Ripley County democrat., 1911-08-25

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day Of August vetoed by the President.
A vote taken on the same day in the
House, in the effort to pass the bill over
his veto, resulted in 227 for and i20
against it. Although receiving a ma
jority OF 98 it failed to receive the nec-
essary two-thirds majority, so this bill
which was Of such vital Importance to
the farmers OF the country was thus
finally defeated.
May 23-Passed bill admitting the
Territories OF Arizona and New Mexico
to statehood by vote Of PA to 80, and
this bill afterwards passed the Senate,
but was vetoed by the Senate.
This bill has since been amended 30 as
to meet the objections of the President,
and will yet become law before the
end OF this session.
June 20-Passed what is known as the
"wool BILL" by vote of 200 to 100.
This bill as it passed the House re-
duced the rates upon wooden goods under
the present tariff law from an average
OF 80 per cent to about AZ per cent, but
1t was amended in the Senate increasing
the rates OF the House bill to about 81
per cent, and in TINT form passed the
Senate by vote Of 4S TO 80. After
wards in conference committee CON-
promise bill was agreed TO fixing the
rates at about AZ per cent, or about AZ
per cent below the average rate OF the
present Payne law. This bill was vetoed
by the President, and while ii received
vote OF 226 to 1877, Notwithstanding his
veto, a majority of SO, still II failed to
receive the necessary two-thirds ma
jority, and, like the farmsrs' free-list
bill, was finally defeated. This bill II II
had been signed and become a law would
have saved the people of the country
millions OF dollars annually in the price
OF clothing, blankets and other wooden
goods that are among the,most import
ant and indispensable necessaries Of life.
August S-Passed what is known as
the cotton bill, proposing to reduce the
tariff duties on cotton goods, by vote
OF 203 TO 80.
This bill was passed in the Senate by
vote Of 20 to "a, exactly as 1t passed
the House, except that some articles
from other schedules were added to H.
While the amendments added to this
bill by the Senate, adding certain arti.
cles from the steel and other schedules,
do not conform to the wishes OF the
Democratic House, still as they make
some reductions in the tariff duties upon
such articles, aud Knowing that the bill
when passed win meet the same fate Of
the wool bill and the farmers free list
bill-the veto Of the President-the
House will today agree TO the Senate
amendments and pass the bill, and real
izing that with the Presidents attitude
towards all tariff legislation that moth.
ing further can be accomplished at this
session adjournment win quickly follow.
While this extra session OF Congress
was called by the President fora special
purpose, with the expressed desire on
his part that no other legislation should
be considered, and while the usual Gus
tom ofextra sessions has been to confine
the legislation TO the purposes for which
they were called, still the Democrats Of
the present House insisted that certain
reforms demanded by the people were Of
such supreme importance to the whole
country that they were justified in TAX
ing prompt and vigorous action, and
many Of US regret that time and the
rules made II impossible to consider and
to enact other important and necessary
Legislation, which under the circum-
stances was necessarily postponed until
the regular session next winter.
The Democratic majority 10 the House
is elxty, ana TOE hepuolican majority IN
ihe Senate Is eleven, so from the ma
iorities upoa the several above enumsr,
ated measures il viii readily beobseryed
that a large number OF Republicans,
both In the House and In the Senate.
voted for these important bills. evil
IDENTIFY feeling that II was their duty to
vote in the interest Of the people rather
than in the interest Of the privileged
classes, monopolies and trusts, even
though the contrary was demanded of
them by the leadership Of their party.
II should be 10 the everlasting credit Of |
the many conscientious Republicans, |
both 10 the House and Ia the Senate,
whe we're more loyal to the masses Of
The people than 70 The favored few, aud
who considered duty 70 their coassit-
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