The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-14
HOUSE MEMBERS
OVERRIDE VETO
OF WOOL BILL
Measure Is Passed, ia to 80,
With 21 Republicans Vot-
ing With Democratic
Majority.
RULING OF SPEAKER
CAUSES COMMOTION
Ollie James Thinks Act Can
Muster Sufficient Strength
in Senate to Become
Law.
By International News Service.

NM dent TAFT s veto was over
Wv ridden and the house again
passed today the compromise
wooden tariff revision bill by a vote
of 174 to 80, with ten members voting
publican members voting with the
Democrats to enact the bill into law
despite the presidents opposition.
The senate has not acted on the
veto. Whether it can be overridden
in that body is uncertain, although an
effort will be made to do it. 1t is
stated that from fifteen to twenty Re,
publican senators must vote with the
Democrats to defeat the veto,
Representative Ollie James said late
this afternoon:
81 think We have enough votes In
the senate to carry the measure, de-
spite the veto.'
Overridden After Fight.
/ The vote overriding the veto was
received by the house with great en-
tbusiasm. 1t oame after an all'day
| verbal fight which was participated
in by all the house leaders. Speaker
Clark, through decision upheld by
Republican Leader Mann, held that the
members voting present should not be
counted in ascertaining the two-thirds
required to pass the bill over the veto,
and that only the yeas and nays should
be considered. Former Speaker Can
Gardner differed with the speaker
Gardner first moved an appeal from
| the decision, but withdrew the mo-
tion later
"I don t think any speaker would
rule for present political effect,'' said
Speaker Clark, "who could not stand
by his decision when political majori-
tics change or like decision may be
against him. Those voting present are
counted solely to make up quorum. -
Decline to Vote.
The ten members declining to vote
to take decisive stand on the mo-
tion to override the veto were: Ash
brook. Democrat, Ohio: Browning, Re-
publican, New Jersey; Estopinal,
Louisiana, Democrat; Fordney, RePubli-
can, Michigan: Hartman, Republican,
Pennsylvania: Hawley. Republican,
OREGON: Humphreys, Democrat, Missis-
sippi; johnson, Democrat, South Caro-
lima: Rucker, Democrat, Missouri; !;
Sparkman, Democrat, Florida.
Republicans Against Veto.
The twenty-one Republicans who
voted with the Democrats to override
the veto were:
Akin, New York, Anderson, Mime
sota: Anthony, Kansas; Cooper, Wis
consin; Davis, Minnesota; Haugen,
Iowa; Helgesen. North Dakota; Kent,
California; Lafferty, Oregon; La Fol.
lette, Washington; Dindbergh, Mime
sofa: Miller, Minnesota; Morse, Wis
con sin; Norris, Nebraska; Rees, Kan
sas: Sloan, Nebraska; Steenerson,
Minnesota: Stevens. Minnesota; War
burton, Washington, Woods, Iowa, and
Young. Kansas
Underwood Gets Applause,
| Democratic leader Underwood, who
moved that the bill pass notwithstand-
ing tho veto, aroused great enthusiasm
among Democrats when he charged
that tho president had not considered
the interests OF the masses in vetoing
the bin because the present "Payne-
Aldrich tariff law duties on wool fall
most heavily on the rich
Fitzgerald said the president had
changed front on the revision of the
wool schedule. which he advocated. but
would not approve. He charged that
tho report Of the tariff board on tho
wool industry did not come up to the
level of ordinary guesswork.
, "Thc presidents veto says the
latest report was approved by the
woolen manufacturers and importers,
said Fitzgerald, "but L find no COM
mendation of the report from any as
, sociation of consumers.
Representative Utter of Rhode
| r.I.ad oocused the Democrats of play