Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-02
The "UnhOIy Alliance" Turns
Down House Free List
And Passes KeTn's Compromise
Bill by 48 10 81.
II President vei0ss, Congress Will
Keep on in Session.

Washington, Aug. 1.-The Demo
cratic tariff program was moved ul
closer to President Taft today when
the Senate by another remarkable
coalition of Democrats and Republi-
can Insurgents passed a farmers free
list bill. after voting down the original
House measure 50 closely that one
more Democratic senator would have
changed the result and left the entire
revision issue squarely before the
President tonight
The "Unholy alliance as the com
bination of the Republican wing and
the Democratic party has been called
..massed in almost unbroken alignment
swept aside a host of amendments
voted down by a tie vote the original
House measure according to program
for political purposes and then carried
by surprising concentration OF
strength a measure differing from the
House bin only in comparatively un-
important particulars.
Now the bill goes back to the House
and Democratic Leader Underwood of
that body tonight confidently asserted
it Will be finally agreed to in confer
ence between the TWO houses and sent
to President Taft. 1t is not even Ger
tain that the House viii insist on a
conference, for many prominent Demo-
cratic representatives, believing that
the bill has not been materially chang
ed are urging that the House accept
the Senate bill without controversy and
rush the first of the tariff measures up
TO the President for veto or approval
4 think the bill will go to President
Taft" said Leader Underwood. 4 am
not sure it will be sent TO conference
certainly see nothing to prevent the
two houses from reaching an agree
ment upon its final form
Had Senator Bailey OF Texas voted
with his Democratic associates or had
GOV Hoke Smith of Georgia. the new
senator-elect from that state. been on
hand and voted with his party, the
free list bill would have passed the
Senate unchanged. and could have
been in the bands of President Taft
tonight one vote was all that stood
in the way of placing the entire is
SUE OF Democratic-In surgent tarif re-
form Immediately before him.
AIR Bailey announced last night that
he Hoped the privilege of casting the
deciding vote would fail TO him in or
der to show his opposition Gov. Smith
has insisted all along that he would
not leave Georgia at this time to as
sumo his seat in the Senate.
The House free list bill was beaten
on tie vote of 80 to 80. was then re-
considered changed by compromise
amendment offered by Kern OF In
Indiana, former Democratic candidate
for Vice President and with Demo-
eratic-Republican Insurgent support,
finally passed as amended by a vote
Of As to 81.
Originally the bill provided that meat
products, flour and cereal products
from all countries should be admitted
free of tariff duty into the United
states The Kern amendment provides
that this free admission shall apply
only to meats, flour and cereal prod
ucts, coming from any foreign eoun-
trty with which the United States has
a reciprocal trade agreement and
which shall admit from the United
States free Of duty cotton, corn, wheat
oats, horses, cattle and hogs
II is admitted that this provision applies
only to Canada. after the new reciprocity
agreement shall have become effective be-
tween the two countries. Senator Bailey
Senator Clapp and other Insurgents who
voted for the free list bill after the Kerr
compromise amendment had been adopt
ed, declared tonight that the amendment
accomplshes what they tried TO effect by
amendments to the reciprocity bill. II
admits the manufactured articles made
from farm products free from Canada
an end which the Insurgents repeatedly
tried to gain in the reciprocity fight.
Several other amendments were adopted
after they had been first defeated when
offered as amendments to the original blll
one of these by Mr.. Gronna of Norm
Dakota. Insurgent Republican, extends
the free admission of shoes TO cover al
kinds of footwear whether leather OF
not Another by the same author admits
free Roman. Portland and other hydrau-
lie cements. An amendment by Mr.
Shiveley of Indiana, Democrat, adds bind
ers to the list of agricultural machinery
that is to be admitted free.
If President Taft vetoes the bill and
the wool tariff bill, both of which. 1t Is
asserted, will be sent to him. the Demo
cratic managers of the House VIII make
no further effort at tariff revision thi:
session but will continue the preparation
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