Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-27
Senate Insurgents Aid Dem
ocrats in Passing LaFol-
lette Measure; Bill Same
as Vetoed One.
FOLLOWS REPORT
OF TARIFF BOARD

on FacL COHlllllSSlO1l AAou
Not Reported and Lead
ers Think He Will Sign.
washington, D. c., July 26.-The
senate's unexpected passage or tne
LaFollette wool bill presents situa-
tion upon which majority leader Oscar
w. Underwood of the house thinks
the two branches Of congress can
agree. :.
thought there would be little difficulty
in reaching compromise. IN TINS
case a bill almost identical with the
one President Taft vetoed on aug.
Ii 1911, probably will go to the white
house within few weeks.
The former bill was vetoed on the
ground that the tariff board had not
reported on it's investigation OF scned-
uled "K.'' Leaders Of both houses say
the .LaFollette bill follows the conclu'
sions of the board quite closely.
When the La Toilette wool Dill
reached the house today Majority
Leader Underwood demanded that II
be sent to conference and the senate
amendment be disagreed to. Repre-
sentative Payne of New York, republi-
can. objected to the bill going to con-
ference before it had been referred 10
the ways and means committee. Ac-
cordingly the naming Of the conferees
was put over until tomorrow.
s. Bill Passed Last Night.
Ten progressives overthrew the
regular republicans late last night and
Joined with the democrats IN passing
the LaFollette woolen tariff revision
bin as substitute for the democratic
measure framed by the house OF rep
reeentatives. The LaFollette bill was
adopted by vote OF Al to 20 less than
two hours after the republican leaders
had achieved what they believed was
victory when compromise sub
mftted by Senator Penrose was passed
IN the committee of the whole.
The sudden termination OF the wool
tariff fight came as the climax of
day full of surprising events. The
democratic house bill for revision OF
the wool tariff was technically be-
fore the senate. The progressive vot-
ed for Senator Cumnins' substitute,
theirates Of which we're slightly above
those Of the democratic bill. They
were here defeated II to 54
Then Senator Penrose came for
ward with a compromise measure con.
siderably higher than the democratic
bill but which regular and progressive
republicans believed they could agree
upon.
The Penrose Measure.
Led by the defeated Senator Cum
minis, who said he would accept the
Penrose bill as "step in the right
direction" all but three of the pro-
eressives rallied to the support Of the
Penrose measure and it was adopted
by the narrow margin of "a to 81.
This took place in what was known
as the committee of the whole The
amended measure then passed into
the senate proper. In the meantime
Senator LaFollette, who with Senators
Clapp and Kenyon had Joined the
democrats in voting against the Pen
rose substitute, saw an opportunity to
again pass his bill of 1911. which Presi-
dent Taft had vetoed. There was
quick rally of progressive forces and
the LaFollette bill was introduced
as substitute for the already amend
ed bill 1t became the substitute for
the democratic house bill and as such
the senate finally passed it AZ to 20.
The progressives who Joined with
the democrats in adopting the LaFol
lette substitute were Borah, Bristow,
Clapp Crawford, Curmins, Gronna.
Kenyon. LaFollette, Poindexter and
Works.
Goes Back to House.
The amended bill goes back to the
house and the resulting tariff situation
is exactly that which followed the
adoption of a woolen tariff in the
special session OF 1911. The LaFollette
bill is the same as passed then by
the senate with raw wool duty OF
80 per cent and an average duty OF
55 per cent on manufactured goods.
The house bill is the same as then
nassed nv the house with the raw wool
duty of 90 per cent. Out OF these
two measures the conference commit
tee last year envolved a compromise
which President Taft vetoed because
the tariff board had not completed It's
woolen Investigation. A conference
committee will again take up the two
bills and attempt to frame substitute
to send to the president.
House Caucus on Excise Bill.
Democratic senator's in caucus to-
day determined to support the house
excise tax bill, virtually levying an in
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