Arizona republican., 1913-04-11
Will Accept View of Exec utive and House as to Free Wool and One-Cent Sugar but Will Act In dependently Otherwise
SCHEDULES ARE
 TO BE CHANGED
Hawaii Will Soon Present Petition Asking With drawal From Union in Event Free Sugar Pro vision Is Enacted
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

WASHINGTON, April 10.-The at titude of the senate toward the presi- dents tariff plans as embodied in the new house tariff bill became fairly well defined today after another meeting of the democratic members of the finance committee. Briefly, the senate committee will agree to accept the view of the president and the house as to free wool and one cent sugar, with the free sugar in three years" attachment, but will exercise it's right to amend other schedules, and provisions of the tariff bill as it thinks best.
 The conference with the president yesterday brought about working agreement under which both the eX- ecutive and senate leaders yielded certain points. Senate democrats do not propose to make general in crease of rates in the tariff bill or make the senate liable to a charge of having impeded the efforts of the president and house toward tariff re- form.
 Changes will be made in many schedules. however. work having been started today. with consideration first on the schedule bill Some changes are regarded as necessary by the senate leaGers, and may be carried over to the house, and put into the bill. The democratic caucus is still in progress there.
 Senate leaders reserve the full right to make changes after the bill reaches the senate. when they consider them necessary to make tariff revision more equitable and scientific.
 The decision to stand with the president on the wool and sugar tariff issues brought various forces of the democratic control into prac- tical unity, it is claimed Should he president and the house majority re- fuse to accept any change in the wool and sugar provisions. it is un- derstood the senate committee will lend it's support on the same pro- gram.
 The fight against free wool. how ever, became more acute at both ends of the capitol, with several state delegates in the house appealing to the senators for support in the fight to retain some duty.
 The democratic caucus of the house reached only the third schedule of the new bill at the end of today's work. This deliberate progress raised hopes for the wool and sugar inter ests, and they may be able to or ganize sufficient strength to change the bill incaucus.
 New currency reform bills were introduced in the house today by Re presentative Prouty of Iowa, Nebon of Wisconsin and Pacer of Pennsyl- vania. Congress now has before it nearly dozen bills. covering all branches of banking and currency reform but none of these bear the endorsement of the official commit tees of the two houses or of the president
 Hawaii Would Withdraw
 HONOLULU, April 10.-A Star bull letin says that today petition is being prepared declaring that, where as, Hawaii is commercially unable to exist under free sugar, she be al lowed to withdraw from the union and resume her status of independnce if free sugar provision be enacted by congress"
 The Star bulletin says the petition is ping drafted by an attorney en- the latter giving it earnest support. It will be put in circulation as soon as the draft is completed.