The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-30
PROGRESS ON PERFECTION OF
MEASURE sLoW-AMENp-
MENTs VOTED DOWN.
SPEAKER CLARK TOOK FLOOR
Answers Question of Republican and
Makes Vigorous speecs1-Tells Story
of How He and Underwood Were
"RolIed to a -Fare-You-WelI."

Washington, April 30.-Excited de-
bate and heated wrangle Tuesday
marked the beginning of the reading
of the Democratic tariff bill in the
House for amendment. Progress on
the perfection of the measure was
slow, but the talk was vociferous, and
on one occasion brought Speaker
Clarke on the floor with a vigorous
speech.
All day the Republicans offered
amendments to the various para
graphs in the chemical schedule, and
every amendment was voted down by
the big Democratic majority. Several
minor amendments, offered by the
Ways and Means committee to correct
the phraseology of the bill, were
adopted.
Most Of the talk of the day turned
on the records of the Democratic and
Republican sides of the House on the
question Of creating tariff commits
sion. The Republicans, led by Repre-
sentative Mann of Illinois, began their
attacks on the various provisions of
the first schedule of the bill, the chem
ical schedule, by declaring that the
weaknesses" in the rates showed the
need Of the Investigations of a tariff
board. Representative Underwood, In
reply, declared that the Democrats
had provided the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, and that the
failure of the Taft administration to
vitalize that bureau with sufficient ap-
propriations had prevented its doing
the work of tariff Investigation.
Murdoch Started Trouble.
Representative Gardner of Massa-
chusetts said Representative Under.
wood and other Democrats had voted
for the tariff commission in the Sixty
first Congress, when the Republicans
were in power, and urged that they
now. Then Representative Murdoch
the Progressive leader, touched of the
y fireworks. He declared that both Re
publicans and Democrats were oppos
ed to the tariff commission scheme
and recalled the last day of the Sixty
first Congress, "Uncle Joe" Cannont
final appearance at the Speakers desk
when the tariff commission bill wa
withdrawn by the Republicans in tn,
face of a filibuster led by Represents
tive Fitzgerald of New York.
"The Republicans in this chambe
it then" shouted Mr.. Murdoch, like tn
al Republicans in this chamber now, wer
E. only pretending to be for tariff CON
mission. They had a chance to writ
10 that bill into law then and failet
e- They will never have another chance
"a The Republicans grew excited an
a Representative Gardner shouted theI
st was no foundation for Mr.. Murdock
er charge that the Republican leade
ad were in a conspiracy to defeat the ia
nd iff commission bill" GesticulatiI
wildly, Mr.. Gardner demanded Il
fc- opinion of Representative Sherley
re Kentucky, as to the truth of t
Tor charge. Mr.. Sherley said he believ
nj many Of the Republicans opposed I
in bill Then Representative Gardn
at shaking a finger at Speaker Clarl
demanded to know whether he bell
Ier- ed the charge. The Speaker strc
ell to the center of the hall of the Hol
my and shouted:
nts my Judgment is that there ne
IFS was Republican leader in the Ho
really in favor of a tariff commissic
the Clarke Makes Speech.
ioff, Mr.. Gradner sat down and
was Speaker went on. He declared he
against tariff commission reporf
cted to and responsible to the Presid
the ut is the House that should have
,eni- information" he said.
The Speaker went into detail a
S. P. the defeat of the tariff commission
the in the Sixty-first Congress, explai
ID to that the Democrats refused to fc
him and Representative Underwot
Myrd They rolled us to fare-you-v
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