The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-09
President in Control and Pass
age When Measure Comes
to Vote is Deemed to Be
Certainty
ON ONLY TEST VOTE
IS OVERWHELMING
La Toilette S Amendments to
Wool Schedule Go Down
Without a Democratic Vote
Being Cast for Them---Vote
on Bill at ) O'clock

WASHINGTON. Sept. s--Plans of
the Democratic leaders to pass the
tariff bill in the senate tonight went
awry, and at late hour tonight adj
journment was taken until tomorrow
with the understanding that a. vote
shall be had on the measure by
o clock in the afternoon. 1t was
clearly demonstrated that the presi-
dent is in control of the situation,
and that the bill will go through safely
on it's final passage
The first definite indication of the
presidents strength came on q vote on
substitutes offered by Senator La Fol-
lette. for the wool schedule in the
Democratic bill. These were the first
important votes that had been held
on this much contested schedule.
The first amendment offered by the
senator from Wisconsin proposed a
duty Of ] 5 per cent on raw wool and
corresponding duties on manufactures
of wool That failed by 20 to 80. Not
a Democrat voted for it. Then the
senator from Wisconsin offered an
amendment to fix the duty on wool at
5 per cent with free raw wool at the
end of three years.
SECOND Also Lost
This second amendment also re-
duced the duties on wool manufactures
according to the same sliding scale.
This amendment however went down
under an avalanche of votes. forty
being cast against 1t. and only twenty
seven for it
The evening session of the senate
was marked by several bitter contro-
versies. The galleries were crowded In
anticipation of the passing of the bill,
and the chamber looked like 1t usually
does on the night when session OF
congress Is dying.
Senator Ransdell. of Louisiana,
caused a stir when he announced that
he could not vote with his party for
the tariff bill. He said that he had
promised the people of his State on
the stump in the last campaign that
the Democratic party would not do
anything that would ruin the sugar
industry In the State. Therefore. he
felt that he would have to part COM
pany with hts Democratic colleagues
on this question.
Senator Ollie James of Kentucky,
resented reference by Mr.. Ransdeil
to the duty carried by the bin on
Kentucky whtskey. He practically
read the Louisiana senator out of the
party.
iican party" said Senator James. and
you might well get in. good"
James Grows Warm.
Senator Bristow also stirred the ire
of the big Kentuckian, by charging
that the till carried SO per cent duty
on Kentucky grown tobacco, but left
the wheat growers of the West un-
protected James replied to Sena-
tor Brstow. and finally called upon
the senator from Kansas to tell what
party he belonged to. Senator Bris-
tow side-stepped, and the galleries
warmly applauded several of the pas
sages. Finally Senator Warren. OF
Wyoming, Republican. arose and pro-
tested that there was a rule against
such demonstrations in the senate.
and that 1t ought to he enforced.
Vice President Marshall ffared up
and retorted that he was trying to en-
force the rule Senator Warren was
glad to know it. and called upon his
colleagues 10 witness the vice-presi-
dents success Mr.. Marshall retortOi
that he could take care of that part
without the help of the senator from
Wyoming
Senator Ransdall declared that the
Democratic party was playing into the
hands of the rehners. and that in the
case of free raw wool /. was giving
the manufacturer duty of 81 per
cent, while removing all protection
from the farmer
The senate tonight adopted the
free sugar paragraph of the tariff bill
by vote of thirty Eight to thirty
six. This was the most bitterly con-
tested paragraph of~the m. and to-
nights action represents a great per-
sonal victory for President Wilson.