Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
Illinois Representative Flags Republic
cans in Bitter Attack.

Illinois Representative Flags Republi-
cans in Bitter Attack.
BY the Associated Press.
Aware that movements were being
made to smooth out differences in their
ranks, the Republican membership of
the HouSt sat silently yesterday while
Representative Rainey of Illinois,
Democratic member of the ways and
means committee delivered a Scathing
denuncistion of the tariff bill framed
by the majority members of that COM
mittee.
The Illinois member termed the
measure n "monstroSity without parallel
and indefensible in nearly every para
graph" and expressed the hope that
President Hoover would have strength
enough to veto this bill which so
openly violates his wishes"
At the same time Representative
ByrnS, Democrat, of Tennessee, de-
clared in q formal statement it had al
Gratis in both the House and Senate
would stand Solidly against the 'un-
precedented and far-reaching pro-
posals in the administrative section of
the bill and that it was likely many
Republicans would join them in oppos-
ing the proposed surrender of con-
stitutional power" to the President.
Willing to Hear Suggestions.
Prior to the opening of the third
day of general debate, Chairman Haw-
ley Of the ways and means committee
announced after a conference with
Representative Dickinson. Republican,
of Iowa, that the Republicans on the
committee would hear any suggestions
from House members for changes in
the bill, and if found warranted, these
would be offered on the floor as COM
mittee amendments.
Dickinson has been leading q move
ment among Republicans from 10 West
ern States for an opportunity TO offer
amendments to the agricultural sched-
ule He declared after the conference
that the situation looked much brighter
for the farm States than it did a few
days ago. An amendment rule will not
be agreed upon until some time this
week.
throughout his attack on the bill,
Rainey used such terms as lumber
barons," sugar and steel trusts"
ti-millionaire cabinet" and sugar
thieves" In his denunciation Of past
and present Republican adminiStra-
tions, he mentioned William Howard
Taft, George w. WickerSham, Andrew
w. Mellon and Herbert Hoover.
Referring particularly to the proposed
tariffs on sugar, shingles and lumber
and glass. he declared the raises rec
commended on these items alone would
increase the cost of living $3.50 900 900
a year All of the rate changes II
adopted, he said, would increase living
expenses between six and seven hun
bred million dollars.
Charges Sugar "Steal"
Declaring that sugar had dragged
its Shiny and sticky trail across many
Of the past Republican administra-
tions," Rainey alluded to the Federal
sugar investigation of 1911 when Taft
was President and Wickersham was At
torney General and charged they were
responsible for the escape Of "the sugar
trust thieves"
He said. 1.-The sugar trust thieves"
stole 100000 by manipulating the
weighing of sugar at ports of entry
and were allowed to settle with the
Government for 100000.
And night before last, in his Sumptu-
Gus apartment in one of the most eX-
pensive hotels in Washington" he con-
tinued, Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Wickersham,
his own Attorney General, both of them
responsible for the escape of the sugar