Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-18

PROGRAM FIXED
SENATORS IN CAUCUS PLEDGED
TO ACCEPT LA TOILETTE
IRON SCHEDULE RIDER.
FREE MEATS TO BE ABANDONED
to Come to Vote in the Senate.
Free List Probably Will
be Disposed of.

Washington, Aug. II. - The cotton
tariff revision bill will come to a vote
in the senate with the Democrats
pledged to accept the La Toilette iron
and steel schedule as an amendment;
the farmers free list bill probably
will be disposed of by the senate,
with all differences between the two
houses adjusted and the wool bill
awaits the presidents veto. This is
the tariff situation.
The cotton-iron-steel program,
agreed on in caucus of the Democratic
senators carries out part of the re-
vision extension program of the pro-
gressive Republican senators, whose
powerful alliance with the Democrats
has swept tariff legislation through
congress at this session. Neither the
free list nor cotton bill is expected to
involve much debate in view of the
program.
The decision of the Democratic sem
atorial caucus was reached after Rep
resentative Underwood, chairman of
the ways and means committee, and
other house Democrats had declared
that this senate extension of tariff
revision would not be Objectionable to
them.
Would Finish Other Bills.
Mr.. Underwood announced that the
opening of the tariff program to these
schedules would undoubtedly extend
the present session for a week or ten
days from now at least, and that it
would result in his committee COM
plotting work already we'll advanced
on the iron and steel and other tariff
measures.
Free List to be Disposed of.
1t is expected that the farmers free
list bill will be disposed of finally, the
house accepting it as it passed the
senate, with the addition of single
minor amendment, which will be &C.
copied promptly by the senate. Mr.
Underwood said in the house that the
house conferees were willing to re-
cede from their demand for free lem
ons and free cereals and meats from
all the world, because they were salts
fed the bill could not be passed if
these demands were insisted upon.
Vetoes by Taft Will Stand.
Regardless of any course pursued
by the Democratic and insurgent COM
bination in congress, such as the at
tempt by the senate to revise the iron
and steel schedule without waiting for
action by the house ways and means
committee, as was determined by the
senate Democrats in caucus, the Re-
publicans in that body who are sup
porting President Taft and his admin
istration policies, are confident that
no tariff bill can be passed over an
executive veto. They declare that
every Indication now points to an ad-
journment of the special session next
week. Assurances were given Presi
dent Taft to that effect.
The administration Republicans
made a careful canvass of the SEN
ate and then sent a tabulated state
ment of the result of the White House
to inform the president that all at
futile. This count showed that on
the statehood bill there would be a
margin of six or seven votes in the
senate under the required two-thirds.
With respect to the wool bill and the
free list there was safe margin.
By breaking all pairs and making al
lowance for absentees the Democrats
and insurgents will be three votes
short of two-thirds; if single pairs are
counted, one vote for the proposition
to one against it, there will be mar
gin of three ~ six votes. Some of the
absent Republicans have secured dou-
BILE pairs, as is the custom when a
proposition requires a two-thirds vote,
to pair two for it to one against. TAX
en- in any possible form, the situation
in the senate precludes the possibility
of the presidents veto being overrid-
den, according to the statements sub
mitted to the president.
Non-Partisan Tariff Body Urged.
A non-partisan tariff commission of
seven members, six appOintive by con-
gress, and the chairman to be named
by the president, is provided for in a
bill introduced by Representative
Whitacre, Democrat, of Ohio. The
commission would report directly to
congress.
Senate o. KS Campaign Bill Report.
The senate agreed to the conference
report on the campaign publicity bill
and the report was presented to house,
action being deferred.