The Prescott daily news., 1912-07-27
LA TOILETTE MEASURE PASSED BY SENATE IS SAME HE RE
 JECTED LAST YEAR.
FURTHER COALITION IS SEEN
Regular Republicans Are Outvoted- Predicted Upper House Will Pass Sugar and Excise
 Legislation at Once.

Washington, July 27.-Following the passage of the La Toilette wool bill by the senate, predictions were made that President Taft would veto the measure, inasmuch as it is not based on the tariff boards report, and that the Republican-Democratic coalition would be resumed in the senate to pass a sugar tariff revision bill and to pass the excise or income tax bill.
 It was the belief of representatives that the house would either agree to the senate wool bill, or make slight notifications in conference, but at any rate finally reach a compromise, which would put President Taft in the hole" by forcing him to take ac- ton on tariff revision bill.
 Proaressves In Coalition.
 Ten progressive Republicans over threw the regular Republicans In the senate and joined with the Democrats in passing the La Toilette bill as a substitute for the Democratic meas ure framed by the house of representa- tives The La Toilette bill was adopt ed by vote of 47 to 20, less than two hours after the Republican leaders had achieved what they believed was a victory when a compromise submit ted by Senator Penrose was passed in the committee of the whole.
 The sudden termination of the wool tariff fight came as a climax of a day full of surprising events. The Demo- cratic house bill for revision of the wool tariff was technically before the senate The progressives first voted for Senator Cummins substitute, the rates of which were slightly above those of the Democratic bill. They were then defeated, 57 to II. Then Senator Penrose came forward with a compromise measure considerably higher than the Democratic bill, but which regular and progressive Repub- licans believed they could agree upon.
 Penrose Bill Adopted.
 Led by the defeated Senator Cum mins, who said he would accept the Penrose bill "as a step in the right di- rection.' all but three of the pro- gressives rallied to the support of the Penrose measure, and it was adopted by the narrow margin of 34 to 32.
 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 Toilette, who, with Sen ators Clapp and Kenyon, had joined the Democrats in voting against the Penrose substitute, saw an oppor- tunity again to pass his bill of 1911, which President Taft had vetoed. There was a quick rally of progress sive forces and the La Toilette bill was introduced as substitute for the substitute for the Democratic house bill and as such the senate finally passed it.
 Situation Remains Same. The progressives who joined with the Democrats were Borah, Bristow, Clapp, Crawford Cummins, Gronna, Kenyon, La Toilette, Poindexter and Works. The amended bill goes back to the house of representatives and the resulting tariff situation is exactly that which followed the adoption of a woolen tarir in the special session of 1911
 The La Toilette bill is the same as passed then by the senate with raw wool duty of 30 per cent and an aver age duty of 55 per cent on manufac- tured goods. The house bill is the same as then passed by the house. with the raw wool duty of 20 per cent. Out of these two measures the con ference committee last year evolved compromise, which President Taft vetoed because the tariff board had not completed it's woolen investiga- tion.
 A conference committee again will take up the two bills and attempt to frame substitute to send to the president.