Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-03
SAMEWOOLB|Ll
VETOED BY TAFT
Will Bel PASSEO
Democratic and 1nsurgent
Senate Alliance and the
House Majority Decide to
Put Measure up to Taft.

Washington, D. c.. Aug. 2.-Senator
Simmons, representing the democrat.
lnsurgent alliance in the senate and
Representative Underwood, democratic
I leader for the house, today reached an
4 agreement to frame a compromise
wool bill similar to that President Tart
vetoed last summer. A meeting OF
the wool tariff conferees will be held
tonight.
Conferees on the iron and steel bill,
which is expected to pass both houses
before night proceeded today in &C
cordance with the prearranged pro-
gram. They agreed to all senate
amendments to the house bill except
that for repeating the Canadian reci-
procity ace.
Senator Simmons will move today
that the senate abandon the reciproc-
ity amendment and will have the sup
port OF democrats and progressives IN
that action.
Army Bill Less Objectionable.
With practically all features upon
which President Taft based his veto
eliminated, the army appropriation
bill was again reported to the senate
today by the military affairs commit
tee, carrying approximately $94,0O,000.
The section inserted in the bill when
1t was in conference to legislate
Major General Leonard Wood, chief of
staff, out of office on March 4, was
not in the reconstructed bill. The bill
as the house passed 1t, was changed
only in that it did not carry the pro-
posal to remove General Wood
With his all time vigor, former
Speaker Cannon overturned demo
cratic majority and forced the reten-
ton of the sundry civil appropriation
bill Of senate amendment approprt-
ating 100000 for additional employees
in the pension bureau.
In spite Of the pleadings OF Repre-
sentative Fitzgerald Of the appropria-
ton committee, sixty-five democrats
swung over to the republican side and
the amendment was accepted 165 to
ss.
One republican Representative
Kent Of California, voted against his
party The announcement of the vote
was the signal for q great demonstra-
ton on the republican side.
Mr.. Cannon fought for the reten-
ton Of two other senate amendments
but was defeated These were the
provisions appropriating $4,000 for
the continuation of the tariff board,
disagreed to by vote of 145 to 1O9,
and the increase Of the fund for the
enforcement of the antitrust law
from 100000 to 100000, lost 148 to
&c. All the other senate amendments
were rejected and the bill was sent to
conference with Representatives Fitz-
gerald OF New York, Shirley of Ken
lucky, and Cannon Of Illinois as
managers for the house.
Cannon Accuses Democrats.
The fight began when Mr.. Cannon
charged the democrats with bad faith
in passing the Sherwood dollar a
day" pension provision and then fail
ing to provide clerical forces sufi-
cient to care for the vast amount Of
new claims that had arisen under the
new general law.
Chairman Fitzgerald retorted that
the addition of the $$300,000 was
political trick and that the clerical
force would be found In the coming
presidential campaign on the hustle
TO perpetuate the republican admins
tration and keep that party in power"
He promised that If investigation
disclosed the need Of a greater force
In the pension bureau the house would
Supply it,