The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-25
SENATE TO GET
TAR|F MEASURE
EARLY IN MAY
Prospect is that it Will Pass
the House Latter Part
Of Next Week.
MOORE ATTACKS
BILL IN DEBATE
Palmer, beading for Democrata Says
It Will Remain Happy Solution Of
long vexed Questions-General De-
bate Is to Close Monday Night.
MOORE ATTACKS
BILL IN DEBATE


bate on the Underwood tarif bill in
the house. the prospect today is that
the measure will pass the house and
go to the senate during the first week
Of May. Underwood has given notice
that the general debate will close
when the house adjourns Monday.
Tuesday the bill will be called up un-
der the five-minute rule for reading
and amendment. The original esti-
mate Of fifty hours debate made by
the house leaders will be cut down
Representatives Moore for the re-
publicans and Palmer for the demo-
Gratis, led the debate. Moore's speech
was q tariff primer following the line
Of Plato's Republic in form. He sent
to the desk a set Of queries. which
Moore, in his answers, ran the gamut
Of tariff legislation. Moore charged
the democrats with continually mis-
.sepresenting tariff questions. and de.
clared the Payne law revised tarin
downward.
Palmer declared that the Under
wood bill, IL enacted into law Will re-
main on the statute books lot years
az "a happy solution OF long vexed
questions"
zone Per Cent Bull Moose"
Representative Aswell. new demo-
crat from Louisiana, declared that the
nrorrassiyes were only lone per cent
Bull Moose" and the other 90 per
cent were merely trying to disrupt tne
democratic party by sowing discord
among the new members OF the mouse
Representative Hulings OF Pennsyl-
yania. progressive, criticised the un.
derwood bill as an "open. undisguised
attack on the tariff doctrine OF pro-
lection"
A general attack on the rates Of the
Underwood bill and the democratic
administration was made by Repre-
sentative Hamilton Of Michigan.
"1n his inaugural address, leading
-, new president said Mr.. Hamil-
lone IN s.oid his followers, in language
's-.ich none. Of them understood, that
the nation was intending to use them
for a large and definite purpose
This gave general satisfaction un-
til it was explained it did not involve
their employment in an official capac-
ity. The postmaster general. howev-
er. as the connecting link between al
truism and appetite is understood to
be giving diligent Consideration to a
method Of simplified civil service ex-
animation of fourth-class postmasters.
designed to give the government an
opportunity to use the brethren more
largely for definite purposes"
Mr.. Hamilton said free wool would
drive the American wool grower out
of business.
Representative Hinebaugh Of 1lli-
nois, speaking for the progressives.
denounced the bill as compromise
between the power of special privilege
and the power of political patronage"
Do<.ouoro Irmactiya
"This bill," he declared. could not
be passed without the tremendous
power of political patronage. The
prospect Of patronage plums to be
handed out as soon as the tariff bill
is passed is exceedingly effective. Ev-
cry special interest in the nation has
filed its brief, and used every ounce
of pressure to have certain schedules
of the bill defeated in this house, and
they will naturally keep up their fight
in the senate. And when the measure
becomes a law 1t will represent a
compromise between the power OF
special privilege and the power of po-
litical patronage"
1.-The two old parties" he declared
in arguing for tariff commission,
"are afraid to drop the tariff-the
bone of contention over which they
have snapped and growled for more
than two generations and by means
of which they have alternately hood
winked the people into giving them
Office"
Assails Committee Proposal.
Representative Barkley. democrat,
Of Kentucky. assailed the tariff COM
mittee proposal of the progressives.
which he described as a mere branch
from the trunk of republicanism." He
declared the American people never
had and never would agree to dele
gate power to tax them to any com.
mission. The democrats. he said, had
always stood for tariff for revenue on
ly. and he insisted no party had a
moral or legal right to tax for any,
thing but revenue for the conduct of
government"