The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-10
REPUBLICANS WORSE
 SPLIT THAN DEMOCRATS
 WHEN VOTES ARE TAKEN
The Bill as Passed Is Declared to Be a Mere Makeshlft and When the Senate Tackles 1t a New
 Bill Will Be the
 Result.
By WATTERsoN sTEALEY.

By PATTERSON STEALEY.
 Washington, April 9.-(Special. )-The Payne tariff bill passed the House to- night by vote of 217 to 161. Through a series of trades and deals, only concluded a few minutes before the House met, by giving an increased duty on barley and barley malt the organization was able to keep it's lines intact. The committee amendments were all adopted Free lum- Der was beaten by a majority of 10 on the first test vote. The advocates of the in- creased duty on barley, the boot and shoe men of New England, combined against free lumber. Two score of democrats lent their aid and the fight waged by Champ Clark, the democratic leader, and Representative Tawney, the republican chairman of the appropriations committee, ended in disaster. Tawney carried with him some 30 republicans, but they could not offset the democratic protection vote.
 It was the same old story of humiliat- ing alienation that is responsible for the democratic partys being out of power to- day Mir. Clark, MT. Underwood, MT James and MT Kitchin, to their credit pointed the right way in the long debate. but a sufficiently strong minority joined the other side to make ineffective the most capable leadership. The republicans were numerically worse split than the democrats, the only difference being that the rerubl eaE organization had the means to buy while the democrats could not even promise votes with any certainty of deliv ering them The democratic organiza- tion had the satisfaction, however, of sub hitting to the House and the country It's tariff views and 162 out of the I'll demo- crats fin the House voted for the sub joined motion of the democratic leader to recommit the bill and amend accordingly:
 Democratic Changes.
 1. Amend by reducing the duties carried by the bill to a revenue rate so as to raise the maximum of revenue with the minimum of burden of taxation upon the masses of the American people. so adjust ing the rates of duty as to deal fairly with beth producer and consumer with due re- gard to the needs of the government and the rights and interests of poor as well as rich.
 g. Amend by making the rates of duty named in the bill the maximum rates and provide for minimum rates below the said maximum rates, that may be allowed foreign countries for like con- sessions on their part.
 B. Amend section 19 by providing that the discriminating duty of 10 per cen tum ad valorem therein provided for to be imposed on goods, wares and mer- chandise imported in vessels not of the United States shall be so amended as to provide for rebate of 10 per cen tum ad valorem of the duties provided for in the bill on all imports entering our ports from foreign countries in vessels of the United States, in place of the discriminating duties now pro- vided for in said section.
 A. Amend by inserting a new para graph in said bill that will provide for comes.
 5. Amend as follows: Strike out all of section $50, covering baggng for cotton, gunny cloth and similar fab rics suitable for covering cotton com posed of single yarns made of 1ute, jute butts or hemp, and transfer the same to the free list.
 Band Iron and Ties.
 6. Amend as follows: Strike out section 128, covering hoop or band iron, or hoop or band steel, coated or not coated with paint or any other preparation, with or without buckles or fastenings, for baling cotton, and transfer same to the free list.
 z. Amend by placing leather, har- ness. boots, shoes and all other prod ucts of leather on the free list.
 8. Amend by placing articles enter ing into competition with trust-con- trolled products upon the free list.
 g. Amend by providing for an ade- ouate stamp tax on the sale and pur- chase of stocks and the sale and pur- chase of all products of the farm, for future delivery, made on exchanges or boards of trade.
 10. Amend section 23 of the bill by pro- viding: That vessels built In foreign countries when purchased by citizens of the United States for use in the ocean carrying trade may be given American registry under rules and reg ulations, providing that the same shall be offcered by American citizens.
 Hosiery and Gloves.
 Il. Amend by cutting out all in- creases in rates made in the Payne bill on hosiery and gloves.
 12 Amend by reducing the tariff rates on refined sugar in the Payne bill 10 cents per hundred pounds.
 IS. Amend by placing all agricultural implements on the free list.
 A. Amend by adding to following para graph: "Whenever the President of the United States shall be satisfied that the price of any commodity or article of mer- chandise has been enhanced in conse- auence of any monopoly or trust In the United States, he shall issue his procla- nation suspending the collection of all customs duties or import taxes on like articles of merchandise or commodities brought from foreign countries. Such sus- pension shall continue as long as such en- hancement in price of such commodity or article of merchandise exists and until re- voked by the president
 Of f19 motion drawn bv Representative James of Ken lucky.
 No One Satisfied.
 It is no exaggeration to say that the