The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-09
Midwest 6. 0. P. Senators
Join Democrats to Carry
Oebenture Plan.
DEFEAT FOR PRESIDENT
Same Coalition May Wage
Fight on Tariff in
Lower House.
BY PAUL r. MALLON,
United Press staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 9. "A
natural coalition of midwestern Re
publican farm congressman and
Democrats appeared to be forming
todav in both houses of congress
seeking to overturn President Her
be- F-oover's tariff and agriculture
les ariOn.
Thirteen Republicans. most OF
whom voted and campaigned for
Hoover, combined with thirty-four
Democrats in the senate late
Wednesday to vote into the admin
iStration farm bill the debenture,
or tariG bounty feature, which Hoo
yer has declared so Objectionable.
The vote was AZ to A.
Encouraged by this success, house
Democrats, led by Representative
John Garner. Texas, announced
they would rally around the deben-
ture plan.
Ruled Out Once
They had not thought enough of
it two weeks ago to force a record
vote on it when it was ruled out of
order in the house, but now they
think they can get enough mid
western votes to make a showing,
and perhaps TO win.
The same unexpected situation,
embarrassing to the administration,
Is growing up around the tariff bill
which is to be brought to the floor
of the house today for general de
bate.
The house ways and means COM
mittee today favorably reported the
bill BY a vote of Is to 9. Nine of
the ten Democrats on the committee
voted against reporting out the
measure.
Inc opposition announced through
Representative Cordell Hull Dem.
Tenn that it would file a minority
report attacking many of the bills
features.
The house farm bloc is dis
satisfied with increased rates pro-
vided for materials which the
farmer must buy. The Democrats
believe the bill goes too high.
In the senate. Senator Joseph
Robinson. the Democratic floor
leader, has served notice he will
fight to eliminate the tariff commits
sion
Senator William BOrah of Idaho,
one OF those who voted against
Hoover on the debenture plan. told
The United Press he is strongly
against increasing the commission
and giving the President full reign
over it as provided in the house
bill.
May Hold Majority
These and other natural interests
are working TO bring the nominallv
opposing forces together. and to-
gether they may be able to COM
mand a majority, as they showed
Wednesday in the senate farm vote.
Administration leaders claimed
Hocver'S friends miShandled the
situation from a political viewpoint.
An appointee Of one doubtful SEN
ator was released from the justice
department week before the vote.
Another doubtful senator COM
planned he was not treated right by
one Of Hoover'S spokeSmen.
a resume of the debenture plan
vote shows the following Republic
ans favored the debenture plan:
Blaine and LaFollette. Wisconsin;
Johnson. California; Borah. Nye
and Frazier. North Dakota: Nc
Master and Norbeck, South Dakota:
Pine. Oklahoma: Schall. Minnesota:
Norris and Howell, Nebraska, and
BTcol,haTt. Iowa.
only two Democrats deserted
their party ranks. Ransdell OF
Louisiana and Wagner of New York.
Even the two others who had an
nCmced they would vote against
the plan, Walsh of Massachusetts,,
and King of Utah, accepted pairs, so
their votes were not recorded.
Today the senate was settling the
last fight on the farm bill on the
question OF whether fruits and veg
etableS should be included in the
list of commodities to be benefited.
The measure is expected o be
passed and sent back to the house
by Friday