The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-09
NO FRAME-UP GOES
WITH DEMOCRATS
Democrats Trying to Avoid Having
Protectionists on the Ways and
Means Committee.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 9.-Every
possible effort is being made by the
democratic leaders on the house Of
representatives to make certain that
the formation of the ways and means
committee in the next house shall in
sure that not a scintilla of protection
shall appear in bill that is to repre-
sent the democratic idea Of a tariff
for revenue only" This fact was
brought out today in the gossip about
the Forthcoming caucus of the demo
Gratis on this question, which is to be
held this month. Every democrat who
has voted for protection on the pro-
ducts of his state is being asked to
step to the rear.
Another interesting feature of this
program is the disposition manifested
by the democratic leaders to invite
in northern democrats, who had COM
paratively little show on the demo
cratic end of the ways and means
committee, when the Payne tariff was
being framed. The intimations are
that even protection bound Pennsyl-
vania is to be given a place on the
committee by naming Representative
Palmer of that state and that the
northwest may be represented by Rep
resentative Hammond of Minnesota
and the middle west by Representative
Dixon of Indiana.
The meaning of this shakeup in the
ways and means membership, is that
the democratic leaders are convinced
that the south must give up part of
it's present representation on the COM
mittee and that the growth of protec-
tion sentiment among the southern
democrats is distasteful to the leaders
who insist that only tariff for rev.
enue shall be framed for the party
whom it comes into the opportunity of
the making of tariff measure, which
will be in the next congress.
Not only are the democratic leaders
insistent upon southern protectionists
being showed to the rear, but they are
preparing to ignore any suggestions
emanating from tariff board of COM
mission.
The democratic leaders are engaged
in denouncing what they characterize
as the ''framesup" of the Taft admins
tration for tariff board of investiga-
tion, made up of republicans. as the
present board is declared to be. No
recommendations of such commission,
it is said, will be given the slightest
consideration by ways and means
committee to be named by the demo-
Gratis, who will control the next house.
The point is now being made that the
democratic leaders have studied the
situation as it existed when last their
party framed tariff bills, and they dis
cover that chief among the complaints
was that the southern states too heav-
lily dominated the committee which
framed the Mills and Wilson bills fif-
teen and twenty years ago.
Here is the latest democratic pre-
diction of the makeup of the ways and
means committee, as it will be agreed
upon by the democratic caucus to be
held within a few days.
Underwood of Alabama, chairman;
Randell Of Louisiana, Harrison of New
York, Kitchin of North Carolina,
Shackleford of Missouri, James of
Kentucky, Railey of Illinois, Dixon of
Indiana, Peters of Massachusetts, Hull
of Tennessee, A. Mitchell Palmer of
Pennsylvania and Hammond of Min
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