The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-06-24
REVISE TARIFF
SENATORS SAY
Reel procity Agreement Endan-
gered by Attitude.
WOOL BILL REPORT ORDERED

Democrats Vote Almost soIrdiy e
Have Senate Finance Committee Re-
port Out House Wool Bill Not Later
Than July Unsupported by Pro
gressives and StaIwarts.
Washington, June 22.-The throw.
ing of the Democratic wool revision
bill into the senate drove the pro,
gressive Republicans of that body into
an open coalition with the Democrats
in q demand for a general revision of
the tariff and brought about the
threatened crisis in the finance COM
mittee's control of the senate. At the
end of a bitter fight the resolution by
Senator Gore requiring the finance
committee to report back the wool bill
before July 10, was passed by a vote
Of 20 to IS.
The fate Of the Canadian reciproc-
ity bill is in doubt as a result of the
remarkable developments of the days
session Of the senate. Western Re-
publicans, who have fought the reci-
procity measure, taking up challenges
thrown down by the Democratic lead
ers, followed each other in rapid sue
cession in their ultimatums to the
senate leaders.
These ultimatums invariably were
that before the reciprocity bill is per-
mitted to pass, Republican senat
will be forced to undertake a revision
OF other schedules of the tariff, includ.
ing much more than the wooden revi-
sion bill and the free list bill, which
have gone through the house of rep.
resentatives.
Three staIwarts Join Proeressives.
OF the affirmative votes cast for the
Gore motion overthrowing the finance
committee sixteen were Republicans.
This included the full progressive
strength of the thirteen and in addi-
ton Senators Jones, Nelson and Town
send. Senator Myers was the only
Democrat voting with the Republicans
against the motion.
AS the result of the senate's action
Senator Penrose, before adjournment,
called meeting of the finance COM
mittee, of which he is chairman and
he and other regular Republicans pre-
dicted that when the senate next con-
venes the wool measure, together with
the free list bill, will be reportd ad.
versely.
The fight began the instant that the
wool revision bill appeared from the
house of representatives.
Senator Gore, apparently with the
approval of Democratic leaders, moved
that the finance committee be in.
structed to report the bill back to the
senate on or before July 10. The ad-
mitted purpose of the motion was to
prevent the finance committee from
holding the bill indefinitely or from
failing to report it at all.
The result of the Gore motion was
to disrupt so completely the lines that
have formed in the senate that it can.
not be fortold now when a vote can
be reached on the reciprocity bill or
whether enough votes can be mus
tered to pass 1t without amendment.
The fight over the Gore motion
ragged until o'clock. Then an at
tempt was made by Senator Gallinger
to adjourn the body. The progress
ives, voting with the Democrats, re-
fused to let the fight be halted, and
with the defeat of the motion to ad.
journ progress sives took up the cudgels
and explained their purpose and their
intentions on the tariff issues.
Senator La Toilette declared that
the Democrats had been batting the
Republican progressives by asking
them If they still retained their prin-
ciples of downward tariff revision. He
said that he favored a coupling of
many tariff schedules with the reci-
procity bill, so that the president
would be compelled to pass upon them
as an entirety.
81 believe the executive who got
his election on the promise of down.
ward revision of the tariff will not
dare withhold his approval from q bill
that enacts into law this Canadian
pact and at the same time enacts re-
auctions in duty in these important
tariff schedules said Senator La Fol-
|ette.
Senator Cummins declared his be.
lief that congress had just entered
upon a revision of the tariff from be-
ginning to end"
81 speak for myself and for no 9TH
or man." he said, that my vote shall
not be cast for the adjournment of
his session. provided the Canadian
bill passes, until all tariff
schedules containing injustices have
been changed. At the same moment
hat this agreement passes we should
AXE from the shoulders of the people
he unjust taxation under which they
abor."
Pope Lauds Peace Move.
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