Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-07-04 | Page 2 | Chemical Tariff Bill is Defeated

GHICI TARIFF SILL JSDEFH1 Senate Rejects Measure, 33 to 26; House Indulges in Politics. By International News Service. WASHINGTON. July 3 Tho senate today, by a vote of 2G to 33, defeated the chemical tariff bill, passed the Indian appropriation bill and adjourned at 5:15, after having made good headway on the naval appropriation bill. The senate will meet again Friday morning, an agreement agree-ment having been reached to adjourn over the Fourth. Only one Rcpubllcnn, Senator Polndcx-ter, Polndcx-ter, voted with the Democrats In favor of the chemical bill which Increased duties du-ties on luxuries such as toilet accessories, acces-sories, but lowered duties on other articles arti-cles In the schedule. Politics took up most of the Mmo of the house today. When Speaker Clark ascended the rostrum at the opening. Democrats and Republicans Joined In giving him a thunderous ovation lasting more than live minutes. Members and visitors in the galleries cheered until the sound of the speaker's gavel was lost in the din. During Uie general debate Representative Representa-tive Moore, Republican, of Pennsylvania, denounced "popular rule that is controlled con-trolled by one man," and. without mentioning men-tioning names, criticised William J. Bryan Bry-an and praised Speaker Clark.