Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-15
COTTON BILL IS passed
INSURGENTS HELP PASS COTTON
TARIFF THROUG
SENATE.
RECIPROCITY IS REPEALED
The Two Repasscd Vetoed Bills Will
BE Called Up In the Senate
Next Friday.

WASHINGTON, Aug. l4.-Repeat-
Ing It's action OF yesterday, when II
PASSED the wool tariff bill over Presl-
dent Tafts veto, the house today re-
Iassed the vetoed steel and iron tariff
bill within two hours after II had
been returned from the White House
with the presidents veto message.
The vote was l7S to SO. margin Of
only two votes over the pecessary
two-thirds. The senate at almost the
same time was engaged in passing
the democratic tariff bill sent in a
week ago by the house Senator La
Follette's substitute. which represent
ed the Views Of the tariff board, was
voted down, 4G to l6 and Mr.. La
Toilette and eight other progressive
republicans later Joined the democrats
and passed the bill, SO to 19.
An amendment was attached re-
pealing all but the pulp and paper
section Of the Canadian reciprocity
law.
The repassed steel bill was sent i'm
mediately to the senate and reposed
tonight with the wool bill among pa
pers technically on the desk OF the
pr esident OF the senate. Both meas
ures will be called up Friday by Sena-
tor Simmons, and an attempt made
to repass them. but the democratic
leaders have little hope they can OBJ
tain the necessary two-thirds vote.
In surgent forces contributed to the
success OF the democratic program. In
the house the 16 insurgents who voted
with the democrats yesterday again
Joined them today, while nine insur-
gents In tho senate Joined In passing
the democratic cotton bill
Republicans who voted with the
democrats in the house were:
Aiken. New York; Davis, Linde-
burgh and steenerson, Minnesota;
alum and Woods, Iowa; Kent, Cali
fornia; Kinkaid, Norris and Sloan,
Nebraska; Lafferty. Oregon; La Fol-
lette, Washington; Rees, Jackson and
Young, Kansas, and Morse. Wisconsin.
The insurgents who Joined the DEM
ocrats In the senate on the cotton bill
were:
Borah, Idaho; Bourne, Oregon;
Bristow, Kansas; Clapp. Minnesota:
Cummins and Kenyon Iowa; La Fol-
lette, Wisconsin,; Poindexter, Wash
lngton, and Works, California.
Democratic Leader Underwood de-
immediate action on the steel
bill as soon as the presidents veto
was received. There was
chorus of protests from the republi-
can side, Minority Leader Mann de-
claring that only bills on the calen-
dar could be considered.
Mr.. Underwood retorted that a de-
mand for immediate consideration
was a constitutional privilege and
could not be denied. Finally Speaker
Clark sustained Mr.. Underwood. Mr.. !
Mann promptly appealed from the
ruling of the chair and demaned a
'oll call. The chairs position was sus-
aimed, 241 to 105.
Detection Of the republican pro
srcssives" in the house angered for |
ner Speaker Cannon. In the course |
}; an attack on the proposal to repeat
he wool bill performance, he spoke
n bitter terms.
They may call themselves republi-
ans" he thundered, his clenched
lists upralsed. but I am not one Of
hem
Thank God" retorted one Of the
Insurgents, amid laughter and ap-
,luuse from the democratic side.
Majority Leader Unerwood made a
spirited attack on motives that
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