Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
DEBENTURE ADDS
TO SENATE SNARE
IN TARIFF DEBATE

Cont ON First Page)
nell, Walsh OF Montana and wheeler
Total for, AZ.
Against debenture:
emocrats-Kendrick, Wagner, Walsh
Of Massachusetts,.
Republicans-Allen, Bingham, Cap
per. Couzens, Gillett, 0oldsborough
Gould, Greene, Hale, Hastings, Hebert
Jones, Kean, Keyes. McNary. Metcali
Moses. Oddie, Patterson, Phipps, Reed
Robinson of Indiana, Sackett, Short
ridge, Smoot, Steiwer, Townsen, Van
denberg, walcott, Warren and Wat
son.
Total against. "a.
OF the 10 Senators not voting ID
were paired for and against the pro-
vision. OF the Is 1t was announced
that the following would have voted for
the debenture:
Republican, Blaine: Farmer-Labor
Shipstead; Democrats Blease, Cope:
land, Glass, Tydines, Smith, King and
Swanson.
The other nine would have voted
against the debenture, including, Demo-
crat, Ransdell, and Republicans. Hat
field, Goff. Burton, Dale, Edge, Glenn
Fess and Deneen.
House Turned Plan Down.
Last June the House turned the
debenture down with q thud. The vote
came on q motion by the majority
leader, Tilson of Connecticut, to in
struct the House conferees on the farm
bill to insist on disagreement with the
Senate debenture amendment. Tha'
motion carried by O vote Of $50 to lis
with two members voting present" and
IS members not voting.
The supporters Of debenture insist
! hat q considerable number OF House
members will agree to the debenture or
! the tariff bill who voted against II or
| the farm relief bill. Their theory II
that these House members were afraid
| to delay the passage of the farm relief
| bill by insisting on debenture. which
! might have drawn q veto from the
| President. The debenture plan, how
ever, gained only two Republican votes
| in the Senate yesterday over its Re-
publican strength last Spring. ThC
chances are, according to Republican
leaders, that the House will vote strong
ly against debenture again, though thu
vote may be closer.
Effort to Expedite Work.
! In an effort to expedite consideration
! of the tariff bill in the Senate, Senator
| Smoot, chairman OF the finance CON-
mittee, yesterday obtained unanimous
consent to have the Senate meet at II
o'clock each morning. Coupled with
, this, however, was an agreement that II
should not sit later than pm. Sena'
| tor Norris of n braska facetiously sug-
gested that the Senate might meet al
8 a m. and remain in session each day
| until. 7 pm, and that 1t might also
sit on Sunday. However, the agreement
went through.
! The Senate is nearly down to the
! consideration of the rates in the tariff
bill, having completed consideration Of
nearly all amendments to the admins
trative features of the bill 1t Is sis
weeks since the debate on the tariff
bill began. In another ak weeks thu
regular session of the Senate will begin
on December 2. II the tariff bill is tt
pass the Senate during the special ses.
sion Of Congress, considerably faster
progress must be made In the next 81,
weeks than was made in the last. There
seems not the slightest possibility tina
the bill could pass the Senate, n
through the conference stage and b.
sent to the President before the begin,
ming Of the regular session,