New-York tribune., 1922-08-04
Lenroot Blocks Agreement
for Aug. IL Test. but He
Joins New Move to Put
the Bill Through Quickly
Press Inquiry Is Asked
Cooding's Resolution 10
Scan Members Interests
Goes to a Committee

between Senate leaders this afternoon,
despite Senator Lenroot's move to-day
IN blocking a unanimous consent agree
! ment to vote August II.
Conversations between Senators Len
root, Simmons and McCumber followed
the Wisconsin Senator's objections on
the floor OF the Senate which had the
effect OF throwing into the air the
agreement on voting date, and re-
vived reports that the bill would not
be enacted until after the November
election. The Senatorial conversations
, apparently changed the status and it
looks tonight as If two agreements
would be reached
Second Would Push Big Issues
One of these would limit debate in
such q way as to bring the considera-
tion of the measure to rapid close
and the other would bring up for dis
position ahead OF less important sub
jects the big questions that are vet to
be gone over, such as the sugar, potssh h
and hides schedules and the flexible
tariff suggestion.
The proposed agreement for a vote
on the bill on August II faded away
to-day before Senator Lenroots attack.
Senator Simmons, who is in charge of
the opposition to the bill on the Demo
cratic side, predicted tonight that
there would be vote on the bill in
the Senate before the month Of August
passes.
"If there is not" said Senator Sim
mons, then I will know that the Re-
publicans do not want q vote and are
trying to delay the bill until after the
November elections"
Gooding Presses for Inquiry
Renewed efforts were made in the
debate to investigate the personal
financial interest of Senators in differ
ent schedules of the tariff bill Sena-
tor Gooding, of Idaho. who has been
attacked as a "wool' Senator because
Of his admitted interest in the sheep
industry, offered q resolution to in
vestigate the financial interests Of ali
Senators or members of their families
in any industry or property that may
be affected by the tariff.
The resolution also called FOR inves-
tigation Of the interests of Frank A.
Munsey, publisher, in European indus
tries which compete with American
factories and the amount of MS income
derived from advertisements placed in
his newspapers by importers who "have
financed a campaign Of defamation
against the pending tariff bill" The
resolution also proposed an inquiry
into the ownership of newspapers by
Senators, the affairs of companies
which have been organized to operate
foreign industries in competition with
American producers and workers, and
the interests of different newspapers
that will benefit financially by adver-
tisements or subsidies from importers
and importing department stores
Senator Harrison offered resolution
expressing it as the sense of the SEN
ate that the paragraph in Jeferson's
Manual which requires Senators to re-
frain from participation or voting on
propositions in which they are fnan-
cially interested be adhered to. This
went over until tomorrow under the
rules at the insistence of Senator Nc
Cumber.
The Gooding resolution WAS referred
to the Committee on Contingent Ex-
penses, Of which Senator Calder is
chairman, and the committee. on mo-
tlon of Senator Harrison, of Missis-
sippi, was directed to report on it
without delay.
Whether the resolution will be adopt
ed is still uncertain. Senator'S fore
gee that If it is an investigation will
be set on foot which will be welnigh
lnterminable, and many would like to
block it.
Insurgents Not Consulted
The charge that Senator Lenroot
had been put forward by Senate Re-
publican leaders to block an agree
ment to-day was whispered about
among Democrats, but the facts ap-
peared to be that when Senator Nc
Cumber and few of the Republican
leaders yesterday entered into their
tentative agreement for a vote August
II they did not consult Senator Len
root and overlooked the fact the in
surgent Republicans might have to be
taken into account.
Soon after the session opened to-
day Senator Simmons brought up his
proposition for a vote on the bill
August 10. Senator McCumber pro-
posed vote August IL. Senator Len
root objected to the proposition of
Senator Simmons and then objected to
the August II proposal.
Senator Lenroot contended that
under the proposal of Senator Nc
Cumber, which Senator Simmons had
lnOlCateU Cne democrats would accept,
all committee amendments would have
to be disposed of by August II and the
committee might bring In a large
number OF important amendments at
the last minute and give no opportu-
nifty for any real consideration of
them. He referred especially to
bounty on potash, which he said the
Finance Committee was likely to urge
at the eleventh hour.
In the course of long wrangle that
followed Senator Lenroot said he was
willing TO impose limitation on de-
bate without setting definite time for
a vote. He held that to limit debate
and confine the discussion strictly to
the bill would expedite q vote
Senator Lenroot also objected to that
part of the tentative agreement patched
up between a small group of the lead
ers which allowed Senators McCumber
and Simmons to have charge of the
time for debate and parcel it out
among Senators.
Debate Becomes Heated
After much discussion, in which
there was considerable partisanship,
Senator Lenroot proposed an agree
ment to limit debate to ten minutes on
each amendment after August II. SEN
ator Lodge objected to this.
Senator McCumber requested that
Senator Lenroot confer with himself
and others in the course of the after
noon and try to reachasome agreement.
Later Senator Lenroot and Senator
McCumber agreed on 81 Droposed nro-