Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-26
PASS BILL.
Ten Pr0gressives
Desert Regulars,
Join with Democrats in
Wooden Tariff Fight.
Victory TO La Toilette Measure
Over That Of House.
Action Follows Passing Penrose
compromise--Day In Congress.

Washington, July 25.-Ten Progress.
! sive Republicans deserted the regular
Republicans in the Senate. late to-
night, and Joined with the Democrats
| in passing the La Toilette WOODEN tar
| if revenue revising bill, a substitute
| for the Democratic measure framed
| by the House of Representatives
| 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 was
Victory when a compromise submit
ted by Senator Pehrose was passed in
the committee of the whole.
Day Replete with Surprises.
The sudden termination of the wool.
tariff fight came as the climax of j
day full Of saarprising events The
Democratic House bill for a revision of
the wool tariff was technically before
the Senate. The Progressives first
voted for Senator Gummins substitute,
the rates of which were slightly above
those of the Democratic bill. They
were here defeated 81 to IL Then
Senator Penrose came forward with =
a compromise measure considerably
higher than the Democratic bill, but
which Regular and Progressive Repuh
leans 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" ali but three of the Pro
gressiyes in the committee of the
whole rallied TO the support of the
Penrose measure and il was adopted
by the narrow margin Of "a to 81. The
amended measure then passed into the
Senate proper In the meantime Sem
ator La Toilette, who with Senators
Clapp and Kenyon had joined the
Democrats in voting against the Pen
rose substitute, saw an opportunity TO
again pass his bin of 1911. which
President Taft had vetoed. There was
a quick rally of Progressive forces
and the La Toilette bill was intro
duced as a substitute for the already
amended bill 1t became the substi-
tute for the Democratic House bin and
as such the Senate finally passed it.
AZ to 20.
Situation Like That of 1911.
The amended bill goes back to- the
House of Representatives and the re-
sulting tariff legislation is exactly like
that which followed the adoption of
wooden tariff in the special session of
1911. The La Toilette bill is the same
as passed then by the Senate with a
raw wool duty of so per cent, and an
average, duty Of 50 per cent on man
tufactured 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 conference commit
tee last year evolved a compromise
which President Taft vetoed because
| the tariff board had not completed its
wooden Investigation. A conference
committee will again take up the two
| bills and attempt to frame substitute
| to send to the President.
| The Republican bill was presented in
committee of the whole after Sena-
| tor Cummins' substitute bill had been
defeated 81 to Il. 1t was brought up by
Senator Penrose who said it represent
ed the views of the majority of the Re
publicans. As soon as ii had been
| adopted "a to 81, the bill passed tech
nieally into the Senate where Senator
| Cummins secured the adoption of an
| amendment for the creation of a per-
maaent tariff commission.
Senator La Toilette then introduced
as a further amendment the wolen tar
if bill which he attempted to have
passed in 1911, and the Senate began
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