Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-30
Senate Likely to Pass One Re-
vising Metal Schedules.
INSURGENTS WOULD HELP
Impression Is That President Taft
Would Veto It.
WOOL MEASURE IS DISCUSSED
Republicans in Congress Are Anxious
to Have It Based on
Boards Report.

That history will repeat itself during
this session OF Congress and the demo-
Gratis and the republican insurgents Of
the Senate will unite to pass the bill re-
vising the metal tariff schedules there
is strong evidence.
This will mean that Congress. through
the democratic majority in the House
and the democratic-insurgent coalition in
the Senate, will put up to the President
such tariff bill. And statements that
have come from visitors to the White
House indicate that 1t will meet the same
fate as the tariff bills presented to him
last summer-a Heto.
In anticipation of the passage by the
House Of the metal bill, Senator Martin
of Virginia. democratic leader In the Sem
ate, has been making some inquiries
among the republican insurgents as to
their attitude toward the democratic bill
that will be presented to the Senate by
the House. The result of those inquiries,
il is understood, has been to satisfy Mr..
Martin that there will be a union OF
democrats and republican insurgents sur
fcient to pass q bill, reducing the present
rates on metals OF the Payne-Aldrlch
tariff law and generally in accordance
with the reductions of the democratic
hill passed by the House.
Will NOT Let IL DE.
The Senate democrats are not going to
let the metal bill die in the Senate finance
committee, II there should be an IN
clination among the republican majority
on that committee in that direction. 1t
is unlikely, however that when the Dill
comes over from the House late this
afternoon the democrats will try TO IN
a time for q report on the bill from the
finance committee.
When the tariff bills were presented to
the Senate during the extra session last
summer the democrats and insurgents
united to pass resolution limiting the
period Of consideration by the nnance
committee. Conditions are not the same
now. several democratic leaders point out.
and there are not the same reasons Tor
liking q defpite time for report.
But IL THE Senate finance committee
shows disposition to delay cons1dera-
ton Of the bill or to kill IT by inaction.
q prominent democratic leader said. "a
motion will be made to instruct the COM
'mittee to report at specified date that
will insure Senate action on the bill TINS
session. We will let the finance COM
mittee show its hand before We make
move"
The regular republican majority of the
finance committee has not committed It
self as to its course It has been sug-
.gested that the COMMITTEES promptly re-
port the bill adversely, on the ground
that revision Of that schedule should
await q report from the non-partfsan'
tariff board. IL that course is not adopt.
ed Il is certain that the committee will
insist that hearings on the bill be given.
Talk of Wool BILL 8 s
To the suggestion that the. slnance CONF
mittee substitute a revision of the wool
schedules, based on the report Of the
tariff board, for the. revised metal sehed-
tiles. several republican members Of the
finance committee have replied that this
course Is unlikely. AS tariff bills can
not be originated in the Senate, wool
revision bill cannot get through Con-
gress at this session unless the House
passes one or unless the Senate puts It
on one of tine other. tariff bills which the
House will pass. The republicans OF
Congress want wool revision bill
based on the tariff board report. but
whether or not they will get one Is still
very doubtful. -,
Il don't think the democrats In the
House want to pass one" member Of
the Senate finance committee said, but
] think the force of public opinion will
De 80 strong they will have to pass one,
and Ii will probably be, similar to the
one vetoed by the President last sum-
mer."
Senator Smoot, "A member Of the Sem
ATE finance committee, has practically
completed wool revision bill based; on
the tariff boards report, and that In
the main, probably would be accepted by
the majority Of the finance committee.