The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-06

pleaded MT. Stanley of Kentucky, Twill not the ways and means committee bring in an amendment taking the tax off leaf tobacco in the hands of the farmers, or will some member who refuses to do it have the courage and manhood to rise on this floor and defend his act.
 Sooner or later" he continued, ad- dressing the republicans "this one lit tie schedule will rise like Banquo's ghost and demand that what I ask be done"
 Hobson Defends South.
 Messrs. Hobson of Alabama and Gill; lespie of Texas vigorously defended the south against a charge by MT. Calder head that that section had not taken proper advantage of Its opportunity for progress.
 MT. Clerk, democrat, of Florida, got round of republican applause when he said that incidental protection was ab- solutely necessary in some cases.
 Are you a protectionist or not?" in- quired MT. Randall of Texas.
 MT. Clark declared that all legislation was the result of compromise. There was uproar when MT. Ransdell asked if Mir. Clark "believed in the doctrine that if a representative here gets some swag he ought to go with the republicans in making this bill.'
 MT. Clark objected to the word "swag' and said the people of the south, while bearing the burdens of the protective tariff system, at least ought to have a division of the benefits. Amid applause from the republicans, Mir. Clark de- clared: T am in line with the democratic party, but I am not In line with the populstic element that has controlled it recently"
 To close debate on the tariff rule Mr Dalzell of Pennsylvania moved the pre- vious question. Minority Leader Clark moved to recommit, which was overrued Democrats forced roll call on the Dal- zell motion. This motion, considered test vote on the special order for amend ment to the tariff bill, was adopted 196 to 1S0.
 Pou's Criticism.
 Evidently referring to MT. Clark of Florida, Mr. Pou of North Carolina said that any man who supported the bill be- longed on the republican side. He liken- ed MT. Clark to the Arab chief who had surrendered his companions for part of the booty.
 Remarking that he placed his patriot ism above his sefshness, MT. Crushman of Washington defended the special order He warned the members against putting lumber on the free list.
 Republican handclaps greeted MT. Ftz- gerald of New York, the new democratic member of the committee on rules He said Minority Leader Clark had refused him time to speak, whereupon he sought and received time from the same source as the minority leader and that was Mr. Dalzell. Whatever differences l may have with my party associates in the House. he said, tI shall settle at an ap- propriate time, I think to my own satis- faction"
 MT. Fitzgerald denounced the Payne bill, charging that it was not what it pur- ported to be. The bill, he said, did not equalize duties. There was no. stampede of the idle rich, he said, from the balmy resorts of the south, where they spent their winters. Confident that the tariff was to be revised by it's friends" he as- serted, this capitol has seen a complete absence of the great magnates represent ing the combined corporate wealth in the United States" He declared he spoke in behalf of the great consuming public.
 Jokers In the Bill.
 Calling attention to what he said were the jokers in the bill, MT. Randell of Texas said that every hour saved under the rule would cover up some nefarious scheme. The bil he charged was full of fraud and deception.
 MT. Fordney of Michigan caused a stir when he asserted that the Representatives from Kansas and Iowa ''are not even good protectionists." They were. he said demanding protection to the industries of their state and free trade on the products of another state, and therefore were mo bigger than fly speck on the map of the world.'
 He did not like the rule, he said, but he would vote for it.
 MT. Clark of Missouri argued thatevery member of the House had the right to vote on the bill from A to Z." If mem- bers insisted on tying their hands, he said, they could do so, but he would not When you go back to your constituents" he exclaimed, don't be so cowardly as to undertake to lay this whole thing on Mr Cannon" He called attention to ''the outrageous raises in hosiery and gloves. The House, he said, had right to say whether steel rails should go on the free list. He could, he said, name hundreds of other items. He charged that the delay in bringing in the rule was for the pur-