The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-11
THURSDAY, APRIL II. 1912.
REUNITED ON THE TARIFF.

That the tariff is no longer a bone
Of contention between Republican
members Of the House Of Representa-
tiyes was made plain by the recent
vote on the wool hill The crucial test
~ Republicanism came on the motion
OF Representative Serene =. Payne
OF New York 70 re-commit the Dem
ocratic bin and substitute the Ropub-
lean wool revision bill. based abso-
lutely on the report Of the tariff board.
which was put into the Payne tariff
law BY President Taft and his friends.
II vii be recalled that the greatest
split In the Republican ranks IN 1904
occurred over the wool schedule and II
is a remarkable fact that the first tariff
measure upon which the Republicans
we're again n show a united front was
the wool bin offered by the Republican
minority in the House April /. Thus
under the leadership Of President Taft
the party split on wool and has again
been reunited on the tariff on tAa;
schedule BY reason of the tariff board
asked for and appointed by President
Taft
An analysis Of the vote on the mo-
tion to substitute the Republican wool
bill is most interesting. Twenty Re
publicans voted against the conference |
report on the Payne tariff bill in the
House Of Representatives and eleven OF |
these twenty on April l voted for the
Republican bin based on the tariff
board report as follows:
Representatives Haugen. Hubbard |
and Kendall Of Iowa; Mann Of Illinois
Miller. Nye. Stevenson, Stevens and
Nolstead Of Minnesota; Murdoch OF
Kansas; Nelson Of Wisconsin.
Three Republicans who voted against
the Payne law were paired with Dem
ocrats and would have voted for the
bill had they been present: Cary. Wis
consin; Davis, Minnesota; and Woods.
Iowa.
The only Republican not paired who
voted against the Payne dill and who
did not vote was Representative Len
root Of Wisconsin
The only Republican who voted
against both the Payne bill and the
Republican substitute BIN ON April /
was Representative LindJcrgh OF Min
nesota.
The only other Republican to vote
against the Republican substitute bin
was Representative William Kent OF
California, a warm supporter Of col. q
Roosevelt
This accounts for sixteen Of the or
isinal opponents Of the Payne bin on
the vote on April /. As indicated above I
four Of the members who voted against
the Payne bill are no longer members d
OF the House Three Of them have
Republican Successors. however. and ,
one was succeeded BY a Democrat "
Two OF the three Republicans voted
Tor the Republican substitute on Aprll =
and one was paired as follows:
Voted for the bill. o.
Representative La Toilette Of Wash Il
nston. who succeeded Senator Miles
'oindexter; Representative DcForcst a.
& New York. who succeeded George
: Southwick. o.,
Paired; n
Representative Heleson Of North
'akota, who succeeded senator Aisle =,
roma.
Representative Keller Of Ohio was NJ
icceeded by a Democrat. w
The recapituIation, therefore. shows ~
'at thirteen Congressional districts
hich were represented az against the So
lyne bill in 1909 voted to support the ca
epublican substitute bill on April
that six more districts against the wi
iyne bill did not have their votes re- S.'
rded and that one district is now
presented by a Democrat. The net "T