The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-29
TARIFF ! MEASURE
STEP
/ FUTHER TODAY
5 ding Of Bill, Paragraph
Eby Paragraph, Begun in
M House This Morning.
UNDERWOOD HOPES
@ FOR ITS PASSAGE
0eces Il to 90 Through both Branch
es-Republicans and Progressives to
Offer Amendments as the Minority
I to Vote on them Later.

4
ratic tariff revision bill advanced an
Ither stage in the house today, when
ne reading Of the measure, paragraph
~ paragraph, was begun. Amend
hents will be offered by the republic
Jams and progressives, as the minority,
while the bill progresses through this
part Of the legislative journey. What
Hver amendments are agreed to by the
democrats will be voted upon later as
Sa whole. when the bill is reported to
the house formally from the commit
tee Of the whole of the house, the par
I eliamentary status of the house con-
alteration now. Representative I'm
derwood. the democrat leader, said he
hoped and expected the bill would be
passed by the house and the senate.
The general debate on the tariff
with lively defense of the Under
wood bill by Representatives Hard
wick OF Georgia and short statement
ny Underwood.
In the debate yesterday afternoon
Representative Payne Of New York,
the ranking republican member Of the
ways and means committee, and the
father Of the present tariff law. had
q good-sized audience on hand to list
en- to his denunciation Of tho bill. He
painted vivid word picture Of ruin
ed industry and Impoverished labor
which he presented as the inevitable
result Of the Underwood bill. Repub-
licans vociferously applauded when
he declared that the reduction in the
cost Of living promised by the demo-
Gratis as rule Of the tariff revision
was a fallacy.
Criticised the Ways and Means
Committee.
Mr.. Payne criticised the ways and
means committee for putting wool on
the free list while leaving on the du-
fable list the hair Of the Angora
Ikoats. intirnating that 1t was the work
OF Representative Garner, the Texas
member Of the committee. "There
are 100000 goats raised in the Uni
ted States" he said. "and under
stand that a.s99.sss OF them are rais-
Representative Murdock, the pro.
gressfve leader. criticised the tariff
policy of both democrats, and repub-
iicans. He said the Underwood bill
was an. "unreliable, chaotic, tumble
Of inconsistencies" and urged that
the tariff be placed in the hands Of a
non-partisan tariff commission.
Representative Rainey Of Illinois,
ed q new era in the governments fis-
cal policy, making lighter the bur-
den Of taxes upon the consumers Of
the country and compelling great
wealth to contribute Its fair share to-
ward paying the government ex-
spenses."
Advocates Certain Reductions.
Representative Chandler Of New
York, progressive, advocated the re-
auction Of certain tariff duties and
Sreplied to Representative Hefiin Of
sSAlabama. who. he said, had called
&rheodore Roosevelt "the wild man
1lkrom Africa" and in the same
breath had invoked the spirit Of An
ldrew Jackson to guide the delibera-
Mons Of democratic congress.
\ jackson once killed a man named
Scharles Dickinson" said Mr.. chand-
Her: che threatened to hang Calhoun
aIs high as Haman: tried to horsewhip
n shomas Benton: challenged General
WINFIELD Scott to q duel: overran
lylor1da; and had two eminent Brit
S3u6 gentlemen hanged. thereby bring
Sng us into war with Great Britain
Md Spain and when president. broke
/ y his cabinet by his own headstrong
olence. This is the mild hammered
4 ian whose spirit Is invoked in this
4 puse by democratic congressman
the same breath that is employed
y denounce Roosevelt as a wild man
Il Om Africa"