The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-15
Vote to Be Reached in the
Senate To-day - Fordney
Announces a Permanent
Tariff Measure Will Be En-
acted at Extra Session.
,By the Associated Press }

Washington, Feb. 1i.--Developrnenis
centrrinE around tariff legislation cam"
fast in congress today. They included:
Declaration by Minority Leader IN
derwuod IN the senate ;hat he had re-
ci.ivrd assurances that President wilson
W ouId veto the Fordn'v emergency tarih
bill. no; by - mere Withholding or his
signature but with Il comprehensive
statement. giving his reasons. coupled
with final attack on Republican c"nJ
gre IS onal policies.
Announcement by Senator Nctumb'r.
Republican, North Dakota. that vote
on ;he Fordn"y bill probably would be
obtained tomorrow ntGht.
\ statement by Chairman Ford7"y.
OF the house. ways and means commit
tee. making detnn" the intention OF
Republican leaders 10 press legislation
revising the nerma1"n. tar:ff through
the extra session befor" attempting con
S!derat:on Of taxation questions
HourI Of Debate
Tho Eordntv bill, was pulled out o.
IT, geon hole for several hours OF
debate late N the DAY. Nothing came
Of Il. however. although i had beer e&-
p-cted that L vote would be had on the
amendment OF Senator Snooi. Eepubli-
can. Utah changing the import rates
on sugar from those accepted by The ZEN
-. finance cor1miiirC. M. Mcl:umhcr, a.
we'll ae Senators GAY democrat. Louis
lana, and S!aoo'. discussed SO amend
men! and qcrcrai other senators got in
10 the debate now and then. When the
session ended no definite progress had
been made
Senator Underwood was r"ticent about
his ASSURANCE OF presidential! veto. H
declined % say whether i came from
the p-cs.d"a, direct aud refused 10 an
SwNr questions r"'atiNn 10 the form in
which hc received Tho Information.
Will 60 To vote
The statement e III" minority leader.
however. was :hc cause OF speculation
among senator's on both SIDES Of the
emergency ;,r'T quo'';nn. II vas gsncr-
ally accepted that as result OF the
Mite House attitude tn" Democrats
wore moro than willing 10 l"t tho mca-
sure go TO \ vote where ~, senator's
records could he preserved at any rate
no session today gave No evidcus,> OF
the parliamentary joCk'y;n2 and delay
which cha rdctrr;Zcd III" earlier debates
on tarir
senator McCumbcr did NOT elaborate
om his statement that he expected A
vote by tomorrow night II was made
Just ~ IN" senate turned To Cnnsidr-a-
ton Or the F'o-dn~y hill in mid-aftcr-
noon and was IN connection with q
warning by tho North Dakota scnn,o-
mat the unfinished business should &C.
tually become unfinished work Of tho
Senat" and attention given it,
The Permanent ranH
rlanS or ;hc Republican leaders con-
corning revision o! The pcrmanen, tariff
were made jublir N the form OF . lot
Ter by Mr.. Fordncy 70 Representative
frrar. Republican Wisconsin Any pro
gram. Mr.. Fordney said. which did not
contemplate immediate action on rayi-
SION OF the Underwood tariff &C. would
not b" accord with the "overvhrlminr
expression OF the people" in the 1920
election
Tho house wavs an means committee
10 chairman indicated. Will launch into
tho work OF framing tn" new tariff
!aw Immediately after the hearings now
n process. arc concluded. probably with
n tho ncx' few avs The bill then VIII
be made ready for introduction and CON-
sid"ration in tho hose IN the carly DAYS
at tho Extra session
'tf,er tan '-riT bill has naSSAd the
'and during 'hc time il il bc,n~ Do
hRtr, ~ n" senate lime viii be afforded
70 prepare TOW revenue BIZ, and u
conduc! hearings ~ which tax revision
should r" based"
chairman Fo-dncv also secuted pub
lIshcd reports that the conmittce'.
mind was made mr. with respect %
rales tax and mid that Anal cone.d.-u-
ticn uaS TO be given ar revenue sus-
Ecst!ons and that experts would hc
brought in for technical advice before
vote Of any kind was taken.