Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-04-09
MOVE TO EXPEDITE woRR
Intention is to Prevent Filibusterins
by the Minority.
CANNON RESOLUTION PAsSE1
Department Of Commerce and Labor
Asked About Paper Trust
PAYNE REPLIES TO WILLIAMS
RepublicaR Leader Insists that RE-
mOVai of Duty ON Paper and
Pulp wOuId Not secure
the Results.

WASHINGTON. April S--Todays session
of the house will so down as one OF the
stormiest in its history The sum total
Of the days proceedings was the adoption
Of several additional rules to further check
the democratic fibuster and the passing
Of the two resolutions introduced by
Speaker Cannon calling on the Department
of Justice and the Department OF oCm-
merce and Labor for certain information
regarding the so-called Paper trust.
There were mint roll calls during the day,
five of them on the new rules The demo-
Gratis exhausted their resources before they
were made to feel that the republicans by
sheer force of numbers had them beaten
at every point
! The debate brought all the leaders OF the
! house to the front The democrats were
again charged with making special rules
necessary by reason OF their filihuster,
while the democrats reasserted that they
at last were causing the majority to enact
! legislation.
New Rule r. Passed.
| After debate which consumed large
both sides participated and in which there
were many sharp passages, though in per-
feet good nature. the house today passed
new rule enabling the speaker 20 declare
recess at o'clock every day for the re-
| mainder of the week without a roll call.
Notwithstanding the rigid rules already IN
! force the democrats forced five roll calls
on the rule.
The debate was participated in by Messrs.
DeArmond and Williams. democrats. and
Messrs Sherman and Dalzell on behalf OF
the republicans.
| Beginning the controversy Mr. DeArmond
! said that evidentl yit had become offensive
to the republicans to have roll call not
wthstandng the requirement of the con
stitution He attributed their reluctance
to a desire not to be found on record. lie
admitted that the adoption OF the rule
would demonstrate that the republicans
| could t,ass any hill they desred IN pess.
but urged that it would place squarely
upon them the responsibility for all fall
ures 10 legislate,
| RepubIIcans Accept Responsibility.
Mr. Sherman responded that the re-
publicans were entirely willing to assume
| the entire responsibility.
''The republican party" he said, has
always been ready 10 accept full responsi-
billty when 1t has been In power. which
! is in striking contrast to the democratic
party, which. even whom It is in power
has lacked the courage to carry out its
! declared policies"
Mr.. Williams claimed credit for forcing
the republican majority to vote on many
important measures. lie made reply to
Mr.. Dalzen's recent speech which had
| been calculated, he said. to cause him &c
| grow angry, but he did not propose 20
lose his temper simply because the repub-
| llcan leaders did not want him and the
president to legislate.
1 "But.' he said I'VE viii llegislate; we
shall get free wood pulp bill. but we
| won't get a campaign fund publicity bill
because of the near approach Of the cleo
tons, when you want contributions"
| Mr. Dalzell denounced the fibuster as
mot only unseemly, but unjustifiabe and
| indefensible. He declared no limitation
had been put upon debate and asserted
that business is further advanced now
than at the same period in the last con-
gress.
AS II to divest the democrats Of every
vestige of any power left TO them, MI.
| DaIzel subsequently, reported another rule.
1 which the republicans put through by
sheer force of numbers. The rule pro-
vided that hereafter a general appropria
| ton bill that has been considered and
amended in committee OF the whole house
shall be put on its passing under suspen-
sion of the rules, and that majority and
not a two-thirds vote shall carry the bill
through. The object OF this rule - to
prevent the democrats securing roll calls
ON motions forcing votes on amendments
Cannon Resolutions Passed.
The resolutions introduced by Speaker
| aeLf FOR 1ufo tha
Department OF Commerce and Labor relS-
tive to the alleged white paper trust were
reported favorably by the judiciary commit
tee and passed by the house.
After Mr.. Clayton. (Ala) denounced the
| paper trust as a criminal trade conspir-
| acy" and Mr.. Williams called attention TO
the facility with which the resolutions had
beea reported because they had been Of
fered by the speaker, Mr.. Payne. chairman
OF the committee on ways and means. got
the floor.
Does anyone suppose" he said. that by
the passing of a bill putting wood pulp
or paper on the free list. In the twinklng
! OF an eye. you can transfer the industry
from the United States 60 Canada or that
under thoge circumstances the Canadian
parliament will not impose an extra eK-
port duty on pulp logs2"
III that were done" he inquired, when
! would you get your relief? Where would
I YOU get your cheaper paper Where IN tie
name of common sense would you benefit
anybody In this contry2'
Mr.. Payne said he knew there was some
CHEAP talk about taxing Intelligence.
but he asked, why not hear this subject
as intelligent men and not go into Mysteries
! over the matter2"
Addressing the democrats Mr., Payne said
the difficulty was that the democrats felt
that there were too many votes behnd the
| newspaper people Of the country who
under protection. which comes not from
the tariff but from localities that have a
monopoly Of the newspaper business Of the
! United states try TO rush congress into
the idea without Investigation. without
looking into the facts and without deter
mining whether you VIII deprive Ss 900 peo-
pie Of the means OF livIlhoOd and force the
| ranlnyal of tha