South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-17
amendments to
Measure Added
Before adoption
Upper House Accepts Fordney
Bill After Drawn Out
Struggle.

+ WASHINGTON. Feb 16.-Loaded
down with more than a score of
amendments. the Fordney emer-
gency tariff bin Wednesday night
/ passed tho senate. The vote was 43
+ TO 30 and the meesufe was immedi-
ately sent TO conference.
/ Action on the bin. designed and
rushed through the house as an aid
to the farmer. came after pro-
! tracted session during which four
republican senators broke away
from their party alignment and two
+ of them. Edge OF New Jersey and
/ Moses of New Hampshire, bitterly
assailed the measure and its repub-
lican supporters Likewise, solid
arity of the democratic ranks could
not be maintained nine Of the
minority members being recorded in
favor Of the bill.
Moses Attacks Measure.
The broadside by Mr.. Moses tenn
porarily unsettled the republican
program so much that three amend
ments offered by Sen. 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 man
ufactured products OF wool. the sem
ate rode rough-shod over all
! changes proffered. But il already
, had accepted SO many changes from
/ the form i'm which the measure
/ came from the house that the most
ardent supporters predicted trouble
in getting an agreement with the
4 house.
The following senators were ap-
pointed as the conference commit
/ tee to attempt TO iron out the diff
culties with the house: Penrose. Nc
] Cumber and Smoot republicans. and
/ Simmons and Williams, democrats.
/ It is expected the committee viii be
able 10 start work with a similar
committee from the house late
/ Thursday
While the senate was in the throes
of the heated debate on the emer-
gency 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
viii leave late Thursday for another
conference with Pres't-eIect Hard
ing at St. Aue lstine Il is under
stood he VIII ask the next chief ol-
ecutive for a definite expression as
to his views .on the legislative pro-
gram, outlined 10y republican lead
ers. and whether he favors immedi-
ate consideration by congress of
tariff legislation rather than action
on matters of taxation.
Says Law Unscicntific.
The speech by Sen. Moses against
the emergency bill was filled with "a
series of caustic shots at his repub-
lican colleagues. He declared that
every senator knew that the bin. if
it should become "a law. would avail
nothing, and ne challenged denial
tby any senator that il was "unscien-
tifc and designed TO fool the farmer
rather than aid him"
Nobody can defend IL for it is in
defensible" asserted Sen Moses.
| THE republican party cannot go be-
fore the country with such a meas
I son, who was So thoroughly reDudi-
ated in November. an opportunity 10
excoriate the republican party, and
believe me, he Will do it when this
thing gets TO him.
why. this bin is lopsided. it's
blind and its deaf and it has the
ricketts,. It's a combination between
the rice paddles, the cane brakes.
the cattle ranges. the sheep runs
and the wheat fields. and how I can
support il. even though I am for
protection through and through, ]
know not"
In Wrong Direction.
Sen. Edge told the senate it was
driving az high speed in the wrong
direction" in passing the bin. say
/ IiCONTINUED or PACE FOURJ