New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-07
Democrats and
BOrall Attack
Tariff Clotu1re
McCumber's Proposal to
End Debate Results i'm
Vigorous Fight i'll Senate;
Norris Joins the Minority
Vote To BE Taken To-day
Idaho Senator Extends Heat
ed Comments to Bonus,
Subsidy and Extravaganza


WASHINGTON, July e.-Protracted
| speech-making on the question of APP
plying cloture to end the debate on the
tariff bill, as proposed by Senator Nc
Cumber, featured the proceedings of
the Senate to-day. A vote on the
question is to be taken tomorrow.
! Democratic Senators vigorously OPP
posed eloture. The Republicans for
/ the most part spoke in favor of it. An
| exception was Senator Borah, who in
a vigorous speech declared that even
if the Senate stopped debate on the
tariff bill it would not be stopped in
| the country, and then branchcd out
1 into sweeping condemnation Of the
/ bonus bill and the subsidy bill and
the general policy of increasing taxa
ton instead of relieving it, Senator
Norris of Nebraska, Republican, also
| opposed cloture.
Under the existing rule as to clo-
/ ture tWo-thrds vote is required to
adopt it. Canvasses by the Republi-
can leaders this afternoon indicated
| the situation was close. They expect
! to get three Democratic votes but, DO
! not expect to realize the needed two
| thirds. Strong efforts were made to
| prevail on enough Democrats to vote
| for cloture or not vote at all, but, it is
/ admi tied, the indications are that clio
| ture will not prevail.
May Agree to Limit Debate
! If cloture fails, it is recognized that
| it will be impossible to do otherwise
| than to proceed with the consideration
( of the tariff measure as before. How
ever, efforts will be made in that event
| to reach an agreement to limit debate
! on uncontroverted schedules.
/ When the discussion of cloture
| opened Senator Harrison. Democrat,
| of Mississippi, made flank attack On
| the Republican leaders by going back
to the Record" of 1918 and reading
| from speeches by President { then SEN
ator) Harding and Senator'S Lodge,
| McCumber, Watson, of Indiana; Kel-
| logg, Townsend and others strongly
opposing cloture, He quoted the Re-
| publican leaders against themselves,
and then proceeded to aenounce the
| present attempt at cioture on the tar
| if bill as merely an effort to "choke
| the Dem ocrats off" from discussion of
| the tariff measure and prevent the
country from knowing the facts as to
what was being done. Senator KEEL
logg, Republican, followed Senator
Harrison ia an argument for cloture.
He declared the long delay in passing
legislation had caused the people to
"lose all respect for the Senate"
"The Senate is at a lower ebb than
ever before in its history" said Sena-
| tor Kellogg, land something must be
done to recover lost ground.''
"No doubt the Senate is at a low
ebb," said Senator Caraway. "but the
people will take care Of that. They
/ will retire many Senators in the COM
ing elections"
1 Says McCumber Got in Bad Company
Senator Caraway referred to the de-
feat of Senator McCumber and, after
paying him personal tribute, ascribed
his defeat to the fact he had got into
dad company" and there was resent
ment toward the Republican party pol
icies.
Senator Caraway said the haste to
force a vote on the tariff bill would
not fool any of the people.
THE object is to prevent discussion
of it's iniqutes," he continued.
Senator McCumber denied that the
tariff Bill had anything to dc with his
defeat in North Dakota.
at did not have the slightest effect
on tne result, ne Salu. mere are
some things worth more to a man than
seat in this body. One of these is
the knowledge that he stands by his
own convictions and did not abandon
them"
"This is the last BILL Senator
Borah said, chat should have cloture
applied to it. Even if discussion is
stopped in the Senate, the debate will
go on in the country. 1t would be
perfectly suicidal to the Republican
party to cut off discussion of impor-
tant schedules now. The people are
in no haste to have the tariff bill
passed"
Senator Borah denounced the fiscal
policies now being pursued. He said
the addition of I'd Federal judgeships
was "intolerable,' while the loan to
Liberia came at time when the peo-
pie were "bled white" He asked the
Republican leaders to name single
item IN the program which did not
contemplate increase of taxes on the
people,
would require 1000 years to wipe out
the present existing debt" he said.
He warned the Senate the time
might be near when the United States
would be called on to save the entire
world from financial wreck, and it be.
hooved this country to prepare for the
struggle and husband tic roso,r.oa