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Show I EARLY VOTE ! ON MIFF Democrats Will Push Bill as Rapidly as Possible Pos-sible and Republicans Will Not Delay Action Washington, Aug. 1. All Indlca- tlODS point to an early vote on the tariff bill in the Senate The Republicans, Repub-licans, realizing the hopelessness of opposing the bill, are not going to delay de-lay its passage, and of course the Democrats win push It Just as fast as possible. Various predictions sro hejnc made as to when the hill will become law. Senator Smoot, who Is leading the regular Republicans In the tariff firht Iklnl.r U Kill ...III aa k I Senate about August 20, and if this should be the case it ought to be ready for the President's signature ft by September 1. No one expects the bill to be In conference long. It Is true that the Senate will make a largo number of changes in the bill, but nonp of the Senate amendments will be so radl-cal radl-cal as to tic the bill up In conference confer-ence a long while Will congress adjourn, recess or continue In session to consider currency cur-rency legislation after the tariff passes pass-es Is a question that is causing a large number of statesmen considerable consider-able worry these hot days. If Presi dent Wilson means what he says when he declares that he wants currency cur-rency legislation before adjournment there will be currency legislation before be-fore adjournment. Take Orders From President The President is runnlntr thincs at the capifol as well as at the White House The Democratic leaders In both houses of Congress are taking his orders, and if he insists on currency cur-rency legislation at this session, as he says he is going to, there will be a chorus of ayes from the Demo crats In Congress The President's domination of the tariff situation has demonstrated conclusively that the Democrats of the House and Senate dare not oppose his wishes. Congressional Record Silent. There is still some talk that western west-ern Democratic senators will not stand for free w, ol and that one or two of them will insis upon a small duty. Such talk received a boost for a short time the other day when Senator Sen-ator Chamberlain of Oregon intimated intima-ted very strongly in the Senate that he rii-1 not consider himself bound by the agreement ..f the Demorratic caucus cau-cus and that he felt free to vote accordingly ac-cordingly to bis own dictates. The next day. however. Senator Chamberlain Cham-berlain s statement in the Senate did not appear in the Congressional Rer ord Why It did not Is a question that is being asked with considerable persistence Republican leaders 6till firmly be lleve there Ib no chance to beat President Presi-dent Wilson on free wool When the bill comes from conference and Ik beiore the senate for the final vote the expect even Democratic senator to cet m line for It and they have no doubt that when the bill does ! 'om- from conference, wool will be on the free list One or two western Democrats ma imp against free wool before the bill goes to confer enie, but they will not vote agalns; the conference report even though the bill provides for free wool. Senator Smoot Is receiving hundreds hun-dreds of requests from all over the country for copies of hl6 recent speech analyzing the Democratic bill. The senator has had a large number pnn'erj In pamphlet form to suppl the demands made upon him He Is I reeclvinc congratulation! from all sides, even the strongest opponents of the protective principle recognlz inc the r't.th senator's speech as a masterful one. Although Senator Smoot Is recognized as one of the hardest workers in the senate, a number of senators expressed amazement amaze-ment at his being able to master the details of the pending tariff bill in so Bhort a time. |