Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-05-12
BURKE OPPOSED TO
FARMERS, FREE LIST

Washington. May 4-Protection and
free trade were the themes of yester-
days debate in the House over thu
democratic bill to put agricultural i'm.
plements, certain food products and
manufactured articles on the free list
Mr.. Tilson, OF Connecticut, said his
state, usually referred to in tariff re-
bates as a manufacturing community
held large and important farming in
t~erests, but that the farmers refused
to be caught by the name farmers
free list bill" On the democratic ma&2-
ure.
Messrs S. w. Smith, of Michigan, and
Burke, of South Dakota, republicans
opposed the measure because Of it's as
sault upon the doctrine of protection,
Mr.. Catlin, of Missouri, said 1t would
give a firmer foothold in the Unitet
States to the growing Japanese trads
Messrs. Byrnes and Sims, of Tennes.
see, and Lever and Byrnes. OF South
Carolina, all democrats, defended She
bill.
The House committee on ways and
means next week will begin work or
the tariff bill providing for revision Oh
the wool schedules. On this both the
democratic majority in the House anG
the democratic membership of the
committee are divided, blu che com.
Hllllee ulNlSlOH Is not 50 ~lue DIS IL
the past few weeks.
It Is the policy OF Speaker Clark, Ma
jority Leader Underwood n Other
democratic leaders not TO submit q
bill placing raw wool on the free list
Many democrats want raw wool on the
free list, while Others believe thu
schedule should not be so radically re.
vised at this time.
That a majority of the democrats or
tha xrya VIC N md means nnpnpnittaa fa ,,nran
free raw wool until ii few days age
there is nc doubt. but a majority OF
democrats could not swing such a bill
even In committee, nor could a majority
Of democrats in the House effect its
passage. To agree on a bill that the
democrats can support unanimously OF
nearly SO is the purpose OF the party
leaders, and the bill when finally re.
ported will be a compromise, approved
by a democratic caucus. There will be
10 formal C on the wool schedules
called, however, until the majority
members of the ways and means com.
mittee have agreed upon a bill to re.
port to such a caucus. 1t is reported
today that OF the fourteen democrats
on the committee only seven are stand
ing firmly for free raw wool. Origin
ally there were nine.
A three-cornered fight over the cleo
ton OF a president pro tempore OF &c
Senate TO succeed Senator Frye Is IN
prospect. Senator Gallinger is the
general choice of the regular repub-
leans, but is unsatisfactory to many
progressives, who are considering one
of their own men probably Senator
Ciapp, to show they hold the balance
Of power. 1t is said he would get al
least 10 votes. sufficient to prevent
G~allinger's election. Senator Bacon
probably will receive the democratic
vote.
Whether whiskers are a greater det-
riment to a T, than a bald head is
still a mooted question. Four of the
ablest men in public life debated the
subject before the National Press club
here last night. The bout was under
Marquis OF Queensbury rules ana when
the bell rang the referee threw up his
hands i'm despair. Speaker Chang
Clark, OF the House OF Representatives.,
called upon in the emergency. declared
ne could not see any use In either
whiskers or a bald head n referred
thSl whole matter to the wayS and
means committee OF the House which
now has the WOOL and hair schedule
under consideration.