The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-04
Plan to Discuss Measure 7
Hours Daily to Push
Bill Along
FREE SUGAR FIGHT
COMES UP THIS WEEK.
Currency Legislation viii Not Get
Very Far During Week.-Mrs..
Madero Will Probably Testi-
fy Before Committee

Washington, August 3.--Four months
Congress have passed with the tariff
revision bill still in the early stages
of consideration by the Senate. the
lobby investigation about to become a
doublebarreled affair with Senate and
House committees probing, the Mexican
situation engaging deep interest IN both
| branches and republican lesders get
ting restive in the heat over President
Wilson's determination to force cur
rency legislation on what they term
tired out Congress-"
Tariff Bill Passage Conceded
AS for the tariff bill, its passage by
the Senate In its present form is con-
ceded the only doubt now existent be-
ing as to the time the task will be COM
pleted. This depends, according to mi
nority senators. on some definite IN
derstanding being reached as to what
is to be expected of them on the cur
rency. limitations that they would not
be in the mood to hasten tariff delibe-
ter the passage of the bill. to enact
currency legislation, continue to be
made by the regular republicans Their
argument is that early adjournment is
the only inducement to hurry the tariff
along.
Democratic leaders. however are
preparing to exert all the force of their
majority to hasten the tariff along
and next week they intend TO discuss
the measure seven hours day begin
ming at II o'clock each morning Later
ii Is proposed to hold night sessions.
They have 1t in their power To force
long sessions as the republican menu
bers, no matter how much they may
dislike the hard work during the heated
session. are anxious to make a COM
plete tariff record in this debate for
future reference.
No Set Speeches
! Part Of The democratic Plan to get
] the tariff bill on the statute books
as soon as possible is TO refrain from
making set speeches. contenting them
selves with intermittent arguments on
! the amendments as they are proposed
! by the minority Taunting efforts of
the opposition thus far have failed 10
arouse the majority into a talkative
mood. Chairman Simmons and other
members of the finance committee are
busy keeping the temper of their coll
leagues down and one senator re-
marked the other day that whenever
democrat showed signs of delivering
/ himself of a long speech some member
OF the committee would rush over and
put muzzle on him.
Senator Walsh talked Saturday, but
that was part Of the majority plan to
make clear the party solidarity the
Montana senator having been consid-
cred none too staunchly in favor of
the measure because of free wool sem
ator Walsh set at rest all doubt as to
his position by coming out flatly in
support of the bill
Free Sugar Fight
This week will bring the Senate 10 lfe
feht over free sugar and prolonged dis
cussion is certain. Senator Smith of
Michigan is planning TO attack free sugar
and Senator Dansdell of Louisiana, one
of the two democrats who will vote
against the bill because of its sugar
schedule will deliver his argument fol-
lowing that made by his colleague. Sem
ator Thornton, last weelS. Before the
sugar schedule Is reached, however the
metal schedule VIII be taken up there
being two minority substitutes TO be pro-
posed. one by Senator Oliver for the reg
ular republicans and another by Senator
Cummins for the progressive republicans.
Determined opposition by the divided MI
ncrity is to be conducted against the ma
iority's slashng of the rates in this sched-
ule bur no change in the measure is an
ticipated. the democrats having demons
strated their complete mastery of the sit
uation.
Currency legislation will not get very
far during the week, the Glass owen bill
being still I'm the House committee, which
Viii meet tomorrow to take the formal
vote On referring It to the democratic
caucus of the House August II. Principal
attention in the House will be dereeted
to the lobby Investigation, so long de-
ferred there on account of the monopoliza-
ton by the Senate committee of Martin
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