Arizona republican., 1921-02-02
SENATE DECIDES FATE OF I AR|FE.
 MEASURE TODAY:
 PREDICT DEFEAT
Penrose Resolution On Clo- ture Up for Vote-Thomas
 Pleads for Democrats To
 Remain Faithful to Party
A. p. Leased WIrel

WASHINGTON, Feb. With Sen ator McCumber Republican of North Dakota, as it's only consistent defender, the Fordney emergency tariff bill weni through more hard knocks in the sen ate today.
 Whether the bill will be sidetraclled or consideration continued until limita ton Of debate will be decided tomorrow when the Penrose resolution for cloture comes to vote. The most ardent sup porters of cloture and of the bill ad- mitted tonight defeat of the resolution was inevitable.
 Prospects of cIoture, however, caused a deluge of amendments, especially after Vice President Marshall had rulei that all amendments must be submit ted and read before the vote on cloture set for 1 o'clock.
 Then there was the declaration by Senator Townsend. Republican oi Michigan, that he proposed to call ur the postoffice appropriation bill for consideration immediately after the eloture vote. He criticised the senate for wasting time when important legis lation was pending. Mir. Townsend's statements precipitated a heated debate during which enemies of the bill picked flaws fin every item- Although Senator Thomas Democrat, Colorado, delivereG lengthy speech against if, the full force of the attack developed after ward.
 Senator Harrison. Democrat. Missis- sippi, answered Senator Townsend with the accusation that the Repub- iican leadership was attempting Ito gag and hamstring the minority" and throw the burdens of the bill on the people without a full and free discus sion.'
 1 The house ways and means commit tee, considering permanent tariff leg l slation, continued hearings on a pool tariff. Wool growers representatives
 were the principal witnesses, among them H. I. Hagenbarth of the National
 Wool Growers association. who sought
 a tariff of A cents a pound on secured wool and 15 cents a pound on wool in 1 the grease.
 1 During the senate debate Senator I Simmons of North Carolina and Walsh l Of Massachusetts both Democrats. produced figures to show the effect on
 the bin to living costs if 1t became a law. Mr.. Walsh declared passage of the measure meant an additional tax
 of $50 per family during the measure , life of 10 months. He said it would add approximately $f.16 to the budget of
 each family of six for every week. !. Senator Simmons presented figures
 to show that the nation woEld be taxed something Souu,utu,HbV Df iHe rate
 of 40 cents a bushel on wheat. He said nobody could estimate what it would
 cost the entire nation on all of the IS items protected but made the guess fl
 would be higher than s1,000 100000 Senator Harrison. also charged that supporters of the bill s,--~ mot looking
 at the side of the picture showing the i increased living costs"
 | Retaliation and resentment from Canada and South American countries
 would follow enactment of the bill he
 declared. Answering Senators Town
 send and Harrison, Senator McCumber
 said he did not believe President Will
 son would veto the bill and argued that
 farmers receiving 50 cents a day for
 their labor should be entitled to relief even at the expehse of worlSingmen re- ceiving ss a day.
 Prior to Mir. Townsend's admonition
 to his Republican colleagues to premlt the senate ito get some business done, " Democrats planning to support the bill
 were likewise charged by Senator
 Thomas with infidelity to party poll cies in favoring the measure. MT . Thomas declared those senators hasl , deserted the cardinal principles of the , Democratic party when it was at its
 lowest ebb in history"