The Hattiesburg news., 1913-09-13
lBy Frank D. Lander. Jr.l

(By Frank d. Lander, Jr.)
Washington. Sept. Ex-senator Var
daman is preparing detailed account
Of the part he took in the caucus and
committee meetings on the tariff bill.
The junior senator from Mississippi
vOfed for the bill and has expressed
himself as being pleased with it in
general, although there are certain
changes he would like to have made
that were not made.
His failure to have his policies
adopted either in the caucus or in the
coeamittee. he ascribes to methods
wtkich he considers improper. He did
not discuss the matter fully today, but
tQs your correspondent that if the
democratic committee had accepted
qGtain amendments from the republi-
- side instead Of taking the bull by
the horns and pushing the bill through
wieh but few amendments, the meas
ure as passed would have been much
more to his liking.
He stated further that he expects
to give to the press as soon as he has
tine to prepare it. full account of
the suggestions he made in the caucus
and before the committee and explain
why these suggestions were defeated.
Bosk caucus and committee meetings
were held secretly and Senator varda-
man believes certain things took place
6et the American people ought to
ARew about
Senator Vardaman was largely re-
sponsible for the amendment to the
income tax provision in the tariff bill
increasing the taxation of exceedingly
large incomes and he intends to ex-
plain in his statement why it became
necessary for him to temporarily pub
hcly bolt his party in order to force
the adoption of this amendment.
The tariff bill has now gone back
to conference between members from
both houses. Leaders in the lower
house freely admit that the bill as
amended and passed in the senate is
better bill than the original house
bill, and little trouble is expected in
having the house leaders adopt the
amendments that were incorporated
sv<f No &c In tho
Senate.
Williams Sticks To Job.
Senator Williams is one of the con-
ferees for the senate and was named
by vice-president Immediately after
Senator Simmons, the introducer of
the bill in the Senate. Although pret-
ty much worn out by the heavy work
that has fallen to him in steering the
tariff bill through, Senator Williams is
daily attending the conferences and is
taking leading part in the discussion.
Representatives Harrison of Missis-
sippi. Kitchen of North Carolina and
Foster of Illinois, have a special ap-
pointment with Secretary of the Treas
ury McAdoo with reference to an i'm
mediate appropriation for the erection
of certain Government buildings for
which appropriations have already
been granted but which lost their
places on the regular list when the
amount of the appropriations was in
creased.
The appropriations under question
are for forty-seven Government build
ings in as many Congressional dis
tricts, but when the amount of these
appropriations was raised, it was con-
sidered that they had been granted
new appropriations and we're placed
far down the list and the actual con-
struction of the buildings will be de-
layed for about three years unless Sec
retary McAdoo takes hand. One of
the towns affected is Laurel, Miss, for
which an original appropriation of