New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-26
seizes Chance to Revive Insur-
oent-DemoCratiC Deal and
Passes His Tariff
Bill in Senate.
ReVERSES EARLIER ACTION
Republicans Put Through a
Compromise Measure as
Substitute for House Bill
and Then Are. Sud
denly 0verthrown.
rIrom The Tribune Bureau. J

Washington, July ZO.-lhe RepuDn-
can members of the Senate, after
achieving a victory over the Demo
Gratis and accomplishing, in committee
OF the whole, the passing Of their bill
revising the wool schedule in accord
ance with the report of the Tariff
Board, were beaten in the end, through
the detection of Senators La Toilette,
Kenyon and Clapp, the first named in
sursent being the ringleader. He re-
yiyed the Democratic -insurgent alli-
ance Of last year and succeeded in ef-
feeting the adoption of his bill.
The La Toilette bill was adopted by
g. vote OF. 40 to %, ten insurgent Re
publlcans, If Senator La Toilette may
be termed a Republican, voting for the
La Toilette measure, as follows: Sen
ators Borah, Bristow, Clapp, Crawford,
Cummins, Gronna, Kenyon, La Fol-
lette, Polndexter and Works.
Although they were compelled to
abandon their own wool bill, the Demo-
Gratis are overjoyed because they be-
lieve they have achieved their aim to
put the President in a hole" They
think he will have TO veto this bill,
which they expect the House to accept,
and that his so doing will put him in
an unfortunate light before the country.
The insurgents do not appear to be
particularly happy over their part in
the affair. although Senator La Toilette
maintains that he has achieved great
personal Victory.
The bill passed tonight is not the
same as was adopted by similar ALI
ance In the Senate year ago, but pre-
cisely the same as that vetoed by the
President, Senator La Toilette, it will
be recalled, having agreed to some re-
ductlon of the rates provided in his bill
when the measure was in conference.
Hope for Taft Approval.
Inasmuch as the rates in this meas
ure are somewhat higher, 1t Is believed
in some quarters that the President
may approve the measure, provided the
House accepts it in its present form,
although it fails to include some Of the
important provisions pointed out as
essential to d Just imposition of the
wool duties in the report of the Tariff
Board, notably the imposition OF the
duties on the occurred content of grease
wool, rather than on arbitrarily as
sumed percentages of such content,
which latter method leads to much
fraud.
1t was a field day In the Senate, dur
ing which the tide Of battle swung
back and forth victory seeming at one
time to perch OH the banners of the
Republicans, only a little later to shift
10 those of the Democrats, the changes
coming with the rapid shifts of the in
surgents, whose efforts TO embarrass
the President and at the same time TO
avoid clear cut and obvious betrayal
of Republican principles have kept
them in a continuous state Of turmoil
and have at times led TO straddles
which it seemed must result disas-
trously TO their several anatomics.
All afternoon the Democrats devoted
their energies to the making OF speeches
designed for campaign use, which
aroused little interest, although the
Democrats ended their day Of sophistI-
cal oratory convinced that they were in
u position 10 put the President in a
hole"
Then Senator Penrose offered the Re-
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