The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-07
NEW CONGRESS OPENED
BY DEMOCRACY

The women yore great sashes o.
the suffrage colors. Each carried a
banner inscribed with the designation
OF the congressional district she rep
resented. In the lead were Mrs
James Lee I4aidlsw Of New York, and
Mrs. Mary Ware bennett. Right be
hind them Was carried banner with
the Inscription:
We demand from congress a con
stitutional amendment giving women
the ballot
Arriving at The capitol the march.
ere proceeded to the rotunda where
they we're greeted by a reception
committee OF Representatives and sen.
stcrs from the states which have
equal suffrage. Here speeches were
exchanged. after which the women
were escorted 10 the special gallery
in the senate that had been reserved
for them.
Before the procession started to the
capitol q general mass meeting was
held In the Columbia theatre. The
chief address was made By Mrs. Laid
Law, who declared that much atten-
ton vas being paid to conservation
OF forests and waterways, but too
little 10 conservation O. childhood and
human life.' She appealed to con
gress to grant the women OF the ma
ton Tong DELAYED Justice
Wish to Divide Bill.
WASHINGTON, April T.-Democra-
tic members OF the senate finance
committee who will have the tariff
bill in charge when It reaches that
body, conferred In the executive OF.
fees with President Wilson today.
They took up with him the advis-
ability Of dividing the Underwood
tariff bill so that revision could be
taken up schedule by schedule, In
stead o. as in the blanket bill pre-
pared by the house ways and means
committee.
It was pointed out 10 the president
that the Underwood bill had been
drafted go that such division would
merely mean reprinting each schedule
as separate bill The conference
was still in progress at 10 o'clock.
The decision of the question OF d.
viding the bill will not interfere with
It's introduction as soon as congress
is organized today.
The democratic house caucus which
is called for tomorrow, will decide
whether the bill shall be divided into
schedules and II so, 1t will be ordered
reprinted in that manner.
Meanwhile the senate md house
leaders and the president will con
tinue to thresh out which plan will
/ be the better.
Dienified Plan.
WASHINGTON, April TT con
slder the only dignified plan for ths
president to get his views before the
congress at the opening of its session
| is by personal visits TO both branches
| of that body said President Wilson
today.
| In explaining at some length his
/ plan to attend the session tomorrow
and deliver his message in person, the
president said that the ordinary pro
ceeding Of dispatching it by mes
senger and having it read in per
functory manner by clerk" wal
hardly satisfactory He said that II
Ireyiving the precedent established b.
President Washington he believed he
was recognizing the dignity of the
Legislative branch Of the government.
Eight Out Of Ten.
/ WASHINGTON, April Eight O
ate finance committee today urged
/ President Wilson to ask the hous,
LEADERS to divide the tariff BILL 81
/ that 1t could be considered schedule
by schedule in separate measures
The president was told that thi
method would greatly expedite fina
action on the tariff and he agreed t,
carefully consider the subject. Thu
tariff bin as introduced today Is 81
framed that its division will be cas-.
] and the president hopes to arrive a
LA decision before the house caucu
meets tomorrow.
Reciprocity.
/ WASHINGTON. April ITO en-
power both houses of congress, by
|, majority vote, to ratify reciprocit
and trade agreements with foreigl
nations, is the revolutionary propose
OF the section substituted in the Un
. derwood bill for the present max
, mum and minimum tariff law. Tn
. provision would sweep away the Ell
elusive senatorial privilege to ratif
such treaties by two-thirds vote
This legislation" the committe
says In It's analysis Of the bill, Il
new and somewhat along the sam
lines that were authorized under tn
; Dingley tariff law, the differenc
being that the reciprocity treatie