| Show DEMOCRATS AND THE TARIFF BILL Will Make No Effort to Delay Its Passage I THEY MERELY WISH TO MAKE A RECORD DEMOCRATS WILL OFFER SEVERAL SEV-ERAL AMENDMENTS Senators Do Not Approve of the Policy Pol-icy of Mr Bailey and His Fel lowDemocrats in the House Chemical Schedule Said to Be About Completed Many Changes in the Direction of Reductions Have Been Made Washington April 21 There has been some discussion of the probable pro gramme of the Democratic members of the finance committee with reference to the tariff biir and it Is learned that white their plans are not definitely matured they Intend to have reasonable consideration considera-tion of the bill in committee and believe be-lieve they will have the support of Senator Sena-tor Jones of Nevada upon any fair proposition prop-osition they may submit The Democrats do not want an extended consideration in committee but may desire to offer some amendments after they see the bill the adoption now of which they consider they would be more likely to secure in committee commit-tee than in the open senate It is said in the senate that the Democratic plan is not to delay the bill any longer than is necessary but that either senator desiring desir-ing to discuss It shall have the opportunity opportun-ity to do so and such recordmaking votes as the Democrats think necessary will be made This policy will bo pursued pur-sued to the end In tbJs connection it may be stated that the Democrats of the senate do not approve of the policy of Mr Bailey and his fellow Democrats of the house Attention is called to the fart that it was long ago said that the policy whicIrCpeakcr Reed and the Republicans of the house are pursuing would bo followed fol-lowed in order to direct attention to the delay to the tariff bill in the senate Jf delay should ensue by reason of debate by Democratic senators it will be pointed out Democratic senators say that this delay Is not endorsed by the majority of the Democrats of the house The Bailey Democrats will be endorsins the Republicans In their criticisms of the Democratic senators It Is not known whether or not the advice which th > Democratic leaders are freely giving the Democrats of the house will be taken but It Is known that house Democrats have been advised that acquiescence in the Republican tactics is not good policy The Democratic senators do not want criticisms which may be directed at them to be indirectly endorsed by the Democratic Demo-cratic members of the house It is learned today that In the changes made in the tariff bill by the senate subcommittee subcom-mittee the rates in the metal schedule lave been made very close to the present law and the same is said of the cotton schedule The chemical schedule is said to bo about completed Many changes in It In the direction or reductions have been made |
