Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-01
BAILEY CAUSES DEFEAT
OF ORIGINAL HOUSE BILL
Loses by Tie Vote, Texas Member
Voting Against It.
MEATS CUT FROM THE LIST
Will Be Admitted Free Only From
Countries Granting Certain
Concessions to Ameri-
can Products.

can Products.
Combined in the same alliance scheme
that resulted in the passage of a COM
Senate last week. the democrats and re-
publican insurgents of that body this
afternoon passed a compromise farmers
free list bill, offered by Senator Kern Of
respects from the bill originally passed
by the House of Representatives.
The Kern compromise takes fresh meat
products out OF the free list bill. except
such come from countries that admit
certain American farm products duty
free. The Senate had already beaten
Senator Bailey's amendment taking all
meats out of the free list bnl. I he Kern
amendment represented the attempt to
reconcile the democratic interests with
the insurgent republicans who believed
some further concessions should be OBJ
tanned for agricultural products.
Vote on the Compromise.
by the Senate by a vote OF forty-nine to
tWenty-nne.
The adoption Of the compromise meas
ure came after the narrow failure of the
democratic efforts to pass the democratic
free-list bill in its original form But for
the fact that Senator Bailey OF Texas
refused to support the bill in the shape
1t had passed the House the measure
would have been passed unchanged by
the Senate.
AS 1t was. it was beaten by tie
vote. SO to 80. Senator Bailey being
the only democrat to vote against It.
La Toilette Moves Reconsideration.
The democrats and insurgents were
ready for the defeat of the measure;
while several OF them had voted for it.
1t was apparently understood that II 1t
was defeated IT would be resurrected,
amended by a compromise agreement
and again brought to vote.
Senator La Toilette Of Wisconsin. re-
publican insurgent, who had voted
against the passage Of the bill. made
the motion to reconsider the vote.
1t carried without a roll call. With the
bill restored to life, Senator Kern OF In
diana came forward with the compromise
agreement. The vote on the Kern COM
promise amendment was as follows:
How Senators Voted.
For the amendment: Republicans
Borah. Bourne. Bristow. Brown. Clapp.
Nelson, Crawford, Gamble, Cummins.
Kenyon. Dixon, Gronna, McCumber,
Jones. La Toilette, Townsend. Works.
Democrats-Bacon. Bailey. Bankhead
berlain. Chiffon. Watson, Clarke ark.
Davis. Foster. Thornton, Hitchcock, john
son (Me.), Kern, Shively. Martin (Na.).
Swanson, MARITIME On. j.. Myers. New.
lands. OGorman. Overman, Owen. Payn-
ter Pomerene, Reed, Stone. Simmons,
Smith (Md), Taylor.
Against the amendment: Republican,
Bradley, Brandegee. Mclean. Briggs.
Burnham, Burton, Clark (Wyo). Crane.
Lodge, Cullom. Lorimer. Curtis. Guggen-
Oliver, Page, Perkins. Poindexter, Rich
ardson, Root. Smith (Mich.), Smoot. Ste
phenson, Warren.
Democrats-Gore. Smith (S. CO.
Absent paired with absentees-Cul-
berson, Dillingham;. du Pont, Frye. CAL
linger Lea, Penrose. Percy, Rayner.
Sutherland. Tillman. Williams.
Majority Against Free Paper.
With the Kern amendment adopted,
several attempts were made to add other
amendments to the compromise bill thus
created All these failed. free paper
amendment by Senator Gore was voted
down, 81 to 25. A free lemon amendment.
by Senator Bailey. offered earlier in the
day, was again brought up. but not
adopted.
The Senate finally passed the free LIST
bill, with the Kern amendment. py
vote of 4S to 80. the vote being similar,
was adopted. except that Senators Bourne
Gamble Jones and Townsend voted
against the bill, and Senator's Gore. Poin-
dexter and Smith of South Carolina for II.
after fight in which many Of the demo-
cratic leaders believed they would Do
successful They had canyassed the stu.
alton thoroughly and had a number or
to the bill were defeated by large mar
gins. but on the vote to pass the bill
in its original form, the democrats could
not muster more than enough to tie tho
opponents of the measure.
kccordinR to the rules of the Senate,
this tie vote defeated the bill. and II was
necessary then to carry OUT the COM
promise agreement with the insurgent re-
publicans TO secure It's reinstatement anu
final passage
Voted With Democrats.
On the original vote on the free list
bill Senator's Brown, Gronna, McCumber.
Nelson. Poindexter and Works were the
republicans who helped the democrats
secure q tie vote on the House free list
bill
After the adoption of the Kern amend
ment numerous amendments were offered
70 the bill. Senator Gore forced roll
call on an amendment to put rice on the
free list, but was beaten, - to 30 An
other Gore amendment to put type ana
typesetting machines on the free list was
also beaten Senator Je6 Davis moved to
NIT Boston baked beans and goldfish on
fhe free list, and the Senate voted the
proposition amid laughter.
0ronna Amendments Lose.
The Senate began its nnal struggle on
the free list bill with the defeat Of amend
ments offered by Senator Gronna OF
North Dakota to put cement. lime. coal
and coke on the free list and to exempt
boots and shoes from its provisions.
Senator Gronna secured q roll cail on
the amendment for free coal and COKE
but was beaten So 70 a. Party lines sphe