Show SENATE LEADERS URGE DIVISION OF JIFF TARIFF BILL D Demand Separate V Votes on n Wool Wo l. l and Sugar Sugar Open Open Caucus PI Plan n Rejected WASHINGTON W. April prU S. S S. The The right fight vY for tor Democratic tariff revision rc began In Congress today todar Conter Conferences and party plans which have held thi th stage for weeks past ba gave a way vay to the first open steps for tor the passage of or the new tariff bill President WIlson i personally delivered message calling upon his party part associates was toJ followed ved wed by a a. caucus of or Democratic House members rs which will continue for tor several sev Sf eral oral days clays anti and In which Democrats will wUI attempt to settle their differences and agree upon support of r the Underwood nood bill Criticism of many mam features of ot th the law Jaw developed c toda today In circles in the thc Senate In a ft short caucus of ot Senate Democrats held to consider other r matters criticism was voiced by one or two t western senators against the tr free e wool provision and the sugar ugar I schedule proposing free tree sugar In 1916 The rhue House Democrats settled non none of the general tariff questions today The three-hour three session was to an unsuccessful tight ht to throw th the doors open to the public a proposal 21 defeated b by a vote otc of 1 Gi to SI D De- De Continued on Page Pae 2 Column 2 SENATE LEADERS URGE DIVISION OF TARIFF BILL Demand Separate Votes on Wool and Sugar Sugar Open 1 Open Caucus Plan Rejected I Continued from roan Pa Page lage 1 I. tails toils of or the ne new tariff bill will b be betaken tal taken en It up tom tomorrow f. nn Senate leaders still arc insistent nt that the Underwood bill be sub divided xo so o that separate parate votes may mar be had h If desired desired- upon the sugar and wool schedules sch One plan that has been prop proposed 9 d to President Wilson Is that schedules be grouped In such a 3 way that the tariff will Ill bo be comprised In four separate rate measures m aures These proposals proposals pro pro- arc fC based on a growing belief I that opponents of the tho sugar ugar and wool Dol provisions pro ma may muster enough to threaten d defeat fe t of or the bill Many fany Insurgent Republican senators expressed ex cx- prou pressed d their opposition to tp the Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic bill because of or the sweeping w character of its Us proposed reductions The Democrats are ara counting on or little I IJ If army any Insurgent Republican support In tite Sena Senate te should the tariff tulU r re revision re- re vision Islon go before that bod body as a single b bill In th the house caucus Representative Palmer the tile chairman made a vehement plea for or letting the public know kno what hat Its representatives are doing aligning himself with President Wilsons Wilson's ex expressed ex- ex pressed attitude In iii favor of t throwing all aU these meetings open Tile The opposition centered mainly on maintenance nce of ot party regularity and the probability of secret preliminary 1 conferences If 11 if the doors opened I Com lul t 1 m 11 Tomorrow the caucus cucus probably will adopt t th ways and means committee majority 1 recommendations of the only committees to b be created at this hl Jhno timo and will r reach ach the tho tariff program with Ith the new tariff hand books in tile the hands of ot every cry member as guides Kulde The Tile 1 I no new committees as recommended ed b by bythe the tile leaders of oC the three e parties fol follow ohI oJ- oJ I low on Ways a s 's and nd means Underwood oo 1 Alabama Ala Ala- bama llama chairman Harrison Now O York Shackleford Missouri J North Carolina C Illinois Dixon In Indiana Indiana Indiana In- In diana Hull nul Tennessee e Hammond Minnesota Peters Massachusetts Palmer Pennsylvania Ansberry rr Ohio Garner Corner G Texas Stanl Stanley Kentucky Collier Mississippi Democrats Payne New 0 York Torl Fordney Michigan Gardner Massachusetts Moore Pennsylvania Penn lenn sylvania Anderson Andorson Minnesota Green Gren Iowa Republicans Murdock Kansas Progressive c Rules Rules Henry Texas chairman Pou North Carolina Hardwick Geor Georgia la Garrett Garrott lt T Tennessee Foster Illinois Cantrill Kentucky y Coiry Conn New Xe York Democrats Democrat Campbell Kansas Len Len- Now York rootS root r ot Wisconsin Merritt cw Cn Chandler New York Progressive Account Lloyd Llod Missouri chair chair- iran Smith Texas lI New Jersey Jerse Un New NcY ew York KIndell Colorado Colo Cob rado HO Howard Georgia Georgi 4 Alabama Democrats Hughes Hugh West est Virginia Griest Pennsylvania Parker New ew York T nii Woodruff igan Progressive Mileage Mileage Bailey Pennsylvania hania chair chair- man Enrolled bills bills Ohio chairman Minority Minority- to Attack DIM ilI Tho Tile Democratic majority r of oC tho House blouse committee on 00 ways and means menns will meet tomorrow to con consider a tariff C pro program ram to h ba to the tie caucus It was RS as learned tOdD today that the Republicans of the tho committee In their minority report leport to bo ho submitted I when whon th tho committee reports the tariff bill bin will win d that tha th Democratic measure Ine su rc- rc is Is- Is ret retrogressive ss Q and 1 appears to tobe o obe obe be unanimously approved abroad that some of the rate ratel In the bill provide Incidental protection Instead of being sol solely l for revenue purposes and will rill attack the tho change of or the present rates to an on ad valorem basis basli a ns being In conflict with the experience of ot all the great countries of or the world 1 except on one Tho They will Insist that the new flew bill would reverse the governments government's hole policy pollen that tile tho ho Payne Aldrich law In now In operation can ral e all aU the revenue re needed to n meet e t the tue govern orn government ment meat demands that th Denn tic plan lan would involve In a deficit of or that would have to be lie met by lIy war time Um taxation methods and that thal without the present maximum and minimum clause It would not be possible pos poe sIbl sible for President Wilson to get et tariff concessions from Crom foreign countries I |