Show SENA IE Will KilL FREE LIST BillS HOUSE MAY PASS Democratic Protectionists Will WillAid WillAid Wi Aid Republicans to Defeat Defeat Free Trade Measures i St W WASHINGTON Feb I. I There l.-There There can canvy vv vy b ho bono it o doubt doubt now but that Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- I cratic tariff harmony Is going to suffer suter sutera a a severe Jolt jol when tariff revision begIns begins be- be gIns gins In the tho Senate at the co coming extra session n of ot Congress During the last week at ot least five the Democratic senators have agreed to stand with wih the Republicans hems against an any free trade tariff bill bi that ma may pass the tho House Democrats Democrats Demo Vemo- cra s of ot tho the House ways wars and means committee are insisting upon a free sugar bill bi and a number of ot them aro are working workinG for Cor a a free wool bill bil as ns well well- Indications point to the passage of a afree afree 3 free tree sugar bill in the House and as the Senate will wJ not stand for It there thero will willbe wil wilbe be he a line fine collision In conference The situation Is bothering bothering the Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- a good deal It was sugar that brought grief brIef to the Democrats in the thelast thelast thelast last Cleveland administration and an It seems again to have arisen to pla plague ue them It I Is said that If i the Democrats tr try to press an any free list bills through h the Senate the Republicans will 1 spring a free tree sugar bill bi and put It up to tho the Democrats Democrat to pass Democratic senators senators senators sen sen- u from rota Louisiana Lousiana LuIsIana and arid the tho beet sugar s states ates win will Wil nave to oppose me toe tree free list b bills ls and this Is going to cause a lot of feeling among tho the Democrats The Thc ways was and means menns committee of ot the House is planning planning on a farmers' farmers free list bill bl also It will wl stand stan for free meats If Jf 1 the D Democratic senators I from the sugar states stand In the wa way of ot trouble this program there will vill certainly bo be 1 I Change Unlikely There aro are other Democratic protectionists protectionists In the Senate besides the Democrats Democrats Democrats Dem Dem- from Louisiana LouisIana and the beet sugar states The Democrats from Florida want protection on citrus fruits To secure this protection the they also will wIl ihl have to stand against the free list 1st bl bills Then again there are the lumber umber tarl tariff Democrats Under the circumstances It It appears that there will wll be no vcr very radIcal rad- rad cal Ical tariff revision at the extra se session lon Tho Democratic majority In tho the Senate will ill be bo so meager that the Republicans with wih the help of one ono or two Democrats will wi bo be able to prevent an any radical re re- vi vision Ision si on The tariff hearings before the ways an and means committee have been farcIcal farcI- farcI cal cal al The Democratic members of ot th the committee already had their policy outlined out- out lne lined when hen the hearings began and the evIdence presented at the hearings will wi lot hot tot change chango it i In the tho least A great grent ron ma- jorl of oC the manufacturers and producers producers producers pro pro- of the country saw sa sa the futility of coming to Washington to present I their heir views leus to tho the ways and means committee ommittee when tho the hearl hearings s were announced announced an an- and decided to wait until the tho tarl tariff bills bis were In In the hands of ot tho the finance committee of ot the Senate before coming coming to Washington Take tho the hearing on schedule K the tho woolen schedule as a an example of ot tho the manner lanner In which the hearings were One day was given v to o this cond conducted ne ay al g ule is to DO ue Ul me tue most lost complicated of all al the schedules Not one western wool producer appeared ap- ap eared before the committee In fact tact no 10 producers of raw wool at at all al ap- ap The rhe manufacturers and producers producers pro- pro of or the intend to make their heir fight before the Senate knowing that hat the Democratic majority there Is Ismall small mall smal and ant that the Republicans under the leadership of ot Senator Smoot possibly possibly pos pos- sib sibly will vili be able to prevent radical Democratic revision All Al tariff hearings so far as the Hones Houes Is concerned were concluded to toda today today to- to da day and the real work ork of or framing in committee the revision legislation for Cor submission to the next Con Congress r sa will i bc begin ln next Monday Tho The final testimony in the twentythree twentythree twenty twenty- three days of hearings s was a plea pla from om the tIme domestic cass manufacturers of or surgical appliances a against tho the free treo admission of those articles from Crom abroad Time The Democrats of the tho committee will meet Monday in executive e session and daily thereafter to frame tho the n new w bi bill dal According to Democratic leaders It pro prow v will be ready read about March 15 1 |