Show ROOT DRAFTED THE BILL How Secretary of War Came to Prepare Pre-pare Tariff Measure Washington March 6AS the authorship au-thorship of the Porto Ulcan tariff bill has been ascribed to Secretary Hoot by a member of the Ways and Means comnmni tee ll may bo proper to stale hut Ihe Secretary himself drew up the bill but only as an alternative measure meas-ure upon representations by some of tho Republican members of the com mlilce to the effort thai ll was possible possi-ble legislation Whllo eonsentinp lo diafl the bill under theso circumstances Secretary Kool declared ho sllll heId to lie opinions on ihe Mibjoct expressed In his annual report and favored doing all dint could be dono for Porte Rico These facts are from the highest authority au-thority |