Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-04-17
House Majority UphoIdS Presi-
dent Wilson by 0verwheIm-
ing Odds of One Hundred
and Ninety to Forty-Two,
FERGUSON OPPOSES
REMOVAL OF TARIFF
Representative From New Mex
leo Makes Vain Fight to Sc
cure Retention of Fifteen
Per Cent Ad VaIorem Duty
nv Morning Journal Special Leased wireJ

(By Morning Journal Special Leased Wire)
Washington. April 1G-The demo-
cratic caucus voted decisvely late to-
day to support the wool schedule of
the Underwood tariff bin. placing
raw wool on the free list, after Rep
resentative Underwood had made a
stirring appeal for the support Of the
caucus. BY a vote of 1872 to A. an
amendment, offered by Representative
Dies. of Texas, to place raw wool on
the dutiable list was rejected
Representative Dies aemndment
proposed To place duty of 10 per
cent ad valorem on raw wool. he and
other champions OF dutiable wool in
sisting that this was the Judgment of
the ways and means committee before
President Wilson saw the bin and
suggested a change.
Majority Leader Underwood, nal
winding up the discussion. warmly de-
Tended both the committee and the
president. lie declared that the presi-
dent had a right to make suggestions
to congress relating TO the tariff, but
that the bill as whole met with the
chief executives approval when he
first read it as It came from the com
mittee.
cont OF four Thousand or more
items in the bill said Mr.. Under
wood. "the president only made two
suggestions, those affecting the sugar
and wool schedules It seems to me
that we should accept those sugges-
tions from the president of the Unit !
ed States
Representatives Rainev Of Illinois. |
and Harrison of New York, also spoke
on behalf of the committee, defending
its action and the attitude of the pres |
ident
The attack upon the committee and |
the president began as soon as the !
insurgent democrats opened the dis
cussion on the schedule
Representative Alexander Of Mis-
souri,. declared. that the committee |
overstepped all proper bounds in hold |
ing up President Wilson as a club I
over the heads of the members and I
that the president had exerted "un-
Ntt AHliutllAt III INNit itlE WNNl HldA'Nt
on the free list in the bill.
Representative Montague of Nir-
ginia, a new member. defended the
president in a spirited speech. declar-
ing that 1t was his constitutional and |
inherent right" to suggest what
should go in a tariff bill, and that |
neither he nor the committee were
subject to criticism for their co-opera
tion in framing the bill
Representatives Dies insisted that
the government was made up of three
distinctive branches with separate du
ties to perform.
1T not only is the right Of congress"
he said, Ito originate revenue mea-
sures, but its exclusive right and any
attempt from another branch of the
government to dictate or interfere
with that right should not be permit
ted by this body"
The debate on this phase of the
tariff fight was heated and prolonged.
Representative Curley of Massachu-
setts, was one Of the presidents
champions. Among the principal sup
porters Of the Dies amendment for
Is per cent wool duty were Represen-
tatives Ashbrook, Post and Bathrick
of Ohio; Ferguson, Of New Mexico;
Adair and Cline, of Indiana, and Stout,
of Montana.
The forty-two democrats who
voted for the IS per cent duty. were.
Adair Barnhart aud Cline, Of IN
diana; Alexander, of Missouri; Ash
brook, Bathrick, ClaypooL Francis
Post Sharp, Whltacre and White. Of
Ohio; Broussard, Dupre, Elder Esto-
pinal, Lazaro and Morgan. of Louisi-
ana Bell, Of Georgia; Brown, Of West
virginia. Burgess, Galloway, Dies,
Hayden, slayden and Stephens. Of
Texas; Dersham. of PENNSYLVANIA.
Doughton, Grudger, Page and Small
OF North Carolina; Evans and Stout.
OF Montana; FERGUSON. of New Mex
leoi Fowler of Illinois; Lobeck. of
Nebraska: Metz and t'nderhill Of New
ork; Murray, oklahoma: O'Shaugh-
messy, Of Rhode Island; Burke, of
wisconsin; Kettner. of California.
Before reaching WOOL the caucus
disposed Of the cotton and flax sched-
ules voting down all amendments to
lower or increase the duties proposed
In the committed bill 1t is expected
mat more rapid progress would be
made in caucus consideration of the
bill from now on. The silk schedule
next will be taken up. I
Representations concerning the
tariff bill filed with the state depart
inent by foreign diplomats have not
peen taken up by the ways and ,
means committee, but may be con- !
sidered at a meeting of the committee I
tomorrow.