New-York tribune., 1909-04-10
PAYNE TARIFF BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
OIL AND HIDES PLACED
ON FREE LIST.
4dCocates of Free Lumber Defeated
Committee amendments Adopt-
cd Final TOte, 217 10 f61.

/ nOurS OF continuous TOlICdliS. the House paSSed
| the Payne tariff bill tonight by vote Of 217
/ to 161. One RepubIican-Re Representative Austin.
| Of Tennessee-vOted against the measure be-
| cause of the reduction Of the duty coal while
/ four Democrats voted with the ma jOritv- They
! were Representatives BrOussard EstcpinaL
| PuJo and WicIife Of Louisiana who salts
/ fed with the provisions Of the bill 1t is the
anniversary Of AppomattOx~' Republican
shouted at the minority after the measure had
/ been passed and the Democrats retOrted that
/ the sackcIoth and ashes of Good Friday were
/ fitting garments for the Republicans when
passing such a measure
only amendment not reported by the
Ways and Means Committee adopted This
was an increase in the duty barley from 10
cents to ~ cents busheI. and on barley malt
from - cents 10 10 cents a busheI The counter
vailing duty was stricken off lumber. recOm-
mended by the committee but the free lumber
men were defeated Those who demanded a
duty hides made poor showing. but oil was
| placed on the free list by an immense majority
after the committee had voluntarily taken off
the l per cent provided for in the Norris amend
ment- The motion of Champ Clark the Demo-
cratic leader. TO recomnit the bill with instruc-
tions for many amendments. was defeated by
party vote. with the exception of the four
Louisiana members. who cast their votes with
the Republicans.
DEFEAT OF FREE LUMBER
When Speaker Cannon took the chair and
announced that the hour for voting had arrived
a separate vote lumber Immediately de-
manded by Representative Tawney. OF Mime
sofa. Representative Norris demanded a sep
arate vote on oil; Representatives Scott Of
Kansas. and Henry. Of Texas. hides. and
Representatives Perkins and Fitzgerald. Of New
York. on barley and barley malt A parlia-
mentary tangle ensued 70 which amendments
should be first taken up. but after consultation
with Representative Olmsted the Speaker
cleared up the situation by t-aciding that lurn-
Der should first be voted on and that the varf-
Gus amendments should be considered in the
| order in which they were presented by the COM
mittee. Under this ruling the Tawney amend
nent striking out that section Of the bill which
places duty on sawed timber was read and
/ while not the most important amendment u
caused the crucial vote The free lumber men
were defeated by 19s to 1s4
| Fifty-six Republicans voted for free lumber
| and thirty-nine Democrats against il The Re-
i DubIica1s we're Anthony Barnard Burke South
/ Dakota. carey. Cooper. Creaser. Davidson.
/ Davis Dawson. DrfscoT Esch. Good. Graf,
Gronna. Hamilton Hanna. Haugen. Hinshaw.
| Howell tNev Jersey. Rowland Hubbard. Hull.
Jovcr Kendall Kennedy. kinkafd. Kopp. Law
/ renee LenroOt. Lindberg Lowden. Mckinley.
/ McKinnev. Madison Mann. Martin Miller
tMfnnesota). Miller kansas. Morgan. Muir
I dock Nelson. Norris. Nye, Pickett Prince.
Reeder Scott Smith GJwa1. Stafford Steener-
son. sterling stevens. Tawney. Vostead Per-
kins and Woods Uowa)- The high lumber
Democrats we're Adarnson. Bell Bowers. Brant-
lev Broussard Clark tF'orida). Cravens. Dick
son. Dies. Edwards EIerbe. Estopinal Glass.
Goodwin Gordon. Gregg. Griggs. Hobson, Lamb.
Lassiter. Lever. Livingston. Maynard. Mays.
Moon Padgett. Page. Pou. Pujo. Ransdeh.
Saunders Small SparI1man. Taylor Thomas.
Watkins. Webb. Wickliffe and Wilson penn
sylvania}-
4 second amendment offered by Mr. Tawnsy.
10 put boards and certain other classes Of rougn
lumber on the free list. was then defeated by a
vote OF 200 TO $50 and a third. presented by Mr..
De Arnond Of Missouri which had practically
the same effect. was lost by e44 TO 15S- The
minority leaders, amendment 10 strike out the
lumber paragraph was beaten by 22S 70 15S. De-
string 10 put the high lumber men on record
once more Mr. Tawrey's amendment 70 put all
classes OF lumber on the free list then voted
on 1t was defeated. POO ISL This was
the signal for great rejoicing the part Of the
high lumber men. and it was some minutes be-
fore order could be restored
CLOSE VOTE ON BARLEY
The amendment to place a duty Of "a cents
barley and 80 cents on barley malt next
taken and was carried by the closest vote
of the day 1913 10 1S6. 1t a fight between
the New York barley growers and those CT the
Middle states and the Northwest. The lattss
were victorious. although Mr. Perkins OF New
York made a gallant struggle TO gain sum
cieut number of votes in the face OF opposition
by the WAYS and Means Committee He sue
ceeded in raIIying the following Republicans;
Alexander Ames Barclay. Bennett Butler. Cal
der. Cooper DriscolI. FoeIker. Gardner. Heald.
Hov!and Hubbard. Knapp. Lafean. Law. Mad
den MaIby Mann. Mudd. Murphy. OIcott.
Parker Parsons Perkins. Reynolds. Simmons.
Southwick Sturgiss Wagner, Wilson Qllinoisp.
woodward and Young New York;. After the
vote there was great deal Of speculation in the
House rs 10 the reasons which actuated the high
lumber men in voting for this barley duty II
was freely charged that deal had been made
whereby those who desired protection on both
articles should stick together, but the vote
showed so many changes that these charges
seem unfoundad Mr.. Fitzgerald OF New YORK.
alleged that a midnight deal had been made
last night whereby free lumber TO be voted
down and the rates on barley and barley malt
increased but this was denied by Messrs Mann.
90 Illinois and Cushman. of washington, who
offered the barley amendments.
FREE HIDES AsD OIL
TWO rollcaIIs were necessary to dispose Of the
hides amendment The final vote on the amend
rart offered BY Mr.. Scott. Of Kansas, putting
. dnt, or 10 per cent on hides. was defeated BY
= vote of 275 to 1O3 while amendment Of
ferea bv Mr. Underwood. of Alabama. placing
the same duty on hides Weighing over pound
was defeated by 223 to III. The P P~publicans
from the Middle and Northwestern states and
-. r,.,,oc-a+s from Texas and the middle