The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-28
Measure VIII Be Considered
Tuesday Seriatim For
Amendment
BELIEVED WILL PASS
HOUSE WITHIN 10 DAYS
Republicans Planning to Bombard
Measure With Amendments-Un-
derwood Declares Undue De-
lay Will Not Be Allowed

bate on the democratic tariff revision
bill will end in the House of Repre-
sentatives tomorrow night The meas
ure will be taken up on Tuesday un-
der the five minute rule and be read
paragraph by paragraph for amend
PASS the House within 10 days and
go to meet longer consideration in the
Senate. Republicans and progressives,
characterized in the debate last week
as the two pronged fork" minority,
are planning to lombard the measure
with amendments until Democratic
Leader Underwood with his overwhelm-
ing majority repulses their attack.
With two minority leaders, however.
Mann for the republicans and Murdoch
Tor the progressives. directing assaults
upon the items as they are brought
forward, progress necessarily will be
retarded longer than usual
Bringing up the bill under the five
minute rule will afford the first OPP
portunity In more than half century
TO test the working of three party
House organization, the new progress
milton for offering amendments to the
ncnding measure. 1t being the deter
mination of the majority to hasten the
passage of the tariff bi1l any attempt
10 filibuster win be checked by spe-
cial rule, If necessary.
Underwood Against Undue Delay
Majority Leader Underwood is in
clined to suppress efforts of anxious
democrats to bring in special rule
limiting amendments. He has announced
that he does not wish to resort to
any such drastic measure. but has fur
tner declared that the country Is en-
titled TO the new tariff law soon
1t possibly can be enacted and that
undue DELAY will not be tolerated. This
being the attitude of the majority lead
er, the bill IS expected to pass the
House before May 10.
Ienyef,tt y e !. ~ ,lis,4 Az Ae "
account of free raw wool and free
sugar in three years is not now ex
peeted TO develop much strength in
the House. although a few democrats
viii not vote for the bill having been
released from the pledge binding them
10 the party measure in the caucus
The republican minority Will have
amendments to every paragraph of the
wool schedule. the sugar schedule, the
1fOSreSSlNeS also Will nave many
amendments to all schedules and both
ninorities will present amendments to
the administrative features of the bill
Amendments that would change the
exemptions in the income tax and its
administrative features. also are TO be
offered.
While the House is al work. the Sem
ate finance committee will continue
consideration of the measure. This COM
niittee now is being deluged with APP
peals from manufacturers and other in
hearings on the Underwood bill. Every
Influence that possibly can be con-
ttolled is being exerted to induce the
democratic senators TO hearings Thus
far they have withstood all appeals but
the demand is so insistent and wide
srread that II is possible they may
yield. Should they do so consideration
of the bill by the Senate will be der
layed.
Appropriation Bill
In the Senate this week the sundry
civil appropriation bill, repassed by
the House. will come up. This measure,
vetoed by former President Taft, be-
cause Ii prohibited the use of funds
allotted the department of Justice for
prosecution of farmers or labor organ
izations for violation of the sherman
law, will meet with some resistance. AS
It passed the House after consultation
with President Wilson the opposition
in the Senate Is not expected to be eff