The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
THE PAYNE BILL IS
REPORTED At LAST
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Twelve Voted For it and Five
Against.
THE CONCESSION SMALL
Remains at Twenty Per Cent Despite
Efforts of Democrats.
THE CONCESSION SMALL
ALL THEIR EFFORTS ARE VOTED DOWN
Also Amendments Offered For General Tariff
Revision. Two Republicans Vote Against
the Measure. These Two Are
Tawney and Metcaif.
lEy the Associated Press.l

Washington, March 31.-The Ways and
Means Committee, b va vote of l. to s.
today ordered a favorable report on the
Payne bill for 20 per cent tariff conces-
sion to Cuba and Mr.. Payne subse-
quently reported it to the House. Eight
Republicans voted for the bill in the
committee. Two Republicans, Tawney,
of Minnesota, and Metcalf, of California
voted against it. No amendments ON the
reciprocity feature were made, but by
general consent the United States con-
| tract labor laws were included with the
naturalization and exclusion laws as ap-
plicable to Cuba. A series of Demo-
cratic amendments for general tariff
revision were defeated on strict party
votes.
Another series of amendments by Mr.
Mcclellan, Democrat, of New FORK
changing the reciprocity rate TO so per
cent, 40 per cent, 23 1-3 per cent and 25
per cent were defeated successfully, 2 to
Is. An amendment by Mr.. Tawney
striking out the di-ferential on sugar
was ruled out bys Chairman Payne as
not geImane. and on an appeal from the
decision of the chair, the latter was sus-
tained to 6. The final vote in detail
was:
Yeas-Payne, Dalzell, GrosvenOr, Rus
sell, Steele, Mccall, Long and Babcock,
Republicans; Richardson, Swanson, Nc
Clellan, Democrats-11.
Nays-Tawney and Metcalf, Repubh-
cans; Robertson. NeWlands and Cooper,
Demoerats-5.
Although the actual vote was IL to 5,
by general consent Mr.. Hopkins, who
was absent. was recorded in the affirma-
tive, making the recorded vote l. to 5.
ToGay's meeting was regarded as the
elimination of the long struggle over
Cuban reciprocity. The full strength OF
each side was present, except Mr. Hop
kins, Republican, of Illinois, who was
paired with Mr.. Swanson, of Virginia.
The rst vote was a proposition by
Robinson, of Louisiana, to have recipro-
cal relations With Cuba in immigration
and naturalization procedure, so as to
permit citizens to pass freely. This
wa sdefeated. Another amendment by
Mr.. Swanson, of Virginia, that the i'm
to in the Payne bill should not bar
, United States citizens from Cuba, was
similarly defeated. Mr.. Gros ?Venor's
amendment, including the contract labor
laws with those Of immigration, are to
be adopted by Cuba was agreed to
without division and was the only
amendment made.
This cleared the way Cor the real test
of strength, which was first made on
MI Tawney's amendment, making .01825
the general rate on sugar, i. e., taking
off the differential.
Chairman ayne promptly ruled this
out of order, as not germane. Whereupon
Mr.. Tawney appealed from the ruling Of
the chair. On the vote the chair was
sustained 9 to 6. Mr.. Metcalf voted
with the other Republicans in support
of the chair, making Mr. Tawney the
only Republican against the ruling.
Chairman Payne also ruled out two
other amendments by Mr.. Tawney, one
relieving from tax alcohol made from
the residue of beets, etc, and another
that the Payne reciprocity rate should
not begin until December I, 1902.
The Democratic members then began
offering amendments. Mr.. McClellan's
came first, to raise the reciprocity coN-
cession to so per cent. Mr.. Richardson
was the only one to join Mr.. Mcclellan
the other Democrats and all Republicans
voting against the increased rate. max
inc the vote to 8. Similar adverse
votes were given on all of the McClel,
Ian amendments.
Mr.. Mcclellan then moved TO take off
the limit of the Payne bill to December
1, 1902, so that reciprocity would con-
tine indefinitely. This was also defeated
2 to IS.
Mr. Newlands, of Nevada, proposed as
a new section that Cuba be Invited to
become a part of the United States.
This was ruled out as not germane. Mr.
Newlapds then announced that ne would
vote against the bill.
Mr.. Richardson, the ranking Demo-
crat, offered several amendments in Re
hal fof his party colleagues. all of them
being ruled out and the ruling sustain
ed by strict party votes. These amend
ments were: First, for general tariff
revision; second, for tariff reduction on
American made articles sold more
cheaply abroad than in this country:
third, removing duties on the trust made
articles; fourth, revision of the iron and
steel schedule as proposed by the Babi