Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-06-02
Probe Into Lobby, AlIegedIy
Active Against Underwood
Bill, 10 Be Most Thorough
Ever Known.
". VA. INQUIRY WILL
LEARN ALL ABOUT STRIKE
President May Start Something.
New Almost Any Day. Re-
pubIicans and Democrats
Get Busy,

~ MORNING IouHHAl SPECIAL trkcGn ~ierl
washington. June Tariff and
currency reform will 60 into eclipse
tomorrow when the senate begins its
hunt for the numerous and insidl-
Gus lobby" which President Wilson
has said Is at work in Washington.
threatening the Underwood bill.
Some attention will also be diverted
10 the investigation OF the West Nir-
ginia coal strike which also will take
form this week. Work on tariff and
currency will go on, however, with
sub-cOmmlttecs grinding on the sched-
ucs. The leaders hope to get the
BIN into the senate not later than
June 20.
President Wilson's correspondence
With senator Tillman. which devel-
nped that the president thought eur
rency reform imperative at the extra
session. to prevent opportunity for any
artificial financial disturbance after
the tariff bill Is law, probably Will be
followed soon with a special message
to congress. conveying MIR. Wilson's
ideas on the general subject.
The lobby investigation will begin
tomorrow morning az 1880 o'clock.
Each member of the senate will be
called on To tell what he knows about
tariff lobby and TO go on record as
10 his personal business affairs and
professional association that may re-
iate to any item in the tariff bili.
What part President Wilson win
take in the inquiry they have not
learned, but the president openly
stated that he welcomed the inquiry
and that he had information regard
ing tariff lobby which he willingly
would submit to the investigators.
The first witnesses will be Sena
tors Ashurst. Bacon, Bankhead and
Bcrah.
The West Virginia investigation, au-
thorizcd to be conducted by the edu-
cation and labor committee Of the
senate will be initiated tomorrow by
a subcommittee composed Of Sena-
tors swanson, Shields, MARITIME, Borah
and Kenyon. II will meet first in
Washington and later may proceed
to the Paint creek coal region. The
inquiry probably will be extended
over many weeks.
Democratic leaders Of the house are
planning to restrict, so far as possi-
nlc, legislation at this session to tar
lff, currency and any appropriations
that may be deemed imperative. This
plan IS favored by Representative Tn
derwood, Of /. Alabama. the majority
leader and he win propose it in a
resolution to be presented at % eau
Gus Of the house democrats tomorrow.
All the house committees would be
named and they would consider pend
ing matters with view to action at
the next regular session Of congress
IN December.
Not a week passes that President
wilson does not start something TO
snake up the precedents and keep
congress astir His denunciation Of
the tariff lobby in the week just
passed marked the climax in a series
Of unusual executive acts ana has pre-
elpitated nm inquiry the like Of which
never has been known in executive
annals Of the nation
Both democrats and republicans of
congress are busy now planning re-
organization for the coming cam
paign. The democratic congressional
committee expects to rcorganizo to-
morrow night.
The republican congressional COM
mittee Will meet soon to organize
FIRST, conference will be held look
ing TO cooperation between the ma
uonal and congressional committees
u managing campaigns. The con
ierees for the national committee will /
le chairman c. d. Hilles, former SEN
d'ors Crane. of Massachusetts,, Jack
son, of Maryland, and Sanders, Of (
tennessee, and for the congressional (
committee Senator Weeks. of Massa-
ehusetts, and Representatives Burke, Z
- south Dakota Woods, of Iowa and (
fairehild, of New York.
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