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SENATE VOTES |
| ON TARIFF BILL
Measure Considered by Body
at Night Session
FINAL VOTE THIS AFTERNOON

Last Effort Was Made by Senator "a
Toilette to Amend Wool Scheduis,
But He FaiIed-Democratic Leaders
Seek to Force Final Vote Regarr-
less of Argument.
Washington, Sept 9.-Plans OF tFe
Democratic leaders to pass the tarsf
bill in the senate last night went awrk.
and at a late hour adjournment W9s
taken until today, with the UNDER
standing that vote shall be had On
the measure at five o'clock this after
noon. It was clearly demonstrated
that the president is in control OF TIE
situation, and that the bill Will go
through safely on its final passage. Is
Democratic leaders had done their
utmost to suppress general speecnfs
and force progress, and before tae
evening session was well under way
voting on final important amendments
had begun.
The first hint of the final fight oyfar
free raw wool came wheE Senator Ia
Toilette introduced a general subsH-
tute for the wool tariff sections OF the
Underwood-Sim bill. An inhef-
itance tax amendment offered by Sch
ator Norris was pending at the timf,
and debate alternated between tnIe
subjects for several hours. sts
The La Toilette wool plan cames4s
a surprise to the Democratic side. IN
stead of the expected fifteen per cent
duty on raw material after Jan. / next
his substitute proposed general e1lk
of the wool rates, based on a thix&I
per cent raw wool duty for 1914,e
twenty-five per cent duty for 1915 ard
fifteen per cent duty after Jam u
1916.
When Senator La Toilette concir
ed Senator Stone, in charge OF
wool sections of the bill, urged Dem
Gratis to refrain from debate. He H4f
the subject had been thoroughly eq
cred before; that Senator La Folle4
had refrained from offering
amendment when the wool issue Wf3l
being discussed, and that the tar
Olll passage SuOulu AOI bC QOldy "a
the reopening of the wool fight,
While the high woolen tariff rat
of the present law came in for mus
of Senator La Follette's criticism,
insisted that the Democratic bill 81
not treat the wool raising indus
fairly. He declared the wool duty
about the only tariff duty from
the farmer profIed, ana demand<d
explanation for the Democratic ~
of taking all the duty off wool at once
while Louisiana sugar producers we4e
given three years in which to prepare
for free sugar.
When the vote came at the night
session the substitute was defeated,
Al to %, and Immediately afterwatd
Senator La Toilette offered another
amendment to fix straight fifteen p4f
cent duty on wool and this w4s
promptly voted down, 80 to 20. The
Penrose wool substitute was defeated
viva voce.
Senator Brady, of Idaho, Republicah,
credited the Democrats with good faith
in their efforts to prepare fair tarfn
Ulll, UuI luSI6IC0 taC PASoChS
| would be a failure. He said farmers
throughout the west who voted for the
Democratic party did not believe that
agricultural products would be put on
the free list.
Senator Warren, of Wyoming, said
the bill meant free trade as far as his
state was concerned, and that "abso-
lutte free trade" was the ultimate end.
Senator Jones, of Washington, Re.
publican, had offered an inheritance
tax amendment and said he believed
the country would soon recognize the
justice of heavy taxes upon large In
herited estates. His plan would I'm
pose a graduated tax, running up to
thirty-five per cent on lineal inherit.
ances of over $3O,000,000 and fifty per
cent on collateral inheritances above
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