Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-04-09
Fight TO Secure Passage Of
New Tariff Revision Bill
Opens With Conferences on
Underwood Measure,
OPPOSITION CROPS OUT
AMONG SENATE LEADERS
Free Wool and Sugar Pro-
visions Stumbling Blocks
That May Defeat Enactment
of Party Legislation
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Ol I dlly LtgloldllUlli
(Ily Morning journal Special Leased Wire)
Washington. April S.-1he fight Tor
democratic tariff revision began in
congress today Conferences aud par
Is plans. which have held the stag
for weeks past. gave way 10 the first
open steps for the passage OF the new
tariff bill. President Wilson'S person
ally delivered message. calling upon
his party associates In both houses
speedily TO enact the partys pledges
of tariff revision. was followed hY "a
caucus of democratic house members
which will continue for several days.
and In which democrats will attempt
10 settle their differences and agree
upon support Of the Underwood bill
Criticism of many features of the
law developed today ia democratic
circles In the senate. In a short caucus
of senate democrats held to consider
other matters, criticism was voiced by
one or two western senators, against
the free wool provision and the sugar
schedule proposing tree sugar In
1916.
The house democrats settled none
Of the general tariff questions todIy.
The three-hour session was devoted
to an occasional fight 60 throw the
doors open to the public a proposal
defeated by vote of l67 20 Sl. De-
tails of the new tariff bin win be talk
EN- up tomorrow.
Senate leaders san are insistent
thit the Underwood bin be- suh-diNid
cd So that separate votes may be
had If desired upon the sugar and
wool schedules Dhe plan that has
been proposed to President Wilson
is that schedules be grouped in such
way that the tariff VIII be compris-
ed tn four separate measures. These
proposals are based on a growing be-
lief that opponents Of the sugar and
wool provisions may muster strength
enough to threaten defeat Of the bill.
Many progressive republican senators
expressed their opposition 90 the
bill because OF tho sweeping oharac-
ter al It's proposed reductions The
democrats are counting on little If
any progressive republican support Ia
the senate should tho tariff revision
go before that body as Il single bill
la the house caucus Representative
Palmer. tho chairman. made a Ne
homont plea for letting the public
know what lbs representatives are doc
ing. aligning himself with President
Wilson's expressed attitude in favor
Of throwing all these meetings open.
The opposition centercd mainly on
maintenance of phrty regularity and
the probability Of secret preliminary
conferences, if the doors We're opened.
Tomorrow the caucus probably VIII
adopt the ways and means committee
majority recommendation Of tho only
committees 10 be created at This time
and VIII reach the tariff program with
the new tariff haBdbooks In the hands
Of every member as guides The now
committees rs recommended br the
leaders Of the three PARTIES follow
WAYS and Means Underwood Ala
hama. chairman; Harrison, New
York. shackclford Missouri. Kitchn,
North Carolina Rainey Illinois Dix
on. Indiana; Hun, Tennessee Ham
mond, Minnesota Peters, Massachu- |
setts; Palmer Pennsylvania; Ans
berry, Ohio Garner. Texas Stanley |
Kentucky, Keller Mississippi. (dem
ocratsJ PAYNE, New York. lfordney |
Michigan; Gardner, Massachusetts,
Moore Pennsylvania Anderson, Min
nesota; Green. Iowa (republicans)s
Murdock, Kansas Cprogressive)
Rules Henry. Texas, chairman
Pou, North Carolina Ilardwick, Geor
gia Garrett. Tennessee; Foster Iii
nois Clntrlll. Kentucky, Conry New
York (domocrats); Campbell, KAN
sas, Lenroot Wisconsin; Merritt, New
York frepublicans Chandler Ncw
York (progressive)
Accounts Lloyd Missouri chair
man; Smith, Texas; iiamiL New Jer-
sey; UnderhfL New York; Kindel,
Colorado; Howard, Georgia; Abcr-
eromble, Alabama (democratsj West,
virginia, Hughes. Colorado; Griest
Pennsylvania Parker, New York fre-
Woodruff, Michigan (pro
gressive.)
Milcage Bailey, Pennsylvania,
chairman
Enrolled Bills whltacre, Ohio,
chairman.
The democratic majority Of the
house committee on ways and means
viii meet tomorrow to coAaider q tar
iff program 10 be recommended to the
caucus.
II was learned today that the re-
puhicans of the committee in their
report to be submitted when
tho committee reports the tariff bin,
win declare that the democratic mea-
sure Is retrogressiye and appears to
be unanimously approved abroad;
that some Of the rates in the bin pro-