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Show WASHINGTON, Aug 7. Senator LaFollctte and Chairman Underwood of the house ways nnd means committee, com-mittee, who have undertaken to reconcile rec-oncile tho differences between the senate and trfe house on tho wool and the farmers free list bills for the full conference' coinnllssiou, aro in an unquestioned deadlock, with the possibility of remaining so," and thus forcing an adjournment of the session without final action on either of these measures Tho tieup Is duo to the uncompromising opposition of Mr. LaFollctte to tho house bill. Ho has ,told,Mr. Underwood thaUa reduction re-duction of the rate" below those "fixed by the bill as It passed the senate Is an Impossibility, and "in reply the chairman of tho ways and means committee, who had great difficulty In getting an agreement In the house to the rates fixed In his bill, has said thai the house never will accept the senate figures .i- y Stand Taken By Leaders. Mr. LaFollette's contention Is that the senate rates constitute n reduction re-duction of about throe-fourths of tho difference between the rates of the Payne-Aldrlch law and those of the house bill, that it is Impossible to go lower and hQld anytning line tne progressive Republicans, and that it Is better for the Democrats to take a half loaf than to get nothing In the way of tariff bread. Mr. Underwood did not accept the senate figures, but is quietly canvassing canvass-ing the house to ascertain what increase in-crease over the house rates "may be possible. He has -told some of hlB friends that the house might be persuaded per-suaded to "meet the senate half way," but the progressive leader merely smiled in response ,to suggestions of this character. He told Mr. Underwood Under-wood that the difference was with his party friends, rather than with himself, him-self, and they sustained him In the statement. Progressives toljtand Firm. The progressiva '.Republicans considered con-sidered It important that they stand as a body, and haVo fouud it impossible impos-sible to obtain anything like unanimous unanim-ous consent to a rate of less than 3o per cent on lraw wool and the corresponding rates on -woolens fixed by the senate bill. Tho difficulties pertain entirely to 'the wool bills An agreement on the- free list could be had any time. , Tho deadlock has given rise to all kinds, of suggestions and -surmises. Accepting the tatfgle as Inextricable, some senators and representatives have suggested a movement for final adjournment regardless of -the conference, con-ference, and the senate is being sounded on that" proposition. Most of tho regular Republicans are willing will-ing to agree to tfils, as are some of the Democrats Included in the -latter list "aro thos'e southern senators who would llke'jto see further consideration con-sideration of the" cotton "bill postponed post-poned until next session. They are willing to accept almost any legitimate legiti-mate reason for rtilay and would Wel-'come Wel-'come any exigency that would carry .cotton over. ., " Cotton Bill a Factor. . The cotton r,hlJJ is unquestionably playing a part In the conference, but all the facts have not come to tho surface. some of the Democrats, who strongly favor cotton legislation, appreciate te impossibility of holding a quorum of congress In Washington after fiXal action on the wool bill. They take the position that' the only safeguard Of the cottou bill Is to keep wool back until after jthe cotton bill Is reported and the day fixed for a vote. The power to s'o hold the measure rests with the conferees, but they do not admit that they are acting from this motive. . ; Senator LiFoIlcUo told some of his senatorial associates on tho conference con-ference committee today that the outlook for an agreement was somewhat some-what brighter. He also said that while the full conference committee might be called together any day, u week mlgh elapse before a meeting might be desired by the sub-com-hilttec. Mr. Underwood tonight said he "believed "be-lieved the free list bill would bo sent to the president." |