Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-09
MEMBERs OF HOUSE MAJoRlTNls
CAUCUS TO DECIDE couRsg IS
OF ACTION.
PROPOSAL TO DIVIDE BILL
INTO FOUR MEAeUNGo
Democrats Believe President 10 obsM
to Conviction in Contention Ter oopl
arats Consideration Of Sugar seksAs
uIs-Prosrsssvss Msst and censidoa
Program for Session.

Washington, April s.-House dsaaoss
III bill after the majority Of the ways
and means committee had met to forsl
mulate a tariff program for submisA
sion. The house Itself had adjourned
the majority to map out the lines for
the work ahead. The caucus win b
succeeded by others, one each day for
several days and all will be secret. ~
fight. backed with the moral supports
OF President Wilson for an open caus
Gus was lost last night.
To an extent the house may be inA
ffuenced by the senate on the questions
of dividing the bill for passage into
schedules. Some democratic senator's
favor this SO that separate votes may
be had on the sugar and wool propo4
sitions. II is believed that President
Wilson still is open to conviction on
the point. Some democratic senator's
believe that the effect OF schedule
by schedule revision already mas 0ec9
lost by the introduction OF tho bill ~
whole. Another proposal was ia
group the schedules and divide the bin
into four measures.
Some OF these questions the caucus
took up when 1t met today.
Prosressives Make Plans.
The legislative committee OF tho
house caucus OF progressives got down
to work today following a conferences
with members OF the legislative CONS
mittee Of the national progressive par.
ty. The house members met with walA
ter We'll. Dean Lewis. OF the UniverA
sity OF Pennsylvania; Paul Kellogg and
Francis kellar. and reviewed the am4
bilious legislative program outlined bN
tine house members OF the party
Jane Addams. who was to have atA
! tended tho caucus, is abroad and sha
will be called on later for her views on
progressive legislation. The confer.
ence discussed at length the details oe
the various measures to be framed ta
embrace the forms Of the PLATFORM.
The committee. headed by Repres
sentative Kelley. Of Pennsylvania. took
UP the work of drafting bills and some
OF them will be introduced in the house
at an early date.
Several Measures Approved.
In the formidable list of measures
the efforts Of the little group OF legis>
lators will probably be devoted "a
ton. One OF these will be measure
calling for the establishment of an tn>
dustrial commission to regulate cora
porations in interstate commerce. with
powers similar to those OF the inter-
state commerce commission, and to a
resolution providing constitutional
amendment extending the franchise ia
women.
The progressives will urge the aps
pointment Of n special woman's suf-
frage committee to take the question
out of the hands of the house judiciary
committee, which has failed to report
on it.
During the tariff debate the pros
gressives will exploit their party plat
form pledge endorsing non-partison
scientific tariff board.
The progressives will also urge tho
passage of a minimum wage bill IN
some form and today they seem to lean
toward u plan for a wage commission
to establish an equitable scale q
wages.