The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-17
Democratic Aid More Than
 Offset the Insurgents
DAYS SESSION WAS STORMY
insurgents Are Still Confident They Gan Prevent the Uniting of Arl- zona and New Mexico as
 One State.
BY PATTERSON sTEALEY.

BY PATTERSON STEALEY.
 Washington, January 16.-CSpecial.)- Through the support of the democratic members of the House the Philippine tar if bill reducing the Dingley rates to 9 per cent on sugar, tobacco and rice was tonight passed by the House after an ex- citing debate.
 The combined opposition to the bill was seventy-one votes out of total of S29. Of the seventy-one votes few of them came from Louisiana, Florida and Texas members The rest were contributed by the beet sugar insurgent republicans who, if they can hold the same degree of strength on the subject of statehood in combination with the democrats, can pre- vent the admission of Arizona and New Mexico as one state. The insurgents claim that while some of the beet sugar men are opposed to joint statehood they will more than take up the difference from other sources.
 They Will Stand There.
 The organization, on the other hand. contends that the refusal of the insur- gents In the House today to stand by the democrats and support the amendment offered by the democrats striking out about half of the differential duty on refined sugar indicates that they will not bolt their associates on what is contend ed Is a strict party measure.
 At any rate the situation has become still more interesting by reason of the happenings of the day. The iuke of the insurgents in voting against the proposi- | Al. Al al q surprise. number Of tDem had ad- vocated in speeches the reduction of this dlffsrential, yet when the subject came to vote not one would stand up and be counted in the temporary union led by Representative Williams. and amid yells at the republican side to say that by undertaking to make an attack on the sugar trust he had united the republican party. For a time 1t looked as if the bottom had fallen out of the insurgent movement, but before the final vote was known Mir Morrell. the insurgent leader called for a record vote and the insur- gents boiled the strength they mad claimed.
 olmsteads Ruling Questioned.
 With regard to the vote of his followers on the differential question. Mir. Morrcll explained that they were simply voting to sustain the ruling of the chair and considered that the differential question
 was not one with a principle as impor- tant as the defeat of the bill. The ruling of Olmstead of Pennsylvania that the dfferential amendment was not germane Is generally regarded as without good precedent In the Congress before last, l when the Cuban reciprocity bill was be- fore the House, practically the same den- tical question arose and the house declared | through a combination of insurgents and democrats that 1t was germane. This precedent did not appeal to Olmstead. who had his orders from the House ganzation and carried them through with out a hitch.
 The House democrats, while feeling somewhat provoked at the failure of the insurgents to vote with them on the diff ferental amendment. Ere nevertheless gratned over the fact that the bill is step in the right direction and makes q breach in the tariff wall
 | It seems pretty well agreed that the ! bill will have a rocky road to travel l in the Senate and certainly in its present | form will never become law. It will likely
 be at least a month before the Senate
 will take time to even consider it.
 Passed Almost Without Change.
 The Philippine tarifr bill was passed by the House substantially as it came from the ways and means committee. The vote i was @s to II. Rice was made subject | to the same tariff as sugar and tobacco | --8 per cent of the Dingley rate-and one
 or two changes were made as to lan- | guage.
 This result was attained after decided | ly the most strenuous day of the present l Congress.
 | The many amendments which were To-. .ion In Ina cf
 of debate and against the rock which l the House rules constituted left much l legislative wreckage and many records l only useful for future political pur- poses.
 | Republican opposition to the bill in the 1 interest of American beet and cane sugar
 and tobacco tried out Its strength early
 and gave up. This opposition refused 10 affiliate with democratic efforts. The l strongest plea for "insurgent" support l was made in behalf of Champ C1arks amendment reducing the differential on | refined sugar. The minority sought to 1 duplicate the House record made on | the Cuban reciprocity act, but they reck- l oned without their host today. not a l republican opponent to this measure ! stood with them to overrule the decision I of the chair. The democratic substitute
 met with only the support of the minor l ity and went down under a vote of 23l
 to IOs On the final passage of the bill l the Insurgents" demanded roll call that their record might be preserved l Class of Goods Admitted. 1 The bill admits goods. the growth or 1 product of the Philippine Islands. into 1 the United States free of duty except sugar, tobacco and rice. on which tarin of 26 per cent of the Dingley rates is levied It provides that after April Ii. 1909 there shall be absolute free trade each way between the United States and the Philippines. It also exempts Phillip pine goods coming to the United States from the export tax on those islands. Merchandise from either country Is sub feet to the internal revenue tax of the country in which such merchandise is withdrawn for consumption
 The House adjourned at 6:3D o'clock In the prayer of Chaplain Couden open ing the session of the House today refer ence was made to the rescue of Captain ~