Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-19
Special Session Will Prob
ably Adjourn Next
tuesday Night.
PASS STATEHOOD BILL
House Committee to Report Fa-
VorabIy on Cotton Schedule
as Adopted by Senate.

Washington. Aug. 1s.-The house
ways and means committee today de-
cided by a strict party vote to favor
ably report the cotton tariff bill as
passed by the senate when it is call
ed up Monday. The committee pre-
dicted an adjournment OF congress
Tuesday night.
The committee action means the
passage of the bill by the house. but
1t will fail to become a law for the
same reasons its two predecessors,
wool and free list, failed-the presi-
dents veto and the inability of CON
gress TO override his veto. All tariff
revision, however, will be renewed At
the regular session in December.
Adjournment of the extra session of
congress at o'clock Tuesday evening
was virtually agreed upon at q confer
ence today between Vice President
Sherman, Senator Penrose and Dem
ocratic Leader Underwood.
"REAsONABLE" RESTRAINT.
A bill to define the extent to which
reasonable" restraint of trade shall
be permitted under the Sherman anti.
trust law was introduced in the senate
today by La Toilette of Wisconsin.
The bill specifies that whenever q
combination, trust or conspiracy is
shown to exist. the burden of proof
that the combination is not ''unreasou-
able" shall rest upon the party who
contends that the restraint is reason
able"
VOTE Is TT TO Izs.
After three hours of bitter debate
yesterday afternoon, the house. by
vote of 227 to 129, failed to pass the
Observation-Disclosures wool revision
bill over President Taft's veto.
Immediately afterwards the presi-
dents veto OF the farmers free list
bill was received from the White
House, and after a forty minutes de-
bate, that measure also failed to pass
over the executive disapproval by a
vote of 226 to 127. 1t requires a two
thirds majority to pass a measure over
a veto.
While the house was having highly
exciting times over the tariff issuA In
its latest and most sensational phase
the senate was disposing of the new
joint statehood resolution, which
makes the elimination of the judicial
recall in the Arizona constitution a
prerequisite to the admission of that
territory into the union. The resolu-
ton was passed after four hours de
bate by vote OF SO to 8.
ADDITIONS ACCEPTED.
Concluding a day of momentous hap .
penings the democrats of the house
ways and means committee last night
decided in favor OF accepting the SEN
ate additions to the cotton revision
bill. 1t is planned to pass the bill
on Monday, receive the Taft veto on
Tuesday and adjourn sine die OH
Wednesday.
CLARK ASsAILs TAFT.
In the debate on the wool bill.
Speaker Clark said:
The president had a right to veto
this bill if he wants TO do 50. / am
not quarreling with him. | am Ia
menting his lack of wisdom as his per
sonal friend. He has raised an issue
that will rage with undated fury untiI
the close of the polls I'm November,
1912.
Il am not going TO say anything
derogatory OF the tariff board. but
am going 10 say what | think, as | al
ways do. Any member OF the ways
and means committee knows more
about tariff than the entire tariff board
rolled together. / have been prepar-
ing for the wool bill for the past TWEEN.
ty years. They say we are playing
politics Whenever any man stands
up and undertakes TO do anything for
the benefit Of the great masses Of the
people, he IS denounced by the inter
ests.
REFERS TO wINONA SPEECH.
That is demagogy. But 70 stand up
and advocate the cause OF the inter
ssts is the highest evidence Of states
The president made
speech at Winona. The only part Of
that speech that was any good was
hat part OF IL in which he said the
wool schedule was too high and ought
70 be reduced. I was so certain the
president would sign the bill cutting
down the wool tariff that I lost the
best hat that can be made in the Unit
I'd States on that proposition. 1 took
lim at his word. 7 never did believe
be would veto IL until the last two or
hTee days. We are not afraid 70 90
o the people on that issue. We know
hat we stand for right, and truth, ana
Justice"