Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-14
any further procedu-e against 1t and
OF the other far-reaching Morgan In
terests that he forgot the seal which
the law had placed upon his lips.
HOUSE ovERRIpEs VETO.

HOUSE ovERRiDES VETO.
Democrats, With Aid Of Republicans,
Rspass Woel Tariff Bill.
Washington. Aug. 14.-By the narrow
margin Of hve votes. the house passed
the wool tariff revision bill over Presi-
dent Taft's veto. The vote. ia to 3d.
was made possible only by the .defec-
tion Of twenty-one republicans VINO
voted with the democrats.
The announcement Of democratic
success created wild scene in the
house. and amid great confusion the
republican leaders protested that
Speaker Clark must count as voting
ten members who answered present"
TO their names. a ruling which would
have defeated the democratic pio-
gram by overcoming the five vote mar
gin and making impossible the record
ing of the necessary twc-thirds vote
Of the house. This the speaker de-
clined to do.
Less than an hour after the WOOL
bill had been passed in the house the
conferees on the sugar tariff bill met
and disagreed. They determined to re-
port to the house and senate that It
had been found impossible to reacn
compromise between the UL 1erWooo
and Lodge Bristow bills.
No Sugar. Tariff Bill.
This action is expected to mark the
end Of sugar tariff consideration In the
present session, and the excise tax bill.
which was framed to make up revenues
that would have been lost by the re
duction of the sugar tariff. also PROB
badly will remain in conference when
congress adjourns.
While democratic and progressive
leaders Of the senate do not believe
the wool bill can be passed In tina!
body over the presidents veto, they VIII
continue the demand for action on the
cotton tariff measure.
The vote on the wool bill came as
a surprise to the republican leaders
Of the house. When they discovered
that detection from their ranks was tc
It, AS result the following repub-
licans went over to the democratic
camp and made victory pcssiple for the
majority; Akin of New York, Ander-
son, Davis, Lindbergh, Miller. Steener-
son and stevens Of Minnesota; An
thony. Rees and Young Of Kansas;
Cooper and Moore Of Wisconsin. Hau-
gen and Woods of Iowa, Helgeson OF
North Dakota, Kent Of California,
Lafferty Of Oregon. La Toilette and
warburton Of Washington. Norris and
Sloan Of Nebraska.
First Time in History.
Not in the memory Of the Oldest
members of the house has tarin
measure ever been passed over the
presidents veto by the lower branch OF
congress. When Speaker, Clark an
nounced the vote and declared the bill
again had been passed. "the PRESIDENT
veto to the contrary. notwtthstanding,
there was Wild outburst Of applause
from the democratic side The tumult
! was increased by the demands OF half
dozen republicans that the ruling was
unconstitutional. When semblance Of
order was restored. Representative
Gardner Of Massachusetts insisted
! that the constitution provided that a
two-thirds vote of the house was nee
| essary and that the ten members vot-
| ing present" should be counted, for
they had recorded their presence in
| the house. Representative Olmstead Of
Pennsylvania, one of the foremost
parliamentarians in congress, support
ed the contention.
Those ten members who voted
present." the speaker ruled, after a
long examination of precedents. ARE
| recognized as being present only to
| constitute quorum. The constitution
as interpreted in the past clearly pro-
| vides that all decisions must rest on a
yea and nay vote"
Mann Supports Clark.
Representative Fitzgerald Of New
York. democrat, supported Mr.. Ohm
stead and Mr.. Gardner in their conten-
| tions. while Minority Leader Mann
supported the speakers position. The
speaker. when the debate broke out
| with renewed vigor. quickly put a
damper on it.
You may talk all you want" he
said. but the chair has no intention
now or later of changing its ruling"
| Shortly before the vote was taken,
Minority Leader Mann appealed to his
followers to stand by the republican
party and protective tariff principles.
He urged upon them the necessity to
remain with the minority lin order to
safeguard a great American industry"
which he said would be destroyed un-
der the terms of the democratic bill.
Mr.. Underwood. who followed Mr..
Mann and closed the debate, exhorted
wavering republicans to Join with the
democrats in passing the bill over the
veto of the president, who believed
he could dam back the demands of the
American people with veto messages" !"
But two members of the delegation
in the house voted yesterday to pass
the wool bill over the veto of the pres
ident. They were Representatives Hau-
gen and Woods. Both voted for the
conference report on the wool bill
when 1t passed the house before it
went to the president.
DISEASE KILLS ITs ENEMY.
Or. Z. 3. MecIintie 81 Marine Hospital
Service Dies From Spotted Fever.
Washington. Aug. 14.-Passed As
eistant Surgeon 7. b. McClintic Of the
public health and marine hospital ser
vice died at the Georgetown hospital
yesterday afternoon OF Rocky mountain
spotted fever, contracted in lire OF