
president Immediately set to work on
the message The message was short
Regulars Effect a Coup.
A shrewd move by the regular Re-
publicans as unexpected as it was eff
fective yesterday suddenly threw the
Democrats into complete control of the
senate in their own right and forced
them absolutely to abandon their
coalition with the progressive Repub-
licans.
Out of the chaos and the uproar came
a bill TO revise the cotton schedule Of
the Payne-A1drich tariff law. 1t was
the bill as passed by the house, but
saddled with amendments to revise
the iron and steel the cotton ma
chinery and chemical schedules, cou-
pied with a provision for reciprocal
free trade in bituminous coal across
the Canadian border.
The bill as amended will go back to