Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-10
Star Bureau,
metropolitan National Bank Bldg,
WASHINGTON. Sept. 10.

Star Bureau,
! Metropolitan National Bank Bldg,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.
By a vote of forty-four to thirty
seven the Underwood tariff bill passed
| the Senate at $50 yesterday after
| noon.
Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette, Re-
publican, of Wisconsin, and Senator
| Miles Poindexter, Progressive, OF
Washington, voted with the Demo-
/ cratic majority for the bill.
Two Democrats. Senators Ransdell
and Thornton. of Louisiana, voted
with the Republicans against the bill.
| Five Republicans, who voted against
| the Payne-Al tariff revision in
| 1909, voted last night to perpetuate
that tariff by opposing the Under
| wood revision.
One Democrat Senator, Culberson,
| of Texas, was absent and five Demo-
cratic Senators were paired with alb
sent Republicans. There is one DEM
| ocratic Senatorship vacant from Ala
| barna.
Eight Republicans were absent when
| the vote was taken. The tariff Dill
now goes to a conference committee
of the two houses.
La Toilette In Conference Committee.
the bill, was named as one OF the Re-
| publican members of the Senate con-
| ference COMMITTEES. 1t Is expected
that the conference committee will
reach an agreement and that the new
tariff will become law in from two to
three weeks. It will go into effect as
soon as 1t is signed by the President.
The Republicans who somersaulted
| by voting against the Underwood re-
vision yesterday, after opposing the
Payne-Aldrich tariff four years ago.
| are: Cummins of Iowa; Clapp, of
Minnesota; Crawford, of South Da-
kota; Bristow, OF Kansas, and Norris,
of Nebraska
AS it passes the Senate the bill not
only makes sweeping reductions in
the present tariff. but greatly reduces
! the rates fixed in the bill as 1t passed
the House. The most sensational
| feature of the bill Is the long free list
| which includes meats, cattle, wheat,
| -four, eggs, potatoes. lumber. wool
boots and shoes, leather, mechanics
tools, agricultural implements, many
kinds of machinery controlled by
trusts and now sold cheaper in Europe
| than in this country.
Drastic reductions are made in the
| duties on cotton, wooden and silk
goods and wearing apparel, which
are expected to result in cheaper
cost of living. Duties on tobacco.
| whiskey and wines and diamonds
are increased.
Income Tax to Meet Deficiency.
To meet the deficiency in tariff
revenues expected to follow the re-
vision an income tax is provided
! which fixes a graduate rate begin
ming at 1 per cent. on incomes OF
$4,000 a year or more and increasing
| to per cent. on incomes of $1,0O0,0OO
year or more. A special tax on
cotton futures is intended to put the
| cotton exchanges out of business and
stop gambling in cotton.
Intensely dramatic were the clos
| ing scenes in the consideration of
| the great bill which has been under
consideration since Congress met in
special session last April.
| The Senate galleries. were Allied to
overfiowing, two-thirds of the attend
ance being women. Joseph P. Tum-
| ulty. secretary to the President, sat
conspicuously throughout the after
noon in the front row of seats in the
private gallery reserved for the
Presidents family on the floor OF the
Senate. Standing room was almost
| at a premium. A majority of the
members of the House of Repre-
sentatives awaited themselves Of
their floor privileges to be present at
the final debate and voting.
Final Scene Is Harmonious.
| There was In the final scenes none
of the acrimony and bitterness that
marked the passage OF the Payne-
| Aldrich bill, when seven Republican
| Senator'S denounced that measure as
Reputation, perfldy and dishonor, and
voted against their party, marking
| the beginning of the Progressive fight
| and the period of dissolution in the
Republican ranks. Several times dur
| ing the final vote the announcement
of Senators was greeted with applause
from the galleries, which was unre-
buked by Vice-Preeident Marshall, he
having announced that there is no
! Senate rule against spectators ap-
plaudtng.
With only two vacant seats on the
majority side, the Democrats were
happy and felicitous. With the Presi
dent driving, and helped by the whip
Of party caucus, they had forced the
passage of the most drastic low tariff
bill Ia the history Of the country,
casting aside the long accepted doc
trine of protection, ignoring sectional
demands for duties on wool, sugar
and other staples, upon the produc-
ton of which great industries are de-
pendent, and through this long pro-
gram and fight they had come to a
final vote with only two members Of
their party alienated.
Risk All. Convinced of Right.
With full realization that upon the
good times or business depression
which may follow the adoption of the
new tariff policy depends not only
the success or failure of the present
administration, but the future Of their
party Democratic leaders, asserted as
triumphantly as ever their faith in
tariff for revenue only and disbelief
in the protective doctrine. Some of
those who voted for the bill did 80
with full realization that If their
partys doctrine is incorrect their votes
would help PROSTATE great industries
and ruin agricultural sections, besides
destroying their own political futures
| But whatever fears and qualms they
may have had they toed the mark
and voted to overthrow the protective
, doctrine and start the country indus
trially upon a new voyage over OF
unchartered sea.
Senator La Toilette, the little Re-
publican reformer and fighter from
Wisconsin, who led the insurgent
movement in his own party, was the
centre of dramatic. interest in the
days events And with true dramatic
instinct La Toilette held the centre Of
the stage and maintained this Interest
until the final minute.
BY unanimous consent the Senate
had agreed to begin voting at
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Their
was a general belief that La Follett'
might vote for the bill but h
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