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Show REVISION OF WOOL TARIFF APPROVED WASHINGTON, June 1. The proposed pro-posed Democratic revision of the wool tariff the Underwood bill was unan imously approved by a full Democratic Demo-cratic caucus at midnight, twelve hours after It had been made public by the ways and means commlttco. Its endorsement followed some rapid maneuvering by the Democratic house leaders, who devised a scheme which effectually disposed of the opposition of the free wool advocates Through a resolution which leaves the Democratic Demo-cratic party open In the future to renew re-new Its advocacy of free trade in raw wool, but which commits all Democrats Demo-crats to the support of the present bljl as a revenue measure, the divers interests were brought together in tho caucus shortly after midnight and an almost unanimous agreement was reached. The Anal on the approval of the Underwood bill was made unanimous, unanim-ous, but the following; members were excused from a pie lgo to support the caucus' action: Rucker. Ashbrook, Francis and Sharp of Ohio and Gray of Indiana. The resolution agreed on in a conference of the freo raw wool advocates was Introduced in the caucus cau-cus by Mr. KItchin of North Carolina, who had advocated freo raw wool. His resolution declared that the support of a duty on raw wool should not bo construed as an abandonment of tho Democratic policy of free wool. The need for a duty, tho resolution stated, waa due to Republican extravagances, which made necessary a large rovenuo Senator Clark took tho floor and supported sup-ported the resolution, which had been framed in the conference participated in by himself and Messrs. Burleson of Texas, James of Kentucky, FitzGerald of New York and Kitchln of North Carollnav Tho resolution was then unanimously ndopted by the caucus |