The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-08-02

vention In Chicago.
the La Toilette wooden tariff revision
bill as a substitute for the Democrat
ic measure framed by the house of rep
resentatives.
The La Toilette bill was adopted by
a vote of AZ to 20, less than two hours
after the Republican leaders had
achieved what they believed vas a vic
tory when a compromise submitted by
Senator Penrose was passed in the
committee of the whole.
The sudden termination Of the wool
tariff fight came as the climax Of a
day full of surprising events. The
Democratic house bill for a revision
of the wool tariff was technically be-
fore the senate. The Progressives
first voted for Senator Cummins' SUBJ
stitute, the rates of which were slight
ly above those of the Democratic bill.
They were here defeated by 81 to IA.
Then Senator Penrose came forward
with a compromise measure consider
ably higher than the Democratic bill.
but which regular and Progressive
Republicans believed they could agree
upon.
Led by the defeated Senator Cum
Minis, who said he would accept the
Penrose bill as a step in the right
direction" all but three of the Pro-
gressives rallied to the support of
the PenrOse measure and it was adopt
ed by the narrow margin of "a to 80.
This took place in what was known
as the committee Of the whole. The
amended measure then passed into
the senate proper.
In the meantime, Senator La Fol.
lette. who, with Senators Clapp and
Kenyon, had joined the Democrats in
voting against the Penrose substitute,
an opportunity again to pass his
bill OF 1911, which President Taft had
There was a quick rally of
forces and the La Toilette
bill was introduced as a substitute for
already amended bill. 1t became
substitute for the Democratic
biz and as such the senate final
ly passed it, AZ to 90.
Washington, d. G. - A Republican
publican revision measure Of the pres
ent congress, was adopted in the SEN
lte by a vote of SO to 3.
DESERVING their allies of the last two
the Republican Progressives, by
IN iron-clad agreement with the regu-
airs, succeeded in passing a tariff re-
bill which they believe Presi-
lent Taft will sign if it reaches him.
The sugar bill was a compromise
the Lodge plan and the Bris-
bill. 1t would cut the present
sugar duty of $1.90 to $1.60; would
the Dutch standard, under
which practically no refined sugar can
be imported; and would abolish the
1alf-cent "~refiners" differential.
The last is an additional duty on re.
fined sugar, which, it is asserted, has
directly to the profit of the
sugar refiners.
The Republicans played big poll
in the third and last days fight
tariff measures. The regulars
came down from the $1.S2B duty of
the Lodge bill. while the Progressives
moved upward from the $1.52h rate
In the original Bristow bill.
The compromise. which is only 7b
cents above the lowest figures named
by the Progressives. is considered
victory for Senator Bristow, who has
been the most active advocate of sugar
reduction on the Republican side
Of the senate.
The senate Democrats then offered
their substitute for the house bill
proposing a one-third reduction in the
sugar tariff. This was defeat.
SO to "a, the Republican regulars
and Progressives holding to their
agreement. The Bristow-Lodge hin
finally passed. In the final vote of ~
3, the negative votes were cast nv
Hepburn. Republican. and
and Thornton, Democrats.