New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-18
YIELDS TO THE SENATE
House Adopts Free List and Cam
paign Publicity Amendments.
MANN ARRAIGNS UNDERWOOD
Saws Unyielding Attitude Of the
Upper House Was All
Bluff

on. From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Aug. t7.-With the getaway
sn,rit in the air. the House to-day approved
the conference reports on the free list Dill
and the campaign publicity measure snc
then listened TO a reading Of the Pres
,dent's veto Of the wool bill AS soon as
the veto message had been read Repre-
sentative Underwood served notice that ne
would move tomorrow 10 override the
Presidents veto.
The Senate amendments 10 the free list
hin were accepted by the House on viva
voce votes Of 1S0 70 ZOE. after Represent
stive Mann and other Republicans mad
arrsigned the conferrees for Welding prac-
tically everything 10 the Senate. Mr.. Mann
especially was caustic in his criticism Oh
me manner in which Representative Under
wood had permitted Senator Ia Fonet'e 20
shane both tine wool bill and the free list
hill
II REPRESENTATIVE Underwood and other
Democrats had remained firm IN their
stands on the wool bill. said MI Manu.
thew would have ascertained that the SEN
ste's supposedly unyielding attitude was
all bluff" He continued, Il sympathize
with the gentleman. for he is new III
cbarge OF conferences Evidently for the
srs- time he has run against the old SEN
s-orial bluff that the Senate never Yields.
Gentlemen more experienced on this side
have heard the remark before and kno"
:, 10 be a cold bluff.
..rf the gentleman had had thc nerve
with which T credited him he would have
STOOD firm II he had. the Senator from
Wisconsin and his colleagues would have
nursued the gentleman from Alabama TO
the ends Of the earth in their efforts 10
got wool bill through. But he did not
~osIize this u he had, he would have
hold out and would have come back into
This House with credit. rather than as me
diecrediteG tool Of another man.
M, Mr.. Underwood motion the House
soren,ed the Kern amendment TO the free
-lx, niu which provides for free meats
,-,d free bread only under a reciprocal ar
,.sDrement. and which now applies only 70
- Canada. The House receded in its demands
-,r free lemons. but agreed TO the Senate )
sanands for free cement
Mr. Underwood said that with corn on
.He tree fist the Senate amendment ad-
7,fttirg meats and cereals free only from
Countries admitting those products free
from, the United States would prevent free
i,,,nor+atio7 Of meats and -four even from
canada a. there is a tax on corn for dis
filling purposes imported into Canada.
NJ Underwood said the Democratic mem
b,rs NJ The Ways and Means Committee
uoyid have held out for free meats and
ro,- from all the world. but the Senate
had refused 10 yield He added that the
l,n,o7 Industry was controlled by great
,rrs- and regretted IL was Impossible 10
remove the high duty on lemons.
Prr-esent atives RandeU. of Texas. and
ll-zrersId ~ New York, urged the adop-
ton n the Underwood motions. Repre-
sertativss Mann. Payne. Cannon and Hi
onnosed the motions, and Representatives
Neodran and stephens. of California, spoke
ip defence of the lemon growers
ON motion OF Representative Rucker the
House also Welded 20 the Senate on the
campaign publicity bill. These amend
,,sn+s limit the campaign expenses Of
Senator % $4,000 and those of Repre-
sentative 10 5000 while the bill Is MADE
annlicahIe 10 primaries as well as genera
elections
few southern Democrats put up a
seebIe fght against the conference report
or the campaign publicity Dill "hicn wa
perfected in the Senate so that IT applies
70 primary as we'll a. general elections.
Representatives. Bartlett. of Georgia ana
Richardson. Of Alabama, led the nsht
agsi7st the conference report. declaring
mat the Senate amendments gave the
federal government the right TO supervise
primary elections in the South, which they
announced as an invasion Of the ponce
power Of the states. The Senate amend
merts were accepted by a vote Of 2s5 TO -
Representative Mccall Of Massachusetts
ne only Republican 70 oppose the measure
said he believed in the publicity require
merf but thought a corruption law should
le more carefully considered.
rba FARMERS Free List bill. as aEreed 70
ne The House to-day. was later agreed TO