Arizona republican., 1913-05-19
Measure Faces Greatly Diff ferent Situation in Higher Branch of Congress Than It Did in the House of Representatives
PROBABLY MAKE
 MINOR CHANGES
Debate is Unlimited and Time of Ultimate Passage and Presentation to Pres ident Wilson is Purely PrOblematical
Especial to the Republican,

Especial to the Republican,
 WASHINGTON, D. c. May 1s-With the passage of the recent Underwood tariff bill in the house by vote of 2s1 to 139, the second stage of it's legis- latfve consideration commences. In the senate, the bill will face a greatly different situation from that in the house. There is no limitation upon the time which a senator may consume in discussion of any phase of the bill eX- cept the limitation which nature puts upon his physical endurance. It will therefore be impossible to shut off sen ators who are asking information from the advocates of the measure by in Voking a five minute rule'' as was done so many times in the house.
 This means that, while the bill is in the senate there will at least be oppor tunity for the country to become ac quainted with the provisions of the bill. even if senators are not able to ar rive at sound conclusion as to the eff feet of some. or all, of these provisions. It is hardly to be hoped, however. that the senate debate will elicit much in formation concerning the factors that determined the ways and means com mittee in fixing the rates of duty levied by the bill and in agreeing upon it's otlI- CT provisions. The ways and means committee may have supplied to the democratic members of the finance committee some of this information, which they have successfully avoided ma king public during the debate in the house, but it is not likely that sena tors will be able to extract much of it from the members of the finance com mittee.
 Present indications point strongly to the passage of the bill in the senate without material change of any pro- visions regarded as important by the president and MT. Underwood. Thera will be a considerable number of min or changes, however, depending more or less upon the temper and compiac- ency of the democratic members of the finance committee. There is already much private complaint among these over the refusal of Mir. Un- derwood and his colleagues on the ways and means committee to adopt certain obvious amendments while the bill was in the house. It has been shown in a number of cases that the rates carried by the bill as reported to the house do not conform to the announced pur- pose of the democrats in drafting their m sure. These errors have usually come from acting upon insufficient in formation, or without sufficient con- of the information in hand Articles widely differing in price and in cost of production, have been sub jected to the same rate, apparently on the theory that this gave them similar treatment. In numerous cases, it has happened that, upon this error being pointed out to MT. Underwood and the member of his committee in charge Of the particular schedule affected, they have consented either to assist in the adoption of proper amendment in lie senate or at least not to oppose such action by the senate. In other words. they have put it up to the senate to rectify mistakes even in cases where they knew the error before the bill passed out of their hands.
 This makes some of the senators very unhappy. And naturally. For the feel that it puts them in q very awkward predicament. They will be obliged to sponsor amendments in- creasing rates of duty while MT. In derwood will be entitled to great credit for cutting rates. From their point Of VleW, thlS glVeS MT. Underwood clear record with which to go to the country for reelection, but it puts them badly in the whole. as they fear.
 They would not have minded it So much in the days before the dira2t election of senators but they point out now that they are obliged to go before the people and make a public can vass just the same as MT. Underwood and his colleagues must do. Several of these senators face the test of re-elec tion next year just as the house demo crats do, and they do not think it is fair to them to be obliged to carry the burden of correcting errors in the bilt which were known before it left the house and which the house leaders should have corrected on their own responsibility.
 The talk about the senate now is that some 200 minor changes will bc made before the bill is passed. None will be of any widespread importance except possibly the re-adjustment of the pottery schedule which is under taken at the direct intervention os