Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31
HOUSE ADOPTS RULE ORDER IN BARCELONA
Conference Report Unassa| Captain General Claims to
able on Point of Order. Have Ended Rebellion
IELEvEN OPPOSING VOTES REPORTS DO NOT AGREE
Sy Support the House Private Say Rioters Still
Leaders Hold Part City
DEBATE WILL END AT PM ENTIRE ARMY ON WAR FOOTING
Spanish
Bill fdent of Holding against
IS Assured. Moors Arriv.i Of
p;..
ELEVEN OPPOSING VOTES
Democrats Solidly Support the House
Leaders.
DEBATE WILL END AT 8 Pm
Previous Question Will Then Be Con-
sidered as Ordered on Tariff Bill,
for Which Majority Is Assured.

Convening al 10 O'Clock. the House oi
Representatives today began considera-
ton OF the conference report on the tariff
bill
AT the outset Chairman Payne met with
obstruction at the hands Of republican
insurgent-Mr Mondell Of Wyoming-who
refused unanimous consent for the read
ing of the statement Of the conferees in
lieu Of the report.
MIR Payne made no effort To get Mr.
reading of the voluminous report of sew
enty-six closely printed pages was begun
AT the lowest estimate the reading was
expected to consume two and a half
hours time.
Leaders in Conference.
While the House was virtually at
s,andstiil with the droning voice OF th'
reading clerk scarcely audible above the
hum of conversation. the leaders were II
conference trying to reach some agree
arrangements for putting through the
compromise by which hides are to be
free and the duties on finished leather
reduced below the point where the con
ferees had authority TO act.
1t developed that the conferees nae
sought to get around the parliamentary
difficulty and avoid point OF order
against their leather duties by putting the
reduced duties in the form of proviso
which reads that ION and after October
I, 1909" the lower leather duties shal
prevail. The question was whether tn:
proviso obviated the necessity of bring
ing in a special rule to avoid the danger
of a point of order being raised.
Objection to Print Paper Rates.
Considerable interest was felt by re
1;ublicans on the floor over the prospec
tive fight to be waged against the repor
by the insurgents. chief among whom
were the advocates of lower duties OF
print paper led by Mr.. Mann of Illinois
Mr. Mann was chairman of specia
committee OF the House which investigat
ed the paper and pulp question and the
House adopted that committees recon-
mendations for its figures in the paper
schedule. The conferees. however. over
turned their own figures and accepted q
compromise nearer the higher Senate
rates.
Mr. Mann said today ne would vote
against the conference report, ana, II M
could, would defeat it and send it back t
conference.
Informed of Presidents Wishes.
Republican members of the House were
made aware early in the day of th'
wishes of President Taft that the confer
ence report be adopted. Representatives
returning from the White House told O
his efforts in behalf of harmonious part.
action II was also known that he hat
sent for inSurgent senators last night ant
this morning urging them to support thu
conference report.
The committee on rules held a meeting
during the forenoon and decided to take
every precaution against a slip-up anC
to bring in a rule prohibiting points OF
order being made against any part of the
conference report.
Rule Adopted by Committee.
The rule finally agreed upon by the
committee on rules follows:
Resolved. That Immediately upon the
adoption of this order the House shall
proceed to consider the report of the
managers OF the conference Ol the OlS-
agreeing votes of the two houses on the
amendments of the Senate to the bill Oh
r. 1880 10 provide revenue equaliZe du-
ties and encourage the industries OF the
United States. and for other purposes: that
none of the provisions of said report shall
he subject to a point OF order. that gen
eral debate shall continue until pm. Of
this day. unless sooner concluded. and
that Immediately upon the conclusion of
general debate the previous question shall
be considered as ordered on the motion to
agree to the report, and that general
leave to print on the subjects of this re-
port shall be granted for ten calendar
days.
Majority for the Report.
The time consumed in the formal read
ing of the report gave further opportu-
nifty for the republican whip, Mr. Dwight
TO frame up his estimate of strength in
support of the adoption of the report
He found considerable prospective oppo-
sition of one kind and another but il
was scattering. One or two men felt in
clined to vote against the report because
of the corporation tax amendment: seven
Minnesota men were threatening revolt
because lumber is not low enough: few
others objected because some rates are
not high enough, and SO through the list
But, taking all objectors into consider
alton. Mr.. Dwight at noon today figured
a majority of twenty-five or better in
support of the report, and he thought il
would be in excess of twenty-five In
this view he was supported by Mr. Ford
independent inquiries into Mr.. Dwight
doubtful list Mr.. Fordney thought
that Mr.. Dwight had made more than
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