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Show 1 TARIFF BILL IS AGAIN SENT TO UPPER HOUSE Main Conference Agreement Adop'.ed i By Vote of 254 to 103. Almost a Strict Party Vote. Washington. The Democratic tar-Iff tar-Iff revision bill lft the house Tues-day Tues-day night on what the party leaders hoped would be Its last Journey to the senate. After many hours of debate de-bate the house adopted the main con. ferettce agreement on the bill, 2i4 to 103, almost a strict party vote, una by this action gave its Indorsement to everything In the measure, except the cotton future tax. At the end of a tthort hut bitter lit; lit, for the adoption of the rejiort, Keprcsentatlve 1'iiderwood, the Democratic Demo-cratic leader, succeeded In carrying through the Smith-Lever cotton futures fu-tures tax amendment by a vote of 117 to 161. Democrat and Republicans Republi-cans voted on thla without regard to party and a large ' portion of the Democratic membership from southern south-ern states Joined In the vigorous demand de-mand that the whole subject be carried car-ried over to another si-salon of con cress. |