Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-17
NOT MILITARY Mine SANE LINES DRAWN
Col Blacks View as to Ex House Combine Of Democrats
pIosve Under the Maine. and insurgents Repeated.
TELLS OF INVEST ATONS ICOALITI IN THE SENATEl
Lectures Before Washington Society
Of Engineers. to Be Joint Product
ACQUITS BLANC0 OF BLAME CUMMNS SUBMITS METAL BILL
Graphically
ing the Battleship
ing It to the Deep s.
House Combine Of Democrats
and insurgents Repeated.
COALITION IN THE SENATE
Evidence That Tariff Measures Are
to Be Joint Product,
CUMMINS SUBMITS METAL BILL
Democrats Supervise His Revision
Of That Schedule-Other Inter-
ests in Agreement.

The machinery Of that coalition be-
tween democrats and insurgent repub-
leans in the Senate, which operated so
successfully In the extra session Of Con-
gress last summer to turn out tariff Leg
islation. is being readjusted and oiled pre-
paratory to getting through the Senate
additional tariff legislation.
The combination has been idle since the
ADJOURNMENT Of the extra session last
August, but some Of the more expert Of
the legislative machinists-Senators Sim
mons and Stone from the democratic
ranks and Senators Cummins and Brts-
tow from the insurgent republican clan,
among others-have been getting to-
gether within the past day or two and
adjusting the gearing There is expected
to be little delay now in getting the
machinery in working order.
1t was shown the other day, when Sem
ator Cummins was pressing his bill to
provide an appeal to the United States
circuit court in New York affirming the
reorganization plan of the American To-
Dacco Company. that the coalition was
being brought into line. The same signs
mony with which democrats and insur-
gents united to support the Bristow d.
rect primary bill. There was additional
evidence today when Senator Cummins
Tor the metals tariff revision bill passed
by the House democrats.
Democrats a Unit.
When Senator Bristow was trying yes
terday to get action on his bill for pri-
maries in the District the democrats
present were q unit In standing with the
insurgent republicans. and the combina-
ton was in full control Of the Senate.
This getting together OF the democrats
ana the republican insurgents means that
the Senate will soon take up the tariff.
There are many predictions that the
will repeat itself this session, and that
the coalition Will put through several
tariff bills.
AS in the extra session, the democrats
OF the Senate do not really expect the
support Of the republican insurgents for
the democratic tariff bills passed by the
House. but In the extra session the coali-
ton united to support a compromise
framed by the insurgents. Compromise
bills for the tariff measures passed by
the House this season are pretty we'll
framed.
Senator Cummins is practically ready
to put In his metals tariff bill any
day. Senator Bsirtow has already pre-
scented a substitute sugar schedule Plans
are being laid for a chemical revision
schedule.
So it is confidently predicted that bills
revising these schedules Of the Payne
Aldrfcn law will be put up to President
Taft as bills revising the wool and cot
ton schedules were put up to him during
the extra session. Standpat republicans
OF congress maintain that they will
meet the same fate as those in the extra
sessions -vetoes-on the ground that the
tarin board has not investigated these
Industries.