New-York tribune., 1922-07-09
Both Troublesome Measures
May Be Shelved by Senate
Republican Leaders Until
Winter Congress Session
Harding's Assent Lacking
Desire to Postpone Action
Grows as Members Get Re-
ports OH Public's Attitude

Ad!h ID lHCIedoiuS III SeudLS ClIClSs
that the tariff bill will go over until
after the election. At the same time
it is recognized on all hands that the
bonus measure is threatened with ad-
ditional complications and the chances
are not good for it's enactment this
session. It's fate, it is understood
will be settled the coming week when
| Senate leaders confer with President
Harding,
Senator La Toilette, who has turned
loose his guns in a fierce attack on
the tasiff bill, announced to-day that
he would move next week to recommit
it to the Finance Committee with direc-
! tions to lower the rates. In connection
with this, he is likely to make fur
ther assault on the bill, particularly
on the wool schedule.
Public Attitude Being Felt
( Increasing opposition in the country
| to the tariff bill and the growing feel
! ing among Republican Senators that it
will be politically dangerous to put a
new tariff law into operation just be-
| fore the Congressional election are
| having the effect of increasing the dis
| position of the Senate Republicans to
| let tariff revision wait until next win
ter. The blows at the Old Guard in
| the recent primaries. the scathing at
tack on the tariff bill by Senator La
Toilette and the recent threat of Sen
ator Lenroot to vote against the tariff
bill are among the things which have
| aroused the apprehensions Of Republi
can Senators. Criticism by prominent
Republican newspapers of features of
/ L
recent conference of Republican lead
it was the prevailing opinion that the
Finance Committee Republicans should
scale down a number of the rates in
the bill.
One Of the foremost Of the Repub-
lican members of the Finance Commit
tee to-day expressed the belief that it
would be impossible to put the tariff
bill through the Senate before Septem-
Der l. He pointed to the failure of
cloture and the fact that more than
q thousand amendments have yet to be
considered. He predicted that it would
take a month to dispose of the bill in
conference and held that passage by
the Senate about September / would
mean the new tariff law did not go in
to effect until early in October, or
Sees Democratic Strategy
1t is charged by Senator Watson, of
| Indiana, as we'll as by other Repub-
licans, that the Democrats do not want
the bill to become effective until about
October l, on the theory that in the
month just before election the bill can
not be explained to the public and it
may throw the House to the Democrats
The question concerning the Repub-
licans is whether to let the bill become
law in October or force it over until
next winter. Pressure from Repub-
lican Senators to delay it is increasing.
and some of the Republican members
who have been in their home states
recently have added strength to the
movement by telling their colleagues
they have found much opposition and
little support for the tariff measure
as it stands.
When the Republican leaders-Sena-
tors Curtis, Lodge and Watson-talk
with, the President next week on the
soldiers bonus they will probably take
the opportunity to tell him about the
conditions facing the tariff bill.
President Harding has repeatedly urged
that the tariff bill be passed this ses-
sion Whether he would yield rather
than have the bill become law only a
few weeks before election is not known,
but the situation, if he does not, may
get out Of his control.
May Bring Up Cloture Again
| The Republican Senate leaders plan to
await developments on the traiff bill for
q week or two. They are considering a
! plan, if g vote is not in sight. to try
TO force rule Of cloture by majority
vote. They admit this cannot be
I nc oT Ia 4
TO press the fight over majority clo-
ture, and in doing so kick up large
| dust over the Democratic delay on the
tariff bill. In other words, if it is seen
the tariff bill is going over the Repub-
licans intend to charge the delay to a
, tilibuster by the Democrats. They rec
ognize that if long fight over cloturc
is stirred up the tariff bill will be sure
to have to wait until after election.
Senators, Kellogg, Townsend Len
root and the group that demands ma
icrity cloture would like to force this
issue to the front soon and are bent
On doing it unless the Democrats
agree to an early vote on the tariff
Not all the Republican leaders favor
raising the cloture issue.
The Democratic course is more or
less uncertain. The Democrats say
| that as a political matter they want
the Republicans to pass the bill, but
from the viewpoint Of public interest
they don't. Democratic leaders said
they were willing to cut down the de-
bate but would not yield to threats of
| cloture and would not forego neces-
sary discussion of the principal pro-
visions of the bill They charge the
Republican leaders want to DELAY the
bill until after election and at the
same time put the blame on the Demo
| Gratis.
A general conference of Senate Re-
| publicans to consider the tariff and
other subjects is likely to be called
later in the month. In talking for
| publication to-day, Senate Republican
leaders expressed conflicting views as
to when the tariff measure would be
| passed. Some said it would 90
through early in August. However
this view is not borne out bv Sena-
tors who opened up on the obstacles
ahead of the bill
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| Frank Mccormick, thirty-one wears