The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-19


 wool bill over the veto founr Champ Clark, speaker of the house and an aspirant for the presidency, pleading the cause of his fellow democrats from the floor, surrounded by q throng of his colleagues who cheered him vigorously. Tho galleries were filled to oyerflowing and the speaker as ne concluded was given dem onstration that for several minutes delayed the roll call.
 On the motion 10 pass the wool measure over the veto, there was 227 affirmative votes, 22 of them insui gent republicans and one independ. ent republican, while the negative votes were 129. The motion~to ov erride the veto on the free list failed on two thirds majority. the vote being 226 to 127.
 During the three hours of debate on the wool bill the corridors of the capitol reyerberated time and again I with cries of approval and shouts of derison from the floor. A spirited discussion between members were ire. quent. Republican Leader Mann and Representative Clayton of Alabama, had a wordy encounter. wii1cn for moment had a threatening aspect. The incident was precipitated when the minority leader objected to the Alabama members request to have a newspaper editorial printed in the Congressional Record.
 That the administration was keen ly watching development was evi- denced in the presence on the floor of the house by Messrs Wickersham, Hitchcock, Nagel and Stimson of the presidents cabinet. All Of them kept close tally on the roll call until 1t was apparent the democrats could not rally the two-thrdc majority.
 Speaker Clark was given an ovation from both sides of the house when he left the chair and took the floor to end the discussion. The climax of his address was reached when he said:
 The president has a right to veto this bill if he wants to. 1 am not lquarreling with nim. am Iamenting his lack of wisdom as his personal lfriend. He has raised an issue that will rage with unabated fury until the close of the polls in November. 1912. 2 This was the signal for such an Ioutbrust as seldom has been known in the halls of congress. It was d |genuine demonstration from hls fel low democrats. Again and again as ne proceeded, the democrats applaud led, cheered and pounded their desks until Democratic Leader underwood who occupied the chair for. the first Itime this session, almost despaired of maintaining order.
 Then the roll call took place.
 No sooner had the result. been an lnounced than the secretary from the White House arrived with the presl. dents veto of the free list t<la Alter it had been read, MT. Underwood nov. ed that 1t be passed notwithstanding the veto and following twenty mln- utes debate, led by MT. Payne and MT. Underwood, the roll was called the vote being 226 to f27, .iuch less than the two-thirds majority.
 Republican Leader Mann present ed privileged resolution. It pro posed to send the cotton bill Ss q was amended by the senate back to the senate and submitting that it was in contravention of the constitution which provides that an revenue Iegis lation originate with the house. Dem. ocratic Leader Underwoods motior to table this resolution was sustained 1884 to l43.
 Then the house adjourned until Il o'clock tomorrow.
 At 10 a. m. the house ways snC means committee will meet to acl on the cotton bill and senate amend ments. The house is expected to pasI the bill as it passed the senate af ter the ways ard means committed reports 1t Monday.
 In his message vetoing the farmerl free list. President Taft afrer an ex- tended review of the measure de clares the same reasons which jim pelled me to decline to sign the woo bill, control me in this case. e." I The president summarizes ais on jections to the bill in these terms
 First. because it should not b. considered until the tariff board snai have reported upon schedules 1t at fleets. second, because rne bill is st loosely drawn as to involve the gov lernment in endless litigation and tt leave the commercial community II disastrous doubt; third. because il | | .t.