White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-29
NEWLANDSvOTES
AGAINST PARTY
NEVADA DEMOCRATIC SENATOR
ONE OF SIX TO STAND OUT
AGAINST FREE WOOL AND
FREE SUGAR.

Free sugar in 1916 and free raw
wool at once, are established in the
tariff revision bill approved late
"Wednesday by the Democratic caucus
of the senate after two days fight.
No attempt was made in the caucus
to bind the members to the action of
come up again when the entire bill
has been passed upon, and the gen.
eral opinion is that a binding resolu-
ton will be offered. Some members
will fight the bill. but following the
action of the caucus, it was the belief
of administration leaders that only
the two Louisiana senator's would
ask to be relieved from the caucus
pledge if one is submitted.
This ratification of President Will
sons tariff policy came after a long
series of development since the tariff
bill passed the house, in which the
president has been an active partici-
pant When the fight of the anti-free
sugar and anti-free wool Democrats
was getting hot, the president issued
a public statement declaring that any
suggestion of compromise on hts
wool and sugar schedule ideas abso-
lutely was out of the question and
later he stirred all administration
leaders to action when he made his
charge about the existence in Wash
ington of an "insidious lobby" in
vestigation of which has brought re-
suits regarded as favorable to the
tariff bill
The six Democratic senators who
voted against free sugar on the final
vote approving the schedule we're:
Hitchcock, Nebraska Newlands, Ne
vada; Randall and Thornton, Louis
lana; Shafroth. Colorado. and Walsh
of Montana The six who opposed
free raw wool to the end we're:
Chamberlain of Oregon. Newlands of
Nevada. Ransdell and Thornton of
Louisiana, Shafroth and Walsh.
Approval of the schedule came af-
ter prolonged discussion and after
several amendments had been voted
down.
This would have eliminated free
sugar and substituted a duty of ap-
proximately " cent pound on re-
fined sugar. This amendment was
lost by vote of 81 to 10, Senators
Thompson, Chamberlain, Hitchcock.
Newlands, Shafroth, Lane, Randell
Thornton, Tillman and Walsh voting
for it.
When this had been lost. Senator
Thompson of Kansas offered an
amendment to retain the Underwood
rate for three years, reduce it SO
it reached the free list Senators
Chamberlain, Fletcher, Hitchcock,
Newlands. Shafroth, Thompson, TILL
man and Walsh supported this
amendment The amendment offered
by Senator Thornton to eliminate the
free sugar provision and maintain
the Underwood rates indefinitely was
supported only by Senator'S Randell
and Thornton.
Senator Walsh offered the amend
ment to the wool schedule proposing
a duty of Is per cent ad valorem on
first-class wools and that wools of the
second and third class. such as car
pet and clothing wool. be free. This
was defeated 39 to 7. Senator's vot-
ing for 1t being Chamberlain, New
lands. Ransdell. Shafroth, Thompson,
Thornton and Walsh. Three sena-
tors were absent. Culbertson. Owen
and Lewis.
Senators Randell Thompson,
Thornton. Newlands, Lane and Sha-
froth took up most of the time for
the opposition, while the chief ad-
defendants were Sena-