The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-09-11
LAFOLLETTE AND POINDEXTER
VOTE FOR THE TARIFF BILL.


cratic tariff revision bill passed the
Senate at SAB yesterday afternoon
amid burst of applause that swept
| down from crowded galleries and
found it's echo on the crowded floors
of the Senate. It's passage was at
tended with surprise in the final
moments of the voting when Sena-
tor LaFollette, republican, joined
| his vote with the democrats and
was joined a few moments later by.
Senator PondeXter, progressive.
| The democrats had counted
Throughout the long tariff fight up
on losing the votes of Senators
Ramsdell and Thornton of Loius-
lana, democrats. who voted against
1.-THE bill because it would put sugar
on the free list. Until the names of
Senator LaFollette and PoindeXter
Iactual,y were called, however, no
one knew definitely the stand they
| would take and their votes were
greeted with enthusiastic applause.
President Wilson expressed great
qualification over the end of the
the long struggle in the Senate. Sen
ator Simmons, chairman of the ii
nance committee who had piloted
the bill through the finance commit
tee and the democratic caucus in the
Senate, predicted that it would bring
Immediate stimulus TO the business
OF the country.
Lower House Duties.
AS it passed the Senate, the bill
represented an average reduction OF
more than four per cent from the
rates of the original bill that passed
the House and nearly rs per cent
from the rates of the existing law.
The Senate endeavored TO hasten
the bill on its progress to the White
House by naming its members of
the conference committee as soon as
the bill passed. Vice President Mar
! shall appointed Senators Simmons,
Stone, Williams and Johnson, dem
ocrats, and Senators Penrose. Lodge
and LaFollette, republicans as the
i Senate conference. Senator Stone
Withdrew from the committee and
Senator Shiveley was appointed in
his place. The House conferees it
was reported last night, will be
4 Representatives Underwood, Kitchen
and Rainey, democrats, and Payne
and Fordney, 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.
The final struggle began at
O'Clock when under a previous ar.
btratory vote agreement, votes be
gan on pending amendments. In the
closing hours of debate, Senator La
Toilette had been the center of in
: terest. proposing final amendments
: on the cotton and agricultural sched
ules and discussing some feature.
r of the bill which he deemed favor
f able
: 1t was nearly $3.50 O'Clock whel
= the vice president put the bill upol
D its passage. Senator Ashurst, frs
/ Oh the roll, shouted loudly AYE
and roll call proceeded deliberatel.
f until the call "LaFollette." TIL
& Wisconsin Senator, seated in TIL
a front row, hesitated a moment. Hi
head was bowed and resting on hi
hands. He leaned forward a trifi
= and vigorously answered aye
>, :, Instantly applause broke from th
u gallery and Senators on the demo
: crate side joined in enthusiast
l. hand clapping. Nearly every demo
crat on the floor participated in tn
brief but vigorous demonstration
When the name of Senator Poinde,
il ter, the only progressive senate
10 was reached and he contributed hi
al vote for the bill, the applause wa
y renewed. After the vote Senate
If LaFollette said:
- "Bill Observation-Disclosures
Il realize what l did was pol
tical sacrifice. but that within n
compelled me to vote for the bill
The tariff act of 1909 was but lit
short OF crime; the bill passe
r today is not democratic measul
X but is a protective measure. Evel
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