Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-04-09
TARIFF BILL
TO Be VOTED
UPON TODAY
House Will Pass the Payne
Bill With But Little Change
in Original Provisions.
PETROLEUM is PUT
ON FREE LIST TODAY

SPceldt 0D united Ffe6a WtTe
Washington, April 9.-The vots
on the tariff bill will begin at 8
o'clock this afternoon. The vote on
the motion which is expected from
Champ Clark, minority leader, to
recommit the bill to the ways and
means committee for the considera-
tion of the amendment offered by the
democrats, Is expected to show the
full strength Of the democrats and
insurgents.
The leaders predict It will be late
tonight or early tomorrow morning
before final vote is taken. II iH
expected the bill will be reported to.
the senate Monday.
On motion of Chairman Payne, of
the ways and means committee,
when the house was In session as q
committee of the whole this after
noon, petroleum and it's products
were placed on the free list
There was an immense crowd in the
galleries to witness the vote on the
measure this being the date set by the
special rule adopted some days ago.
The schedules designated to be voted
on by the house organization include
coffee, tea, barley, barley malt. lumber
and oil
lumber and oil schedules. An attempt
will also be made to bring up the glove
and hoisery schedules.
Speaker Cannon is expected to l,Se.
every means In his power to keep tho
house from voting on petroleum. The
rule is susceptible of so many con
structions that the speaker, who has
outspokenly champloned the oil inter-
est may overrule the will Of a ma1orl-
ty of the house by preventing vote
by parliamentary technicality.
Because of the numerous COMMITTEES
amendments to the bill the house Of
representatives was compelled to sit
two hours longer than usual in order
to insure action on the various para-
graphs coming within the seapes@e tn5
special rule befeEaz - Iinar vote j.
taken.
At one time the Republicans were
caught mapping, and an amendment by
Mr.. Clark of Missouri was adopted
fixing the rate Of duty on iron or steel
wire Of the number Of sixteen gauge
at three-fourths Of a cent per pound.
but this was thrown out later.
Fearing that he might not meet with
such success again, Chairman Payne
took his Republican colleagues to task
for absenting themselves from the
chamber and appealed to them to re-
main in their seats This was done,
with the result that In all the commit
Tee amendments he was sustainek
Representative Boutelle of Illic ois, q
member Of the ways and means COM
mittee, offered and had adopted an
amendment to increase the duty on
1uorspar from 80 cents to $3.50 per
ton. Chairman Payne presented an
amendment raising the duty on swed-
ish iron from SO to $40 per tOr, i sliielx
was adopted.
The rates in the Payne bill on steel
billets and bars were changed so that
steel bars should have a slightly high-
er rate Of duty than that on billets.
Mr. Payne offered committee
amendment to raise the duty on steel
wire Of less than No. 16 wire gauge
from ~ to 1& cents a pound Champ
Clark won temporary victory by
amending Mr.. Payne's amendment SO
as to reduce this duty to three-fourths
of cent a pound.
The Republicans then turned the taa
bles on the Democrats and voted down
Mr. Payne's amendment. leaving the
rate of Ia cents pound intact.