Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-01
Oscar W, Underwood, Chair
man of Ways and Means
Committee, Makes This Plain
in Statement,
PERSONALLY HE FAVORS
CHANGES BY PIECEMEAL
House Leader Does Not Con-
ceaI Fact That Senate Must
Not Attempt Any Usurpatiou
Of Rights Of Lower Body.

uBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire.
Washington. Nov. 30.-To Presi
dent-elect Wilson will be left the tasl
of determining whether the tart
alone is to be considered at the spe
cial session of congress next spring
whether special legislatio shall b.
taken up, or whether the tariff is t,
be revised as a whole. in a single bill
or by schedules. one section at "A time
Representative Oscar w. Under.
wood, chairman of the ways and
means committee Of the house and
democratic tariff leader. will meet
Mr. Wilson probably in New York
late in December or early in January.
and the plans for the extra session
then will be elaborated on and given
to the public.
Il can express now only my opinion
as a member Of the committee said
Mr.. Underwood today He said he
favored revision schedule by schedule.
The house desires to work in en-
tire harmony with the president and
to that end it will be guided by his
wishes as fully as possible he said.
THE ways and means committee
will have general meeting late next
week and the democratic members
then will begin plans for the opening
of hearings in January, at which all
persons will be allowed to present
their tariff views
The desire of senate democrats t..
help in the original making of the
tariff bills. emphasized during the
last few days by senators who have
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statement from Mr. Underwood that
the senate would be fully consulted in
all matters of preparation put that
the house would reserve to itself its
fen authority to make the original
sscURdtegarbsto "A
II think the members of the wavs
and means committee would be will
ing to confer freely with the members
of the finance committee of the sem
ate as we'll as with individual mem
bers of the senate with reference to
tariff bill" he said. I'VE should
endeavor if it is possible to do 50. to
send bill to the senate which is go
ing to meet with the approval of the
democrats of the Senate when it gets
over there.
Put I think that Is as far as YOU
can go. We have to bring in bin
which will be satisfactory to the
membership of the house and the sen
ate finance committee has to bring in
one that is satisfactorvP to the mem
hership of the senate. If We had Z
gcberal committee and the senators. !
through their votes sent something 20
the house that did not meet with the |
approval of the house, it would H."
making us stand for something that
our constituencies would not st;.r'l !
for. The result is we have to prepare !
cuI bill with the sentiment Of the /
house in view and We can not az /
ford to surrender that to anybocH i
outside of the house.
There probably will be differences
between the two houses over disputes
arising on the bill, but when these
go TO conference they can
be settled by compromise and the
house which controls Will be resDon-
sible for the compromise. The senate
may put amendments into the house
bill which the house would take as a
matter of compromise in the eud but
which it would not take at al as an
original suggestion from the ways ami |
means committee"