The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-01
Bryan's Attempt to Dictate
Course of the Party on
This Schedule Is Resented
by Some Leaders.
CHAMP CLARK KEEPS
POSITION ON FENCE
Hearings on the Reciprocity
ITreaty by Senate Commit
Tee End Monday-Majority
Are Opposed to 1t.
(National News Association

(National News Association
Washington, June 1.-The house
Democrats went into caucus today to
decide on a revision of the wool sched
ule. The majority were still irritated
at w. j. Bryan's advocacy of free
wool program and the leaders entered
the caucus more determined than ever
TO receive the party's approval of their
bill pending for tariff on wool
The woolen schedule, which was put
up to the caucus today, bears a very
close similarity to the Wilson BILL ex-
cept in paragraphs relating to raw
wool. The duty on raw products is
cut from II cents to about 5 cents
pound. The caucus was called to Or
der by Representative Burleson of
Texas and the discussion was pro-
longed.
Clark Is Silent.
Speaker Champ Clark declined posi-
lively this morning to comment on
the Bryan appeal to Democrats not to
INA squerade' under the guise of tariff
for revenue only in voting for the I'm
derwood revision of the wool schedule,
nor would he discuss the reply to
Bryan made by the majority leaders.
The speakers friends recognizing that
his present position is difficult. how
ever. advised him against becoming
embroiled in party feud. Under
wood 1on1oro1 hoforo tho
have thoroughly canvassed the situa-
ton Bryan's attempt to dictate to
this house what it should do has made
converts to our cause. There are
more votes pledged to the committee
measure than four years ago. The is
sue presented has sent to us some
Democratic members who otherwise
would have voted against u.s."
Reciprocity Action.
The hearings of the senate commit
tee on the Canadian reciprocity treaty
will end next Monday. The commit
tee will then take up the agreement in
executive session. Today the commit
tee stands eight against measure and
for it. Chairman Penrose and Sena-
tors Lodge and Cullom, his Republican
associates, and Senators Stone, Will
liam Kern, and Johnson of Maine, all
Democrats, favor the agreement. Sen
ators McCumber, Smoot, Galinger,
licans. and Simmons, Democrat, will
vote against it. The agreement will
be supported without amendment.
Smoot will join the friends of recip-
rocity to oppose any amendment and
vote with them, as he did when the
measure was considered in the last
session to report it without recon-
mendation. This would bring it back
to the senate without changes. The
only amendment that will receive con-
sideration is Roots pertaining to print
paper and wood pulp. Senator Pen
rose said today he did not believe
Roo's or any other amendment would
be adopted.
The chairman of the committee
made it plain that he intends to press
the agreement upon the senate for con-
sideration with all possible dispatch.
Gray Against Bryan.
The ways and means committee pre-.
pared the revenue wool bilr 1t has
been closely guarded and until the
caucus began, no Democrat, except
those of the ways and means commit
tee, knew exactly its provisions Rep.
iresentative Underwood, chairman OF
the committee, said no attempt would
be made to shut off discussion and the
free wool Democrats would be given
ample opportunity to air their views
even if necessary to caucus several
days.
Going into the caucus Representa-
tive Harrison announced he would of
| fer an amendment to the Underwood
bill providing that if duty on wool is
approved it shall be with the under
standing that there will be a sliding
scale reduction hereafter until raw
wool is eventually on the free list.
Cullop, Adair and Barnhart, who are
in Indiana, were the only Indiana
Democrats not in the house caucus
on the wool bill today. All Hoosiers
present lined up behind Chairman Tn
derwood against ". J. Bryan and free
wool.