Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-10

Amendments Read
The problem was settled by the
speaker ordering the amendments reau
in their order.
These began with an amendment by
Mr.. Tawney to strike out section 100
which imposed Il duty of one-hah Oh l
cent per cubic foot on heWn lumDef
and timber used for spars and upon
which the ayes and nays were ordered.
Mr.. Tawney's hewn timber amend
ment was defeated 1874 to l9S' MI
Tawney then offered an amendment 10
section 1877, reducing the duty on
finished lumber without placing II on
the free list. =
His supporters were more than sur
ficient to force another roll call, but ne
was again defeated, the vote resulting
Yeas $50, nays 200.
So great was the confusion when the
result on the second TaWney amend
ment was announced that Speaker Can
non finally ordered the sergeants-al
arms and the doorkeepers TO procee oi
I'M and down the aisles and compel
members to sit down and cease talking.
This had the desired effect and busl-
ness proceeded. The next amendment
in order was one by Mr.. DeArmond OF
Missouri exempting from the counter
vailing duty all lumber coming from
countries of the western hemisphere
anu Oh bilelb liz OAA
wise were ordered.
The DeArmond amendment was voted
down. 113 to 244. The provision OF the
countervailing duty on lumebr then was
stricken out by viva voce vote.
compeIs Roll Call
Mr.. Clark of Missouri forced a roll
call on his amendment striking out the
whole of section 1877, providing for
duty on dressed lumber. 1t was de-
feated-year, 1853; nays, 22S'
Undaunted, Mr.. TaWney called up
his amendment placing on the free list
hewn lumber and sawed and planed
lumber, covered by sections2 196 ana
This resulted: Yeas 1871; nays, 200,
which finally defeated all attempts at
obtaining free lumber so far as the
house is concerned.
Fifty-fiye Republicans voted for free
lumber and thirty-eight Democrats
against it. The Republicans who votec
for free lumber were:
Anthony, Campbell, Madison, Miller,
Murdoch Reeder and Scott of Kansas;
Cary, Cooper, Davidson, Essen, kopp'
Ienroot, Nelson and StTord or Wlscoh-
sin; Davis, Lindberg, Miller, Nye, Stee-
nerson, Stevens, Tawney and Volsteau,
the entire Republican delegation from
Minnesota: Dawson, Good, Haughen,
Hubbard, Hull, Kendall, Kennedy,
Pickett and Woods, the entire Repupl-
can delegation from Iowa; Burke ana
Martin of South Dakota; Gronna ana
Hanna of North Dakota; Lowden, NC
Kinley. Mann, Prince, Sterling and
Graft of illinois: Hinshaw, Kinkald ana
Norris of Nebraska; HoWland ana
Joyce of Ohio; Laurence or Massachu-
setts: Barnard of Indiana; Driscoll
and Perkins of New York; Hamilton
of Michigan Howell of New Jersey,
and Morgan of Oklahoma.
Opposing Democrats
These Democrats voted against free
lumber:
Adamson, Bell, Brantley, Edwards
Griggs, Lee and Livingston OF Georgia
Rowers and Dickson of Mississippi;
Hobson and Taylor of Alabama;
Broussard, Estopinal, Pujo, Ransdell'
Watkins and Wycliffe, the entire
Louisiana delegation; Clark, Mays ana
Sparkman, the entire Florida delega
ton: Glass, Lamb, Lassiter, Maynard
and Saunders OF virginia; Go9 I1v,l
Page. Pou, Small, Thomas and Webb
of North Carolina; Gregg and Dies or
Texas. and Gordon, Moon and Padgett
of Tennessee; Lever of South Carolina
and Wilson of Pennsylvania.
Shortly after the announcement OF
the lumber vote the speaker again was
compelled to send the sergeant-at-arms
ana MS deputies " iAlSAANSiS NN--N --
them to sit down.
When quiet was restored the roll was
called on the amendment increasing
the rates on barley and barley matt.
Ty a vote of 1913 years to 1856 nays the
amendments were retained.
Amendments by Messrs. scott OF
Kansas and Henry of Texas, fixing
f1utv of 10 per cent respectively on raw
hides weighing twenty-five pounds or
more, on raw hides and skins weighing
more than one pound were voted down.
THE effect of this action was to rout
the opponents of free hi les.
This, as was supposed, concluded the
amendments, and the speaker was
about to put the question on the en-
erossment and third reading of the bill.
when Mr. Clark of Missouri insisted
on the yeas and nays on the oil sched-
11le. in order, as he explained, to get
a record vote. After considerable DIS
cussion over the question whether free
oil actually was in the bill, the speaker
decided that a further vote was neces-
sarv and the roll again was called on
the provision of the countervailing
duty. which, he said, if stricken out,
would have the effect of placing crude
petroleum and it's products on the free
list.
While the chair was considering the
matter the house was in great con-
fusion.
BY a viva voce vote the engrossment
and third reading of the bill was or
dered. whereupon Mr. Lindberg OF
Minnesota sought recognition to move
To recommit with Instructions The
sneaker refused, saying common fair
ness required that he should recognize
Mr.. Clark of Missouri, the minority
leader the bills chief opponent.
Mr.. Clark thereupon made motion
to recommit with instructions. This
motion directed the ways and means
committee to make the original mimi
mum rates of the bill apply as maxi
mum rates and to provide schedule
of rates lower than those to be applied
as minimum rates
1t also provided thar the discriminate
ing duty clause levying 10 per cent in
crease on goods imported in foreign
vessels be reversed so as to provide
10 per cent decrease on goods import
ed in American vessels.
1t instructed the committee to pro-
vide for a graduated income tax to
add a paragraph giving the president
the right to place any article on the
free list by proclamation if he is salts
fed that its value has been enhanced
in consequence of any monopoly or
trust.
Amendments Ordered
The motion also directed the amend
ment of the measure "by reducing the
duties carried by the bill to revenue
rates. so as to raise the maximum Of