Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1911 — COMPROMISE WOOL BILL PASSED BY THE SENATE. [ARTICLE]

COMPROMISE WOOL BILL PASSED BY THE SENATE.

Lafolletto Draws New Bill That Reduces Tariff and House Passes It By 48 to 96 Yote. Washington, July 27.—Out of whai bad appeared to be a chaotic condition in the senate, there suddenly arose today a coalition of democrats and insurgent republicans Which , bolted over the regular organization and passed a compromise for the revision of the woolen tariff by 48 to 32. -This new force in the senate, united on a material reduction of tariff dufies all down the line and Hushed with victory, tonight is threatening 1 not only the so-called house farmers free list bill into law next Tuesday, but to put through a cotton bill as well. The insurgents want the sugar and steel schedule included in the program. The house democratic leaders are not willing to accept the compromise bill as it passed the senate today, but they are more than willing to meet the senate conferees. Chairman Underwood, of the house ways and means committee expressed the belief to ‘night that a bill satisfactory to both houses was more than likely to be agreed upon. This would put the wool issue up to President Taft and there is mucb speculation as to what his course would be. Mr. Taft would make no comment on the situation. While the president in the past has denounced the present woolen schedule of the Payne-Aldrich law as indefensible, therd have been strong intimations from the white house within the last few weeks that he would not hesitate to use the veto on any tariff schedule passed in advance of reports from the tariff board. The acquisition of power by the democratic-insurgent combination today was the outgrowth of a similar coalition formed in June 21 to send the woolen bill to the finance committee, with instructions to report it back July 10th. The standlpat senators then admitted that their control of the uppers, house of congress had been broken and that they would no longer hold themselves responsible. The finance committee, shifting responsibility to the floor of the senate, re ported the bill back adversely the next day. Today those regular senators again showed their resentment in defeat and declared they would not serve on any committee of conference with the house of representatives. Ther*. is likelihood, therefore, that the conferees will be Senator Lafollette, in-

surgent republican, and Senators Bailey and Simmons, democrats. Senator Penrose, chairman of the finance committee, freely predicted today that President Taft would veto any wool measure that might come out of the conference. This statement will not ruffle the democrats, who announced that they would insist on a cut in rates far deeper than that proposed in the senate measure. The demqcratic leaders, in .fact, are said to believe that their position politically would be greatly strengthened if Mr. Taft vetoes the bill.