Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-22
TARIFF VICTORY
FOR UNDERWOOD
WOOL SCHEDULE
Democrats Order Speedy Action,
Despite Republican Efforts
to Block Measure.

WASHINGTON, June 22.-"Chere is
no longer a Republican majority in
the Senate of the United States"
These were the words of Senator PEN
rose, of Pennsylvania. chairman of the
finance committee and a most powerful!
Republican senator.
The whole trouble came over a very
innocent motion made by Senate Gore.
of Oklahoma. when the House bill re-
vising schedule K was brought into
the Senate. Senator Cores motion de-
manded hat the bill be referred to the
finance committee with instructions
that it be reported back on or before
July 10. Immediately the fight began
and as it developed 1t took more and
more the form of an echo of the death
Of Cannonism and Republicanism IN
the House Owe a year g The fast
weakening Republican machine was
making its last stand against the con
certed powerful and determined attack
of the Democrats and Progressives.
But before the fight was over many
more issues became involved. Both
Senator Cummings and Senator Borah
served notice that the reciprocity agree
ment could not be passed without a
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tariff question and the insurgent Sen
ators were read out of the Republican
party by Senators Hepburn and Pen
rose.
p Insurgents Aid Democrats.
Just how far reaching the fight
proved may be easily seen by a cate
gorical statement of the results. The
Republicans have completely lost con-
troll of the Senate. The insurgents are
united and more powerful than ever,
reciprocity can only be had at the price
of general tariff revision and this
means probably a continuous session Of
Congress. Besides all this he old In
stitution of senatorial courtesy ie-
ceived it's death-blow. 1t was a great
day, both for the progressives and the
Democrats.
BY a vote of SO to 10 the Senate passed
the Gore motion referring the Under
wood wool revision bill, which had JUS
come from the House of Representa-
tives, to the finance committee with
instructions to report it back to the
Senate not later than July 10.
The result of the vote had hardly
been announced when Senator Penrose,
chairman of the finance committee, had
issued a call for a special
meeting of the committee. 1t
was said hat Chairman Penrose
would not wait until July 10, but would
report to the Senate at once and adj
verlely not only the Democratic wool
revision bill, but the farmers free list
bill, which also has been passed by the
House.
If Senator Penrose succeeds in car
rying out this plan he will simply fore
stall the action of the combination now
in control of the Senate, which has
already planned to force a report on
the farmers free list bill.
The Vote.
The action taken is a bad blow at
reciprocity, jeopardizing it's chances and
for this insurgents stand responsible.
The vote on the Gore bill was as
follows:
Ayes-Republicans: Bourne, Borah.
Bristow, Brown. Clapp. Crawford,
Cummins, Dixon. Gronna, Kenyon, La
Toilette. Poindexter and Works, in
surgents, and Jones, Nelson and Town
send, regulars.
Democrats: Bailey, Bryan, Chamber
lain. Culberson. Fletcher. Foster, Gore,
Hitchcock, Johnston, Kern. Martin.
MARITIME, O'Gorman, Overman, Pome-
rene, Reed, Shiveley, Simmons. Smith,
of Maryland; Smith, of South Carolina;
Swanson, Watson and Williams.
Noes-Republicans. Burnham, Bur-
ton, Clark. of Wyoming; Crane, Gull
lom, Dillingham;, DUPONT, Gamble, Hey
burn, Lippitt, Lodge, Lorimer, Pen
rose, Perkins, Smoot. Warren and Wet
more.
Democrat-Meyers, of Montana.