The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-14
0VERRIDFS
VETO OF
PRESIDENT

Washington, Aug 1A-By the mar
row margin Of five votes. the house
Tuesday passed the wool tariff revis.
ion bill over President Taits veto.
The vote l74 to SO, was made posi-
be only By the detection Of ~ Repub-
licans who voted with the Democrats
The announcement Of the result pro-
duced a wild scene IN the house and
amid great conhusioa the Republican
leaders protested that Speaker Clark
must count az voting ten members
who answered present to their
names, a ruling which would have de-
feated the Democratic program, by
overcoming the five vote margin over
the necessary two thirds. This the
speaker declined to DO. Less than an
hour after the wool bill had been pass.
ed IN the house, conferees on the su.
gar tariff bin, met and disagreed. They
determined to report to the house and
senate that it had been found impos.
sible to reach a compromise between
the Underwood and Lodge-Bristow
bills
This action Is expected to mark the
end Of the sugar tariff consideration
in the present session, and the excise
tax BILL which was framed to make up
revenues that would have been lost by
the reduction Of the sugar tariff, also
probably will remain in conference
when congress adjourns
While Democratic and Progressive
leaders Of the house think the bill can
be passed III the senate over the presi-
dents veto. they will continue the de-
mand for action on the cotton tariff
measure.
The vote on the wool bill came as a
surprise to house Republican leaders.
When they discovered that detection
from their ranks was to be expected,
It was too late to prevent it. As a
result the following Republicans went
over to the Democrats camp and with
their votes made possible the ma
iority:
Representative Aiken, New YORK;
Anderson, Davis, Lindbergh, Miller,
steenerson and Stevens, Minnesota;
Anthony, Reese and Young, Kansas;
Cooper and. Morse. Wisconsin; Han
gen aud Woods, Iowa; Helgeson and
North, Dakota Kent, California; Laf-
ferty, Oregon; La Folleue and War.
burton, Washington Norris and Sloan,
Nebraska.
Not in the memory Of the oldest
member Of the house has a tariff mea-
sure ever been passed over the presi-
dents veto by the lower branch of the
congress.
When speaker Clark announced the
vote and declared the bill again had
passed, the presidents veto to the
contrary Notwithstanding there was
wild outburst Of applause from the
Democratic side The tumult was In
creased by demands Of half a dozen
Republicans that the ruling was un.
constitutional When semblance OF
order was restored. Rep. Gardner OF
Massachusetts insisted that the con
stitution provided that two thirds
vote Of the house was necessary and
that the ten members voting pres
ent" should be counted for they had
recorded their presence In the house
Rep Oldstead of Pennsylvania. one Of
the foremost mbarliamentarians in con
4 gress, supported the contention.
Those ten members who voted
i present ruled the speaker, after a
lengthy examination of precedents
"are recognized as being present only
to constitute quorum. The constltu
tion as interpreted in the past, clearly
provides that all decision must rest on
a yea and nay vote"
/ Rep Fitzgerald of New York sup
ported Mr. Olmstead and Mr. Gardner
in the contentious, while Minority
Leader Mann, supported the speakers
position. The speaker, when the de-
bate broke out with renewed vigor
quickly put a darnper on it.