The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
PAYNE BILL GETS THROUGH House Passes Tariff
 Measure. REJOICING BY THE R6PUBS Four Louisiana Democrats Voted
 for It ClsrEs Assempt te Rseomnit the Bii Was . signal Faiiure--List
 of Changes from orig
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Washington, April Ss--After three weeks of consideration. the Payne tar- iff bin was passed by the House of Representatives tonight by vote of 217 to 1sI.
 ] One Republican. CAustih (Tepn.) ). voted against the measure, and four Democrats, all from Louisiana. Messrs. Broussard. Estinopal. Pujo and Wick lifye, voted for it
 An attempt by Champ Clark. the minority leader. to recomuiit the bill. with instructions. signaiiy failed
 The day was filled with excitement from the moment the session began at noon until the last minute. The mem- bers were keyed up to the highest pitch and practically full membership re- mained on duty throughout. The final vote demonstrated the capacity of the Republican organization to get to- gether,
 The situation with respect to lumber was greatly relieved for the Repubii- can leaders whan 1t became manifest that the advocates of the proposition placing it on the free list were in the minority Because. of that fact. MT. Fitzgerald (N. Y.) charged that a midnight deal had been made last night whereby. free lumber was to be voted down and the rates on barley and bar- ley malt increased. and this. -notwfth- standing the denials of Messrs- Mann (nl.). and cushman twash.l who of- fered the barley anPndments.
 Galleries are FtEfe&.
 The general public was greatiy in- terested in the proceedings ahdN the galleries were packed. Both the diplo- matic and executive reservations like- wise were fully occupied. one of the conspicuous observers being Mrs. Taft, wife Of the President.
 When the blif actually was passed the Republicans chsered Justify, some dancing up and down the aisies and batting their feliow members on the back.
 After adopting a resolution that un- til further action discussions shall be held only on Mondays and Thursdays. the House Rt SEQ D m. adjourned. S EYhfie moro con nsSdeFntien In p4iglt of fisnN has baen given by the House to fhe Payne bffL ft Eas passedl h fewer days than the Dins1ey biif was acted upon After being reported to the House.
 The Payne bill was introdnced on March 1T, reported to the House by the Ways and Means Committee on the fol- lowing day and was under general de- bate for sixteen days. On Monday of the present week the Rules Committee reported a, special order which closed the general discussion and provided for the consideration of the bill under the five minute rule.
 Chairman Payne handled the bill oss the floor and divided the time in such a way that only paragraphs affected permitted by the special rule had been considered when the time to vote on the measure was reached.
 The Dingley bill was under consid- eration in the House for two days longer than the Payne bill. but the House was not In session as long each day as during the consideration of the latter measure. All during the general debate on the Payne bill the House sat for ten and one-half hours each day, thus establishing 6 record for that body.
 Mir. oImsted (Pa.) presided as chair man of the committee of the whole House on the State of the Union the twenty days that were given to the bill.
 Representative Austin (Tenn.) who was the only Republican who voted against the bill. recently began his first term In Congress. He stated In his maiden speech several days ago that if the iron ore. coal. lumber and other interests of his district were not properly protected he would vote against the bill.
 Principal Changes.
 One of the principal changes effected Tn the Payne bill since it's introduction was the placing of petroleum on the free list This involved a more seri- ousIy contested light than any of the other amendments. Speaker Cannon, during debate on the amendment to re- uce the duty, took the floor in defense of the higher rate of duty. Although an amendment 10 place oil on the free list was lost yesterday. a similar offered by Chairman Payne today was carried
 Among the other important amend ments that have been made since the bill came from committee are those striking out the provision for a duty on tea and the. e.ceuntervaillng duty pro- viso on coffee. The elimination of the maximum duty of 20 per cent. on cof- fee, contained in the maximum and minimum section of the bill. was also 
 To the free list were added ever green seedlings. cloves and nut oil. which is used in making varnish.
 The patent law provision. Intended to retaliate for the new British law. was stricken out on account of an interna- tIonal convention.
 The so1called joker" in the cotton cloth schedule which 1t was claimed would increase the duty of the Dingley tariff biE several hundred per cent. was corrected. the proviso for the method of counting threads in the cloth being made~the same as in the present law.
 The section restricting the contents of packages of tohacco was amended to conform with the present law in order that union labels may not be ex- cluded from tobacco packages. The drawback section was added to so that 1t could not be taken advantage of for the purpose of specuiatIng in grain. and the Philippine free trade provision was amended so that rice will not be admitted free from the islands.
 The eountervailInR duty clause on lumber was stricken. out, but a strong effort to place lumber on the free list did not succeed.
 The duties. on barley. barley malt, iron, pineapples in crate. sac medicated cotton and cotton collars and cuffs as originally fin the bill. were increased.
 To retaiiate against Turkey, which country prohibits the importation of American 'hller tobacco, proviso was included in the tobacco schedule inc CT easing the duty on filler tobacco from any country which prohibits the impor- tation of the American tobacco.
 The internal revenue law was also a aaudn na e<s thai Wn4maxa nq 4aq,anrr, v.ssNr