Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-02
w ork of Congress
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day. Debate on the tariff bill in the
House was largely devoted to an acn-
demic discussion of the issue and the
political questions involved, although
Mr.. Gardner CMass.) thoroughly re-
viewed the question of free macs anu
a tariff on leather goods. MT. Long
worth (Ohio) and Mr.. Harrison Oh
New York. the new Democratic memDer
Of the ways and means committee were
the only Representatives OF the tarlll-
framing committee who made speeches..
Representative AnSberry tOhl") auFo-
Gated free lumber and Mr. holler
/ tOhio) and Mr.. Slemp (Na.) conclud-
ed the speechmaking for the day. the
House a~djourning at GIG p. M t"
meet again at 10 o'clock Monday. rms
was in accordance with the motion OF
Mr.. Payne On. W that until the eoh-
cIusion of general debate on the tar1il
bill the House meet for ten and one
| half hours each day.
Senator Hale, chairman of the Re
publican caucus. introduced a reSoll-
| ton in the Senate Monday to contine
i The business of the extra session to the
consideration of the tariff bill and the
bill providing for the thirteenth census,
but he afterward amended it so as to
permit the introduction of bills and the
transaction of executive business. o
trary to expectation. the resolution
aroused a spirited discussion, but the
debate dealt with other subjects tina
the limitation of business. Apparently
there was no objection to such Il llmi'
tatiOn. but the measure went over tii-
til Thursday. Senator Elkins of West
| Virginia took occasion to c~riticise the
distribution of the Republican MEM
bership of the finance committee, de-
claring that while New England has
three members On the committee, the
South has been entirely denied repre-
sentation. The tariff question was again
discussed in the House in a ten-and-
half-hour session. Not one of the many
speakers favored the Payne bill in its
entirety, while the Democrats found
much in it to c~riticise and condemn.
The maximum and minimum features
of the proposed measure were especially
obnoxious to them. while Republicans
urged higher duties IN lumber, iron,
pottery and zinc ore, as well as a duty
on coal Mr.. Moon (Tenn.) scathingly
denounced those of his Democratic col
leagues who accepted the caucus resolu-
ton, disciplining the twenty-three DEM
ocrats who supported the Fitzgerald
amendment to the rules. Those who
spoke on the tariff were Messrs. James
80 Hor+,,ol-, C,chn,or rf NVa III inpto,
Kenney of Ohio. Gillette of Massachu-
sets, Scott of Kansas. Peters of Mas
sachusetts, Deikema of Michigan and
Hull of Tennessee.
The Senate was not in session Tues.
lay. When the session of the House
got we'll under way the tariff debate
waxed warm. The indications We're
when the body met at 10 O'Clock in the
morning that the proceedings would be
dry and embarrassing, but a revival Of
the discussion Of the oil and lumber
schedules was like setting a match to
both products, for the subjects proved
Of absorbing interest to the members,
who entered generally into the debate.
To Mr.. Vreeland of New York was ac-
corded the privilege Of explaining the
position of the independent %refners,
who want the countervailing duty on
, crude petroleum retained, while Mr..
Kitchen of North Carolina, in an ex-
haustive treatment Of the question.
pleaded for the placing Of lumber on
the free list. He got into frequent
c%olloquies during his three and a hall
hours talk with both Republicans and
Democrats.
The Senate was not in session on
Wednesday,. The Payne tariff bill
again was picked to pieces in the
House Of Representatives. There were
no prolonged speeches, and in conse-
1uence many were afforded al oppor-
tunity to express their views. Lumber,
coffee, wood pulp and print paper, to-
bacco, coal, zinc and the bill were gen
orally discussed. The arguments on
lumber came from the South through
Mr.. Pujo Of Louisiana and Mr.. Thomas
Of North Carolina, who did not want
the protection afforded the lumber in
dustry disturbed. There was an inter-
esting exposition of the wood pulp
question by Mr.. Mann Of Illinois, who
defended the proposed reduction of the
duty on that product. Mr.. Larrinaga,
the Porto Rican commissioner, made
an exhaustive plea for a tax of 5 cents
a pound on coffee from that colony.
Others who spoke were Messrs. Morgan
Of Missouri, Brantley Of Georgia, Doug
las of Ohio, Rothermel of Pennsyl-
vania, lowering Of Massachusetts, Sui
ger Of New York, Mondell of Wyoming,
and Griest of Pennsylvania. That in
terest in the tariff debate is tagging
was evidenced by the presence of only
two dozen members ut the opening Of
the night session. The clock was again
turned back, the House adjourning at
0:4O p. M, but the clock on the floor
moving 1890 p. m.
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