The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-25
Clarke and Underwood Se- cure Places for Two DeTn-
 0CratS On Board
FIGHT FOR EXPOSITION | IS BECOMING FIERCE
Their Case in Cannon's Hands Whose Committee Will Work
 Against New Orleans
BY wATTERsoN srEALEy

Washington, January 24.-(SpeciaI)- Champ Clarke and Oscar Underwood forced out of the ways and means eom mittee or the House today the tariff board bill so amended as to give the democratic House next winter a chance at the infor- nation 1t collects
 The two democrats also succeeded in obtaining democratic representation on the tariff board, it being provided that three or the five members should belong 10 the majority party. This would give the democrats two members of the board.
 The principal thing in the new board, said MT. Underwood today. .is that if will be responsive to democratic House. WHICH VIII nave say in directing the llne of investigation of the tariff sched- ules.' MT. Underwood, who will he chair man of the ways and means committee in the next House, said that under the pres ent arrangement the tariff board reports only to the President, and he has tbe power to hold information in his desk and only send 1t to Congress when he is in- | terested In the revision of some particu- lar part of the present law MT. Underwood makes it clear that tba information which will be furnished bv the board will not be deemed of control- ing value by the democrats in making up their tariff bills. It will be given the same weight as testimony taken by the ways and means committee. The democrats voted for the bill after getting amendments which they desired
 adopted said Mir. Underwood. We are
 glad to get all the light possible on the
 tafin question from any source wl,a f.r ever."
 Flight for Exposition | Having lost it's fight in the House ex- positions committee, before which inc subject properly comes. San Francisco goes before the rules committee tomor- row and seeks the aid of a committee securely under the control of Speaker Cannon and the House organization. lh1s committee is expected to report rule favoring the foreign affairs com mittee bill which invites to San Fran cisco the nations of the world for par ticipation in the exposition | The meaning of this parliamentary cryptic is that the exposition committee IS eliminated and San Francisco goes be- fore the House fortified by a favorable report from the rules committed
 The rules committee Is rarely turned down. as that usually means the turn. down of the organzation-in other words. the Speaker. The vote therefore comes on that point
 New Orleans Is in the position of A substitute proposition for San Francisco.
 The exposition committee report forced New Orleans to the front and made San Francisco the substitute in all voting be- fore the House. The object of the switch is to gain the vote of few organization members, and well illustrates the in tensity of the fight going on between San Francisco and New Orleans for the big show.
 Every parliamentary move possible Is being taken advantage of by each side. and with the cioseness of the vote con- ceded on both sides the day set for the vote in the House promises to be mem- orable one.
 Rivers and HarbOrs Bill
 The rivers and harbors appropriations bill was concluded by the Senate com merce subcommittee having it under consideration today and report will be made to the full committee during the course of the week.
 The total of the bill is somewhat in- creased, but not enough to cause ma- terial opposition in the House.
 Barring the contingency of a filibuster for which no one looks. the bill is ex- pected to become law in two weeks.