Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-09
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS
ARE CAUGHT MAPPING
But Democratic Leaders Triumph
Was ShOrt.Lived as Work
Was Later Undone.
PAYNE REPR0vES many ABsENTfES
Few Outbreaks Of Temper, But In
General House Session Transaets
Business With CeIerity-Pineapp!es
and Tobacco Heavily Protected
Some Changes in the Mica Schedule.
(By Associated Press.1

| "ASHlNGloN, H. T., RIih O.
| Because of the numerous committee
! amendments & tn Payne tariff bill
, the House Of Representatives, was
| nr,ll d 10 git until lat" III inc
| evcnin. in order % insure action on
! the various paragraphs coming with
| in the SEQ Il tn ~, citl rule adept
! ,(. last Monday ht t>"' the final v ;e,
! Is taken tcm~riow. Al &C time Inc
! Republicans wcr" Cargh. mapping md
! an amendment by Nj. Clark. Q! MIS-
! soul. was adOrt fix nS the rate OF
. dH:y on iron or stsc! wire CT the
| number sixteen gauge at three-fo,irths
! ( n cent per hundred, but this was
| thrown oat later Fearing that he
might mt meet with such success
agan. Chairman Payne took mis- Re-
publican colleagues to task for alb
srnting themselves from the cham
| Der, and appealed TO them to remain
| in their seats. This was done. with
the result that in all the other com
mittec amendments he was sustained.
! Outbreaks OF Temper.
| ,Whiie. occasionally there were out
p, breaks Z bid temrer. on the whole.
the Sc ssiCn assumed q normal aspect
and business proceeded with reaso4-
abb degree Of facility.
| With a plumber Of c. mmittee amend
mCnts yet to be considered the House
| at G:os p. IN. adjourned.
| When the consideration OF the tariff
! bal was resumed by the House today.
further committee amendments in the
nature Of verbal corrections were
taken up and adopted.
! Change in Mica.
The mica schedule was stricken out
ana a new enc substituted, providing
that unmanufactured mica shall pay
a duty of 5 cents a pound and 20 per
cent. ad vaIorem. and that mica cut
or trimmed mica plates and all
manriac ures CT mica shall Fay ten
cents per pound and twenty per cent.
ad valOrem
| Steel ingots blooms and slabs were
!, reduced from one cent TO eight-tenths
# cent per hundred. The I'D valorem
proyisicn In boiler and plate IRON or
: sieel WAS stricken out and the duty
made specific. in some cases the rate
being reduced.
Fight on Wire.
A.yiSCrcus fight was waged on an
amerdm>.-t increasing me duty on
round iron or steel wire smaller than
number sixteen gauge from enc and
a half one and three-sourths Of a
cent a hundred II was claimed tina:
the prt posed INCREASE was an outrage
en- the farmer.
| The committee amendment went
down 155 10 li6 and In its stead there
was adopted a substitute presented
by Mr.. Clark. Missouri. fixing the rate
at throe-fourths Of one cent per hun
drch a ling wranglc cnsued over
the right tn amend any portion of
paragraph IA.
. Clark Amendment Defeated.
The char ruled that such amend
ments except the Clark amendment.
which was adopted. were out OF order.
!, An appeal from the decisiCr was lost
! I1s 10 139. On the final vote the
Clark amendment vas defeated 1Zs
to IL and the original Payne amend
mcnt was adopted
Mr. Payne got the or and crirt
! ciSed his Republican coI'cagucs fI1
leaving the chamber. He declared
that III" slow progress being made
vas due 10 that fact. Tho commit
tee has worked hard for FIVE m2nths. =
he said. cant YOU afford to stay
here this afternoon aud tomorTc~ IN
C-t.cr 20 vote en- the blu
PireapoIes and Tobacco.
| Folio ug spirited debate. a com
mite" an nim"n' was adopted plac'
ing duty eat crnts a cubic fooi
Of the capacity Of barrels OF pack
ages On pIacappICs. The rate on
crude coca. cr caclo. and lcavcs was
reduced from Z ur 10 three cents q
hundred
Tho tobacco SCHEDULES was amend
| cd 30 as 70 FIX dJty Of - cents a
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