The Hattiesburg news., 1913-07-07
FFBIll Will
Be, RER)R1ED
WIS week
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS AGAIN CON-
sipERs RESOLUTION TO BIND
THEM FOR MEASURE.
REPUBLICANS ARE LAYING PLANS
Minority Has Been Busy For Weeks
Preparing Amendments and Getting
Ready for Attaek-Debate VIII Last
at Least Five Weeks, 10 Forecast.

4 (BF Associated Press.)

Warrington, July 7-Senate Demo-
Gratis. caucused again today on the
resolution to bind them to vote for the
taYif bill. Senator Simmons will re-
port the bill to the Senate late this
week.
Republicans Prepare for Attack.
Republican members Of the Senate
have been quietly preparing for some
weeks for the attack that Is to be
made on the Underwood-Simmons
tariff bill, when 1t gets back into the
Senate late this week. While pro
gram on tariff policy has not been laid
out by the Republicans, leading rep
resentatives of the party in the Sen
ate have prepared amendments, sub
stitute schedules and protection argu-
ments, directed at many of the import
ant sections of the Democratic bill.
Chairman Simmons of the Senate
finance committee, who will bring the
bill in from the committee with the
seal of the Democratic caucus approval
upon It, estimates that five weeks will
be enough to wind up general debate
and discussion of the measure and to
secure a vote on its final passage.
Prominent Republican Senators
doubt whether the tariff can be dis
posed OF in the Senate in that time.
The bill has been in the Democratic
caneus for more than two weeks.
while the party members were
practically agreed upon the general
scope of tariff revision before the eau
Gus began, 1t has taken much longer
than had been expected to smooth
over debated questions and to bring
about an agreement on tariff rates, in
come tax and other important features
in the bill .t.n .
Unit Rule Has Opponents.
The Democrats are not yet in com
plete harmony over the measure be
cause Of the insistence of some west
ern and southern Senators that the
free sugar and free wool plans Of the
administration be modified An at
tempt is to, be made late tomorrow
to put binding rule through the eau
Gus, pledging every Democrat to vote
down amendments In the Senate and
to support the bill in its entirety. Pro
nounced opposition to this plan exists
within the party ranks.
Even though the Democrats may
adopt the unit rule and attempt tc
stamp out all opposition to the bill
that might come from sugar and WOO
districts. the Republican leaders will
make every effort on the floor to breal
the Democratic ranks. Advocates o
protective duties on these articles, ant
on many others that have been great!
reduced by the Democratic bill, will
seek to muster strength from thu
sugar and wool states to effect desired
changes aa
Two Views, of the Republican at
titude are shown in the work that ha
been done by Senator Smoot Of Utal
and. Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin
in. preparation for the approaching
fight IN, the Senate. -.,i.
Senator Smoot has prepared amend
pents to scores of the Democrati
items. and will offer a complete sui
stitute for the Democrats wool tarii
plan. His proposal win be for sui
stantial reduction in raw wool an
manufactured goods. on such basi
that reasonable protection will b
retained. IS, fs#
la Toilette Has Plan.
Senator La Toilette has been at wor
for weeks. with the aid of expert
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