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Show - Free Lrsf Is Maintained Intact LLE v - B! Democratic Majority In Houis Bowls H Over All Changes In Wllson-Un- H. derwood Tariff Bill B i Proposed By B ' Republicans H J Washington, May G . President H ' Wilson docs not expect the tariff bill H to bo materially amended in tho sen- H ato. Ho told tho callers today bo B did not credit tbo report that wool H would be .taken from tho frco llsti B Ho has heard tho views of many who H wish to see a duty retained on wool, B but sees no reason to change his po- H sltlon. The argument for tlio reten- B tlon of duty on sugar also has man B no Impression on him. B H reduction In tho salaries of tho B working men follow tho Democratic B tnrirf bill tho Investigating powor of B tho department of commorco will bo B called In to establish whether they B nro a botiafldo naturo. Secretary fl Hedfleld declared today. President B Wilson linn said ho would mako an B effort to learn the cause or nny roduc- B ' tlon of pay following tho passhgo of' H tbo H Washington, May G. Tho frco list B ot tno Underwood tariff bill with Us B Democratic promises of 'eductions In B the cost of living, furnlBhed tho grist B for th0 legislative mills ot tho Houso B today. Through a monotonous scs- B Blon tno Republicans, wearied by tho B pcrslstenco with which tho Dcmc- B crats rejected nil amendments, made B perfunctory attempts to place on tho jfB dutlablo list articles the Underwood jfB bl11 would admit free. Only a few B minor amendments proposed by the B ways and means commltteo Demo- Hl crats wero adopted. B Tno Scnato flnanco committee do- B elded not to hold ornl hearings on B tn0 various schedules, but to hecept B nnJ consider any briefs that might B bo submitted by thoso Interested - In jffB the H Republican opposition centered H about tho paragraphs admitting frco H of duty coal, Iron ore, cotton, wool, H wheat, wheat flour, corn, buckwheat, H wood pulp and print paper, meats, H lumber, leather, potatoes, worKs ot H art, fish, steel rails, barbed wrro and H dairy products. All of tno amend- B ments offered wero argued In a more H or less )erfunctory fashion and the H swclturliig majority, forced to remain H in their scats In tho hall, where tho H temperature soared, drowned each H succeeding Hepiihllcan propoHlllon In B h delugo of "noes." HB Murdock In Bad Humor H The Hc)ubilcnn Progressive feud H broke out anew when Heprescntntlvo H Murdock referred to Hcprosentatlvo H Humphreys ng "tho dyspeptic gentle- H man from Washington, understudy ot H the Hepubllcan leader, Mr. Mnnn. B "Tho members of tho Progressiva H party havo no rings In their noses," H ho shouted. "They ttro not led around B as tho gcntlomnn from Washington B lias been for years In this body." BHK Mr. Murdock read a printed letter from a Progressive county chairman piB In Wisconsin, reading Hcprcscntatlvo PHI I.enroot Into tho Democratic party, BHV and then caused some consternation piB by declaring thtit several members pHl sitting on tho floor as Republicans HHB had been elected as Progressives by fHB. Progressive votes. pHV Representative Mann replied to HHl .Mr. Murdock, whom ho characterized BBB as a "freo trader for overytntng not pHB produced in his district." VB Objects To Free Bibles BBB An unsuccessful attempt was made PHI by Representative Mooro ot Pcnnsyl- pHs vnnla to htivo bibles tnkon from tho ! free list. He paid tribute to tho scrip- BBM tures but said he saw no reason why pHB bibles of foreign manufneturors sriould HHl bo admitted free of duty for salo in fHl this country. IBM Representative Stevens ot Mlnneso- ta wanted harness und saddlery put on tho dutiable list and Representative. Representa-tive. Gardner of Massachusetts and others Bought to Imposo autles on boots nnd shoes. ThU brougnt Representative Rep-resentative Peters of Massachusetts to IiIh feet with a declaration that frco boots and shoes would place tho American shoo Industry on n better basis than ever before Vote Down Meat Inspection At tho night session the Domocrats rejected an nmendracnt offered by Representative Good of Iowa, to pro-vldo pro-vldo for nntemortem Inspection of foreign meats. Frco listing raeht, Mr. Good pointed out, would repeal tho provision In tho present law for such an Inspection, and he Insisted that voting down his amendment would result in flooding tho country with diseased meat from rejected cattle. cat-tle. Hcprcscntatlvo Willis of Ohio , supported tho amendment. i Hcprcscntatlvo Underwood declared tho Republicans overlooked n provl-, slon ot the pure food law requiring Inspection certificates satisfactory to tho secretary of agriculture on all meat Imported. If this law had any loop holes In It, he said, the Democrats Demo-crats would pass one that would absolutely ab-solutely safeguard American health. DtscuBslon ot the free list, was still Id progress when tho Houso adjourned adjourn-ed at 10:0G until 11 o'clock tomorrow tomor-row morning. |