The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-07
Minority Party Prepares
to Make Spirited
Attack.
SUBSTITUTES FOR
V ARIOUS S ITEMS
Even Minority Is Not Harrnoni-
Gus Over Measure, and, With
Fight in Prospect Prediction
Is Made That Work Will
Not Be Completed Be-
fore Late in August.

Washington. July 8.-Republ!can
members of the Senate have been quiet
ly preparing for several weeks for the
attack that is to be made on the Under
wood Simmons tariff bill when it gets
back into the Senate late this week
While program of tariff policy had
not been laid out by tho Republicans,
leading representatives Of the party in
the Senate have prepared amendments.
substitute schedules and protection ar
Suments, directed at many OF the i'm
rortant sections of the Democratic
Till.
Senators Simmons. chairman of the
Finance Committee, who will bring the
bill from the committee with the seal
OF Democratic caucus approval upon
IL, estimates that five weeks will be
enough to wind up general debate and
discussion of the measure. and to Sc
cure vote on it's final passage. Prom
inent Republican Senators doubt whe-
ther the tariff can be disposed of in
the Senate in that time.
The bill has been in the Democratic
caucus for more than two weeks While
the party members We're practically
agreed upon the general scope of tariff
revision before the caucus began, it
has taken much longer than had been
expected to smooth over debated Qucs-
tons, and to bring about an agreement
on tariff rates. income tax and other
important features carried in the big
bill.
Democrats Not In Harmony.
The Democrats are not yet in com
plcte harmony over the measure, be-
cause Of the insiStcnce OF some West
ern and Southern Senators that the
free sugar and free wool plans of the
administration be modified. An attempt
is TO be made late tomorrow to put
n binding rule through the caucus
MI 1nG oip tn
amendments in the Senate and to sup
port the bill in its entirety. Pro-
nounccd opposition to this plan exists
within the party ranks.
Even If the Democrats adopt the unit
rule and attempt to stamp out all OPP
position to the bill that might come
from sugar and wool districts. the Re-
publican leaders will use every effort
on the floor to break the strength of
the Democratic ranks. Advocates OF
protective duties on these articles. and
on many others that have been greatly
reduced by the Democratic bill. will
seek to muster strength from the sugar
and wool States to effect desired
changes
Two views of the Republican att-
tude are shown in the work that has
been done by Senator Smoot. OF Utah,
and Senator La Toilette, of Wisconsin,
i3 preparation for the approaching
light in the Senate. Senator Smoot has
prepared amendments to scores of the
Democratic items, and will offer a COM
rlete substitute for the Democratic
wool tariff plan. His proposal will be
for n substantial reduction in raw wool
and on manufactured goods. but on
such n basis that a reasonable protec-
[ on Will be retained
Hns Many Substitutes.
Senator La Toilette has been at
work for weeks. with the aid OF ex-
perts. preparing substitute schedules
for many sections of the Underwood
Simmons bill. He also has again at
tackled the woolen and Gotten sched-
ules. and Is prepared TO make a long
and stubborn fight, in the effort to
rally Republicans. Progressves and
some Democrats TO the support OF a
woolcn tariff that will be much below
the present rates, but will preserve
some protection. 1t la expected how
ever. that the La Toilette proposals
Will suggest much lower rates than
those to be made by Senator Smoot.
Other Republican Senators have been
working upon various features of tho
tariff revision. and will insist upon
discussing at length and from every
angle, reductions they think threaten
the life of American industries. 1t Is
believed that the tariff debate. even
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