New-York tribune., 1921-02-01
n ote on L al.iff
TO|Be r ressed
In the Senate
/ Es = IT rs - - s'Ns = -
Penrose Files Motion for
Gotslre After Tailare to-
Secure Agreement for
Action on February Is
Debate Set for Wednesday
Borah aud McCunber An
nounee They Will Seek
TO Force Bills Passage

from Tae Irtbhne's WGshingsos Bureau rs
WASHINGTON, Jan. Regardless
os tho fate Of the appropriation bills
this session, efforts will be made to
force the emergency tariff bill through
the Senate. even il cloture fails. Notice
to this effect was served OH the Senate
this afternoon by Senator Borah, Of
Idaho. Senator McCumber. of North
Dakota, also declared he would not
abandoA efforts to pass the tariff bill
by reason of the failure Of cloture.
Failing in an attempt to get an
agreement to vote ON the tariff measure
February 15, Senator Penrose filed j
motion for cloture uader the rules.
This motion goes over until Wednas.
day, and twe-thirds vote will be
needed to adopt 1t. Indications ara
that it cannot be adopted. because some
members of the Senate. as Senator
Borah said in the course Of debate. who
are for the tariff measure, will not sup !.
port cloture.
It has been the plan of the Republi-
can leaders. in the event the cloture
motion failed and it was shown NO
a.
don the tariff bill to its fate and then
to take up the appropriation measures
and rush them through, if possible. be-
fore March a. But this plan will be
interfered with if Senator Borah and
Senator McCumber persist in trying TO
keep the tariff bill at the front and can
muster enough backing to carry, out
their purpose.
Borah Opposes CIoture Test
Senator McCumber, as a matter of
fact, said on the floor he was not cer-
tain majority of the Senate would
support the plan of keeping the tariff
bill continuously before the Senate
until passed. Senator Borah argued
that inasmuch as two-thirds vote is
required to pass cloture and only d
majority to pass the taxiff bill it was
manifestly not fair thing to make
the vote ON cloture the test on tariff
and il cloture failed to drop the tariff
bill
Senator Borah charged that some of
the alleged support for the tariff bill
was insincere.
"A great many are not in favor of
it." he said, "who are voting forjit for
the sake of expediency. 1t will be
manifestly insincere to erect stand
ard that requires two-thirds vote
and then abandon the tariff bill be-
cause ,cloture fails"
The discussion over the tariff bill
occupied much of the afternoon. SEN
ator Penrose sought to get an agree
sment fer vote February 15 as soon as
THE Senate met at noon. He was
blocked by Senator Underwood, Demo-
cratic leader, after parliamentary
wrangling,; and was obliged to wait
until 2 o'clock.
AT that hour he proposed the unani-
NOUS consent agreement for February
Is. This was discussed, but Senator
Pomerene, of Ohio, Democrat, said he
would object to it. Senator Penrose
thereupon offered the motion for adop-
stion of the cloture rule, and though it
goes over until w ednesday, it was fol-
lowed by a.general tariff debate.
Senator'S Simmons. Underwood, Pom
creme and Thomas, Democratic leaders,
all voiced strong opposition to the
pending bill and charged it would
greatly increase the cost of living to
consumers.
I Senator Penrose, in>offering the mo-
tion for cloture, said:
ut is becoming more obvious every
moment that there is no intention, be-
cause of certain group in the SEN
ate, of permitting this so-called emer-
gency tariff bill to become law. l
feel that T. have made every effort to-
/ day and heretofore to secure the con-
sent Of these gentlemen to agree to a
day fixed for voting on the bill