Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-07
CL0TURE PLAN
IS PREDICTED
To NOT CARRY
Majority Men Concede
That Vote Today Will
Go Against Program.
Hope for Limit on Talk
About Less Important
Tariff Planks Involved.

Washington. July 6.-Defeat of the
republican motion for cloture on the
administration tariff bill appeared to
be virtually carried Thursday night
on the eve of the vote on the issue,
set for noon Friday.
Democratic leaders claimed and re
publican leaders conceded that it would
not be possible to obtain for the motion
the twothirds majority necessary to
invoke the existing rule. which would
limit debate on the bill and its amend
ments to one hour for each senator.
Leaders were hopeful. however, that
out of the move would come unani-
nous consent agreement Of the limit
ing Of the debate at least on the less
important items of the measure. Ne
gotiations looking TO such an agreem ent
are under way.
Debate Cioture Rule
If the cloture move fails. considera-
ton of the tariff bill will go steadily
ahead. Whether there will be n return
to night sessions may depend on the
outcome of the negotiations by which
it is hoped to cut down debate and
speed final vote The bill received
little consideration Thursday, practi
cally the entire session being devoted
to discussion of the cloture rule. with
leaders on both sides announcing they
hoped final vote could be obtained in
the not distant future.
Debate on the cloture was enlivened
by charges by Senator Harrison, demo-
crat. Mississippi, that Senator Smoot
of Utah. ranking republican on the
finance committee. had written 10 Ma
jor General Crowder. the American
government representative in Cuba.
with view to inducing the Cuban
sugar planters to restrict their pro-
duction of sugar 10 100000 tons
year in return for less duty on sugar
than would be imposed unless some such
agreement was reached.
Denies Harrison Charges
Senator Smoot denied there was any
effort to put over any deal" He
promised he would read the letter to
the senate when the sugar sch hedule
was taken up and added that when the
found out how the sugar re-
finers and the New York bankers who
had advanced money to Cuban sugar
producers had sought to iniure the
American sugar industry, there would
be an entirely different sentiment in
tHt senate tIlt toward
the domestic industry.
There is nothing TO conceal" he
said. referring to his letter. He added
he would present it to the senate at
the proper time and that the senator
from Mississippi, or anyone else, can
not stop me from doing so.''
Opposition to the cloture move was
voiced from the republican as well as
the democratic side. Senator Borah
republican, Idaho, declared there should
be no particular haste in passing the
tariff bill when it was considered that
there faced the congress program of
subsidies, gratuities and bonuses"
which. he asserted, would add billions
Of dollars TO the burdens now being
borne by the country. He referred
to the soldiers bonus and
the ship subsidy bill.
Against Cutting Out Talk
Senator Norris. republican. Nebras-
ka. said that while he thought there
should be some limitation on the tariff
debate, he did not think. in view of the
many important items in the bill yet
that there should be in
vOked rule cutting off practically all