Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-10-02
SENATORS PREFER
TO STUDY TARIFF
MEASURE FURTHER
lnsurgent Faction. Headed b,
Read and Hitchcock Forces,
Delay on Conference
Report.
DEMOCRATS HOLD CAUCUS
Senate May Send Bill Back te
Conferees and Postpone FL
nal Action Several
Days.
DEMOCRATS HOLD CAUCUS

M{stiina;a'l. OCT :. 'rlle entire CON
'erniiee r''p"rt on the tariff bin MAS l.ll
aside loi - hours in the Se.:,t" today
as t ne reeull ol a protest among demo.
cratic senators Which resulted i'll til,
e;tslin% oi party caucus to go owe,
Iile confrrenTt report before it should
he iina'iN irted on in the Scilate.
ne iluificdiy called meeting Assem-.
hied al J q. M, but when the Senate
met at noon n" progress had been nlada
toward Il conclusion and the democratic
lenders agreed To lay the tariff bin
aside. The caucus resumed work at
O'Clock This afternoon
Reed Leads Fight.
The so-eail"d ins,rSent forces, led
by Scnato' kced of Missouri. who cir.
Gnlated tn" eaus.us petition. claimed
there We're many compromises anc
amendments adopted by the conferenc.
committee which demanded furthei
study and consideration by the demo-
crats "i tn" Senate before being finally
Written into tine bili After an hour.
discussion democratic leaders deter
mined not tn Try to force. the tariff bil)
through the Senate today, but to allow
ample TIM for debate behind CLOSED
doors. Senator Poinerene's objection
To the ac,inli nt the ,.onfereeS in drop
ping tn" $ll0 tax grape brandy
used IL fn'tiiy sweet wines. and Sem
ator Reeds criticisms of the decisions
of the conference committee ON several
important tariff rates Mere the chic.
points brought nl when the caucus
met
Fight 1t Out Secretly.
Senator ke,ri. the democratic leader,
aud ChairniaH simmons. of the finance
committee expressed the opinion thi.
afternoon tilat the tariff bill would be
| taken up tomorrow in the Senate. The
| controversy over the proposed cottor
| futures t;Gs may further prolong the
deliberations of the democratic caucus
| however
when he ser.a,e ls4i m, conference
| report on iie nill ~ agreed to by The
| House Was presented. Senator Sita-
| mons fol he ronieicts asked that thu
conference re,,n, be allowed to lie or
he table u,,til tomorrow. He Offered
no explanation ,f tho request but il
WAS granted tnd the consideration o.
tht tariff bill Went over
The petition MaS signed hy Senators
Reed. Ponleretse Hitchcock. Martin,
and ti,anN Others. each OF whom had
some particular item in the conference
agreement tu which he objected 'rhs
exact pii,posc uf the caucus was not
stated iil tn" call but il was expected
that the entire ,arifs report would bs
under fire
Leaders Up in Air
Scnalor Sinifnons. chairman of the
finanec cnmmittet,. and Of the Joint con-
ference committee, declined to predict
what action would be taken. Tha
folisc passed The conference report
yesterday and no course was open to
the Senate other than to agree to il
or T., srll,, th. Whole hing back to an
Other conference 1t WAS not expected
that this latter course wonid be
adopted. tJiii chairman Simmons with
hold all of ms plans for action in the
Senate tod; : until the continent of his
party Shnl,d he determined The pro