Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-10
SENATE FINALLY
PASSES TARIFF
TARIFF MEASURE NOW GOES TO
CoNTERENCE COMMITTEE
OF BOTH HOUSES.
TWO PARTY DEFLECTIOkS
IaIollctte and Poindextcr No''u
With the Democrats and Thorn
ton and Ransdell with Minority

WASHINGTON, sept 9.-The DEM
,ratic tariff revision bill passed the
senate at SAB o'clock THIS alterhooIs
amid burst of applause that sweep
down from crowed galleries anu
found its echo on the crowded tIooi
nf the senate. Its passage WAS at
tended with surprise In the tlhaI ~,
ments of the voting, when oeHuS'a =
LaFollette, republican, cast HlS ~
with the democrats and was JotnSu -
frw minutes later by Senator PoihueA-
ter progressive. 49,, o,,r+ad
throughout the long tariff fight upon
Ins,ng the votes of Senators Ransde'i
and Thornton Of Louisiana, demo-
Gratis who voted against the biI! TO-
dov because II would put sugar OF,
tho free list. Until the names ol
senators IaFouette and PoindeNteT
were actually called, however, no on
lnr,y definitely the stand they Wou'd
take and their votes were Br'eu'u
with enthusiastic applause
President Is Pleased.
President Wilson tonight expressed
,rcat protification over the end OF the
long struggle in the senate Sehu'oI
summons. chairman of the finance
committee, who had piloted the PHI
through the finance committee Wo
democratic caucus and senate, pre-
dicted that its passage would prlns
immediate stimulation to the COM
lnercial life OF the country es
AS 1t passed the senate the tai ~ ~
bill represents an average icuuO',I ~, =
of more than per cent from the
rates of the original bin that passed
tho house and nearly 26 per cent
from the rates Of existing law IN
many important places the senate mas
changed the bill that pasS-d the
house and q conference commute"
of the two houses will begin work
wednesday or Thursday te adJust the
differences Leaders Of both houses
nredict that the conference will con-
sumo less than two weeks time.
senate Conferees Named
Tho senate endeavored today TO
hasten the bill on its progress TO the
White House by naming It's members
Of the conference committee as soon
as the bill passed. ,,s
Vice President Marshall appointed
Senators simmons, Stone. William ana
Johnson, democrats, and Senators
penrose. Lodge and LaFollette' re-
publicans, as the senate conierees'
Senator Stone withdrew from the
committee and Senator ShiVley was
appointed In his place. The house
Cnnferees, It was reported tonight
will be Representatives Underwood,
Kitchin and Rainey, democrats, ana
Payne and Fordney, republicans
raCb house will have an equal Vo'e
in the conference, even though eacn
docs not name the same number or
Following was the roll call on the
tariff bill: o,.,..
lain. Clarke of Arkansas Fletcher
Gore, Hitchcock, Hollis, Hughes
. Hames. Johnson, Kern, Lane Lewis
Martin. MARITIME, Myers, NeWlands'
O'Gorman. Overman, owen, Plttman'
pomerene, Salisbury Shafroth, Shep-
nard Shields, Shiyley, simmons
smith of Arizona, Smith OF Georgia,
smith of Maryland, Smith of South
carolina. Stone, Swanson, Thompson,
Tillman Vardaman. Walsh, Williams
domocrats; LaFollette, republican,
and PoindcXter, progressiye total a.
Navs: Borah. Bradley Brady
J,-andege. Brstow. Catron, Clapp,
Clarke of wyoming, Colt Cummins'
Dillingham;, Fall, Gallinger, Jackson
Jones. Kenyon, Lipptt, Lodge, Nc
Cumber, Mclean, Nelson, norris
Oliver Page, Penrose, Perkins Root
sherman, Smoot. Stephenson; Ster-
ling. Sutherland, Warren, Weeks,
Works, republicans; Ransdell ana
Tbornton. democrats; total 81.
Paired and not voting; Burton,
Crawford, Goff. Dupont and smith
Of Michigan. republicans; Bankhead,
Rrvan. Culberson, Lea, Thomas and
Reed. democrats; total II.
Absent and not paired: Burleigh
and Gronna. republicans; total ?.
Vacancy: Alabama. I.
IaFollcttc Fought Hard.
The final struggle began at 4
o'clock when under a previous agree
ment arbitrary votes began on pend
ing amendments. During the closing
hours of debate Senator LaFollette
had become the center OF interest
proposlng final amendments on The
cotton and agricultural schedules, ana
discussing some features Of the bill
which he deemed favorable. II was
nearly $50 p. m. when the vice presl-
dent put the bill upon It's passage.
Tho roll call proceeded deliberately
rntil the clerk called "LaFolet,e."
The Wisconsin senator, sitting In
the front row, hesitated a moment
Ills head was bowed and resting or
his hand He leaned forward a
trifle and vigorously answered aye
Senators Applaudcd.
Instantly the applause broke from
the galleries and senators on the dem
,crntic side poined In enthusiastic
hand-clapping. nearly every democra.
on the floor participating in the brief
Int vigorous demonstration. When
the name OF Senator Poindexter. the
only progressive senator. was reached
and he had contributed his vote for
the bill the applause was renewed.
Tonight Senator LaFollette had a
few words to say Of his vote after
many democratic senators had sur
rounded his desk and shook his hand.
81 realize what ! did was political
sacrifice" he said, but that within
ire compelled me to vote for the bill.
The tariff act of 1909 was but little
short of a crime: the bill passed to-
day is not democratic measure. but
protective measure. Every change
made by the finance comItttee was