Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-05-05
TARIFF BILL WILL
Be REPORTED
BY June |
FAMOUS MEASURE Is EXPECTED TO
GET TO SENATE THURSDAY And
THERE SPEED ALONG WITH NO
PUBLIC HEARINGS.
REPUBLICANS ARE
PREPARING TO FIGHT

Washington, d. c., May 5.-No pub
lie hearings on the tariff revision bill
are to be held by the senate finance
mons, its chairman.
There will be no public hearings
said he today. That question has
been settled
That determination is expected to
speed up consideration of the bill,
after it gets to the senate probably
Thursday Senator Simmons said to-
day that most interested in the sched-
ule were content to file briefs set
ting forth their views and recommen-
dationS.
1t is the present view of the finance
committee chairman that the commit
tee will have the bill under consider
ption about ten days or two weeks.
given senators to prepare for debate
OF the floor The bill is expected to
he reported to the senate about June
J., at the latest.
Republican leaders, it is reported,
are planning to move when the bill.
Genes from the house, to refer it to
the finance committee with instruc-
tions for public hearings
END OF DEBATE.
Washington, D. c., May 5.--The end
CT the tariff debate was in sight today
so far as the house was concerned.
With few odds and ends of the sun
dries schedule left over, the house
stood ready to dispose of the free list,
and the income tax, all that remained
of the new tariff law.
WILSON SEES CLEAR SAILING.
Washington, D. G., May 5.-Presi-
dent Wilson does not expect the tar
i:f bill to be materially amended in the
senate. He told callers he did not
credit the report that wool would be
taken from the free list. He has heard
view of many who wish to see duty
retained on wool. but sees no reason
10 change his position. The argument
fol the retention of duty On sugar also
has made no impression on him.
Senator Sheppard, of Texas, and
delegation from that state presented
petition asking the pardon of |. B.
Walker, of Dallas, Texas, convicted
of a violation of the national banking
act.
MURDOCH SLAPS G. o. P.
Tho ponrb1i d fau6
broke anew when Representative
Murdoch referred to Representative
Humphreys as "The dyspeptic gen.
tleman from Washington, understudy
of the Republican leader Mr.. Mann.
"The members of the Progressive
party have no rings in their noses, -
he shouted. "They are not led
around as the gentleman from Wash
ington has been for years in this
body"
Mr. Murdock read a printed letter
from a Progressive county chairman
in Wisconsin, reading Representative
Lenroot into the Democratic party
and then caused some CONSERVATION
by declaring that several members
sitting on the floor as Republicans
had been elected as Progressives by
Progressive votes.
Representative Mann replied to Mr..
Murdoch, whom he characterized as
"free trader for everything not pro-
duced in his district"
INCOME TAX.
A brief relating to the income tax
provisions of the Underwood bill was
filed with the senate finance COM
mittee today by the investment bank
ers association of America. The as
sociation favored the general pur-
pose to collect the tax at the source
but urges that the tax should follow
the plan of the English act with re-
spect to interest on corporate bonds.
The brief sets forth that the bill ov-
erlooks the fact that nine-tenths of
this interest is payable on coupons to
bearer, making no provision by which
this interest can be deducted by the
corporation.