Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-12
SENATE PASSES TAR|FF
MEASUF|l / ri i;i;ii5i ;iiiii 11HEFRS
L'FOLLkTTE AND POuNDEXTEK
CAST LOTS WITH THE
DEMOCRATS.

Washington, Sept. 1O-The demo,
cratic tariff revision bill passed the
senate at 5:43 'clock this afternoon
amid burst of applause that swept
down from the crowded galleries anu
found its echo on the crowded floors
The passage was attended by sHr.
nf:es in the final moments of voting
when LaFollette, republican, voted
! with the democrats and was joined a
few moments later by Poindexter a
progressive. The democrats eouutt d
throughout the long tariff fight upon
losing the v'.tes Of Ramsdell dill
Thornton Of Louisiana, the democrats
who voted against the bill because it
pus sugar ON the free list. Uatil the
rames of LaFollette and Poindexte:
were called. however, no one knew
definitely the stand they would take
and their votes were greeted with ap
plauss.
Wilson Pleased.
President Wilson tonight expressed
qualification over the end Of the lonf
struggle in the senate. Simmons
chairman of the finance committee
who piloted the bill through the fin
ance committee, democratic caucus anc
senate predicted its passage woul'
hr;pn q "a; ro,,l,,e IN 4ho hr,;po,o = A.,
country.
As it passed the senate. the tarit
bill presents an average reduction O.
over per cent from the rates Of thu
original bill that passed the house an,
nearly 20 per cent from the rates o;
the existing law.
In many important particulars tn
senate changed the bill that passe,
the house and conference commit
tee of the house will begin work o.
Wednesday or Thursday to adjust thes
differences. Leaders of both house
predict the conference will consum
less than two weeks.
Vice President Marshall appointe
Simmons, Stone, Williams and John
son, democrats, and Penrose, Lodge
and La Toilette, republicans, senat
conferees to the conference. It Is re
ported the house conferees will b
underwood, Kicthina, Rainey, demo
Gratis; Payne and Fordney, republ
cans. Each house has an equal vot
in the conference committee.
Gronna Absent
The vote was a. to 81, with Clapl
Nelson, McCuni5cr and Sterling il
cluded, in the nays. Among thos
paired and not voting We're Crawfor
,.:and Gronna absent.
Tonight LaFollctte had few word
Ito say regarding the vote.
81 realize that what L did was
political sacrifice, but that within m
compelled me to vote for the bill. Th
/ Itariff act of 1909 is little short of
Icrime; the bill passed today is not
democratic measure, but a protectiv
measure.
Poindexter said he voted for tn
, Ibill "Because it is as whole bette
Ibill than the Payne-Aldrich law, no,
lin force. Furthermore, it contain
Ithe income tax, which we have bee
Itrying to get for twenty years
Much Lower.
: The tariff bill, as passed, retaine
n the principal Of the house provision
ncluding free sugar and free ra7
. wool, but revised the other rates sti
further downward The average raj
: in the bill is now approximately 2
!. per cent. The senate addition to til
house free list will cost the govern
ment over $44,o0o,OOo, but by addin
tax Of one-tenth Of one cent
pound on cotton sold for future d
livery, tax Of one tenth Of one eel
q pound on bananas, restoring tn
requirements Of the full internal re,
enue tax Of $1.10 gallon on brandie
used to fortify wines and increasin
the sur-tax on large incomes, the sci
ate leaders believe they have provide
an actual increase
Important Changes.
The senate made these importan