The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-10
EWhiskey Interests Make a
Last Stand in
Congress
BUT LOSE BY
VOTE OF 240 TO 65
Views of New Englanders
on Wool and Cotton Tariffs
Anxiety Over Former

Washington, Feb. l0.-Tarif anxiety
as far as New England Democrats in
Congress are concerned centers on wool
en- duties. There has been much quiet
discussion of this matter lately, and New
England Democrats have been making
strong representations to their colleagues
in the House. The disposition toward
drastic reductions is very strong, and it
was not discouraged by what happened
at the ways and means hearings.
| Against this, New England Democrats in
the House are arguing the injustice of
the proposition and also political mex
pedieney. They are asserting that if a
serious mistake is made and the big in
dustry of manufacturing wooden goods is
injured, there will be inevitably re-
action. 1t might easily happen. say
these Democrats, that an unjust arrange
ment of schedule X would do as much
political harm to the Democrats as the
failure TO reduce properly the duties in
the Payne-Aldrich law did to the Repub-
leans.
There is much less concern about cot
ton rates. These, it is believed. will be
fixed in a reasonable manner, so that the
industry will not be injured New Eng
land Democrats are opposed to free boots
and shoes, but are confident that those
products will be cared for satisfactorily
before the forthcoming tariff bill gets to
the president.
The House OF Representatives had an
exciting afternoon Saturday which con-
eluded with the passage of the Webb bill
diyesting intoxicants of their interstate
commerce character when shipped into
state for use In violation of local
laws. This means, briefly, liquors
shipped into state for saloon keepers,
but not for private use. This debate
was very animated, with constitutional
lawyers, pro and con. very much to the
fore. Minority Leader Mann declared
that the proceeding was fam fam, as
the purpose was for the House to pass
one bill and the Senate to pass another
bill Monday, whereupon il would be
found impracticable to join them in con-
ference and one house could blame the |
other because the legislation was not |
However that may be, the |
House passed the bill by the ovrewhelm
ing vote of 240 to 90, with great num- /
Der of temperance advocates looking on I
IN the galleries.
There was wordy serimmage early in /
the day, when Representative Fitzeger
aid, chairman OF appropriations, accused
Representatives Underwood and Henry.
chairman OF ways and means and of
rnlas rnanpctfvpIV nf mot nrnuarly sim.
porting his committee. He charged that
there was a secret agreement to let some
appropriation bills go over till the extra
session. They did not reply to the ac.
'usation.
The Senate, on the other hand, had a
most quiet afternoon. 1t was given over
o eulogies of two dead senators, Taylor
Il Tennessee and Nixon of Nevada, and
i two dead representatives Madison and
iitchell of Kansas. Senator Borah of
IDAHO offered an amendment TO the
Windsor Locks bill, providing that hy-
o-eleetricity, when transmitted outside
tate boundaries, should be subject to
rovisions of the interstate power com.
lw, and that hydro-eelctric power com
anies in such cases should be regarded
5 common carriers
The effort OF certain Massachusetts,
citation against the selection OF Louis
J. Brandeis for the cabinet is resulting I
My in laughter. II has developed that
he dinner to New England Democrats In
he House last night did not bring about !
n Endorsement of either Foss or CASTOR !
,r the cabinet, nor anything like it.