The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-07
DEFEAT OF TARIFF
 CLOTURE RULE NOW
 APPEARS CERTAIN
Republicans Hope to Secure Unanimous Consent Agree ment for Limiting De-
 bate on Measure
Rr Assnninted Pre.

ashlngton, July 6.-Deteat or the republican motion for cloture on the administration tariff bill ap- peared to be virtually certain tonight on the eve of the vote on the issue, set for noon tomorrow.
 Democratic leaders claimed. and re- publican leaders conceded that it would not be possible to obtain for the motion the two-thirds majority necessary to invoke the existing rule, which would limit debate on the bill and it's amendments to one hour for each member. Leaders on both sides were hopeful, however, that out of the move would come unanimous consent agreement for the limiting of eebate, at least, on the less important items in the measure. Negotiations looking to such an agreement are under way.
 If the cloture move fails, considera- ton of the tariff will go steadily ahead. The bill received little con sideration today. practically the en- tire session being devoted to discus- sion of the cloture.
 Debate EnIivened
 Debate on the cloture was enlivened by charges by Senator Harrison, democrat, Mississippi. that Senator Shoot of Utah. ranking republican on the finance committee had writ ten to Major General Crowder, the American goyeI nment representative in Cuba with a view to inducing the Cuban sugar planters to restrict their production of sugar to 2,5O0, oo0 tons a year in return for less duty on sugar than would be imposed un- less some such agreement was reached.
 Senator Shoot denied there was any effort to put over any deal" He promised to read the letter to the Senate when the sugar schedule was taken up and added that when the country found out how the sugar re- liners and tho New York ban who had advanced money to Cuban sugar producers had sought to in- lure the American sugar industry there would be an entirely different sentiment in the Senate and in the country toward the domestic industry
 Borah Opposes Cioture
 Opposition to the cloture move was voiced during the day from the re- publican. as well as the democratic side of the chamber. Senator Borah, republican, Idaho. declared there should be no particular haste In pass ing the tariff bill when It was con- sidered that there faced the Congress a program of "subsidies, gratuities and bonuses" which, he asserted would add billions of dollars to the burdens now being borne by the country. EIe referred especlaliy fp. the soldiers bonus and the ship sub- sidy bills.
 Attacking the cloture proposition. Senator simmons of North Carolina, democratic leader in the traiff fight. said that while some republicans might think that time had been wasted in discussing the tariff bill, the people and press of the country did not think so. He declared 1t was the duty of the democrats to ex- pose" the inequalities and "inequi- ties" of the tariff bill.
 Political Biunder
 Were he viewing the cloture move from a purely partisan standpoint Senator Simmons said, he would bid thu republicans God speed" in their effort to invoke 1t. because. in his Judgment, 1t would be the worst po- litical blunder any party could nrNsSe.
 Senator McCumber. republican. North Dakota. in charge of the tariff bill denied claims of democratic sen ators that the committee majority vas rewriting many items In the bill as a result of attacks from the mi- nority side, declaring the committee was not "frightened' by attacks
 The cloture discussion finally wore itself out late in the day and the Senate got back to the bill itself. re- jecting 32 to IS. the amendment of- fered by Senator Jones. republican.