Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-02-28 | Page 9 | Democrats to Fix Tariff Program

DEMOCRATS TO FIX IX TARIFF PROGRAM WASHINGTON Feb eb 28 The 8 The tariff pr program gram of tho the sixty second congress s swill will be ho taken up for tor action along with selection of committees at a meeting of or tho the D Democratic members moors of ot tho the ways and means committee of ot the next house which Mr Ir Underwood of ot Alabama tho the chairman chairman chair chair- man has haa called for next Monday The committee will m meet from day to today today day until the work before It it is com corn I Democratic leaders of ot the house houe expect an extra session of ot congress and plan for forthe forthe forthe the committee or rather rathor its Hs Democratic members to determine upon tho the Democratic Dom Dem personnel of ot all nil the committees of ot the next congress and outline a R. tariff tar tar- Itt iff procedure The Democratic caucus to ba held within a week of ot the convening convening con con- of tho extra session will take up the matters The Tho Republicans will select their members members mem mem- bers bets of ot the tho committee and the tho Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- insist that when the committees are handed in they must have ha been approved approved ap ap- ap proved by b a Republican caucus All the big committees of at the n next house will have twenty-one twenty members fourteen Democrats Democrat and seven Republicans I Three courses of ot tariff procedure will be considered First the tariff re revision revision re- re vision legislation and the tho reciprocity second reciprocity and then tariff re revision revision ro- ro vision legislation third tariff revision legislation meet Incorporating tho the reciprocity bill as a It part put thereof The to speaker be Champ Clark Mr Underwood and others prominent in the tho party councils sa say there Is no doubt whatever of ot reciprocity reciprocity reci reci- legislation passing the house at atthe atthe atthe the extra session