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Show HtWOOl TARIFF BUI WILL STRIKE A SNAC IN THE SENATE (Br International Nawa Sarvlc.) WAIUUNOTON. May. . ftnllail WUaon. during hla brief atajr at tha capital capi-tal aterday. laarnad that Ha plana ta Jam tha tariff bill through tha aanata have rone awry. Senator Hoha Senlth ot Oaorile. chairman of tha eub onmmittee In cherae of taa cotton aobadala. frankly teM th praaMaat that th Mil oauM not ct out of th flaaae coaaaajttaa abort of two or thraa weeae Tola meane ao-tually ao-tually four or nv wka. Whan th rrMnt aeked why tble dalay waa not-aaary. not-aaary. he waa toM that the Inveati-aatlon Inveati-aatlon thua far slvan th maaaur Indicated Indi-cated that It would ad many amend-mania amend-mania to rooonatruet It lata a aclentino tariff Mil. For tan daya thraa auh-aoaiaalttoaa har bn wrtllnc with th Mil. Thv bar made vary little headway. lata In chare of the acbadataa. how-avar. how-avar. have discovered wide dlarrpn le In th Mil a dictated by Mr. Trtlwn. Sonaior Smith hlmaalf la authority for tha alatament that a srat many chanc will hava to ba mad. It waa aivn out om ttme ao t:.at puMIc heart nc would not b graatad by the committee Daily Haaxlaca N'otwithitandln thl. haarlaaB or aw. lac on dally. Sanator Hoke Smith he baan llatacunc to arsumanta by tha aouthara manufacturer of cotton tutu fabric and a number of tncrae In rate In that chdul hav been tanta-tlvaly tanta-tlvaly ureal upon. Othar aanator hav roafvd rprnratlTa of big indunrl affctd by tha tariff and many oral ar- Cumanta hara .baan mad and prtntvd nf ubaUttad. Th dabau la tba aanata will extend ovef fully two month, parhap thraa. Thar la no rnuln daatre to shut out protaataata acalnet tha Mil or to tab anap lodgment, even among; Democratic member of tha oommttt Th major, of th Democratic member of th flnanc eammltto and nan than fa per oaat of th majority arm hire nip of tha aaa-ata aaa-ata la oppoeed to tha MU a prepared at tba Whit houaa and aa Jammed through fb lower houaa under whip and apur. Far that raaaon they are willing ta agree to soma delay, hoping; that public opinion opin-ion win botater up wak-knd aanator and fore tha praam aal to yield to tba nod aeae of th people who ar op-Baaed op-Baaed to free trade Nr tiafon la tba Melon of tba country baa the mall and telegraphic COrrBoadcace of en tor equaled what rt t now. Petition and remonetr.n ag:nt th rat In th Wllaon-L'mter-wood Mil ar coming la dally by th jf Maaaaagala. Clerk ar awampad in the fort aa ta acknowledge th receipt of the latter. Many of thee eommunl-jawa eommunl-jawa go into dwelt, pointing out the i ,ii gat tha abaurdiuaa of tba pending measure Thoe In charge of th Ml! In the aenat are determined to make haate slowly, mo that when the MM finally does come before the aanata It ran be defended with him degree of eameat-aeaa. eameat-aeaa. But before that Is dona there will be a great many amendments and aome of them will be of a radical eliaracter and not at all "leasing President Wit son It waa even hinted now that tha voles may yet be forthcoming to eliminate elimi-nate the three veer reetrlctlon on the sugar schedule. This would amount to a rejection of the free sugar plan of tba president. |