Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-08-15
MARGIN ON VOTE IS SPARROW
Insurgents Join Forces and Vote
with the Democrats. .~-
SENATE Is BUSY ON COTTON BILL
Takes Up, and with Aid OF Progress.
sives, Passes Measure.
ONE AMENDMENT IS Tackled ON
Reciprocity Except Pulp and
Paper Sections Repealed
.. a by the Vote. ....s, .

| WASHINGTON, Aug. i-Repeating Its
action of yesterday, when it passed the
wool tariff bill over Presidents Taft's
veto, the house today rorassed the vetoed
steel and iron tariff bill, within two
hours after it had been returned from
| the White House With the pres,d. nt's
| veto message. The vote was tI3 tos3
a margin of only two votes over the
two-thirds necessary to orevrride the
president.
The senate at almost the same time
was engaged in passing the democrat
cotton tariff bill sent 1t week ago
by the house, Senator La Follette's sub
stitute, which represented the views of
the tariff board, was voted down, 4G
to l6 La Toilette and eight other prog
ressive republicans later Joined the demo-
Gratis and passed the cotton bill, 36 to
10. An amendment was attached re-
pealing all, but the pulp and paper Sec
ton of the Canadian reciprocity law.
The repassed steel bill was sent immedi-
with the wool bill among the papers
technically on the desk, of the president
of the senate. Both measures will be
called up Friday by Senator Simmons
and an attempt made to repass them, but
the democratic leaders have little hope
that they can obtain the necessary two
thirds vote as did the house.
Insurgents with Democrats.
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 'A'"""ratts yesterday. gel. sc .ea
them in overriding the presidents Veto
while nine Insurgents in the senate Joined
in the passage Of the democratic cotton
bill. &
Republicans who voted with the demo-
Gratis in the house, were: a !
Aiken, New York, :, Davis. ,Lindbergh
and Steenerson, Minnesota; Haugen and
Woods, Iowa; Kent, California; Kinkaid,
Norris and Sloan, Nebraska; Lafferty,
Oregon; La Toilette. Washington; Reese,
jackson and Young, Kansas; Morse, Wis
consin.
The insurgents who joined the demo-
Gratis in the senate on the cotton bill
were: lE 4 sg
Borah, Idaho; Bourne, Oregon; Bristow,
Kansas: Clapp. Minnesota; Cumnins and
Kenyon, Iowa; La Toilette. Wisconsin,
Poindexter, Washington, and Works. Cal
ifornia. 4~@s. y
Lawyers Discuss Point.
Democratic leader Underwood demanded
immediate action on the steel bill as soon
as the presidents veto message was re-
ceived. There was chorus Of protests
from the republican side, Minority Leader
Mann declaring that only bills on the
calendar could be considered.
Mr.. Underwood retorted that a demand
for immediate consideration was con-
stitutional privilege and could not be
denied. The constitutional lawyers of
the house fell upon one another and
long legal debate ensued. Finally
speaker Clark ruled that the matter was
one of constitutional privilege and sus~
tained Underwood. Mann promptly ap-
pealed from the ruling and demanded
roll call. ....-l .~s ~ -...-
The chairs position was sustained, 241
to 10, and the repassage of the steel bill
followed. 49,
The detection Of the republican pro-
gressives in the house angered former
Speaker Cannon. In the course of an at.
tack on the proposal to repeat the wool
bill veto performance he spoke Of the de-
fection yesterday In bitter terms.
They may call themselves repub-
licans," he thundered, his clenched fists
upraised, but am not one of them"
Thank God" retorted one of the In
Continued on Secand PaRe.l