Evening star., 1909-07-09
Return of the Tariff Bill With
847 Senate Amendments.
SPECIAL RULE REPORTED
Committee Provides for Sending
Measure to Conference.
NINETY MINUTES OF DEBATE
Townsend Creates Stir by Declaring
That House and Ways and Means
Committee Have Been Insulted.

With SAT amendments, placed there by
the Senate. the Payne tariff bill today
found its way hack to the House, ex-
actly three months to day from the
time it was put through by that body.
Its reception was hailed with mingled
feelings of Joy and disappointment by
the members on both sides. who, in re-
sponse to summonses from their re-
spective leaders, turned out in great
force.
Long before the hour of noon, when
the House convened, the chamber was
we'll filled, and when Speaker Cannon
called the body to order there were
many more than a quorum in their
seats.
Plan of Insurgents.
Before the House took up the tariff bill
today the republican insurgents" of the
House met and decided upon a plan of
action.
1t was agreed that they would endeavor
to vote down the previous question upon
the special rule II 1t was the intention OF
the House leaders to cut off amendment
and debate on the rule.
If they were given an opportunity to
amend the rule the insurgents" decided
to change it SO as to provide that the
House would agree to the Senate reduc-
tions in the rates of the House bin and
disagree to the increases, insisting on al
House rates that remain lower than the
duties imposed by the Senate bill.
Representatives Lenroot, Cooper and
Cary of Wisconsin are absent from the
city. They are understood to be ''insur-
gents" and the 'insurgent'' leaders today
admitted that they could not muster the
votes to carry out their program.
Chairman Payne of the ways and
means committee was among the early
arrivals. and was prepared to again
take charge of the momentous piece OF
legislation. In fact, there was an ap-
parent eagerness upon the part OF the
members generally TO further deal with
the questions involved in the bill.
1t was precisely 13:02 o'clock wher
Clerk Crockett of the Senate appeared
In front of the Speakers rostrum and
announced that the Senate had passed
the tariff bill. He had the bulky docu
ment with him, and turned 1t over &c
one Of the House officials.
Two minutes later, on motion Of Mr.
Payne. the House recessed until j o'clock
in order to permit the committee on rules
to meet with view to deciding upon a
course of procedure in reference to the
tariff bill to be recommended to the
House.
Committee Reports Rule.
The committee met after the House took
recess and decided to bring in an order
providing for the reference of the bill to
a committee on conference. as requested
by the Senate. the House meantime dis
agreeing to the Senate amendments. The
committee also decided that there should
be debate of an hour and a half on
this order. This decision is due to the
fact that there are still some absent
members of the House, for whose arrival
the leaders on both sides prefer to wal,
before taking a vote.
Following is the text of the resolution
decided upon by the committee:
That the House Of Representatives
take from the Speakers table and non
concur. in gross, In the Senate amend
bilD and agree to the conference asked
for by the Senate on the disagreeing
votes of the two houses; and that a
committee Of conference be appointed
authority to join with the senate commit
tee in REMEMBERING the paragraphs and
sections of said bill when finally agreed
upon.
The hour and a half Of debate. it was
decided, should be equally divided be-
tween the two parties.
When the recess had expired Mr.. Dali
zell (Pa.) of the committee on rules was
at once recognized 10 offer the rule pro-
vtding for non-concurrence in all the
amendments and agreeing to the confer
ence requested by the Senate. He sup
plemented the rule with Il motion for one
hour and a half Tor debate.
Dalzell's Motion Adopted.
This suggestion was not entirely ac-
ceptable TO Mr.. Townsend tMich.D who
wanted the time extended to three hours,
but he did not press his point, and Mr..
Dalzelrs motion was adopted.
After explaining the parliamentary Sit
uation affecting the bill, Mr.. DalzelI de-
clared his belief that he voiced the senti-
ment OF every member of the House on
both sides and of the entire citizenship
OF the country when he said that what
was needed now was a speedy disposition
of the measure.
The method suggested by the committee
on rules, he said, was in cOnsonance with
that idea
While sharing in the view that the
members and the country Were anxious
10 dispose of the bill at the earliest pos
sible moment. Mr.. Underwood of Ala
bama contended he did not believe it
was their desire to do this without care
full and fair consideration, one by one,
OF the various items in it.
The bill as it came from the Senate
was condemned by Mr.. Townsend of
Michigan. AS 1t left the House, he said.
1t complied for the most part with the
republican pledges, but now, he declared,
you would hardly recognize it if you
met it in the road
He did not believe il ever was intend
ed that the Senate should introduce
brand d-new propositions which the House
had never discussed
1T seems to me- he exclaimed. with
earnestness, I'VE have reached the point
when our respect for this House de-
mands that our friends, at least, shall
know how we feel about this"
He thought that In so far as the House
was concerned there had been undue
haste form star. 10 finish.
Declares House Insulted.
Mr. Townsend created a stir when he
declared that in the course of the de-
bates in the Senate the House and the
ways and means committee had been
openly insulted. He insisted that the bill
ought to be controlled by the House. sub
ject to such recommendations as the Sen
ate rightfully could make, and not by
conference committee.
The bill. in the opinion Of Mr.. Fitz-
gerald, who opposed the rules. was
about as bad a piece OF Legislation as 1t
would be possible TO make in any iegis-
lative body. He hoped there would be
aroused throughout the country re-
sentiment such as would make 1t inn
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