The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-10
TARIFF BILL
PASSES SENATE
Final Vote on the Measure
Yesterday Afternoon Was
"A to 81
SENATOR LAFOLLETTE
WITH THE MAJORITY
Average Reduction of Per Cent from
the House Rates-Gallinger Congrat-
ulates Democrats Senate Conferees
Named by Vice President.

beHlOcFdilc tallH REVISION. phi passed
the Senate at SAB o'clock yesterday
afternoon amid a burst of applause
that swept down from crowded CALLER
les and found its echo on the crowded
floor of the Senate. It's passage was
attended with surprises in the final
moment of the voting when Senator
La Toilette Republican, east his vote
with the Democrats and was joined
few moments later by Senator Foin
dexter, Progressive. The Democrats
had counted throughout the long tariff
fight upon losing the votes of Sena-
tors Ransdell and Thornton of Louisi-
ana, Democrats, who voted against tho
bill yesterday because it would put SUI
gar on the free list. Until the names
of Senator La Toilette and Poindexter
were actually called. however. no one
knew definitely the stand they would
take and their votes were greeted with
enthusiastic applause.
/ President Wilson last night express
ed great qualification over the end of
the long struggle in the Senate. Sena.
tor Simmons. chairman of the finance
committee, who had piloted the bill
through the finance committee, the
/ Democratic caucus and the Senate, pre-
dicted that its passage would bring i'm
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country.
/ As it passed the Senate the tariff
/ bill represents an average reduction of
more than four per cent from the rates
/ Of the original bin that passed the
House and nearly IS per cent from the
rates of existing law In many impor-
tant particulars the Senate has chung
/ ed the bill that passed the House and
/ a conference committee of the two
+ houses viii begin work today or to
morrow to adjust these differences.
/ Leaders OF both houses predict that
the conference viii consume less than
two-weeks time.
The Senate cndeavored yesterday TO
hasten tb2 bin on its progress to the
/ White House by naming its members
Of the conference committee as soon
rs the bin passed. Vice President Mar
shall appointed Senators Simmons.
I Williams and Johnson. Democrats. and
senators Penrose, Lodge and LaFoII-
cite, Republicans as the Senate con
ferees. Senator Stone withdrew from
/ tho committee and Senator SbiveIv
was appointed in his place, The House
conferees, it was reported last night
+ viii he Representatives Underwood.
/ Kitchin and Rainev Democrats. and
/ PAYNE and Forduey, Republicans.
/ Each house will have an equal vote in
the conference committee even though
each does not name the same number
of conferees.
/ The final struggle began at + O clock
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passage senator AShUfst' hFst on me
roI, shouted louaIN' Aye ana the
IoIl-e3ll proceeded oenperateI! untII
t tIl clerk eaiieH La foHette, Ihe
WISCONSIN senator seated IN the front
NV NV n'sItalel thoHeII' ms flea4 was
poNe1 ana ItS1hS on ms manu-. ne
ie"He" lof"aId Urine ana Vigorously
ans "tIea A3e.
instantly the applause broke from
the galleries and senator ON the Dem
oeratc side Joined IN enthusiastic
hand-clapPlng' nearly every Democrat
on the hoor participating IN the brief
but vigorous demonstration When
the name Of Senator PoindeXter. the
only Progressive senator, was reached
and he contributed his vote for the
bill the applause was renewed.
When the vote had been announced,
Senator Gallinger Of New Hampshire,
the leader of the minority, was recog-
nizcd and congratulated Senator Sim
mons for his "courteoUs, kindly and
considerable manner in the conduct
of the debate. He said he knew Of no