Republican farmer., 1909-04-02
PLAN VOTE ON PAYNE, TARIFF
 BILL APRIL 10
But It Is Likely that Separ- ate Vote Will Be Taken Upon Various Sched-
 ules.
House Leaders Are Afraid to Force the Issue for
 Fear They May Be De- feated = Some Amend ments Will Be Made.

Washington, March 27.-Accordfng to present plans of the Ways and Means House. vote will be taken on the Payne Tariff Bill on the 10th or l1th of April or the two days immediately succeeding after votes have first been taken on the schedules that are arous- ing the most strenuous opposition frors: both sides of the House. Members of tho House wan: a vote on some of tha schedules, notably wool. lumber. hides. and manufactured leather: crude pe- troleum. coal and iron ore and manu- facture thereof. It is felt that if the rules committee attempts to bring in a rule shutti g
 other date. and calling for a vote on the Payne bill as a whole. the Houss might not pass it because so many o9 the Republicans want to vote Ion sections. Then. too. under the operation of the Fitzgerald amendments to the rules 1t would be possible for the Democrats to force vote on these schedu'es before the bill itself could be passed upon. The Republican leaders realize that it will be impossible to avoid sepa- rate vote on some of the schedules in onslaught is to be made on the bill. that it come from the Repub ican s. de. of the House. It will then be easier, they say. to prevent the rassage of ottS lS1lOCTdVlC dH6lQInCnLS DSc6uS6 the Republicans will be satisfied W tn: the bill and it can be voted upon as a party measure.
 The plan to hold the Republ'c 'can cau- because it has been found tbat cau- GUS might resolve itself into a general forum for the discussion Of the bill and that 1t would be almost impossible to reach an agreement on some of the schedules.
 The Ways and Means Cornmittee is now making amendments to the hill which will be reported when the spec provide that these amendments shall be voted on and that certain spec fed schedules mentioned above shall then be voted upon. and that the billsitseif shall then be put on it's passage.
 About Is Democrats have signffied their intention of voting for the Payne Bill. with the Republican stde.s if they are given an opportunity for separate vote on few schedules.
 The House to-day by unanimous com sent agreed to a suggestion by Chair man Payne to make the daily hour of meeting 10 A. M. Payne's plan is to from 10 to 6 then recess to and ad- journ at 10:30 F. M. Responding to a query by Champ Clark Payne said he was as,sa uncertain ai1a hoy long the gen. members have expressed their desire to Chairman O1mstead of the Com mittee of the Whole to address tho
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 Contrary to the general belief which was that the Senate Finance Commit tee would make an enormous num- ber of changes in the House- Tarif Bill comparatively few have been adopted thus far in a majority of those cases the Dingley rates have been re- stored. Practically the entire bill has been read over emitting, however, con- clusions upon the more important sec-A tions.
 The Democratic members of the Sen- ate will not be called into consultation on the measure until A hours before 1t is reported to the Senate.