The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-27
HEAD-ON. COLLISION
 IN SENATE OVER
 EMERGENCY TARIFF
Republican Charge of Fi|ibus- ter Rifles Democrats and Underwood Leads Fight
 Which Follows
By Associated Press

Washington, January 26.-Republcan ana democratic Senate leaders met in head-on collision today when the former started a drive to put through the Ford ney emergency tariff bill
 Republican suggestions of democratic Htilibuster brought on the clash, Senator Underwood of Alabama, minority leader, and other prominent democrats denying vigorously that filibusterlng was in pre- gress or cant Ate,npia4ed. The atsaacra&as leaders expressed willingness to -vote after proper and legitimate debate. and charged that the republicans did not ex- pect the bill to pass, and sought to place the blame on demo cratic opponents
 Democratic Leader Underwood added that the measure even if passed would be vetoed by President Wilson. because. he said, it was s'repugnant to demo- cratic tariff principles. He disciaimed having received any direct information from the President, however.
 Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, ill charge of the bill, presented a proposal for a vote next Tuesday, but it went down under objections from MT. Under wood and Senator Simmons of North Carolina ranking democrat of the finance committed
 Senator Penrose said his suggestion vas made to test the good faith or ce.tain gentlemen and the democratic leaders retorted that Senator Penrose s move was an effort to charge the demo- crats with impeding the bill
 After hours of spirited verbal scuffling, interspersed with some actual discuss sion of the bilrs tariff schedules, the re- publicans scored a real point by forcing a recess of the Senate tonight until to- morrow instead of adjournment. a move which operates to keep the bill before the Senate for consideration immediately tomorrow to the exclusion of other usual routine business.
 The move to hold the tariff measure before the Senate, forcing opponents and advocates to talk or vote, followed an ncuI cement, during todays partisan cla shes, from Senator Penrose that he fi- tended to press the bill. When unable to secure an agreement for voting next Tuesday Senator Penrose asked for CO., operation from the democrats toward op- tail ing final action by February 15.
 senator Underwood and other demo- crats protested against the effort to fix d vote for next Tuesday, consid- ering that debate had been begun only yesterday. Senator Penroses proposal, MT Underwood declared, was "A clear indication that the matority has raised the white flag" Senator Underwood added that he would agree to vote after week or 10 days discussion.
 Senator Harrison. democrat, Missis- stppi characterized the filibustering suggestion as utterly without founda- tion," but Senator McCumber, repub- lican, North Dakota. said he had "a mere suspicion" that a filibuster was planned and Senator Kenyon, repub- lican Iowa added that apparently" filibuster would prevent passage of the bill.
 During the brief discussion on the merits of the legislation, Senator Har- rison charged that there was a joker" in the wool schedules by which most imported wool would be charged tariff of 50 per cent instead of the 15 per cent rate in the bill. This. the senator declared, would De effected by provision placing the higher rate on wools which are sorted.
 The proposed sugar duties also were discussed by Senator Harrison who de- clared that, despite republican cam paign pledges to reduce the cost ot living. the proposed sugar tariff Of about cents pound would add that much to the cost to consumers.
 6enators Shoot, republican. Utah, and Ransde1l democrat. Louisiana, con- ceded that the sugar prices would be incfeaaef in this country to the ex- tent of tke tariff on Cuban sugar and also on the domestic crop. Both sen ators. however argued that the raise was ntcespary to aid American sugar producers whem Senator Shoot said wefe being forced Q selI their product at 2 cents pbpnd below prodAction costs esnafoF Si1Enons 9xprensod tho belief that tho prop6oed ,tariff imne- diately wotilA raise tk6 ITS of Cubnn sugar to contn as con 8ared wifh th< present. pYiceh of about 4K conts