The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-03
Senate Sends Measure
to Last Stage by
Decisive Vote.
MAY BECOME LAW
l O'CLOCK TODAY
La Toilette and Poindexter Vote
With Democrats, and Louisi-
ana Senators Line Up With
Repu blicans- s-Proceed
ings Over in House
Are Simple.
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Washington, October BY Il vote
or SO to Il. the Senate tonight at S:27
o'clock agreed TO the report of the
conference committee and sent the
tarn bill to its last Legislative stage
Al reference to tax ON cotton flu
! lures was cNpungcd. 1t will be signed
bE the Speaker and Vice president to-
morrow Immediately after u o'clock
I end transmitted to the President IT
should be laws before l o'clock to-
/ morrow. The new law goes into ope-
ration the day following it's approval.
/ with the exception OF the rates on
/ wool and sugar
Senator La Toilette OF Wisconsin,. Re
publican Progressive, and Senator
/ IoindeXtcr. OF Washington Progress
sive. who voted with the Democrats
on the passage OF the bill voted with
| the Democrats tonight, and Senators
/ Thornton and Ransdcll, Democrats. of
louisiana, who voted against the bill
on account OF free sugar, were against
the conference report tonight.
Proceedings Are Simple.
Inc parliamentary proceedings still
I necessary TO change the tariff bill into
the new Democratic tariff law are sim
! pie. When the bill is mcssaged over
/ TO the House tomorrow the action of
/ the Senate will be officially announced
and the bill will be laid on the Speak
! ers desk Speaker Clark Will anix his
I
fact The cngrossed bill. thus signed,
! VIII be sent to the Senate, where Vice
President Marshall will put his name
( below that of the Speaker. y mes
/ senger In waiting Will rush the bill to
/ the White House. nnd President Will
son VIII perform the last act that puts
INTO effect the first OF the great politi-
cal measures of the administration.
The end of the long and wearisome
fight over the tariff in the Senate came
I Don I 10
plicity. The galleries were only
sparscly filled. Secretary and Mrs.
Tumulty were the only distinguished
/ visitors in the private gallery. Mem
/ bers OF the House We're conspicuous
I by their absence. Many Republican
Senators We're absent without being
paired. Senator Penrose had been
/ speaking off and on all the evening
lie had just concluded Il colloquy with
Senator Shively. in which the Pcnnsyl-
vanian had charged that the bill was
sectional and cited free cotton bagging
and a duty of ! cent n pound on rice
as against free wheat. as proof of his
contention.
| 30 Demonstrations.
! AS Mr.. pcnrose took his seat. the
motion to agree i'll the conference re-
port came up automatically. and was
! put by the Vice President The ron
was called with the result given When
! Mr.. La Toilette responded in the ar
i irmativc, there was not Il sign of
demonstration. Neither was there am
intimation of disapproVal when the
Louisiana Senators voted against their
/ party. The vote was taken and the
! result announced amid absolute silence
Mr.. simmons Immediately moved that
the Senate disagree To the substitute
OF the House TO ;he cotton futures tax
section. This was agreed 10 infor-
mally, and again the chairman of tho
committee moved that the Senate re- |
cede FRO m!ts amendment-thc Clarke !
tax on cotton futures. This was adopt
ed without a roll call. and without n |
dissenting voice. Senators had per-
formed their last legislative act in |
constructing tariff bill. Senator Ba-
con moved an executive session. the |
small crowd in the galleries filed out |
and the regular business of the SEN
ate proceeded.
NO Further Action Necessary
Speaker Clark and other authorities /
on parliamentary law and the House /.
rules, including Asher Kinds, for long /
years parliamentary clerk To the [
Speaker. and now Il member of :he
House, to-day agreed that the Senate |
having rcccdcd from its amendment on /
the cotton futures tax, no further vote !
will lie necessary in the House when
the bin gets there.
Representative Garner. OF Texas |
wanted to force record vote but II /
was denied lest some Republicans [
might make point Of no quorum and |
cause a delay iii sending the bill to the |
President Many Democrats left Wash |
ington for their homes after the adop- |
tion Of the conference report Tuesday. /
and 1T might bc difficult to find a I
quorum OF the House If an emergency /
case arose. Tomorrow there Will be a /
general hegira OF statesmen from both |
ends OF the Capitol
Prod Democrats.
1t became apparent the moment the I
conference report on tho tariff bill was |
laid before the Senate that Republican
leaders intend to take advantage of
opportunity to prod the Democrats on
the few Items wherein the Senate had |
agreed to higher rates at the behest OF /
the House confcrecs. Also that points !
of order were to be made on any items /
where the confcrces had exceedd their |
powers by going into matters not In |
dispute and agreeing upon entirely new /
rates. In the first place the conference |
report was read in full. a task rcuuir-
ing something like two hours
When the clerk had exhausted him
self and the Senate rcnding the docu-
mcnt Senator Penrooc made point |
of order against the Item where the |
conferceS had reduced the duty on
blcached burlaps. which was not In dis.
putc, from 20 to 10 per cent. Senator
Burton followed with a similar point !
on the item where the House rate of 80 1
90 per cent and the Senate rate OF 30 |
per cent on round iron wire had been
compromised ut 10 per cent.
Some Typical Points.
These were typical OF points made
where they were possible Tho prcsid-
ing officer ruled them out with the
declaration that they could not be sus.
tained against conference report
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