The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-10
WILL GET TARIFF
BILL THIS WEEK
Measure Passed by Senate Like
ly Will Go to Wilson With
In Two Days
BACK TO THE HOUSE TODAY
Tomorrow II Goes to Conference
for Finishing Touches
BACK TO THE HOUSE TODAY
PRESIDENT IS GREATLY PLEASED

Washington. Sept. l0.-The Demo
cratic tariff revision bill. as it passed
the Senate last night, changed IN
many particulars from the form in
which 1t LETT the House over four
months ago, went back to that body
today. and tomorrow it will find its
way into the Joint conference commit
tee. where the finishing touches Will
be given it. 1t is predicted the meas
ure probably will DE ready for the
president within two days
Vote is a. to 81.
1t was SAB o'clock yesterday after
noon when the tariff bill was passed
hy the Senate. The vote was "A To
81 The passage of the measure was
attended with surprise in the final mo-
mcnts of the voting, when Senator
La Toilette, Republican, east his vote
with the Democrats ana was joined a
few minutes later by Senator Poin-
dexter, progressive.
The Democrats had counted through
out the long tariff fight upon losing
the votes Of Senators Ransdell and
Thornton of Louisiana, Democrats.
who voted against the bill because II
would rut sugar on the free list TN
Ill the names Of Senators La Toilette
and PoindeXter were called. however.
no one knew the stand they would
take and their votes were greeted with
enthusiastic applause.
President Wilson last night express
! ed great qualification over the end %!
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,
predicted that It's passage would bring
| immediate stimulus To the business
cf the country,
AS It passed the Senate the tariff
| bill represents an average reduction
of more than per cent from the
rates Of the original bill that passed
the House and nearly ~ per cent
| from the rates of the existing law.
Wilson Greatly Pleased.
President Wilson last night issued
statement i'm which he said:
"A fight for the people and for free
| business, which has lasted genera
tion, has at last been won, handsome
| ly and completely. A leadership and
steadfastpess in counsel has been
shown in both houses of which the
! Democratic party has reason To be
proud am happy to have been con-
nected with the government of the ma
ton at time when such things could
happen and To have worked i'm asso-
citation with men who could do them.
There is every reason to believe
that currency reform will be carried
through with equal energy, direcmess
and loyalty To the general interest.
When that is done this first session of
the sixty-third Congress wiz have
passed into history with an unrvaled
| distinction"
When the president was asked to
comment on the votes Of Senators La
| warm admiration for their "conscien-
tious independence and courage"
LaEoilett~ Makes Sacrifice"
Last night senator LaFollette had a
| few words 10 say of his vote after
many Democratic senators had sur
rounded him and shock him by the
hand. lie said:
| IL realized what | did was "a political
sacrifice but that within bc compelled
mo to vote for the bill. The tariff act
of 1909 was little short of crime
the bill passed today is not n Demo-
cratic measure. hut is IA protective
measure"
Sen1tor Poindextcr said OF his vote
II voted for the Senate tariff bill be-
cause II is. as n whole. better bill
than .hc Payne-Aldrich law now In
force. Furthermore 1t contains an
| income tax which we have been try
ing tn get for twenty years"