Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-22
HOUSE RECEIVES
TARIFF MEASURE
Approved by Ways and Means
Committee by Party
Vote.
NIGHT SESSIONS VOTED
TO RUSH ACTION ON BILL
Underwood Believes General Debate
Will Close in Five Days-Sen-
ators Consider Revision.

With the entire ways and means com
mittee in session today for the first
time. Chairman Oscar Underwood laid
before it the new democratic tariff re-
vision bill
After receiving vigorous opposition by
the six republican members and Victor
Murdoch. the new progressive member
of the committee, it was approved by
the strict party vote of fourteen to
seven and reported to the House, to be
called up tomorrow for general debate
Democrats of the House planned to
caucus tonight or early tomorrow to
pass on a rule proposed to limit general
debate on the bill to eight legislative
days and to curtail amendments when
the billis read section by section before
being placed upon it's passage.
Expects Early Action.
The general debate on the tariff bill
Mr.. Underwood's idea is that it will be
ended in about five days, and that pos
sibly week or SO more will be consumed
in considering the bill further under what
is called the five-minute rule.
Five members of the ways and means
committee voted for a motion by Mr..
Murdoch to make all future meetings OF
the committee public sessions. They were
Representatives Murdoch of Kansas,
Palmer of Pennsylvania, Harrison. New
York; Anderson. Minnesota, and Shackei-
ford of Missouri. The other members
out-voted the proposition.
Mr.. Underwood Immediately upon the
converting of the House secured the adop-
ton of motion to hold night sessions
of the House. beginning tomorrow night
with view to disposing of the general
debate on the bill within five days and
a fair division of time between the demo-
Gratis, republicans and progressives i'm the
discussion Of the bill during that debate.
and the five-minute limitation of speeches
to follow. The hour Of opening the ses-
siOns of the House also was changed to
IL am. instead of noon in order to eX-
pedite the tariff
Senate Committee Meets.
For the purpose of giving considera-
ton to the demand of some of the re-
publican senators that hearings shall
be given on the tariff bill by the
committee went into executive session
at o'clock this afternoon This was
the first meeting of the full committee
held since its reorganization
The democratic members of the commit.
tee are opposed to granting general open
hearings on the tariff bill, on the ground
that no arguments would be brought for
ward which have not already been gone
over before the House ways and means
committee or the Senate finance commit
tee in the last Congress. They claim that
such hearings would only cause delay in
tariff revision and would be of no service
Will Hear Protests.
However. the democratic members OF
the committee will meet tomorrow te
listen to protests from western senators
to the free wool and ultimate free sugar
provisions of the tariff bill as il now
stands before the House The hearing
to be granted these senator's upon the
wool and sugar issues is expected IL
develop the strength of the opposition to
the tariff bill in the Senate and the
finance committee then will have better
information as to whether it will be nee
essary to modify i'm any way the WOO
and sugar schedules.
The Senate democratic leaders have
given up hope of having the bill brough,
into the Senate in the form of separate
schedules. or even of having the sugar
and wool schedules segregated from the
rest of the bill. 1t has been determined
that the measure shall be considered as a
whole in the Senate. as it will be con.
sdered in the House.