The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02

!; Work Of Congress


PLANTATION OF the tnrI6 bill. He was
on his feet almost all Of the Eve hours
ana ten minutes that he had the door.
his arguments covered a wide field. lie
took the position that the bill would
not injure the tin plate or steel file in
dustries OF the United States and that
free hides would not be- q menace to
the farmers. lie discussed the inher.
itance tax at great ieagth. and said
cause II would not give rise TO perjury
or fraud. He held to tho view also that
an income tax was wholly u%nconssitu-
tionaL
The Senate was not in session on
Wednesday. Declaring AMONG other
things that II mistake WINS made in the
Payne tariff bill In rot a~rran-in. the
revision on the basis Of raising revenue
only on every item. Mr.. Clark. OF Mis-
souri,. minority leader, held the atten-
ton Of the House for more than five
hours In discussing the measure. Incl
dentally. he pointed out that much time
would have been saved in the consid
Grafton OF the bill had the Democratic
members Of the committee been con
suited about the various provisions OF
h proposed law. Mr.. Clark spoke In
characteristic style and frequently
moved the House TO applause and
laughter. lie was followed by Messrs.
Washburn Of Massachusetts and Adam
son of Georgia. the former attacking
the inheritance tax provisions of the
bill, while Mr.. Adamson opposed the
erection of a tariff wall so high as 10
prevent the people of the United States
buying In all the markets Of the world
rs well as disposing of their surplus
products.
The Senate was in session only an
hour and fifteen minutes Thursday and
adjourned until Monday. Practically
all the time, except fifteen minutes
spent in executive session., was devot-
ed TO the Introduction OF bills, resolu-
lions and memorials. The only action
taken was the passage of a resolution
allowing the rotunda Of the capitol TO
be used for the ceremonies connected
with the transfer of the remains OF
Major PEnfant from a farm In Mary
land to he Arlington National ceIpe-
terry. A voluntary admission by Mr..
Nreeland Of New York that he was To
some extent responsible for the reten-
tion in the Payne tariff bill OF the
councervailing duty on oil was the eli
max OF the days discussion OF the tar
If In the House. Mr.. yreeland had
sat for some time and heard various
insinuations that that duty, which some
have characterized as a Joker was to
be levied solely In the interest OF the
Standard Oil Company. This he denied,
and explained that his action was in
response to requests from thousands oil
bis oi%l-producing constituents and In be-
half Of $4,000 Others engaged In the
same business. The debate on the oil
schedule called forth some bitter criti-
cism of the Standard Oil Company by
Mr.. FISHERMAN Of Wisconsin and 9th
ers. Numerous speeches were made
touching the tariff question generally.
Thu arguments from the Democratic
standpoint were for a tariff for revenue
only. while Republicans attacked such
schedules as those on wool, wood pulp
and print paper and crude petroleum.
-
The Senate was not in session Fri
6aE Tho n1nnnfnnu ~ thu ta~;Np a.
bate In the House was relieved for a
time by a clash between Messrs. Ford
ney OF Michigan and Byrd of Missis-
sippi. which came near ending in
blows. Mr.. Fordney had been max
Ing an exhaustive discussion OF the
lumber schedule. when he was inter
rupted by the Mississippian, who in
sisted that the lumber manufacturers,
os which Mr.. Fordney was one. were
In a trust. Mr.. Fordney peremptorily
denied he statement and said that
Mr.. Byrd didn't know a d-n thing
about It," The Mississippi member
made a move toward Mr.. Fordney
and vas in the act of removing his
Goa when some of his Democratic
colleagues took hold of him. Later IL
developed that the incident grew OF
a misunderstanding and both men
made mutual explanations and apollo
gies. Mr.. Fordney made n notable
speech on the subject of lumber and
pleaded for better protection on that
Woduct in the rough. Diamesricaly
opposed 10 him was Mr.. Rowland Of
Ohio. who wanted the product placed
on the FIRE list. Others who spoke
were Messrs. Pou of North Carolina
and Macon Of Arkansas. both Of whom
arraigned the Payne bill for not ac-
compiishing what II was claimed Il
would do. while Mr.. Humphrey OF
Washington pleaded for n tariff on
shingles and lumber sufficiently high
to enable the lumber ani single
manufacturers OF his State to Compel
with those OF British Columbia, EN-
p|loying cheap oriental labor.