, 1922-09-25
Made IL Local Issue

IF THE DEMOCRATIC senators had not been
l. certain that the Republicans had sufficient ma
liority to pass the McCumber- Fordney protective
tariff, would they have opposed it?
The question is suggested by a study of the roll
call votes on the bill during its progress through
the senate. 1t reveals that even Democratic sena-
tors, with the exception of Owen, of Oklahoma, vot.
ed for protective tariff on articles and products
OK their respective states.
There is Helm, of Alabama, who vigorously de.
nounces the MeCumberF ordney bill as "a piece
of ubiquitous legislation" yet voted IL times to
stand by the rates of that bill as reported from the
senate finance committee. Caraway, of Arkansas,
lis another vociferous critic of the bill, vet he voted
seven times to sustain rates reported by the SEN
ate finance committee, as did his colleague Sena.
tor Robinson.
Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, ranking
member of the senate finance committee and floor
leader of the opposition 10 the bill, who has spent
a large portion of his time every day for months in
idenunciation of the bill, lined up in favor of ii
whenever interests of his state needed protection.
He voted to sustain the rates of the senate finance
Icommitte on eight different occasions.
Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts,, whose indig-
nation against the bill almost overwhelms him.
equaled Senator Simmons in supporting the rates
which would benefit interests in his state. Walsh
of Montana. voted to sustain the rates reported by
the senate finance committee nine times. Under
wood, of Alabama, voted nine times to sustain the
finance committees rates. Trammell, of Florida,
voted with the Republicans 10 times: Sheppard, of
Texas, voted with them 10 times, and 0verman, of
North Carolina, voted eight times with the Eepub-
Leans. Even Senator Pomerene, of Ohio voted
seven times to sustain the Ubiquitous rates of the
McCumber- Eordney bill.
Ashurst, of Arizona, voted to sustain % of the
rates reported by the senate finance committee.
Jones of New Mexico voted TO sustain is rates. Sen
ator Reed,of Missouri, was away from the senate
during the discussion OF the tariff until after the
Democratic primaries in Missouri. held on -Au-
gust l. He then rushed back TO Washington in time
to get in at the tail end of the roll call and voted
TO sustain the senate finance committee on one rate.
Senator Broussard of Louisiana; Senator Rams
dell of Louisiana, and Senator Kendrick of Wyo-
ming, voted with the Republicans on practically
every schedule and voted for the passage of the
bill itself. Senators Kendrick of Wyoming; Jones.
Of New Mexico and Ashurst of Arizona, are all
candidates for reelection, and each of them are
asking for support of the people of their states
upon the ground that they supported the RepubD-
can McCumber-Fordhe protective tariff.
If the tariff is as Ubiquitous as the Democrats
would have people believe. why did 35 out of SO
Democratic United States senators vote at various
times to sustain the rates in this bill? The answer
is evident. They voted 10 afford protection TO in
terests OF their own states whenever those interests
were involves They did thE because they knew