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PORTLAND, .OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1913. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
OV -'IIN III l - ' t
STAKES IVI til
.OA I ' -V
r rrk i if iv i f u j K ! ymt
Itll STANDING
m Oil ATTITUD
TOWARD LAHD
, So Is California Legislature
and Disagreement Seems
Certain; . President Insists
Phrase Violates Treaty.
n nDIMCT UCADO DCDHDT
AS TO BRYAN'S EFFORTS
Californians Persist in Inten
sion to Enact Legislation
Aimed Largely at Japs.
(Cnltrd Prtts Leased WlrM
Washington, April 29. President Wil
son is standing put on his attitude In
the California antl-allen land matter.
Jle Insists that the words "ineligible to
cltlaenshlp" contained In the bill now
pwidinr before the California legisla
ture violates the treaty now existing
botween Japan and tht United States,--
This was the only announcement from
tho White House following today's meet
ing of the cabinet. - Jonn Bassett Moore,
counsellor for the state department, oc
cupied Secretary of State Bryan's chair
at the meeting. The cabinet listened to
telegrams exchanged between President
Wilson and Secretary Bryan and decided
that Bryan had handled the situation
satisfactorily. '
1 'resident Wilson and John "Bassett
Moore, counsellor for the state depart
ment and acting secretary of state, con
ferred from .7 o'clock this .morning un
til 10 o'clock over the anti-alien land
law bill now pending before the CalN
"""TornTa tUTegialaturo. The lengthy
telegrams received by the president last
night from Secretary of State Bryan,
now in Sacramento, were considered.
Moore Is an expert on International
law. The contents of President Wil
sons answer in reply to Bryan's tele
gram Is withheld, but it Is understood
that the president and Moore attempted
to answer every objection raised by the
California legislators.
Moore refused to discuss his confer-
(Continued on Page Four)
District Attorney's Office Will
Not Confirm Rumor That
'iNew Analysis Shows-Poison
(Special to Tlie Journal.)
HlUsboro, Or., April 29. The appear
ance before the grand jury this morning
of numerous persons connected with the
llatficfcl case lead to the belief that
further Investigation Into the sudden
lea tli of the wife of. the retired Foiest
Grove capitalist is being made,
Following tb coroner s fruitless in
vestlgation of the cause of death It be
came known that prominent Port-land
women , had demanded that a. chemical
analysis of the contents of the stomach
be made by a chemist of their selection.
It-was understood the .request was
granted and the report made several
weeks ago. The district attorney's of
fice has declined either to affirm or
deny these rumors and T. H., Tongue,
the deputy stated to The Journal cor
respondent that-if such a report was
made it would not be made public and
would go to the grand Jury. -
Recently there have been persistent
rumors mat me. cnennsi naa reput icu
the presence of a drug that would
ranae death, but , all that could be
learned of itir nature was that it was
commonly used by oculists irt treatment
of the eye and would cause contraction.
Coroner Barrett refused to be inter
viewed, saying he had been. summoned
as a witness. Asked as to the nature
of the drug alleged to have been dis
covered, he declined to reply;
Victoria Hampton, the woman chem
ist who is said to have made the analy
sis, and Professor Fulton, of the chem
istry department of O. A. C, are wit
nesses present. ';; r-;r; ; ; "
Mrs. Myrtle Peas Hatfleld-dierl
cnl.y.-March 14 Kat her Forest Qroye
home. She was alone at the time and
no cause of dea,th could be found. A
postmortem was' hfeld and the contents
nf tho stomach analyzed without result.
At (lie inquest the husband admitted
minor -, fllugrecinents with his Wife,
but nothing to cast suspicion on him
developed. ,
SPEAKERS AND DATES
FOR COMMISSION PLAN
MEETINGS GIVEN. OUT
4) Commission Charter Meetings.
4 ' ! Tuesday, 8 p. m, East side
4 branch library, Dr. E. O. Slsslon
4 will speak to the deaf mutes of
4 Portland and Mrs. F. C. ;Met-
4 calf will act as interpreter; '.
4 Tuesday, 8 p; m. Sell wood",
4 Board of Trade. Sellwood iT. M. -
4 C. A.. Ban Kellaher.' C. C. Hall.
4 Tuesday, 8 p. m. Irvijigton
Improvement club, Irvington
4 cluhhouHa, - Twenty - first . and
4 Thompson streets, h, M. Lcpper.
4 Wednesday, 8 p. m. Colored
4 Ladles" Political Study club, 613
4 Clay street, Dan Kellaher and L.
4 M. Lepper. .
4V ' Wednesday, 8 p. m. Waverly-
4 Btchmond club. C. C. Hall. H. U
4 itiweJJeiIoiiitfclQii'j
Thursday. 8 . m. Central."
"Christian cliun-h, East Twentieth
and East Salmon streets. It. W.
Montague. Mayor Glllls of Walla
Walla, under aueplccs of church
civic committee. " . t y v
MRS. HATFiELD DEATH
Government Is Victoii
Large
TimberSuitatan End
2,373,000 Acres of Choice Land in Willamette, Valley In
; volved in Litigation WitfiV'O. & C." Road; Federal
Judge Wolverton's" Decision Is Surprise. .
Two million, three hundred and sev
entyfthreo thousand acres of land In the
Willamette valley are forfeited to the
United States as a result of an , order
made In the United States district court
this morning by Judge Charles S. Wol
verton. The decision came as a sudden
ending," as far . as this court is con
cerned, of the famous Oregon & Cali
fornia land grant suit, and ita termina
tion was a most unexpected surprise.
Attorneys for both sides had asaem
bled here this week for final arguments
in the action. -
B. D. Townsend, "assistant to the
United States attorney general, who has
been handling the case, did not know of
the decision of attorneys for t de
fense n6t to argue the action tint yes
terday morning, r Attorneys for the two
contending parties appeared before
Judge Wolverton yesterday afternoon
and it was announced that the, defense
had decided not, to argue. .
No compromise of any kind was made.
Townsend at the meeting yesterday said
that he was in court prepared to present
his ease. . Ho said that the government
had proved the allegations made in Its
complaint against the railroad company
and that it was ready to argue as' far
as the court desired. . W. D, Fenton an
nounced that attorneys for the defense
had discussed the matter and inasmuch
as his brother James E. Fenton and
Peter K Dunn were anxloug-to-ggftarirf
to San Francisco, they would concede
the case without argument.
The principle trial of the land grant
came with the filing, argument and de
cision on the demurrer to the complaint
filed by the defendant This demur
rer was first argued March 1, 1909,
and from. that, time on for over a year
a controversy between both sides raged.
FARMERS MORTGAGE HOMES TO BUY -"GILT
EDGE" STOCK: PROMOTERS FLEE
George J. Hodder President of Cooperative, Supply Com
" ' panFieecHoT $23,000 and1?anchers of Gresham'fiis-'
trict of Much More in Scheme-c-f . Suave Duo Who
Launched Ambitious Mail Order Company. "
Behind a petition for Involuntary bank
ruptcy recmiyllednJtJieedeTaLcourt
agalnsTThe Cooperative Supply company,
a mall order concern of Portland, It was
learned today, Is a story of frenzied fi
nance, gross mismanagement and gen
eral incompetence whereby farmers, re
siding principally in the Qresham dis
trict, stand to lose thousand of dollars.
The concern's president, George J. Hod
der, is out about 823,000 and has been
made the "goaf of two clever pro
moters. " The whereabouts of the promoting rtno,
G. Moselle and IL I. Knox, is not known
any more than their history and connec
tions before they, breeied into Portland
last year, secured the confidence of Hod
der, organized the 83,000,000 corpora
tion, rented and lavishly furnished of-
; 6 TO 8
DEEP IN CLACKAMAS,
L
Trees in Bloom Break Under
; Weight in ,Garfield District;
Weather- Breaks Records.
...From S to 8 inches of snow. fell in the
hills of eastern Clackamas county dur
ing the" night - andthisTmjrrrtng"Tind
considerable damage has already been
caused by the snow and a slight silver
thaw in the Garfield fruit district, near
KsUcadn, on the O. W. P line. ,. At noon
today E. Ii. Meyers, traveling freight
and passenger, agent of. the Portland
Railway; Light & Power company, . re,--cetved
a telephone message from. Ksta
cada stating that unless the weather
moderate the entire fruit crop of that
district will be killed.
. "The telephone and telegraph wires In
the Garfield district are down," said
Mr. Myers, yand I received my informa
tion from people who came Kito Estacada
shortly before . noon, having traveled
through a heavy Bnow,- They report
that about eight Inches of snow covers
the ground and that many; fruit trees
now in bloom have broken down under
the weight of snow and tee. The weather
began to moderate a little "before noon
and unleas warmer weather seta In there
will be no fruit to harvest in- that dis
trict this season." - !
- Mr.,Meyera lives on a fruit ranch near
Eagle Creek, some distance this side of
Estacada and he says the snow storm
seems to have extended ; from Eagle
Cref k in an easterly direction into the
mountains of the Bull Run reserve. It
was still snowing at noon In the moun
tains. While not as large as the Hood River
dJaUitl-liia..x;arXieli3di3U-l.CtJ3 .ong...of
the best developed orchard sections in
the state, the' orchards being of -the
highest, type. v: '" :"- ; V- "1
Cars coming In from Estacada ifyin
morning were covered with snhw to a
depth of several Inches. Ttafflc, how
ever, waa not . Interrupted to any ma
terial extent.
SI
NCHES
FRUIT CROP
n n n n n.n n ;
Tract Forfeited
Written briefs were finally submitted.
These- were most exhaustive covering
practically every legal phase of the
case. ,, . . , '
Judge Wolverton at that time made a
deop consideration of these facta and
April 25, 1911, rendered a decision over
ruling the demurrer.'.: That decision was
a virtual concession on ; the part of
Judge' Wolverton that the -ease had
been won in his court by the govern
ment - v There was talk at the time
of appealing from this ruling on the
demurrer and ' going to the United
States supreme court, but lt wns final
ly decided by the attorneys for the
railroad to go aWad and hoar the mat
ter. In his oral decision, this morning,
Judge Wolvorton - gaid---'-"-- -"-?-
"The railroad company had submitted
this case without arguments The vital
question in tin case is in reference to
the conditions that were Imposed by the
government at the time the grant was
mode.
. "That condition was that the land
should be Bold to actual settlers at $2,50
an acre. At the time tiie demurrer waa
taken up 'lt was argued ably and ex
haustively. At that time I proceeded to
consider all the questions presented.
"I understand that the attorneys ire
not questioning the . soundness of the
decision at that time and that the only
cun&ldHi atluns Htthlg time-argTnregtidHs
of- fact - t
' "I do not,. believe that It Is now neces
sary for the court to enter into an ex
tended investigation of the testimony
that has been taken.
'"The vital question now is as to the
conditions of the grant. Counsel on
(Continued on Page Nineteen.)
flees In the Selling building, spent J3000,
Jjl getiing-out -a-dvertising-bT5o1ireT,
and then "trimmed'' Hoddeir and other
stockholders and flew to newer if not
greener fields.' ,-. ..'.,;.,,' .--J- .
Hodder said he kicked them out, and
they made nothing out of the scheme.
In the same' breath he admitted that
Moselle had drawn between 150r and
81600 out of the treasury for expenses;
that Knox was a close second, and that
a number of agents incurred indebted
ness ranging from $J0 tn 8300 each by
the expense dodge, and then Just natur
ally disappeared.
Whether the schemers sold, stock,
pocketed the proceeds and made no re
port is another matter which is open
for- discussion until the last stung
stockholder is heard from, and the sky.
(Continued on Page Six.)
i mm
10 BREED CONFUSION
Permanent Registration Is to
Begin in June; Precincts
Can't Be Changed Till: Dec,
(flalcm Burcnti of The Jmirnnl.)
SkleHi, Or,, April 29. Between
the
new registration law, passed br the last
legislature and the granting of the
franchise to women, it see'ms there will
be no end to the complications that will
arise to puzle county and state offi
cials... ., . --I
The new registration law, which goes
into effect In June, provides that regis
tration shall begin' at once. Under it
the registrations are to be permanent
unless a voter moves. Anotlur law pro
vides that-a precinct must hot have
over 800 voters. Now. with the addi
tion of the women voters a great many
precincts will have to be divided
There wouldn't be any great bother
about that if the precincts could be di
vided before the permanent registration
begins: but they can t. ; , The new law
says the, precinct boundaries must be
ftwed in December preceding a general
election. That will be next December.
Deppty District Attorney J. B. Dodson
of Yamhill' county has written the at
torney general's office, pointing but that
a great many voters may register In one
preClnctnd when the precincts are tut
down to their proper siso in December,
may find themselves in a new precinct?
, Assistant Attorney General Van Wln
kle, advised him that nothing could be
done, and when the hew precliCct lines
are fixed the voters who- are placed In
the- new precincts will have ..tov visit the
trtflgr"',prtt"lfl'TTtm
precinct number Changed. . .
If the referendum election should -'be
held next fall the voters will cast their
ballots In the,r ,jld preclncti regardleod
of how mahy over 300 voters there may
be in a precinct.'.. Tli? legality of the
Votes will not be affecUdy - ; - ?
LAW
NEXT
ELECTION
coMRiNrfeEis.
In this fourth and last itatement of points of difference between the present and
proposed charters, civil service, administration and local improvement code provis
ions are compared ' ' "
CIVIL SERVICE V -' ..'
' PRESENT CHARTER
The present charter contains comprehensive pro
visions for examination, appointment . and promo
tion of city employes (Sees. 306 to 327). These ap
ply to all city employes, save some expressly ex
' cepted (Sec. 306), and a civil service commission is
"created to administer these provisions and these
; rules which the commission may adopt. , '
PRESENT CHARTER
The present charter contains detailed regulations
for the administration of the following departments
and offices; The fire department (Sees. 167-178;!
police. department-iSecs...-179r98)i. street .cleaningr
sprinkling and repair (Sees. 199-205) ; city lighting
(206-215); harbor (216-219); pound (220-221); water
board (222-237); health-board and city physician
(238-246); public library (247-258); park board (259
267); contain duties of the auditor in keeping rec
ords 287); city treasurer7 (288-301); city engineer
(302-305); municipal court (328-338), and city attor-
. pey (339-345)..ir i,s;:i'4 " ' : '. i''"'
PRESENT CHARTER '
Sections 345 to 350, both inclusive, and 362 to 421,
both inclusive, of the present charter, contain the
provisions for the establishing, opening, changing,
grading, improvement, of streetsidewalkssewexsj
-A"rtf aacsemnta fr tVi cam rtf mmthnA rtf I P
Vkt", V H JU.UM....U. - . I - ......... W V
bonding, the payment of assessments and bonds, etc.
LOMBARD INELIGIBLE AND UNFIT
FOR MAYOR, DECLARES MONTAGUE
Candidate's Standard of Public Service Measured by Fact
.: That While in Council He Organized Company Which Car
- ried on Enormously Profitable ; Business With fCityr De-
clares Attorney in Response to Charge by Lombard. -:
"Your standards of puMIc service, are
sufficiently shown by the fact that
while yojj were a member of the council
you organized and became president af
a corporation which did r enormous
and no doubt, profitable buslneas with
Uhtto correctly informed this business has
greatly fallen on sines, ,
. This is one of Hie charges made
against Gay Lombard, candidate for the
Republican nomination for mayor, by B.
V. Montague, in a signed statement to
day. ' ' " , ' ' '
Mr Montague further declares that by
reason of his connection with this corpo
ration, Mr. Lombard Is' ineligible to hold
office under the.new charter. The Ptats
ment followed an open letter from Mr.
Lombard in which he attacked Mr, Mpo
tagvie. and declared him "unfit to fram
a charter and make aws which must
naturally have a vital' effect on the
tribute which said trust collects from
Its taxpayers." , - '
. The "truHt" referred to Is the "paving
trust." Here Is Mr, Lombard'a letter,
and following it the reply . of Mr.;on
tagie in full:
"April'SI, 1913 Mr. R. W. Montague
Sir- f am in ret-eliit of yfrnr open letter
men tiki on your connection , with the
paving trust. !'
Delayed Baying Anything, He Bays.
'"At-the beslhnmg of this campaign I
Studiously refrained from calling uttcn-
Hr..i tr IIia nnnlinr nnKitinn In which
you were placed by m ting slniulianeous-
AINU UUlvVbSIUN UMAK I LKb
..- COMMISSION CHARTER .
The civil service provisions are unchanged, except
for the following amendments: '
(a) Each department is reauired to keen effi
ciency records of
vtsiuii cxisis at present. ,. v ..'-.
(b) The council, oh special occasion, may hire
consulting experts who are not under civil service
rules (286c). This gives in express words the power
declared now to be in the charter by the state su
preme court (Burrell vs. City of Portland, 61 Or.
10S).
(c) The salary of the secretary of the civil serv
ice commission is changed from "not more" to "not
less" than $100 per month (Sec. 308).'
(d) ' The present charter (Sec. 317) provides that
no department can discharge a civil service employe
without a written statement of the reason, one copy
of which is given to the employe, and another to the .
civil service commission. This provision is retained
verbatim, and in the new commission charter, is in
serted: "Such removal or dischar& may be made
without any trial or hearing," that is, the department
head discharging the employe does not have to give ;
a hearing unless he wants to do so. The following ,
provision follows in both the present and the com
mission charter: "Any employe so removed may
within 10 days from his removal file with thecom
mission a written demand for investigation," which
investigation the commission must make. (Compare
Sec. 317 ot the present charter with Sec. 317 of the
commission charter). The result is, the charter is
not changed, for no right to the preliminary hearing
is contained in the present charter.
(e) Under the present charter the commission,
after investigation, must affirm the removal, or re- ;
instate the employe unconditionally. ' As amended,
he may be reinstated upon "such terms and condi-
tions" as the commission may see fit to impose(Sec.
317 both charters). . r
frtde"hpfeS6fft'c1iaTlern6ne fcurAmeficanr"
can be employed as unskilled laborers. (Present char
. ter Sec. 163). An amendment gives the right to em
ploy foreigners, preference always being given to
Americans. The eight-hour day and $2.00 minimum
wage remain unchanged (Sec. 327a).
ADMINISTRATION
COMMISSION CHARTER
; Section 161 of the commission charter provides
that all of the administrative portions of the present
charter indicated opposite so far as they do not con
flict with tht commission charter, shall bo retained,
not as a part of the amended charter, but as ORDI
NANCES "subject to repeal or amendment by the
council, in like manner and with like effect as other
ordinances passed by the council." H
LOCAL IMPROVEMENT CODE
ly as attorney to protect the Interest of
the paving trust and as charter inaker
to protect the Interest of the taxpayers,
t' withheld this comment because 1 be
lieved, and still believe,' that you were
honest in thinking you rou;d hold the
paradoxical position and do justice to
both parties.
- "Although I am fully aware that since
the beginning of time no man has suc
cessfully and satisfactorily served God
and mammon simultaneously, and no
matter how good your intention may be,
you, as attorney for the paving trust,
cannot he otherwise than unfit to frame
a charter and make laws which must
naturally have a vital effect on the
tribute which said trust collects from
the taxpayers.. No .trust, especially a
paving trust, employs attorneys who do
not look aTter their interests at all
times. ';; ' -? - r ':;.:'
Aska a Question;
i 'Trtasmuch as you fall to deny the
charge that you were acting as attorney
for the paving trust at the same time
that you were atting aa charter maker
for the. people who are being held up by
said trust, I; fail to see- the necessity
for our inteiripei-ate - language about
"rVws'sefH att"iiwhons miewne w ere at-
Ing a fnlse impression.' T:Z"IL-",.V'
. "l)ivested of the unnecessary Verbiage
so dear to the heart of corporation law
yers, the plain question is,"". were you
acting for your clients or for the people
when you assisted in framing tip a char-
(Continued on i'age Kleven.)
employes (Sec. 20). No such pro-
, COMMISSION CHARTER " . -In
the commission charter, the opposite sections
are retained verbatim, not as a part of the charter,
but as ORDINANCES known as the "Local Im-
rovemcntCodernore difficult tcr amend thaw usual
ordinances. Charter provisions that - cannot be
changed by the council are that ten days notice (a)
of intention to improve, and (b) of a proposed as
sessment, must be given by publication or by mail,
and that 60 per cent of the affected property owners
can defeat an improvement, except street extensions
and sewers, by remonstrance. With these excep
tions the local improvement code can be amended by
ordinance published in full at least 30 days before
passage, and notice must be conspicuously published
five times in a daily paper." If the change is made.
the revised local improvement code must be printed
for public distribution (See generally Sees. 345a).
These two new provisions are added to the im
provement code: ' (1) Another method of opening
streets (Sees. 351-352), (1) and (2) a method of ap
portioning a bonded lien against a tract to fractional
part thereof when the tract is subdivided (383b). The
Ellis amendment is retained verbatim in the local
improvement code (Sec. 374), and. a new section of
the charter is intended to preserve the policy of this
amendment as a charter.
AUSTRIA
E
Ultimatum-Gives . Montenegro
--24 Hours to Evacuate Scu
tari; All Europe Tottering,
(UiiIIpJ I'rrm I,pmriI Wire.). ..
Vienna, April 2!l, Following a. two
hours' conference with the. emperor to
niglit. l-'orelgn Minicter Von Bcrohtold
Heml-offlcially statod' that Austria
would deliver a 24-hour ultimatum- to
Montenegro tomorrow morning.
The ultimatum will command Monte
nesro to evacuate Scutari. If tho Mon
tenegrins liave not evacuated by Thurs
day morning, Austria will immediatelv
move troopw across the frontier and
formally declare war, it was said.
Turkey Bucks Essad Pasha.
-' Paris, April 29. Turkey is backing
Essad Pasha's clajjiis to the throne of
Albania, according, to dispatch from
Constantinople to a news agency here
(Continued- ion Page Eighteen.)
..Washington, April 2i. By" a vntn of
13 to 1. the ii nnte canals committee to
day voted to postpone to thp iJetemher
session dlniMiFMOn of Panama canal
tolls. Senator llraniUgtse reiiUtered the
only dissenting vote-.
DECLAR
WARTHURSDAY
SAYS
HER FOREIGN MINISTER
PANAMA CANAL TOLLS -GO
OVER TO DECEMBER
DES HUES -TAX'
LEW REDUCED UK
Rich Man Who Tries to Dodge-
Payment Must Pay His
Proper Share of the Assess
ment in Iowa, '.
IMPROVES EFFICIENCY
OF ALL DEPARTMENTS
Mayor and Commissioner Give
Unqualified Approval of
Idea Proposed Here.
, . (Speelil to Tb lenrntl.)
"ties Moines, Iowa, April 29 After
having given commission government a
most thorough trial, Pes Moines, one of
the first iargij cities of the country
to adopt it. would not go back to the
old plan of city government uijder any
circumstances. ; .-.- -'..Not
only has, It improved efficiency
In all departments of government, but
it has reduced the tax levy. For the
first time in the city the rich man who
dodges taxes is made to pay his pro
portionate share.
Two prominent officials of Des
Moines, Mayor Hanna, serving his sec
term under " the commission form, and
John MaeViear, twice commissioner un
der the commission form, and ex-mayor
and councilman under the old system, :
naid today that in efficiency and results
accomplished there is no comparison be
tween the two systems. '
' Efficiency Is Improved. '
pjBmlsiojie.rMacyLrar raxm
"The' commission form of government
has Improved the efficiency of all h
departments of the city government. The
tax levy has been reduced' andv better
returns for the money expended have
been shown than ever before. ' Recent
visits to other Iowa cities where the
commission form of municipal govern
ment has been adopted" convinces mo
that it has Improved conditions finan
cially and1 otherwise.",
. Mayor-Hanna, serving a second term
under the commission form, said:
"The Des Moines plan has reduced the
ilVJLM ?T.I .mills,- as compared with
38.6 mills. under; the old form, in vogun
Until five years ago, ;(That .the popula
tion Of the city is nearly 10,000 moie
than five years ago, with less tax rate,
answers the argument that the per cap
ita tax has been Increased.
lax X.evy Beducad. ;: -'Tht
commission form is not costly
fn fact, 'ft has resulted"-in economies in
every branch of the city government
that were thought impossible under the
old system, . Permanent Improvements
have been Installed that were never
dreamed of before commission form
was adopted. ; : r
"AH this time the tax rate has been
(Continued on Page Eighteen.) ,
FULL RESPONSIBILITY
- FOR TARIFF RESULTS
Underwood Serves Notice on
Republicans Majority Will
Dictate Terms; No Gag Rule
(Cnlted Press Leased Wlre. ,.
Washington, April 29. Representative
Oscar Underwood of Alabama," leader of
the majority in the house, today served
notice on the Republican minority that
the Democratic members propose to dic
tate, the tariff and will stand responsi
ble for the results. 1
Speaking in the house, Underwood
said:
"lfs our business to frame this tariff
bill, and we alone are responsible. We
don't propose to let you Republicans '
write this bill."
With general debate on the' tariff
bill closed, the house began considera
tion of : the ! Underwood measure for
amendment. Representative Underwood,
leader of the majority In the house, in
sists that he does not Intend to impose
a gag rule, but proposes, to, try a policy ,
of allowing th five minute debate to
"run- open,"- unless the' minority at
tempts dilatory tactics. - -
The minority admit there is no chance
of amending the bill, but Intend to ware
a figt against the first paragraph,
which makes the bill effective the dav
after It is signed by President Wilson.
The Republicans contend that the coun
try' business men should be given tim
to regulate their business to the new
conditions imposed by the Underwood
bill and that it should not become ef
fective for .months.
; President Wilson today arranged for
a conference Thursday with western and
southern senators who are opposed to
his free woo) and sugar plana.
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