The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-04-21
Eight DAYS of Debate on the
Tariff Sill Will Be Started
in the Lower House Dur.
ing the Week.
A WILSON MESSAGE
ON OPIUM TREATY
Congress TO Act on Case of 4
Banker Who Whipped a
Congressman - Baseball
Trust to Be Probed.

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WASHINGTON. April 21-Ths
food gates of tariff oratory will be
opened wide in the house this week
when general debate on the Under
wood tariff bill will begin to continue
for eight consecutive days. At Dem
ocratic caucus tonight resolution will
be adopted to bind members to vote
for a motion limiting debate TO eight
days.
Leaders said today they hoped to
send the bill to the senate about May
15. The senate may pass IL by August
1. but IL is generally believed that the
! date of final passage will be late in
that month.
The report of the majority members
of the ways and means committee
| which framed the Underwood bin will
be presented to the house tomorrow.
The minority Republican report was
presented today.
Rep. Victor Murdock. the Progress
sive member of the committee. also
expects to present a report on the
part OF the Progressives.
Protests continue TO be received
against the Underwood bill A large
delegation of printing pressmen and
allied trades arrived from New York
today to file a protest against the
measure. Other delegations are sched-
uled to arrive during the course of the
week
GLOVER CASE Is UP.
| WASHINGTON. April 21.-Formal
demand was made on the house today
to punish Charles Glover. the million
aire banker, for an assault on Rep.
Sims OF Tennessee In Farfagut park
last week Rep. Garrett of Tennessee.
offered a resolution urging that n
select committee of FIVE members be
appointed to determine the course OF
procedure to he adopted. The resolu-
poena Witnesses. examine them under
oath and call for necessary books and
papers. The resolution was passed
unanimously and the speaker appoint
ed Reps. Davis of West Virginia, Ruck-
er of Missouri, Crist of Georgia,
Croudy of Iowa and Nelson of wiscon-
sin as the committee to investigate
the matter.
Progressive leader Murdock asked
Garrett why Glover was not brought
before the house Immediately. He said
there was no dispute about the facts
of the assault and no need Of a prelim-
mary invetigation. Garrett replied that
officially the house knows nothing of
the assault.
A BASEBALL TRUST.
WASHINGTON. April 21.-Rep.
Hardwick of Georgia. il planning to
make a national issue of the case OF
for $4,000 salary from the Detroit
baseball club. Hardwick will offer .
resolution providing for an investiga-
tion of the baseball trust. which, II 10
charged, violates the Sherman law.
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia has
sent for a copy OF the contract. which.
IL is alleged, prevents Cobb from re-
ceivfng the salary he demands. The
senator says he will study II before
determining whether IL is illegal
DEMOCRATS NOW HAPPY.
WASHINGTON. April 71-Demo-
cratic senators breathed easier today
when they learned that their Republi-
can colleagues had modified their plan
for warfare on Democratic nomina-
tions by limiting their oppositions TO
those nominations of Democrats who
are to suppIant Republican Office hold
ers whose terms have not expired.
Some Republican senators wanted to
hold up all the presidents nomfna-
tions in retaliation for the blocking Of
President Taft's nominations last win
ter. A committee of the Republican
caucus TO which the question was re-
ferred reported against Wholesale OBJ
struction.
SPECIAL MESSAGE.
WASHINGTON, April e1-In q spec
ial message to congress today Presi-
dent Wilson urged the immediate
adoption by the United States Of the
international opium exchange In which
practically all the nations of the world
have concurred. The message trans
mits a report from the secretary of
state asking for s20,0 900 TO continue
the anti-opium crusade.
WEALTHY MAN WORKS
WITH A ROAD GANG
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