The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-15
INSURGENTS JOIN
FORCES WITH
THE DEMOCRATS
House Passed the Steel and
Iron Bill Over the
Presidents Veto.
MAJORITY LEADER 0%s:, I1 zs',eoD
SEVERELY CR|LLEO Pktss's: y.
Says His Reasons for Vetoing the Steel
Bill Were Pitiablc in their Weakness
Cannon Questioned Motives of
Democratic House Leader.

Washington. Aug. 15.-Repcating
Its action Of Tuesday. when it pass
ed the wool tariff bill over President
Tafts veto. the house late yesterday
afternoon repassed the steel and iron
tariff bill, within two hours after 1t
house with the presidents veto mes
sage. The vote was 173 to SO. a mar
gin of only two votes over the two
thirds necessary to override the pres
ident. The senate at almost the same
time was engaged in passing the dem
ocratic cotton tariff bill sent them a
week ago by the house Senator La
Follette's substitute. which repre-
sented the views of the tariff board.
was voted down 46 to 16, and Mr..
LaFollette and eight other progress
ocrats and passed the cotton bill SO
to 10.
An amendment was attached re-
pealing all but the pulp and paper
section of the Canadian reciprocity
law. The repassed steel bill was sent
Immediately to the senate and re-
posed last night with the wool bill
among the papers technically on the
desk of the president of the senate.
Both measures will be called up Fri
day by Senator Simmons and an at
tempt made to repass them; but the
democratic leaders have little hope
that they can obtain the necessary
two-thirds vote as they did in the
house
Insurgent forces in both the house
and senate contributed to the success
Of the democratic tariff program. In
the house the sixteen insurgents who
voted with the democrats Tuesday
again Joined them in overriding the
presidents veto, while nine insurgents
in the senate Joined in the passage
o fthe democratic cotton bill
Republicans who voted with the
democrats in the house were: Aiken,
New York; Davis, Lindbergn and
Woods. Iowa: Kent. California; Kin
kaid, Norris and Sloan. Nebraska
Lafferty. Oregon; LaFollette. Wash
ington; Reese. jackson and Young.
Kansas; Moran. Wisconsin.
The insurgents who Joined the DEM
ocrats in the senate on the cotton bill
were: Borah, Idaho; Bourne. Oregon;
Bristow. Kansas: Clapp. Minnesota !;
Cummins and Kenyon. Iowa; LaFol-
lette. Wisconsin,; Poindexter of Wash
ington, and Works of California
Democratic Leader Underwood de-
manded immediate action on the steel
bill as soon as the presidents veto
message was received There was a
chorus of protests from the republi-
can side, Minority Leader Mann de-
claring that only bills on the calen-
dar could be considered.
Mr.. Underwood retorted that de-
mand for immediate consideration
was a constitutional privilege and
could not be denied. The constitu-
tional lawyers of the house disagreed
and a lengthy legal debate ensued.
FINALLY Speaker Clark ruled that the
matter was one of constitutional priv
ilege and sustained Mr.. Underwood.
Mr.. Mann promptly appealed from
the ruling and demanded roll call
The chairs position was sustained.
PAL to 10. and the repassage of the
steel. bill followed.
The detection of the republican
'progressives" in the house angered
former Speaker Cannon. In the course
Of an attack on the proposal to veto
the wool bill performance he spoke
Of the detection of yesterday in bit
ter terms.
"They may call themselves repub-
licans." he thundered, his clenched
Them
Thank Cod" retorted one of the
insurgents, amid laughter and ap-
plause from the democratic side.
President Grilled.
Majority Leader Underwood made
a spirited attack on the motives that