The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-08-18
DESPITE CAUCUS AGREEMENT
JEFFERsoN's FOLLOWERS
REFUSE COOPERATION.
REGULARS ARE T|CKLED
Reaetionaries Leave Upper House and
Cannot Be Coased Back to Vote on
Iron and Steel Amendment to Cotton
eilI--Bristow Charges a Frame. up
Against the Progressives.

Washington. Aug. IA shrewd
move by the rgnlar republicans, as un-
expected as 1t was effective. today
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 republicans.
out of the chaos and uproar came
bill to revise the cotton schedule OF
the Payne e-Aidrich tariff law. 1t was
Il bill as passed by the house. but sad
died with amendments to revise the
iron and steel. the cotton machinery
and chemical schedules. coupled with
II provision for reciprocal free trade In
bituminous coal across the Canadian
border.
The bill as amended will go back to
the house and probably will be sent
to conference. II II energies from this
ordeal. 1t will meet the fate of the
wool revision bill. which was vetoed
today by the president. Democratic
votes alone We're east I'm favor of the
bill The regular. republicans delib-
erately absented themselves from the
chamber and thus left their progress
sive colleagues In hopeless situation.
The insurgents. taken by surprise. were
thrown into a rage. Alternately they
denounced what they termed the
treachery of the democrats with whom
they had been In alliance and inveighed
against the regular republicans for the
part they had played in the new COM
binatlon.
In Vain the insurgents invoked for
gotten rules of the senate to compel
the regulars to cast their votes. Sem
atorial courtesy was tossed to the
winds. The insurgents charged that
the democrats had broken faith. al
though In caucus last night the latter
had determined to carry through an
insurgent- t-democratic program on the
cotton bill. which would have included
the adoption of n La Toilette substi-
tute for the measure.
They insisted that the democrats had
an understanding with the regulars TO
leave the progressives in the lurch.
Neither the regular republicans nor
the democrats would admit such an
Understanding existed. but Senator
Bristow of Kansas boldly declared that
he overhead conversation between
Senator Johnston of Alabama. a demo-
crat. and Senator Penrose of Penn
sylvania. the regular republican leader.
that left no doubt In his mind.
Whatever the understanding. the re-
suits accomplished were decisive. Tho
democrats found themselves In a posi-
ton where for the sake OF party con-
sistency they had to disregard their
previous arrangement with the insnr-
gents. This arrangement was based on
the belief that the democratic house
bill first would be defeated and the
democrats and insurgents would COM
bine to pass La Toilette compro-
mise measure.
| When the voting began, however.
there came a sudden realization that
the democratic bill would pass without
the aid of the insurgonts. enorrh reg
ular republicans having walked out Of
the chamber to give the democrats a
clear majority.
The break I'm the senate coalition,
which had made tariff legislation pos
sible. Was taken to mean the early np-
proach of adjournment The demo-
Gratis. u was said. already had set
about to placate the insurgents, but
this was regarded as impossible after
the events of the day. Without an ef-
fecting working arrangement between
these two elements. further attempts s
at legislation would be useless. Mr..
Penrose predicted tonight that the SEES
sion would terminate with the week
end.