South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-03
Senate, After a LiStIeSS De-
bate, Passes the Conference
Report and Will Send Bill
Back to the House.
DOES NOT INCLUDE
COTTON FUTURES TAX
Senate ReCedeS From Former
Stand and House is Expected
to Do likeWiSe-May be
Effective Saturday.


cratic tariff revision bill probably will
be in the hands of Pres. Wilson for
his signature by Friday morning. The
senate at the end Of a listless debate,
passed the conference report at $3.50
o'clock Thursday night by a vote of
SO TO II, only four more than tn nee
essary quorum of the senate.
Sens. LaFOllette, republican and
Poindexter progressive, voted for the
conference report as they did for
| the bill on it's passage, and Senators
Ransden and Thornton, democrats.
voted against it, as they did against
the bill before, otherwise it was
| straight party vote.
Immediately after the conference
report acting on motions made by
| Chairman Simmons of the finance
| committee. the senate rejected the
| Smith-LeVer compromise cotton fu-
| lures tax amendment passed by the
house Tuesday, and then receded from
| it's Cwn amendment known as the
Clarke cotton futures tax plan. Both
\ of these motions were carried without
| roll calls, and their effect is TO leave
| the cotton futures question out of the
| tariff bill so far as the senate is con-
cerned.
Back to the House.
The bill will be returned to the
! house early Friday. At a conference
of house leaders Thursday the ques-
| ton was taken up as TO whether the
| bill might not go directly from the
| senate TO the president While many
/ parliamentarians held that this course
would be legal. Chairman Underwood
/ and Speaker Clark decided that the
| house should take formal action Fri
] !. l., f,rfr ~
/ tax amendment. Such action will
eliminate the subject from the bill
i and the completed measure can go to
| Pres Wilson at once.
| Senator Borah declared that the OPP
| position to the child labor amendment
had been fostered and stirred up by
/ importers and aided by sinister in
/ fluences" in this country that were
| opposed to restrictions against child
| labor
Nothing So Pathetic.
There is nothing so pathetic. moth
! ing so menacing to the citizenship of
! this republic" he added. ''as the fact
/ that these conditions of labor continue
! here in our country year after year
and there seems no remedy for them.
! Attempts to impeach the work OF
/ the confereeS on points of order
were overruled by Sen. Clarke, presi-
! dent pro tempore. Sens. Burton and
! PenrOSe declared the conference had
! injected new matter into the tariff
/ bill by changing rates that both
\ houses had agreed TO.
Sen. Simmons in presenting esti-
mates OF the revenues to be derived
! from the new tariff rates declared
| the democrats were to be congratulate
, ed on the character Of the bill that
| finally had been brought out of
| the conference committee. This is
the first tariff bill ever passed in this
| country" he said. that was framed
by the whole body of the party re-
sponsible for the legislation"
Ii was thought at the capitol Thurs
day night that the bill would become
law Saturday. Anticipating such
| a conclusion to the tariff revision
fight. the treasury department was
busy Thursday making final prepara-
I lions to put the new rates of duty
/ into effect on all foreign merchandise
on the day following the signature of
| the bill by the president.
| Ii is expected that millions OF dol
lars worth Of imported goods now
| held in bond will be withdrawn for
distribution in this country within
two or three days after the new tariff
! rates become effective.
Little Criticism.
The eight and one-half hours Of
debate in the senate Thursday pro-
/ duced but little real criticism OF the
| tariff bill or the conference agree
( ment. Chief interest centers in the
| speech of Sen. Penrose, who raised
the standard Of the Angora goat over
| the democratic party and moved the
| senate TO continued bursts of laughter
with his allusion 10 the new duty that
had been put on angOra wool
| The principal criticisms OF the con-
ference committee came from Sen.
| Pomerene Of Ohio. whose amendment
imposing "A tax of S1.10 a gallon on
spirits used 10 fortify sweet wines had
been dropped out by the conferees
and from Sen. Borah, whose amend
ment prohibiting the importation of
goods made by child labor also had
been eliminated.
Sen. Pomerene said he acquiesced
in the decision OF the cOnferees be-
| cause he knew the senate mem bers
had been compelled 10 drop the wine
tax amendment