Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-09
TARIFF BOARD0PPOSED
TAWNEY PROPOSITION TO GRE
ATE COMMISSION MAY BE-
DEFEATED.
CONTEST WON'T BE DROPPED
AND A FINISH FIGHT is ON
Democrat. Probably Will Oppose Pro-
posal to a Man-say it Would Take
Away Powers Lodged Only in House
Senate Democrats in Limo With
House Members-outIook is Gloomy.

House M en- ber8-Outlook IL 1loomy
| Washington, May 9.-Strong opposi-
ton in both houses Of congress has APP
| peared to the tariff board proposition
Of Representative Tawney of Mime
sofa, which is embodied in the sundry
civil appropriation bill, and it is az
| least questionable, not to put 1t strong
er, if the legislation can be enacted
Representative Fordney Of Michigan
member of the ways and means COM
mittee and Of the republican conferees
on the tariff bill of last year, is to
make point Of order against the sec
ton and is to have the approval OF
standpat republicans of the house IN
that course. The point of order VIII
be passed upon by the man who nap
pens to be in the chair at the time, and
which ever way he decides. there prop
ably will be an appeal from the de-
cision, with view to testing the pro-
| position on the floor.
The democrats in both house and
senate have lined up against the tariff
The result is that if the standpatters
and the democrats vote against it, there
will be left for it's support only the
small handful of republican insurgents
or far from enough to carry 1t.
This is also the situation in the SEN
ate. If democrats and standpatters
oppose the idea there will be left only
the dozen or more republican progress
sives to support it.
Outlook is Gloomy.
The outlook for the Legislation is
therefore not very bright. Mr.. Tawney
believes that he has escaped point
of order in the way he has drafted the
tariff board section, but naturally ne
can not be sure. His opinion must run
the gauntlet, first of the presiding Of
ficer. and next, that of the house itself
Mr. Tawney is aware that strong
effort will be made to defeat the sec
ton, but says he will fight for it to
the last, and is not without hope that
he will be successful. The section en-
bodies a presidential recommendation,
but that does not figure much in these
times of loose party ties
When the house is ready to take up
the sundry civil bill, 1t will go into
committee Of the whole, and the speak
err will call some member to preside.
The bill will then be taken up for gen.
eral debate, lasting several days per-
haps, and then section by section. the
fight on the tariff board will come up
when that section has been reached.
The democratic opposition to the
tariff board section is based on the
point that the information secured by
the board should be reported to the
house, and not to the president. Thfs
point, however, the friends OF the sec
ton say, is not a good one. IL the
information were turned over to the
house instead Of to the president, the
tariff would be an issue before the
country all the time, with resultant
paralysis to business.
Tawney Had Point in Mind.
Mr.. Tawney had this democratic
point in mind when he drafted the
section. Several persons at that time
advised him to provide that the IN
formation should be available for the
purpose Of congress, but he insisted
that the information should go to the
president, to be used by him In such
manner and at such time as, IN hls
Judgment would be for the best M
terests Of the whole country. rms
Mr.. Tawney insisted, would prevent the
tariff from being before congress con-
tinually.
Mr.. Tawney was asked If he pur-
posed asking for special rule FOR the
consideration Of the section, IN case
the point of\order against it seemed
likely to prevail. and he Indicated that
he did not The committee on rules is
four or
them democrats.
These democrats would vote against
"a rule, md would be joined by Repre-
sentative Dalzell, who, as a standpatter'
is opposed to the tariff board PROPOSE
tion This vote would equally divide
tha rules committee and defeat the re-
quest.
Representative Dalzell, of Chicago. OF
the ways and means committee, said
that he was going to submit for the
adoption of congress joint rule, under
whose provisions 1t would be possible
TO take up a single schedule OF the
tariff for amendment without opening
up all the schedules to amendment.
This would supplement and support
Mr.. Tawney's proposition.
Tariff Commission Opposed.
The proposed appropriation Of $780,
600 for a tariff commission which
would report to the president will meet
with the unanimous opposition of the
democrats of the house.
Representative Underwood, OF Ala
bama, a member of the committee on
ways and means, and one OF the demo-
cratic leaders, said: 1--WE will fight that
provision to a finish. The power of
originating revenue-producing legisla-
ton is lodged in the house of repre-
sentatives. How could the house draw
a proper tariff law when the inforna-
ton upon which we builded it came to
us only after 1t filtered thru the