The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
WAR TAX REPEAL Bill.
Measure Reported to, the House by
the Ways and Means
Committee.
The olEoMARGARINE BILL CONSIDERED
Urgent Deficiency Bill Reported 10
s.,+.-s.uctor Hale Gives Notice
Tint He Will Call 1t Up lue'""S
Gov. Taft Continues His fh'1'p-
nine Statement.


pine Statement.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Under the
terms of the special order adopted on
Friday the house Monday eh'ereu
unon the consideration OF the oleo-
margarine bill. Before it was taken
up MIR. Bull Or. ~. who has been III
since congress convened was s"o ~ II
in and Mr.. Payne, from the co'iin,'
tee on ways and means repor'eo ''e
bill to repeal the war revenue ''N.s'
At the meeting at which the co'l'''i''
tee unanimously voted faVoraole re-
port on the war tax reouc'loA ".'-'
y surprise occurred when Representa-
tive Babcock republican memoer) OF
fered his bill largely reducing duties
on the steel schedule and placihS
some articles on the free list as an
amendment to the tea repeal sectloh'
The amendment was defeated ~ :,
Nessrs. Babcock and Tawney ana all
the democrats voting in the af1lrma-
tive.
The Cuban reciprocity question also
came up unexpectedly, Representative
Steele. of Indiana, moving 70 per
cent. concession on Cuban sugar. Inc
motion was withdrawn, however, ait
err o brief exchange of comment.
Take Tn OleomarEarine Bill.
The opponents of the oleomarga-
rine bill resisted the motion to go INTO
committee of the whole to consider IL
and when the division was announced
GO ayes and As noes, Mr.. Clayton (Ala.)
made the point of no quorum. Inc
speaker was able to count only lo@
members-not a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Mr.. Underwood (Ala.) moved that the
house adjourn. Mr.. Henry (Conn.)'
who was in charge of the oleomar-
garine bill, made the point that the
motion was dilatory, but the speaker
overruled the point and the roll was
called upon the motion to adjourn.
The motion to adjourn was lost, 63
to 1873. Another roll call followed on
the motion to go into committee OF
the whole.
1t was carried, IT'S to 70, and the
house went into committee OF the
whole, Mr.. Lacey in the chair. Mr..
Henry Comm, in charge of the meas
ure, made the opening presentation
in it's behalf, following closely the ar
puments of the committee which re-
ported the bill.
Mr.. Wadsworth q. W, chairman of
the agricultural committee, followed
Mr.. Henry in opposition to the bill.
Mr.. Haskins w.t., the successor OF
Mr.. Grout, the author of the original
bill, supported the measure in an ex-
tended speech.
A Criticism of Secretary Root.
Washington, Feb. 4.-Soon after the
senate convened Monday Senator Hale
Me.) reported the urgent deficiency
bill and gave notice that he would call
It up for considerati ton Tuesday.
At the conclusion of the routine
business Senator Culberson inquired
whether reply had been received
from the secretary of war to his res
olution passed ten days ago calling
for certain correspondence relating to
the Philippine tariff. When informed
that no reply had been received ne de-
clared that, in view OF the fact that
the question was under discussion in
the senate, the delay was 'unseemly.'
Consideration of the bill to increase
the salaries of judges of United States
courts then was resumed.
At two o'clock the Philippine tariff
bill was taken up and Senator Car
mack (Tenn.) spoke upon the general
conditions in the Philippines and in
opposition to the policy of the admin
istration and majority party in con-
gress regarding those islands.
Powderly and Gompers Heard.
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE house
committee on foreign affairs Monday
heard immigration Commissioner
Powderly and President Gompers, of
the Federation of Labor, in favor of
strict Chinese exclusion as provided
in the Mitchell-Kahn bill.
Gov. Taft stan Talking.
Washington, Feb. 4.-Gov. Taft Mon
day continued his statement before
the senate committee on the Philip
pines regarding the conditions exist
ing in those islands.
Answering question by Senator
Lodge, he described the condition of
the island of Samar, where the people
are still in insurrection, and said he
was not prepared to state that this is
land was never wholly subjugated to
Spanish rule. He then described the
qualifications requisite for an elector
in the different towns where the COM
mission had established governments.
These were that such person shall
speak and write English or speak and
write Spanish, or have filled NUM-
cipal office under Spanish rule, or that
he shall pay SIS gold taxes a year.
Gov. Taft then entered upon a gen.
eral narrative of the work of the com
mission. When the commission ar
rived at Manila they found the people
divided into three classes, those in
favor of the exclusion of American