Arizona republican., 1913-04-18
SENATE ATTACK
 0N TARIFF BILL
Republicans Make Demand On Members of Finance Committee for Hearing On Certain Sections of Underwood Measure
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH l

WASHINGTON, April IT. - The democratic tariff revision bill came in for it's first dtt5ek in the senate today and the skirmish outlined its scope of the vigorous fight that will be made against it by the repub- lican forces when the tariff discus sion begins in the two houses. Backed by requests from many in terests for d hearing on certain sec tions of the Underwood bill, the re- publican senators made demand on the members of the finance commit tee for hearings, and openly attacked the secret legislation" now going members
 Democratic senators who replied to the attack made it clear that the finance committee does not plan to grant any public hearings Senators Williams and Stone insisted that full hearings had been given by the house committee before the bill was pre- pared, while the republican senators | declared that these hearings had | been of little value because the rates | of the Underwood bill were not then ! known.
 1 With many complaints and Objec | tions before them, the republican members of the senate are preparing ! a general attack on all schedules of 1 the bill. Senator Shoot put two eX 1 perts to work to analyZe the Under wood bill and previous measures, to | give the protectionists d base for their fight. Other republicans who claim that important industries will l be wiped out by the Underwood bill insist that business men and labor ing men should have d hearing be- fore the new bill is passed.
 The democratic house caucus work ed over the Underwood bill through out the day, upholding the demo- cratic house leaders and President | Wilson on all contested points. The l wool schedule was under fire throughout the days session, and at
 tempts to put ready made clothing on the free list and to alter other rates | of the bill were defeated.
 Senator Works made a vigorous at tack on the present day journalism and newspapers of the United States in a speech today supporting his bill tc make it unlawful for the District 0: Columbia newspapers to publish the details of crimes, accidents and trage-
 dies. A similar bill failed at the last session.
 An effort to secure immediate actior on a bill permitting Dr. F. F. Fried mann to practice medicine in Washing ton without the usual examination fol
 aliens was frustrated today when Sen
 ators Gallinger and Penrose objected
 Penrose said: 'I do not want tt
 pronounce this man a fakir, but tht
 senate is going out of it's way to ad
 vertise him I have specific informa
 tion that medical journals are criticis ing the government for the semi off
 cial recognition has given him."
 Chairman Henry of the rules com
 mitttee introduced a bill today t
 amend the Sherman antitrust law an'
 to define precisely what acts constitute
 a trust, monopoly or conspiracy in re . straint of trade. with punishment a
 felonies The act would exemp
 members of organizations or associa
 tions not for profit and without capi
 tai or agricultural products or liv stock in the hands of producers o
 raisers,
 ? Henry explained that it was aimed a
 the supreme courts rule of reason.