Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-09-18
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THROUGH n O3'7l.
SENATE MAJORITY VOTES Al
MOST soLlDLY FOR ADMIN
lsTRATioN MEASURE.
TWO PUBL CANS LEND AID
La Toilette and Polndexter Favor
New Schedules -Louisiana solons
Oppose Party Bill.
TWO REPUBLIC CANS LEND AID


ton and RansdeH Of Louisiana voted
against the bill and two Republicans.
La Toilette Of Wisconsin and Poin-
dexter Of Washington voted for it,
The bill goes to the conference com.
mittee, unless the house of represen.
tatives shall do the unexpected and
agree to the senate changes without
a conference, just as the Senate Dem
ocrats desire it to be.
May Go Through. @s5
It is the opinion among the Demo
Gratis leaders that the bill will go
through the conference and be agreed
upon finally and signed by President
Wilson within two weeks. That is
the Democratic idea of the situation
and the prospects,. Gr
The Democrats had the votes to
put it through, and with the excep-
ton of Senators Gronna and McCum-
Der of North Dakota, who made gen
eral speeches attacking the agricul-
tural section of the bill, Senator Mel
son making one brief speech in OPP
position to the general terms of the
measure and Senator Clapp one
speech mainly directed to an attack
upon the manner in which the bill
was framed, and speeches against
certain specific provisions of the bill
by the Iowa and South Dakota Repub.
lican senators, the representatives of
the agricultural states of the North.
west in 1.-The senate have had little to
say about the measure during it's
passage. .., ~4a... =
Wilson. Is, Well Pleased. +:
President Wilson last. night ex.
pressed qualification over the end OF
the long struggle in the senate. Sen
ator Simmons, chairman of the
finance committee. who had plotted
the bill through the finance commit
tee, the Democratic caucus and the
senate predicted that it's passage
would bring immediate stimulus to
the business of the 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 bill that passed
the house and nearly % per cent from
the rates Of the existing law. In many:
important particulars the senate has
changed the bill that passed the house
and a. conference committee from the
two houses will begin work Wednes-
day or Thursday to adjust these diff
ferences. Leaders Of both houses
predict that the conference will con.
sumo less than. two weeks time.
Endeavor to Hasten Congress.
The senate endeavored to hasten
the bill on its progress to the White
House by naming its members OF the
conference as soon as the bill passed
Vice President Marshall appointed
Senators Simmons, Stone, Williams
and Johnston, Democrats, and Sena
tors Penrose, Lodge and La Toilette,
Republicans. as the, senate conferees.
Senator Stone Withdrew from the
committee and Senator Shively was
appointed IN his place. The house
conferees, it was stated last night, will
be Representatives Underwood, Kitch-
en- and Rainey, Democrats, and Payne
and F'ordney, Republicans.
IS Each house will have an equal vote
in the conference committee, even
though each house does not name the
same number Of conferees.
r Final Vote on Bill.
Following was the roll-call on the
tariff bill in the senate: i
h eas-Ashurst, Bacon, Chamberlain,
Chiffon, Clarke, Of Ark; Fletcher,
Gore, Hitchcock, Hollis, Hughes,
James, Johnston. Kern, Lane, Lewis,
Martin, MARITIME, Meyers, Newlands,
zO'Gorman, Overman, Owen, Pittman,
pomerane, Robinson, Salisbury, Shat
roth, sheppards, Shields, Shively, Sim
mons, Smith Of Arizona, Smith of Ge-
orgia, Smith OF Maryland, Smith Of
South Carolina, Stone, Swanson,
Thompson, Tillman, vardaman,
Walsh, Williams Democrats La Fol.
lette, Republican, and Poindexter, Pro
gressive. Total, A.. s5 /
Nays-Borah, Bradley, Brady, Bran.
degree, Bristown, Catron, Clapp, Clark
OF Wyoming, Colt, Cummins, Dilling.
ham, Fall, Gallinger, jackson, Jones,
Kenyon, Lipyitt, Lodge, McCumber,
Mclean, Nelson, Norris, Oliver. Page,
Penrose, Perkins, Root, Sherman,
Warren, Weeks and Works, Republic.
ans, and Ransdell and Thornton, Dem.
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