The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-28
HOUSE LEADERS TARIFF SPAY
WILLIAMS AND PAYNE DEFINE
THE ETERNAL ISSUE.
with Side Remarks on the Cost OF Anti
toxin -Shackleford Attacks speaker
and Gets a Reply incidentally, an
Urgent Deficiency Bill Is Passed.

lUNin
and Gets a Reply incidentally, an
Urgent Deficiency Bill Is Passed.
WASHINGTON, March 27.-A lively tariff
revision debate was precipitated In the
House OF Representatives to-day by the
publication Of the McCall-Payne correspon-
dence in the morning papers.
Mr.. Williams, the minority leader, attacked
the policy Of the Republicans as announced
by Mr.. Payne, chairman of the Committee
on Ways and Means, and asserted that.
were the question OF free hides submitted
to the Democrats without a corresponding
reduction of the tariff on manufactured
leather articles, they would vote in the
negative. His followers loudly approved
this declaration.
Mr.. Payne defended the policy referred
to and the action OF the m on
Ways and Means in refusing to support
Williams's bill to reduce all tariff duties
in excess Of 100 per cent. to that amount
and declared, with the approval OF his
political associates, that 80 long as present
conditions obtained the Republican party
would be justified in maintaining its present
attitude on the subject Of tariff revision.
In the course Of his remarks on the tarih
on antitoxin Mr.. Williams had declared
that the cost was from SO to $24 a case, and
with the idea that he meant a case OF the
medicine, Mr.. Payne was proceeding to
address himself to the subject. Mr.. Will
liams interrupted to explain, amid general
laughter, that what he meant was a patient,
a case Of sickness"
Il am glad that the gentleman interrupted
me-" said Payne, "for now | can speak with
personal knowledge. Three years ago
antitoxin was prescribed for me. and l
took two doses, on two successive days.
When l paid the bill after recovery, the
charge was considerably less than a dollar
a dose, so the gentleman's tale Of woe falls
to the ground"
Mr.. Sullivan Dem, Mass.) intimated
that in the refusal to consider tariff revision
was found the reason why contributions
were made to the Republican campaign
fund by officials Of life insurance companies
and other corporations.
Mr.. ~Shackleford Dem, MOI resumed
and concluded his diatribe against Speaker
Cannon's administration, which he began
several days ago. "Favoritism should
not prevail here he said. You have
recognized the gentleman from Colorado,
to call up his bill. Now let me call up mine,
putting wood pulp, printing. paper
typesetting machines on the Tree llst. 10
call it up is not to pass it. All ask is that
you let it be voted on.
MY colleague, Mr.. Rhodes, has intro
duced a bill to give a pensionable status to
the Missouri soldiers who rallied around
the flag in the war of the rebellion. These
old soldiers deserve well at our hands.
For years 'bossism' has kept their bills out
OF the House by strangling them In COM
rnittaa NnW Mr. Snaakpr give them q
square deal Let my colleague, Mr..
Rhodes. call up his bill for their relief.
Sir, in the name OF Missouri, in the name
of the Union, in the name of liberty. m
plore you to tax your heavy hand on those
old soldiers and let us give to them tardy
justice.
MIR. Speaker, take heed how you stand,
lest you fall. The people have set their
face and steeled their hearts against
bosses One man power shall not pre-,
this floor | shall protest against your abb
solutism, and before the people | shall
arraign you for subyerting their repre-
sentative government"
Speaker Cannon, who sat facing Sha ckle-
ford while he was speaking, departed from
his usual custom, as he expressed 1t, Tor a
moment, and q moment only for the first
time, "to notice an attack upon him. AS
he rose, a round of applause greeted him.
Il have listened to the gentleman he
bdl0, WIFI q ~ "a -
and desire to say to him only that II 1t
affords him any satisfaction to make me
a stalking horse on account OF his quarrel
with the minority leader, well and good
Laughter and applause
The Speakers allusion was to the re-
moval Of Shackleford from the Committee
on Interstate and Foreign Commerce by
Minority leader Williams.
The Urgent Deficiency Appropriation
bill, reported yesterday, upon the nominal
consideration of which the speeches re-
ferred to were made, was passed.
Consideration was resumed in COM
mittee Of the whole Of the bill making ap.
preparations for executive, legislative and
judicial expenses for the year ending June
80, 1907.
The contest between members of the
Committee on Appropriations and Messrs.
Prince (Rep., MS and Hardwick Dem.,
Ca, over proposed increases Of salaries
and new positions not authorized by law.
broke out afresh upon the reading OF the
first paragraph, and a parliamentary battle
ragged for an hour or more. Chairman
Olmstead sustained points Of order, the re-
suit of which was to strike from the bill
appropriations for the sub treasures at st.
Louis, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Philadelphia,
New York and San Francisco.