Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-16


Washington. Maf la- President
Wilson came out strongly today a.
the champion Of free wool and of free
sugar ia three years as provided for
ln the tariff hill Recently passed by
the house He announced emphatcal-
ly that he was not considering COM
promises of amy sort. tAat he stood
suuarclv behind the measure as IL
pissed the house and that ho reeorded
IL as the duts of the democratic ma.
iufit, iu the senate Go fulfl its plat
form pledge by enactine Che house bin
into law.
- ann not the kind. said the presi-
dent. chat considers compromises
when J once take my position. ! have
taken my stand with the house Lead
ers for the present bin. Enough said.
am not looking Tor on accepting
compromises
The presidents utterancp was mude
to a half hundred newspaper corre-
spondrnts wlp gathered as usual To-
day at the White House FOR THE semi-
weekly conference. AT the same time
the senate was engaged In a protraet-
ed debate ut The end 81 which am
agreement WIS reached tonight 90 vote
tomorrow on the question of public
HEARINGS ON the tariff bill While the
president smilnsly let Il be known
that he was expressing mo- opinion
whatsoever on the proposal for hear.
ings and that this was suhieet for
The senate to dispose Of. his statement
of unqualified support OF the houso
bin WIS taken generally te mean that
Mr.. Wilson considered arguments
from special interests on the tariff
schedules 10 have been closed when the
measure possed the house lie ia I'M
clined 10 regard the effort to obtain
hearings as filibusterina device.
Tine correspondents were ahout to
leave the office when the president
asked II Il were true that reports were
being circulated Of compromises on
the wool and sugar schedules An day
there had been rumora that eouees-
sions Of some Kind would be made
on the principal schedules ln order to-
satisfy opposition in the senate The
president had been told by friends that
In some sources there Was q confident
expectation that dutg would he PM
on raw wool ana that the provision
for free suear after three years would
be dropped 1t WIS to conntoraei these
statement. that he took occasion TO
make hia position clear of course -
* expected - the White House that
there will he minor changes in the bill
made hv lhe finance committees, eef-
tain cqualizations and corrections
which hayc been approved by house
leaders since tho hlll left their hands
hut iu the principal schedules such 1s
wool and sugar the president IS de-
termned that there shall be- no
no changes that ne can prevent There
were eVen intimations that he might
veto a bll that umo from the senate
with amendments on wool or sugar
The agreement 10 the senate was
for vote on the motion 10 refer the
Underwood bin tn the finance commit
tee and the penrose-Ia Toilette mo
tion for public hearings. at 4 O'Clock
tomorrow afternoeu Republican lead
crs accepted this proposal from hair
man Simmons after senator stone had
Attempted to force an immediate vote
bv moving to las an amendments to
Simmons motion on the table This
he withdrew az senator simmons re-
quest
The sugar schedule again was the
subject of enlNened debate Senator
Ransdell Of touisiaua answering the
claim of senator 1auics, of kenluchN
that the democratic platform warned
Louisiana tu expect free sugar Mr
Ransdet submitted records IN an ef-
fort to show that the pnrty was not
committed to free sugar
The aenate resumed consideration
Of the tariff late in the day. Senator
Thomas. Of Colorado, discussed
threats Of business depression II the
Underwood bin became law NO
panic in the history Of this country
was ever caused by an attempt to re-
wise tho tariff" he said.
The senator aroused the republican
side hv reading Il magazine article
which alleged that the panic Of 1873
was manufactured hy banking inter-
ests which desired the repeal of the
sherman silver purchase act. Accord