Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-22
8 BILLIONS ADDED !
Toll! s. LIVING COST
BY c. D. P. TARIFF
Bill as Passed by Senate
Al ss
Now Goes to Conference
With Houses Speedy Ac-
ton Promised

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-{By
the Associated Press.)1The admin.
istration tariff bill, officially .th4
teriff act Of 1927 was passed late
Saturday by the senate after four
months of debate. It now goes to
conference.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, was the
only Republican to vote against the
measure. Three Democrats, Brous-
sard, Kendrick and Ransdell voted
for it. The vote was 48 to Is.
Senator La Toilette, Republican,
Wisconsin,, third ranking Republic
can on the senate finance commit.
tee and an opponent of the bill, was
omitted today from the list of senate
Republican conferees on the meas
ure. The Republicans appointed were
Chairman McCumber and Senators
Smoot, Of Utah, and Mclean, of
Connecticut, while Senators Sim ,
mons, of North Carolina, and Jones.
Of New Mexico, were named the
Democratic conferees.
How They Voted
The roll call follows:
For the bill:
Republicans - Ball, Brandegee.
Bursum, Calder, Cameron, Capper.
Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham;.
Edge, Ernst, France, Frelinghuysen,
Gcoding, Hale, Harreld, Jones of
Washington, Kellogg, Keyes, Lea:
root, Lodge, Mccormick, McCumber,
Mclean, McNary. Moses, Nelson's
New, Newberry, Nicholson, Norbeck,
Oddie, Pepper, Phipps, Rawson.
Reed, Of Pennsylvania; ShortridgS.
Smoot, Stanfield, Sterling, Suther-
Land, WaCsworth, Warren and Wat
son, Of Indiana. Total, As.
Democrats - Broussard, Kendrick
and Ransdell-3. Total 4S.
Against the bill: go
Republicans-Borah
Democrats - Ashurst, Culberson.
DIAL Fletcher, Gerry, Glass, Helm,
Hitchcock. Jones, Of New Mexicos
Mcclellan, Myers, Overman, Reed, OF
Missouri; Robinson, Sheppard,
Shields, Simmons, Smith, Stanley
Swanson, Trammeli, Underwood,
Walsh, of Massachusetts, and Walsh.
of Montana-24. Total, rs.
Senators present but unable to
vote because paired were Harrison
and Pomerene, Democrats-2.
Senators absent were: Republicans
DUPONT, Elkins, Fernald, Johnsons
Laid, La Toilette, Mckinley, Norris
Page, Poindexter, Spencer, Town
send, Weller and Willis-14.
Democrats - Caraway, Harris,
King, Owen Pittman, Watson, Of
Georgia, and Williams-7.
Fight in Conference
announced that they had been
permitted to vote they would have
voted against the bill and the same
announcement -7as made in behalf
of the seven Democratic absentees.'
1t was stated also that had Senators
LaFollette and Norris been pres.
ent, they would have voted against
the measure, while the other IL Re-
publican absentees would have voted
for it.
Immediately after the passage Of
the bill, Senator Cummfns, Iowa,
president pro tempore, announced
the appointment Of the senate con-
ferees: Chairman McCumber and
Senators Smoot, of Utah, and Nc.
Lean, of Connecticut, Republicans,
and Simmons, of North Carolina,
and Jones, of New Mexico, Demo-
Gratis.
The measure will be returned to
the house Monday with a formal
request for a conference. American
valuation will be the biggest issue in
conference, but the general belief at
the capitol is that the house will
yield on this, accepting the senate
flexible" tariff plan as a substi-
tute.
Chairman Fordney said today he
would hold out for American valu-
alton, asking instructions from the
house. Under this plan the house
would decide the issue by a direct
vote and the conferees would then
proceed with their ork of adjust
ing the 2,000-odd points in dispute
between the two houses. Mr.. Ford
ney thought the work could ne COM
pleted within a month and the same
view was entertained by senate
leaders.
There still was gossip at the CAPT.
toll that the bill might get into a
deadlock in conference and there
die, but majority leaders declared
the conferees would report the meas
ure out and that it probably would
be ready for the president next 4
month.
This measure, the first Republic.
an protective tariff to be written In
thirteen years, became an even
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