The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-13
AMENDMENT
 IS DEFEATED
6AILEY's PROPOSED CHANGE IN FARMERS FREE LIST VOTED
 DOWN BY THE SENATE.
Wool Tariff Amendment Introduced and Senate Adjourns Without Tax ing Action--Democrat Score
 Republican Party.

Washington, D. C., July l2. Sen ,ator Bailey's free list amendment to the Canadian reciprocity bill vas de- feated in the senate late today by large majority. So evident was tns margin against it that Senator Bai- ley did not ask for roll call. Pursuing the policy of forcing the opponents of reciprocity to proceed without delay, Senator Penrose urged Senator Bailey to introduce his wool tariff amendment at once. The lat- ter did so and the senate adjourned with the amendment pending. It is a modification of the wool tariff bill recently passed by the house and lplaces all duties on raw and man. factured wool at general average of 30 per cent.
 Consideration of the reciprocity bin is expected to move with rapidity from now on. The wool amendment probably will be disposed of tomor- row and Senators La Toilette and Bristow are ready with their amend ments and their speeches against the bill. emi-democrats borrowed democrats" and like terms were app Iplied to the republican senators sup lporting the bill by Senator Hepburn of Idaho in speech against the measure. He declared that when the vote on the bill is taken all real Re- lpublicans in the senate will be oppos- ed to 1t, while the "semi-demo- crats' will vote for it along with the
 fee- simple deinocratss''
 How can we educate the leader of the republican party back 10 ru, publican principles?" asked Senator Nelson of Minnesota.
 Who is the leader of the repnbli- can party?, inquired Senator Hey- burn.
 l Senator Hepburn declared he op- posed amendments to the reciprocity bill as we'll as as the bill itself "be- cause every amendment is splinter off the republican flagstaff of pro- tective policy"
 That can't be- interjected Sena- tor Clapp. 'the flagstaff has been broken and the flag pulled down"
 '1'll bet you 1000 .o00 republican votes that is not true,v said Mir. Hey burn. He added that he believed tho republicans ultimately would come to- gether again on protective principles. Asked by Senator Bailey as to how he would classify the insurgents. Mr. Heyburn said they were "mavericks~ waiting to be branded.
 If they can be rounded up in the White House lot know how they will be branded" said Senator Bai- ley.
 Senator IIIssyhh...a IIssyy characterized some of the progressives as prog ressing like crab; you can't tell which way there going"
 This Is not the death bed of the republican party" he said. referring Ito the split in the republican ranks, but it will be the deathbed of many |of the men who are supporting the reciprocity bill when the people real- ize that it means the pulling down |of the protective system.
 Senator La Follette's long promised Iamendment to the Canadian recipro- lefty bill, proposing duty reduction on wool and cotton, which he calcnlat- led would save the consumer $169,ooo.- loco annually on cotton and $172,ooo,- 900 on woolens, will be introduced tomorrow.
 In a statement explanatory of the amendment and made public tonight. MT. LaFollette said that the
 MT. La Toilette said that against Ithis enormous saving to the consuin- Iers which assumes that the price to Ithe consumer would be reduced 10 |the same extent as the reduction of Iduty, the loss of revenue to the gov-
 ernment under the two schedules | Arx<<r r<t4. I4