Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-07-24
Only Unimportaot Sections
Considered So Far and in
Some Cases Votes Were
Won From Republicans,
DEBATE HAS ONLY
BEEN SUSPENDED
Weeks Of Massachusetts viii
Be Heard To-day in General
Argument Against Under
wood Simmons Measure,


Washington july 23.--The senate
took it's first plunge into the intrlca-
civs ot the Underwood simmons tar
ift revision hin TODAY only few
paragraphs of the volumnous meas
ure had been completed at adjourn
ment tonight ON every test vote
throughout the day the democratic
leaders were upheld In some eases
getting the support OF republicans
aligned with the progressive element.
Detailed consideration OF the bill
began unexpectedly when Il was found
that no republican senator was ready
90 deliver "a general tariff speech.
with the consent of the republicans.
the reading of the bin, line by line.
was begun.
Tests of strength came upon n num-
hcr Of relatively unimportont issues.
embraced IN duties upon chemicals
and drugs. The democratic ranks held
sohdlv upon euch vote. Upon the
first vote, when senator SmoOt op-
posed reduction of tho Oxalic acid
duty from o TO = cent per pound.
Senators Borah. Ijristow. Crawford.
Cummins. Jones, Iafollctte. Norris
and Works republicans and Senator
polndcXtor. progressive. Joined the
democrats In endorsing the proposed
reduction. on a subsequent vote 10
increase the duty on pyrogallic acid
from 10 per cent TO L. per cent. Sem
ators Gronna, Brady, Dristpw. clapp.
Crawford, Cummins, Goft, Jones,
Kenyon Nelson. Norris. Perkins,
Poindoxtor, sherman. Warren and
Worries voted with the democrats
Democratic senator's eyineod a dc.
termination to hold debate to the
minimum no democrats partlolpat-
ed in general discussion further than
To give information as 10 the reasons
for reductions
Republican senators criticised re-
pcatedly the character Of the esti-
mates made hy the democratic lead
ers as the basis for the reduced du.
ties, Several minor errors in the
TARIFF hand book" prepared by
Chairman simmons and his staff OF
experts gave the republicans an op-
potunity to question the authority of
many estimates and to declare that
the democrats had no adequate ideas
Of the amount Of revenue that would
le raised under the bill
Senators Lodge and Jones tried to
prevent the adoption of a proposed
duty Of five per cent on argos from
which cream Of tartar is made. but
they were defeated Senator Lodge
llso opposed without success the
proposed duty on eollodion
The plan Of the democrats to take
'oal tar products and coal tar distll.
ates from the free list and place
hem under duties ranging from per
'ent TO 10 per cent. was opposed by
senator smoot, but without avail His
amendments 10 the two schedules COW
ring these two subjects were defeat
I'd. the first 80 to rs ana the second,
10 to 80
Senator Johnson, Of Maine. iusti
led the increases The committee had
made ON the ground that they i'm
,oscd Il revenue tax on chemicals
hat could be taxed without material
y affecting American industries.
The reading of the bin probably
,ill give way again tomorrow to open
cbatc with senator Weeks, Of Mas
achusetts as chief speaker on the ro-
ubican side