Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-04-27
Representative Stringer Calls
Upon Bull MooSerS to Stand
by Provisions of Underwood
Bill as Party Pledges,
FIRST FEELING SHOWN
SINCE DEBATE BEGAN
Congressman Cordell Hull Ex-
plains Provisions Of Income
Tax and for Hours Answers
Questions by SolonS,

QueSllOnS ny OOlOllo'
tBy Morning Journai Special Leased Mlre)
Washington. April 2e.--Conirontins
progressive members OF the houle
with a plank In the national platform
OF their party pledeing them to im-
mediate revision of excessive tarilf
schedules without waiting Tor hcu
proposed non-purtisan tariff comnhs-
sion Representative Lawrence =.
Sirnger new member from llli-
nois called upon third party repre-
sentatives IN the house tonight 20
support the Underwood hlll if they
wished Co carry out their party dee
clafations.
First defending the propresfltes
against onslaughts hy both democrats
and republicans. and declaring that
they represented more than 1000 00o
voters aud had the right TO claim
that their party was "tho second great
party In this nation the Illinois
democrat cmphatioaliy denied that
they represented protection party
you ten me that the progressive
party favors non-partison tariif
commission he declared. 'Tha, 's
true. hut that plank in the progress
sive platform concludes by saying
the work of the commission should
not prevent the immediate adoption Of
nets reducing those schedules grnet-
ally recognized as excessive
Waving aloft the quotation AMI hd
dressing himself 60 Victor Murdock,
progressive party leader Ia the houae.
Mr. stfinger continues
n call the attention ~ the gentle
men from Kansas 10 the statement,
that If he and the progressive neni-
bers of this party whom he leads de
sire to carry ont the declarations OF
their own platform, and / believe they
do. they viii be compelled by the
logic of those declarations 10 Join
with us i'm the passage of these pcno
ing measures That platform de
nounces the Payne-Aldrich bill as
unjust 20 the people II declares
for an income tax, and ! say to the
gentleman from Kansas what his con
ferees have already said TO us, that
If they fail to keep faith with the
people and fan to carry out the
pledges which they have made they
viii meet the condemnation whicn
they deserve
The days 0cnatc further was en-.
livened by the first exhibition of ioei-
ing between majority and minority
leaders in the tarff discussion when
Of
democratic member of the ways and
means committee, attacked the repub-
lican tariff law. He declared it was
Ina effect an increase over the former
Dnelcy tariff in that the average rate
Of the Payne law was LII per cent
higher than the Dingley law with the
statistics of 1907 as basis
"The statistics tnat the ways ana
means committee presented today
show the gentleman's statement Is
utterly unfounded and false, shouted
Representative Payne.
Both participants In the colloquy
announced they would bring repre-
sentatives from The ways and means
committee to prove their contentious
Representative Collier of Mississip-
ri. majority member Of the ways
ana means committee arralgned the
republican party The income tax was
the subject Of prolonged discussion
early In the day. Representative Cor
dell HUI, of Tennessee author Of that
section. explaining It in detail. lie
was kept on his feet more than two
hours. scores of members questioning
him on the prposed tax.
A clash between Representative
Paync of New York. ranking repuhli-
can ON the ways and means commit
tee and author Of the present tariff
law and Representative Mnrdoek, of
Kansas the leader of the progressives,
over the division of time for speech
making on the minority side Of the
house chamber, eulivening the other
wise monotonous proceedings late
this afternoon
Representative Kent, Of California,
independent announced he would
vote for the democratic bill because
It represented 70 lowering OF the tar
iff. bat that he disagreed with many
Of its provisions
sofa, said the bill placed the demo
Gratis on record ais free traders
Representative Bailey, Of Pennsyl-
yania, who announced himself as q
free trade democrat, declared that
while in his opinion the Underwood
bin did not go far enough in lower
ing rates and enhrging the free list
il was step I'm the right direction"
Representative Treadway. of Mas
sachusetts, made "A detailed criticism
of the rates IN the Underwood bill.
in the wool. cotton, and
silk schedules. lie declared the meas
ure would ruin manufacturers Of tex
tiles in this country by subjectlng
them to competition with European
manufacturers who secure cheap la
hnr
"Onr country Is prosperous" he de-
clared. "and times are good. Woe 10