Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-04-30
First Days Reading in House
Of Revised Democratic Mea-
Sure Marked by Excited
Debates,
REPUBLICANS ACCUSED
OF SHOWING BAD FAITH
Murdoek Starts
Fireworks by Sensational
Charge, Which Is Resented
by G, 0, P, Leader

tBy Mornlur journal -perlal isssed witsA
Washington. April sa.-Evcited de-
bate and heated wrangles marked to-
day the beginning OF the reading uf
the democratic tariff bin In the house
for amendment Progress ON the per
fection OF the measure wns slow, but
the talk was loud und vociletous and
On one occasion brought Speaker
Clark on the floor with a vigorous
speech.
All day the republicans offered
amendments to the various passages
In the chemical schedule aud every
amendment calmly was voted down
lay the big democratlc majority Sew
cfal minor amendments offered by the
WAYS and means committee to correct
tho phraseology OF the bill wore
adopted
Most of the talk Of the day turned
on the records Of tho democratic eide
OF the house on the question of Gre
atlng a tariff commission. The repub-
LEANS. led by Representative Mann. OF
Illinois. began their attneks on the
various provisions Of the INST schrd-
ulc OF the hill the chemical schedule.
hy declaring that the ''weakncsses
In the rates showed the need OF IN
vestigation by tariff board Repre-
sentative Underwood said IN reply
that the democrats had provided the
bureau OF foreign aud domestic COM
merce In the department of commerce
and thai the failure of the TAFT adj
nnisirauon 90 Vltalze that bureau
with sufficient appropriations had
prevented MS doing the work OF tariff
investigation.
Representative Gardner. OF MaSsa
ehusetts. mid that Representative
Underwood ana other democrats had
voted for the tariff commission IN the
sixty-nrst congress when the repub-
leans were IN power and urged that
they support the republican proposi-
tlon now. Then Representative Muir
dock the progressive leader, touched
off the fireworks. lie declared that
both republicans and democrats were
opposed TO the tariff commission
scheme and recalled the last dag OF
the sixty-first congress. auncle Joe
cannon's final appearance az the
speakers desk when the tariff eOm-
mission bin was Withdrawn by the
republicans IN the face Of flllbuster
by Representative fitzgerald. OF New
York
Tho republicans In this chamber
then, shouted Mr.. Mufdock. olike tho
republicans in this chamber now, wcfr
only pretending TO be for tariff com
mission. They had their chance tu
write that blll into law then aud fail
ed. They VIII nc,cr have another
chance"
The republicans grew excited and
Representative Gardner shouted that
there WIS no foundation for MI
Murdock's charge that the republican
leaders were in conspiracy 10 defeat
the tariff commission bill Gestieulat-
ing wildly. Mr. Gardner demanded the
opinion of Representative Shirley. Of
Kentucky, az 10 the truth Of tho
charge Mr.. Shirley said he believed
many Of the republicans opposed the
bin Then Representative Gardner,
shaking finger ut Speaker Clark,
demanded TO know whether he be-
levcd the charge. The speaker strobe
to the center Of the well ef the house
and shouted
My judgment is that there never
was i republican lcader in the house.
really In favor of the tariff commis-
sion
Mr Gardner sat down and the
speaker went on He declared that
he was against q tariff commission
reporting to ana responsible to tho
"lt Is the house that should huec
Ihe information, he said The speak
ar Went into details about the defeat
of the tariff commission bin in the
Sixty-nrst consress, explaining that
HE democrats refused to follow him
self and Representative Underwood
"They rolled ms TO a fafe-you-wcil
be declared. "and the republican
aere standing back and agreeing Ike
saul at the stonlug of stephen They
actually rolled up e majority against
Underwood and myself but # was ihe
.irsl time and the hist time they ever
lld t. The only reason was tue,
,aught up mapping
representative Gardner again tried
% pin the speaker down tn his posi-
ion on the conspiracy charge
y think the gentleman from Ncw
York. Mr PAYNE was honest on tina
IaY IN tryine to set that bill
hroagh, sald Tie speaker
nut WITS there conspiracy on that
las demanded ar. Gardner
~ cannot tell said tho speaker
because I WAS not IN il il there was
NE
The house reared With laughter
The speaker concluded with the
eclafation that partisan tariff