Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-02
58TH CONGRESS.
House Takes Up Old Familiar
Tariff Question.
Senate Discusses How to Handle the
Cuban Reciprocity Debate.
House and Senate Each Then Adjourn
House and Senate Each Then Adjourn
Over Till Friday.

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than an hour, today. adjourned until
Friday. The time was chiefly con-
sumed in tariff debate. When Payne
offered the motion to adjourn over.
Williams, the minority leader, sug-
gested that they would like about so
minutes on a side for debate. where's
upon Payne asked the consent of the
House.
The Speaker announcing the request.
said: The gentleman from New York
at the suggestion Of the gentleman
from Mississippi asks unanimous con-
sent that there be 80 minutes talk or
a side
In terming it "a talk" instead of de-
bate the Speaker evoked laughter from
both sides OF the House.
Dc Almond, Dem, Mo-. in a humor-
GUS vein. criticized the majority, while
Williams, Miss, and Gaines, Tenn,
dwelt on the tariff policy Of the Re-
publicans.
On the Republican side Hepburn,
Iowa, Grosvenor. Ohio. and Hemenway.
Ind. replied defending the policy of
their party, the latter two also re-
spending to the charges Of dereliction
made by the minority against the ma
jority.
When the House convened, Cushuan,
Rep, Wash, was sworn in as men,
Der.
When Payne. n. Y, moved that
when the House adjourn that it be
until, Friday, Williams, the minority
leader, asked that 80 minutes on side
be given for debate whereupon Payne
asked that unanimous consent be Civ
en- as desired by Williams. The Speaker
in repeating the request first used the
word debate" and then said. 80 min
utes for talk" The motion was adopted
on Il division by 81 to 80.
Hail. Rep. Iowa. rising to parlia-
mentary inquiry, said he understood
question of adjournment and asked
what was before the House. The
Speaker replied that consent was given
| to talk when De Almond, DEM,
Mo-, was recognized.
De Ar:nond amused the House for 10
minutes by likenmg the present pro-
cedure of Congress to the Alphonse,
CASTOR and Leon scheme of politeness.
con the question of adjournment of
the extra session the Alphonse of the
Senate is saying to the Castor of the
House after you. my dear CASTOR and
the Castor OF the House is saying to
the Alphonse of the Senate. after you.
my dear Alphonse' and Leon standing
off at distance is saying, how magni-
ficcnt how magnanimous and siren
uous.' Democratic laughteD.
But aside he is giving this express
sion, II Wish had four years Of my
own in that dear White House at
Washington. u. c." This spectacle has
to be gone through With because no
more important matters are to be dis
posed Of
Touching minority appointments, De
Almond suggested trouble ahead unless
the lust claims for proper numerical
representatives was allowed. He
colinselled the Speaker not ito yield to
the tempter on this point and his
"brcthrea" OH the Democratic side to
pray
Williams, Miss, taking up the question
of tariff. turned to the steel schedules
and asked if the ways and means COM
rnittee could not agree to a reduction on
steel and iron products. He said that he
had been informed that four railroads
had agreed to reduce the freight rates on
steel products for export 90 1-3 per cent
and said further he had learned that rates
on all products in Interstate commerce
from Chicago east had been raised. Will
liams said that under the guise Of n sa-
cred duty-"stand pat"-the opposition
was furnishing shelter whereby the
trust can extort from the American peo-
pie while selling to the foreigner cheaper
than the foreigner can manufacture
Hepburn. Rep. Ia. replying to state
ments made by Williams, quoted figures
and declared that the country never was
in better condition and that this was due
to the Republican policy of protection
Hepburn asked If the condition Of the la
boring man in the United States ever was
better than now. u.
Yes. yes" came from the Democratic
side. wllereupon Hepburn declared, that
it was never better than today. ~.
Replying to Williams charge that q
shelter was being furnished the trust.
Hepburn gave figures in connection with
the steel and iron industry, comparing
prevailing prices with those OF the past
and saying that the Republican policy
brought about the good conditions.
GrOsvenor. Ohio. replied to the charges
of dereliction made by the Democrats,
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