Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-06
BREAKERS AHEAD
FOR DEMOCRATIC
MAJORITY N
THE HOUSE
Schedule X is Rock Upon
Which Party Will Split is
Belief Of Prominent Leaders
of That Party.
SOME DEMOCRATS ARE
OPPOSED TO FREE TRADE
'sp~cin, 'orr~.pomd~nc~ a. the W-ra,d,

Washington MAY That III,
Democratic party r. going to hr spnt
ia twain by the attcmp, IN this con.
gr"ss ot the ncW house majority t.
r"viso tn" wnoi schedule of The tariff
rs a growing b"i'or among disint .rcsj.
ed observers here. Thus far tho
hous" Democrats have followed close
~ their legislative program. but thc,c
appears To- he serious troubl" ahead
The house has approved IN. e..
madam reciprocity pact. done IS
share towards requiring anto-elcctiot
publicity OF campaign contributions.
passed the resolution for popular cler-
ton OF United states senator's ana
adopted resolution directing Il
sweeping Investigation OF government,
departments Nov /, IL in the midst
of the free list discussion Next. IL Is
generally believed. will come-do',
trcmble!-- schedule Is The sena'c
has done nothing thus far. beyond
disc ussng some questions which ave
bound Ia come before IL later The
very dlligent house gloatingly has
been proposing legislation. working
day and night 1T II since this extr.
session convened. while the senate
committees are not even organized.
iiut tho upper body Is slowly and
| grimiy preparing To- dispos. of what
the hous" proposes
And schedule Is, that trouble brewer.
rs soon to be- reached. a prominent
| Democrat of the house sized up thc
situation ~ this way.
| Il am opposed To- free raw wool.
but the majority % my party In the
hous" seems To- favor II. I am firmly
OF the opinion that If We adopt free
raw wool there viii bc no rate IN the
schedule higher than 81 per cent. In
other words. We viii adopt what prac-
tlcally viii amount to revenue rates
on all lines of wooden manufactures.
This viii provoke a great outcry in
| the WOODEN trade Furthermore II
viii Kick up trouble In the party But
" il is the viii of the majority. well
and good. All of us will share the
consequences. whatever the, may be. 20
II has been announced heretofore
in these dispatches that nine or ten
of the fourteen Democrats on tin"
ways and means committee are for
free raw wool These fourteen Demo
\
majority OF themselves. AMI the
seven Republican members of the
loommittec may ask themselves. as
l,hcy no doubt have asked themselves
heretofore iu this session. What's
the IKE ot our attending tn" commit
tee meetings especially when the Ma
ionnls are nome %"
| with the WAYS and means commit
tea in favor of FIRE" raw wool and a
ImajoriN al the house members ais
Tor 1t ana Tor anything elise thar is
free. except sugar and fresh meats
(which cuusumcrs huN from amply
lprptccted trusts, IL appears to De- a
Imattrr only of days before thu NV
Isrhedulc * viii be prccipitatcd Whc'
Inns precipitation occurs a few potcC
tial Democratic leaders ia the hous,
'who are hostile To admission nt raN
wool nee OF duty. and cOtcric o
Z Democratic senator's. who viii follow
. the lead of senator Bailey, viii know
Just how long and how hard "a strus
, gle they viii have on their hands t.
, prevent In. passage of hill whi'l
would give Australian and Argentina
sheep men and wool growers an cVrl
. chance with Americans IN the s1'n
trade 10 supply the wool and mutton
marts OF this country. And the iigh
- against free raw wool viii he wage
. tn the last trench.
With the time for consideration "
?. the wool tariff approaching. as y"
n legislative program Of the hous" Dem
!. ocrats. aud protests coming from l."
r and near against free raw wool, ther
= IL u good deal of talk of the prophet
Z of n special Democratic caucus I"
- the sole purpose Of deciding deiinitel
In advance how fast the majority
steam roller must he operated IN pu'
n ting through free wool There liN"i
- will be no trouble In reaching =
le agreement Ia reduce the rates q
wooden manufactures. Tn" fight WI