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Show WILL SEI TIFF BILL TOPBESIDEiT Bv International News Service. WASHINGTON, May .17. Tariff legislation leg-islation will be pressed by the Democratic Demo-cratic members of the senate from now until thc closo of the session uuder an ngreomont reached In a caucus tonight. Senator Simmons was selected to lead the Democratic forces. TMi .,oiia iiA nni. fix lition anv par- The caucus ukj nov ns upon ji"-ticular ji"-ticular steel reduction bill, but tho bill drawn by Senator Cummins was considered. con-sidered. A. Democratic, bill based on the Oum-mins Oum-mins 1)511 will be drawn. Senator Rayner of Maryland -urged such a course in view of the fact that the fight by the Democrats in the coming, campaign must, be based upon their interpretation interpreta-tion of tho tariff. The caucus determined that the ex cise income tax bill shall bo pushed. Tu view of the report made by the senato finance committee today the members of thc caucus behove that thc Republican members will bitterly oppose the excise bill. Senator Ravner proposed that tho Democrats should not rest their c.asc on one tariff bill, but should seud to the president two or throe of tho house bills reducing the tariff. Ho was not supported in such a plan, however. . was agreed that only one tarilT bill should bo sent. Thc caucus could not agTce on any date for votos on any tariff bill and the house plan J or ad jourumcnt on .Tunc 15 was not conaid- erCl'l the Democratic senators but six participated in the caucus. Among the absentees cro Martin, chairnjan of the conference; Chilton of West Virginia, Vir-ginia, and Bailey of Texas. |