Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-17
enc R CENCY
ARIFF PASSES
SENATE,
Hurry-Up Measure Is
Weighted with Many
Amendments
Party Lines Broken in Final
Vote Moses Kicks Over
Traces in Bitter Attack on
Measure - Edge Supports
Him in Stand-Bill Now
Goes to Conference

sociated press). -Loaded down with
score or more amendments, the Ford
ney emergency tariff bill tonight
passed the Senate. The vote was AZ
to 30 and the measure was Immediately
sent to conference.
Actien on the bill, designed and
rushed through the House as an aid
tothe farmer, came after a protracted
session during which four Republican
senator's broke away from their party
alignment and two of them. Edge Of
New Jersey and Moses of New Hamp-
shire. bitterly assailed the measure
and its Republican supporters. Like
wise, solidarity Of the Democratic
ranks could not be maintained, nine
of the minority members being re-
corded in favor of the bill.
The roll call follows:
Republicans: For--Bali. Borah,
Brandegee, Capper, Curtis. Elkins.
Fall. France, Frelinshn~sen, Gooding.
Gronna, Hale, Johnson California;,
Jones (Washington). Kellogg, Kenyon,
LaFoliette. Lenroot. Lodge. McCor-
mick, McCumber. Mclean, McNary.
New, Penrose Phipps. Poindexter,
Smoot. Spencer, Sterling. Sutherland.
Townsend. Wadsworth and Willis. To-
tai Republicans for, "a.
Democrats: FGr-Ashurst. Gay,
Henderson. Jones (New Mexico). Ken
Sheppard. Total Democrats for, 9.
Total for, AZ.
Democrats: Administrations, Dial.
Fletcher. Gerry. Glass. Harris, Harri-
son, Hefiin, Hitchcock, King, Kirby,
Mcclellan. Overman. Pomerene, Thorn
as, Trammel Underwood, Walsh
(Massachusetts). Walsh tMontana),
Williams and Wolcott Total Demo-
Gratis against, 26.
Republicans: Against-Colt, Edge,
Reyes and Moses. Total Republicans
against, 4.
Total against, so.
The broadside by Mr. Moses tenn
porarily unsettled the Republican pro-
gram, so much SO that three amend
ments offered by Senator Lodge. the
majority leader, were killed. From
the time the vote was called on the
Lodge amendments, all of which had
to do with protection for manufacture
ed products of wool, the Senate rode
roughshod over all changes prof
fered. But it already had accepted
so many changes from the form in
which the measure came from the
House that most ardent supporters
predicted trouble in getting an agree
Inent with the House.
The following senators were APP
pointed as the conference committee
to attempt to iron out the differences
with the House: Penrose, McCum-
Der and Smoot. Republicans, and
Simmons and Williams. Democrats. 1t
is expected the committee will be
able to start work with a similar
committee from the House late tomor-
row. While the Senate was in the
throes of the heated debate on the
emergency tariff, the House ways and
means committee was concluding open
hearings ON revision of the permanent
law. With that work out of the way,
Chairman Fordney will leave late to-
morrow for another conference with
President-elect Harding at St. Angus
tine. 1t is understood he will ask
the next chief executive for definite
expression as to his views on the leg
islative program outlined by Republic
can leaders and whether he favors i'm
mediate consideration by Congress of
tariff legislation rather than action on
matters 'of taxation.