The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-11
LIE q ders Anxious to
Hurry Adjournment
of Congress.
TARIFF FIXING
IS ABOUT OVER
Revision Will End Within Ten
Days With Wooden Schedule.
No Use to Go On Until 1t Is
Known What Senate aud
President Taft In
tend to Do.

tend to Do.
! Washington, March i0.-Curtailmen;
OF the Democratic tariff revision pro-
gram with a yiew to speeding up"
Congress to perni, adjournment before
the national conventions Is now the
expressed aim OF the Democratic majo
| ity in the House.
The Republicans and Democrats in
the senate and HOUSE, arc chatting over
delay in actual legislation tina, threat
ems to crowd Congress later on Dem.
ocratic Leader Cndevwood. OF the
House. chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee. indicated o-day that
| the wool tariff revision bill. which il
to be reported probably within ten
days, VIII be the last Of the revision
| measures at this session OF Congress
The idea has been discussed BY lead
ers Of both parties in both houses. and
| those who have conferred have ex-
| pressed the view that Congress was
likely to be away from Washington
before the gathering OF the Repubii-
can clans at Chicago on juno u. and
the Democratic at Baltimore. on June
les.
Gsuu WIKI NOOleD schedule.
II think our tariff revision bills will
cnd with the wooden schedule, which
We expect to report within ten days"
| said MI. Underwood to-day. There
| is no use for use to go any further un-
| III we find out what the senate is go
| ing to do with the bills already passed
| ana what the Prcsidcn5 is going to do
we have passed steel bill and u
| chemical bill. We will pass a sugar
bill and then we viii have wool BILL
| we VIII have made our record on
| the tariff with these schedules, and
am opposed to going any further IL the
work is wasted"
will Congress adjourn before the
national conventions" Sir. Underwood
was asked.
| Il am doing everything in my power
to bring that about, and ! confidently
! believe that il will I've accomplished.
| AS soon as the sugar bill is out III the
| way may bring In the cXcIso tax bill
| | have not quite made up my mind,
whether TO follow with it immediately
after the sugar bill is PASSED, but PROT
| ably will as [ view the situate now.
II not the appropriation bills will be
taken up The diplomatic bill. post of.
! flee bill, Legislative bills and others all
are ready. These can be FASTENED
| through.
Il see no reason now why adjourn
ment cannot BE- reached before the CON
vcntions.'
| The Democratic program in the sen
q tc is TO stand soldly behind The House
steel bill and, in "a general way TO sun
port the Democratic measures that
! come over from the House. The regu-
lar Republicans. standing on what they
! assert TO be definite assurance that the
\ President vii! veto any revision legis-
! !etlon not based on Tariff Board re-
/ M mi
not based on such reports
Woo! is the only subject reported up :
on by the board. The House Demo
ciais are talking OF a free wool bin,
though Democratic Leader Underwo cd
insists that even silk or rubber would
not raise the necessary revenue 10 Off
| set the loss from free wool Political
conditions make the fate OF any such
measure, on which the House WAYS
and Means Committee will begin final
work next week, problematcal IN the
senate.
Republicans Not Ia Accord.
| While progressive Republican Soma
tors II Is reported, are not acting gen
orally In concert on the tariff some Of
them believe that failing concessions
from the regulars OF their own party,
some common ground may yet be reach.
/ cd with the Democrats TO achieve re-
vision success in the Senate. Senator
Cunlmins is preparing measure with
this end in view. Democratic Leader
! Martin and some OF his party colleagues
share in the belief tina, this CO. opera
ton may be possible after the Dcmc-
cratic Senators have Sol.e on record
! fer the straight Democratic matters.
! /, is a question how far the progress
siYes and Democrats respectively may
/ ht willing TO yield.
J The House steel tarln revision blIl
! Will be negatively reported to the SEN
I etc OH Wednesday. Al the fun Com
mittee meeting on Tuesday the Demo
Gratis will vote to mako a minority re-
,rcrt In favor of the bill The tariff
discussions will not be precipltated in
the Senate probably for week or
mere, ana meantime tile Finance Com
mittec Will proceed win hearings on
tho House chemical tarn revision bill.
/ Progressive Republican senators gen
! orally, and about :, half dozen Demo
cratic Senators already have expressed
| opposition to the proposed free sugar
/ bin, though the Democratic Senator's
say they count upon several OF the pro
. Gressives TO join with them il COM
promise with a reduction OF so To so
/ should be offered
Per cent. on the present sugar tariff