Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
BROOK NO DELAY
FOR TARIFF BILL
Democratic Leaders of Senate
Expect II to Be Out of Sub
committees by June 9.
SLOGAN Is TO BE MAKE
THE REPUBLICANS WORK"
Daily Sessions of Eight Hours and
Vote Before August Is Predicted
by Hoke Smith.

The democratic leaders of the Senate
last night were more emphatic than ever
in their insistence that any unnecessary
delay in the passage of the tariff bill
be eliminated. Feeling that some of the
republicans intend to hold up the bill
as long as possible. they have adopted
as a slogan Make the republicans
work"
The democrats expect that the bill will
be out of the subcommittee by June 8.
Senator Stones subcommittee is ready
to report tomorrow, if it should be neces-
sary; Senator Williams subcommittee
will be ready by Wednesday, it is
thought. and Senator Johnson's subcom-
mittee will be ready by the end of this
week, or the first of next. 1t is believed
that the bill will be reported to the Sen
ate about June %.
Expects Vote on Bill in July.
Senator Hoke Smith Of Georgia said
that the Senate should vote on the bill
the latter part of July. How this could
be accomplished. the Senator said would
be demonstrated when the debate began,
by keeping the opposition at work.
I'VE will keep the republicans who
want to discuss the bill working, and
we will keep at work ourselves, from
the very beginning" said the senator
1--WE will meet in the Senate every day
at 10 o'clock in the morning and keep
at work until o'clock at night. That
will prevent the opposition from delay
ing the bill by playing with it.. We will
tire the republicans out OF playing. l
cannot see how the debate should run
longer than the latter part Of July"
1t was made evident that all of the
fight among the democrats on the wool
and sugar schedules OF the Dill would pc
concluded in the caucus. and that this
would leave Senators Ransdeil and Thorn
ton of Louisiana to vote against the bill
because of their opposition to the sugar
schedule. and Senator Walsh to oppose
il because Of free raw WOOL More posi-
tive than they have ever been before
were the administration leaders that the
bill would come from the finance COM
mittee and through the fire of the party
caucus with free raw wool and free su-
gar in three years remaining unscathed
Amendments to Be offered.
But amendments to the sugar and
wool schedules will, Of course, be
offered on the floor OF the Senate, and
the democrats who will remain
ayowedly against the bill as it is re-
these amendments. Even then. demo-
cratic leaders asserted today, the bill
can be passed as President Wilson
wants II.
Increases in all articles in the cotton
schedule that may be classed with lux
uries are to be made by the Senate
finance subcommittee. Members of the
committee admitted this yesterday. as
sorting that expensive cotton table covers.
table cloths Of the finer grades and tapes
try articles all would be raised.
one reduction in the cotton schedule
will be made. that on cotton card laps.
roping, silver or rowing, to be reduced
from 10 to per cent. On cotton yarns
the duties are to be increased 10 per
cent to be taken as the lowest rate
instead of 5, and the rates of the I'm
derwood bill to be increased from that
basis upward.
On all the schedules the subcommittee
are working industriously. The citrus
fruit rates, which have been subject of
dispute it was said yesterday, had been
practically settled, and the subcommittee
will report the rates practically as they
came from the House.