Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-01
DEMOCRATS PREPARING TO vvAo|
CONTEST ON BASIS or uNoER.|
WOOD BILL.
HANDBOOK BEING PREPARED &
IN DEFENSE OF MEAeUR
Objects Of Various Schedules = 4
Explained in Simple Lansuass-Wa
Try to Convince Country Undsr~sd
Dill 10 Good Thing without Avail
ing Actual Results. "a
Especial Correspondence

Washington, May millions
copies Of a democratic handbook
defense of the Underwood tariff 4
will soon be issued. They will be d
out by the democratic congresaio1
committee and will be distributed
over the United States.
The purpose Of the democratic Cd
gressional committee ID to get real
without delay for the 1914 campaie
The democratic leaders In the hou
realize that they will be attacked
the tariff bill and they purpose to 6
their defense thrown out immediate
or just as soon as the bill 10 del
nitely shaped up in the senate. al
the book can be prepared and ISSUED
In other words. the plan OF the der
ocratic committee. of the campati
management for the coming congr9
sional campaign, is to make the TIC
for the tariff bill at once. The car
paign managers will not wait UNI
close up under the guns of the ~
elections to begin operations. They vi
set out just as soon as they caA
convince the country that the Und4
wood tariff bill is good thing.
vii; not Sc Tsst;nae..
The campaign book which will
prepared will be rather brief dt1et
and summarization Of the Underw0d
bill, showing the principal changes
rates made by it. and explaining q,
object Of the various reductions.
will not be technical or complicated.
will rather be a simple exposition
the bill from the democratic stand
point, so simple that he or she WI
runs may read.
Most Of the official documents o
the bill and the speeches are more 9
less dry and complicated. The ob1ec
of preparing brief handbook is to en-
tighten the average voter on what "a
bill does or attempts to do.
1t is the purpose to distribute t1
book widely from the literary head
quarters of the committee here. Jul
how many will be issued will deper|
on the demand but It will probably RI
into several millions Of copies.
Next Fight on Tariff.
The democrats take the view tn
the fight for control Of the house mel
year il going to rage around the tai
if. They say that II the bill shout
cause any depression. they will have
explain it away and II 1t proves . GOO
thing, then the explanation OF 1t vi
merely serve to strengthen their cas-,
The decision to issue the tariff hand
book is indicative OF the purpose OF tn
congressional leaders I
adopt a vigorous campaign policy mex
year. They are aware that the nous
can easily be lost by sudden fluctu
alton OF sentiment and they do not IN
tend to be caught mapping. The for
mutation of their project to flood IN
country with Underwood tariff bill lit
erature. moreover. Is indicative tha
they are much more aggressive in thei
campaign plans thus far than the re
publicans. The latter. in many easel
are disposed to sit by, and await de
yelopments, seeing how the countr
takes the tariff bill before plunging In
to the congressional campaign. Wit
the new committee organized for bust
ness, the democrats intend to keep On
political fires burning right along fror
now until year from next aNovembel