The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-17
Caucus Votes on Wool and Sugar
Uphold the Administration
Program Insurgents
Lose Fight
SMOOTH SAILING
FOR BILL ASSURED
Caucus win Wind Up Work This
Week and Reports VIII Come
Monday Republicans will
Assail Majority


Washington, April i7.- With the
Democratic rebellion against the adj
ministration's tariff program crushed
BY the caucus votes on free sugar and
wool, smooth sailing Is assured today
but the Democrats opposing the cuts
in the new bill have lost hope Of pre-
yaillng over the committee. The eau
Gus win conclude its work with the
presentation Of the bin Monday to the
house Il is expected at the same
time the Democratic and Republican
reports on the Underwood bin win be
filed.
The house Republicans will meet to-
night to 20. X" the tentative report
prepared by the Republicans Of the
ways and means committee which
will excoriate the Wilson-Underwood
bin in its general provisions.
The Democratic caucus voted de-
eisigely late Wednesday TO support the
wool schedule Of the Underwood tariff
bin, placing raw wool on the free list,
after Representative Underwood had
made a stirring appeal for the support
Of the caucus. By vote OF 1870 ia
a. an amendment otered BY Repre-
sentative Dies Of Texas to place raw
wool on the dutiable list was rejected.
Representative Dies amendment
proposed duty Of 10 per cent ad va
loren on raw wool he and other cham
pions Of dutiable seol asserting chat
this was the Judgment Of the ways
and means committee before President
Wilson saw the bill and suggested a
change.
Majority Leader Underwood, in
winding up the discussion. warmly de-
Tended both the committee and the
president. He declared the presiGenI
had a right to make suggestions tt
congress relating 10 the tariff bu
that the bill as a whole met with tn,
chief executives approval when he
first read it as it came from the com
mittee
Out of 1000 and more items ia thl
bill,n said Mr Underwood, the presi
dent only made TWO suggestions, thos
affeeting the sugar and wool schedule.
II seems TO me that we should accep
these suggestions from the presiden
Of the United States
Representative Ralney Of Illinoi
: and Harris Of New York also spoke o
; behalf Of the committee, defending it
:. action and the attitude OF the pres
D dent The attack upon the committe
and president began as soon as tn
y insurgent Democrats began consider
tion Of The bill Representative Ale
ander Of Missouri declared the con
lmittee overstepped al proper bount
in holding up President Wilson as
club over the heads Of the member
and that the president had exert,
\ 'undne influence ih having wool pla
ed on the free list in the bill.
= Representative Montague of v
glnia. new member, defended q
president ia a spirited speech, decia
ing that 1t was his constitutional al
T. inherent right to suggest what shou
60 in a tariff bill and that neither
nor the committee were subject to or
icism for their cooperation in frami
le the bill
Representative Dies insisted til
M the government was made up Of thr
" distinctive branches, with separs
duties to perform.
he ut is not only the right Of congres
en- he said, TO originate revenue M
sures, but it is its exclusive fight q
ld- any attempt from another branch
as the government TO dictate orainterfl
with that right should not be permit
mt by this body
The debate on this phase Of
m tariff fight was heated and prolong
'ge Among the principal supporters OF
Dies amendment for a 15 per cent d
We're Representatives Ashhrook. P
inc and Bathrlck Of Ohio, Ferguson
est New Mexico. Adair and Cline OF
aiana and snnL n MnnLann