The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-15
BY W.. w. Jermsne.

JnaG drawback prOn1DlC1On De re-
scinded.
BY w. w. Jermsne.
Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Hans
brough Of North Dakota won rather q,
notable victory late yesterday after
noon when he induced the senate to
adopt his amendment to the agricultural
appropriation bill excluding mixed
wheat from the drawback privileges Of
section 80 of the Dingley tariff law.
Previous to the vote, Senator Allison
secured the adoption of an amendment
to the Hansbrough amendment, radi-
cally strengthening it.
If this amendment should be con-
CURED in by the house conferees, the
recent agitation Of Minneapolis millers
for a mixed drawback privilege will
have been for naught. Some idea of
ton may be had from the statement
that the amendment was adopted with
: out the formality of roll call, which
is never the case except when practical
" no opposition exists.
The amended bill now goes back to
the house, and undoubtedly confer
ence committee will be appointed un-
less, as is unlikely, the house accepts
the senate amendment without protest.
The senate conferees will be Proctor.
chairman Of the agricultural committee:
Hansbrough, the ranking republican
member of that committee; and Bate
ranking democratic member. The house
conferees will be Representatives Wads-
worth, chairman Of the house agricul-
tural committee; Henry of Connecticut,
ranking republican member of the COM
nittee; and Lamb Of Virginia, ranking
democratic member.
Payne May Act.
It<need excite no suspicion If tomor-
row, when the house convenes, Chairman
Payne of the ways and means commit
tee offers a motion requesting the house
to return the agricultural appropriation
bill to the senate with request that
the Hansbrough amendment be stricken
it will be based on the constitutional
right of the house to originate all reve-
! nue legislation. Such a motion. If made,
would probably be carried, as tks house
for several years has been Jealous of its
prerogative. The senate has on several
occasions sought, by amending house
bills, to undermine the house as the
originator Of this kind of legislation
Finally the situation became acute two
years ago. Speaker Cannon, then chair
man of the appropriations committee
aided by Representative Tawney and
others, made fight. which resulted in
the senate's receding from it's position
Abundant Precedents.
There are abundant precedents fol
such q motion as Mr.. Payne is thinking
of offering. One of them goes back tt
the time of Thaddeus Stevens, who
when member Of the house, had mo
ton passed returning an amended house
bill to the senate with the request that
the Objectionable amendment be
stricken out. The senate on this oc
casion acquiesced, and it is asserted il
will be compelled to do so this time.
Chairman Payne is busy this after
noon looking up precedents, and if he
be offered. Representative John Limo
of Minneapolis, when asked by T h
ournal this afternoon regarding
the action Mr.. Payne is thinking of tax
ing, said that in his opinion such mo
ton would be proper and wholly jus
titled by the constitution. He will sup
port it.
Confirmed by Tawney.
Representative Tawney confirmed tn
statements that motion will be mad
in the house tomorrow for the return 0
the agricultural appropriation bill to tn
senate with the request that the Hans
brough amendment be stricken out
This whole question was taken up toda
at conference between Speaker Car
non, Chairman Wadsworth of the ayr
cultural committee, and Chairma
Payne Of the ways and means commit
tee.
They were unanimously of the opir
ion that the senate had exceeded il
authority in passing the Hansbroug
amendment, and that the house woul
be compelled to make firm stand fc
It's rights.
This conference would seem to insu1
the passage Of the Payne motion tomo
row, bringing an interesting situatio
between the two houses. Out of tn
situation, the millers may derive SON
benefit, for if the senate should rece(
from its position, the Hansbroue
amendment would be lost. It is Ii
likely that the house will itself at tn
hour amend this bill, which it is alreat
passed, so as to cover the Hansbrous
ground.
In the meantime Senator Hansbroug
Is busy. He is spending the afternoc
on the floor of the house, canvassir
friendly members and others who wi
talk to him, with view of saving h
amendment, if possible. Among othe
were Representatives Davis and We
StCcle. IL 10 ~ ODdDlo JudC lie Is GTylI
to arrange to have the house amend tt
bill to suit his views.
There is strong probability that tt
amendment covers not only mike
wheat but also straight 'importe
wheat, which leaves the millers the a
tentative of bonding their mills if the
desire to continue importing. 1t is u
derstood that representatives Of MINI
apolis millers who arrive in Washingtc
today will endeavor to convince Il
house leaders of the unwisdom of IL
Hansbrough amendment and thus pay
the way to defeating it when the bi
goes to conference. An effort is bei1
made to interest several leading mel
bers Of the Minnesota delegation in tt
case. O.. .~.. =...
Straight Imported Wheat.
Senator Hansbrough believes h
amendment will not prohibit the millil
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