The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-11-08
WESTERN BLOC
RULES SENATE
REGULARS LEAVE WRITING
OF TARIFF TO OPPON-
ENTS; BITTER FIGHT

confident that a tariff bill design
ed for agriculture's benefit will
be passed at the special ses-
sion and an administration group
willing to let the opposition have
its way will go into the senate
Monday determined to place a new
customs revision law on the stat
ute books before the dawn of the
new year.
Only four weeks remain of the
special session and a huge task
faces the tariff lawmakers to get
the Hawley-Smoot measure to
such stage that it will not inter
fere seriously with the regular
session program. But party and
group leaders, after weeks of fu-
tile effort to make real headway,
now see a ray of hope for early
now is the time for all good men
action through the decision of the
republican regulars to let the CO.
alition write its own bill in the
hope that some compromise might
be reached in conference.
Predicts Improvement
Senator Harrison of Mississippi,
one of the democratic tariff
spokesman, predicted Sunday that
when the pending bill leaves the
senate it would be a great i'm
provement over the measure pass
ed by the house and that offered
in the senate by it's finance com
mittee.
with those who framed the
bill having run up the white flag
of surrender" Harrison said, "it
ought to be easier for those of us
who are opposed to many feat
ures of the bill to present and
press to early completion our
suggestions for revision"
i Chairman Smoot of the finance
committee said it appeared now
that the coalition had agreed to
let the bill pass because of "pres-
sure" aimed to secure some tariff
legislation.
Senator Borah of Idaho, laader
of the republican Independents,
reiterated a belief that a bill could
/ be passed by the senate this ses-
sion. There was a manifest dis
position to get it out of the way,
he said.
The democrats. Harrison con-
tended, were trying to work out in
conferences such plans as will
curtail unnecessary debate, expe-
dite the consideration of amend
ments and hasten the final vote
on the bill.
VOTE ON PIG IRON
| Washington, Nov 6.-In the
I first dispute over major indust-
rial tariff the administration
group in the senate bowed We'd
nesday to an overwhelming major
ity of democrats and western re-
publicans who succeeded by a
vote of 48 to 80 in reducing the
duty on pig iron from S1.1219 to
IS cents a ton. The finance com
mittee, republicans, had proposed
an increase to s150.
The 75-cent rate was sponsored
by Senator Barkley of Kentucky,
democratic member of the tariff
framing finance committee. This
was the same duty carried in ex-
listing law until it was raised by
presidential proclamation to s1.12-
u, which rate the house left un-
touched.
Nineteen republicans, including
many regulars and republican
member of the committee-Sack-
EFT of Kentucky joined 81 dem
ocrats in support of the lower
duty Four Broussard |
and Ransdell Of Louisiana; Heflin
of Alabama and Kendrick of Wy |
oming-Combined with 26 republi- |
cans against the decrease.
hccu-NOTT1S CidSn
Senator Reed, republican, Penn
sylvania, who had urged the
s1.50 rate to assist merchant fur
mace operators on the Atlantic
seaboard, said the vote proved the
futility of attempting further ar
guments and reiterated the bill
was never dead, since the house
would never agree to the whole
sale changes being wrought by
the coalition.
This brought a stinging reply
from Senator Norris, republican.
independent of Nebraska, who
said he was tired of listening to
lectures" from the Pennsylvania
senator and contended Reed had
"perilously near violating
the rules of the senate" at least I
having violated ordinary sports {
1t was not becoming" of Reed, '
continued the Nebraskan, to lee {
ture" and question the intelligence {
of his fellows after several hours
Of debate had resulted in deci-
sion not to his liking. While not {