The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-09-01
TARIFF MEASURE
PASSES48 TO Is
Four Months of Debate Come to
an End With Vote on Admin
iStration Bill.
THREE DEMOCRATS FOR 1T
Borah Only Republican Who Regis
tered Tally Against-LaFoIIett Is
Snubbed-Third Ranking Member
of Party Left Off List conferees.

Washington. - The Administration
tariff bill, officially "the Tariff act of
1922" was passed by the senate after
four months of debate. 1t now goes
to conference.
The vote was 4S to 25.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, was the
only Republican to vote against the
measure. Three Democrats-Brous-
sard, Kendrick and Ransdell-voted
for it.
Senator LaFollette, Republican, Wis
consin, third ranking Republican on
the Senate Finance Committee and an
opponent of the tariff bill, was omitted
today from the list of Senate Republi-
can conferees on the measure. The
Republicans appointed were: Chair
man McCumber and Senators Smoot,
of Utah, and Mclean, of Connecticut,
while Senators Simmons, of North
Carolina, and Jones, of New Mexico,
were named the Democratic conferees.
The roll call follows:
For the bill: Republicans-Bell,
Brandegee, Bursum, Calder, Cameron,
Capper, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Dill
lingham, Edge, France, Frelinghuysen,
Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Jones, of
Washington; kellogg, Keyes, Lenroot,
Lodge, Mccormick, McCumber, Nc
Lean, McNary, Moses, Nelson, New,
Newberry, Nicholson, Norbeck, Oddie,
Pepper, Phipps, Rawson, Reed, of
Pennsylvania Shortridge, Smoot,
Stanfield, Sterling, Sutherland, Wads-
worth, Warren and Watson, of Indiana
As.
Democrats Broussard, Kendrick
and Ransdell-3. Total, 4S.
Against the bill:
Observation-Disclosures
Democrats - Ashurst, Culberson,
Dial, Fletcher, Gerry, Glass, Heplin.
Hitchcock, Jones, of New Mexico; Nc
Kelar, Myers, Overman, Reed, Of Mis-
souri,; Robinson, Sheppard, Shields,
Simmons, Smith, Stanley, Swanson,
TrammelL, Underwood, Walsh, of
Massachusetts, and Walsh, of Mon
tana-24 Total, %.
Senators present but unable to vote
because paired: Harrison and Pomer-
enc, Democrats.
Senators absent were: Republicans
DUPONT, Elkins, Fernald, Johnson,
Ladd, LaFollette, Mckinley. Norris,
Page, PoindeXter, Spencer Townsend,
Weller and Willis-14.. Democrats
Caraway, Harris, King, Owen, Pittman,
Watson of Georgia and Williams-7.
Senators Harrison and Pomerene an
nounced that had they been permitted
to vote they would have voted against
the BILL and the same announcement
was made in behalf of the seven DEM
ocratic abSentees.
1t was stated also that had Senators
LaFollette and Norris been present
they would have voted against the
measure, while the other II Republi-
can absentees would have voted for it.
Senators LenroOt and Jones, of
Washington, Republicans, were for CIV
ing the President broad authority to
Increase or decrease rates and in the
hopes that the senate and house con-
ferees would reduce rates which they
considered excessive. Senator Len
root said that if this were not done
he would vote against the conference
report.
The measure was returned to the
house, with formal request for a con-
ference. Republicans of the House
Ways and Means Committee decided
to have the measure sent to conference
under a special rule, instead of to the
Ways and Means Committee for pre-
liminary consideration, Il course that
was suggested some time ago. Ameri
can valuation will be the biggest issue
in conference, but the general belief
at the Capitol is that the house will
yield on this, accept the senate "tlex-
lble" tariff plan as substitute.
There still was gossip at the Capitol
that the bill might get into deadlock
in conference and there die, but ma
iority leaders declared the conferees
would report the measure out and that
it probably would be ready for the
President next month.