El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-13

cratic members Of the committee viii
! be called back from West Virginia TO
participate in the caucus. 1t is pro
posed that the caucus shall be bind
ing one, pledging every senator to vote
/ for the bill, as approved
vice President May Vote.
The caucus vote on sugar and WooI
viii end all controversy as to WheIner
president Wilson's tariff policy is 20
receive the party support Ine parry
, leaders do not expect that more LnaI
three senators will refuse to support
the schedules and If there are no more
losses than that the bill can be passed
with the vote Of the vice president
John Sharp Williams. chairman OF
( the subcommittee in charge OF the ad-
miaistrative features of the Underwood
bill, startled members Of the finance
COMMITTEES when he proposed that a
commission be appointed to study the
entire question Of tariff admins tratlon,
provisions of the Payne idrich law be
permitted TO stand in the new Demo-
cratic bill.
Pools In Steamship Traffic.
Chairman Alexander, Of the house
snip trust investigating committee
making public the first three volumes
Of the committees proceedings to-day
declared they contained evidence thaI
competition between cOastwise lines
had been practically eliminated and
that all established lines from Amerl-
can ports were in agreement"
In the domestic trade, said Mr..
Alexander, agreements between steam
ship lines to regulate competition don
play nearly as prominent part as IN
the foreign trade But numerous meth
DDS may be used to accomplish the same
purpose and the committee is aware OF
at least 30 which have been, or are be-
ing used, to control competition be
tween water carriers in the domestic
trade.
I'm the trade with foreign ports. the
committee found at least l6 agreements
or understandings TO regulate trattlc
and in many instances pool the bust
ness"
No Funds for Commerce Court.
The commerce court, for which no APP
Precipitation has been made for the COM
ing fiscal year, viii be continued until
the next session Of congress, unless the
Democratic caucus OF the house, 10 be
held June 25, DEGREES otherwise. This
was agreed upon at conference be-
tween representatives BTOuSsard. OF
Louisiana. chairman OF the court t1tz-
general chairman of the house commit
tee on appropriations, Clayton, chair
man Of the house committee on judi
ciary, Sims, Of Tennessee, author Of
bill to abolish the court, and assistant
attorney general DenisOn-
Presidential Nominations.
President Wilson today made the
following nominations:
Minister to Cuba, VIM f. Gonzales,
of South Carolina minister to Mic
aragua, Benjamin J. Jefferson, of Colo
hadO. minister to Costa Rica, Edward
J. Hale, of North Carolina; assistant
treasurer OF the united states at 81
Louis, Willard D. Van Diver.
Wilson Surprises Senators.
President Wilson made another trip
10 the capitol Thursay, but most of the
senators whom he intended TO see were
absent playing golf, watching the base
ball game, or otherwise bent on recrea-
ton, as the senate was not in session
The president did not send word he
was coming, deciding on the spur of
the moment to 20 to his "Other office
as the presidents room in the capitol
is being called. after ne had started
away for the afternoon ride. He had Q
list of p senators with whom he wished
TO talk about the appointment of an in
dustrial commission. Only six answered I
the call when the president arrived, and
he did not stay long.
Calls on Cabinet Official.
After the president discovered that
there were no more senators in evil
dence, he used the newly installed tele-
phone in his room and informed seCre-
tary Lane, at the department Of the in
terror, that ne was coming TO visit him.
II was another precedent added to the Z
list, for rarely has president gone I
calling on a cabinet official Mr. VIII 1
son had some routine matters TO dis
Cuss with Mr.. Lane. remembered that T
the latter had asked for a conference, ,
and that no nOur had been set so he +
of it summarily and went /.
riding later through Rock Creek park I