Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-06
Observation-Disclosures.
: Work Of Congress


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The Senate was not I'm session Fri
day. The monotony Of the tariff de.
bate in the House was relieved for Il
time by clash between AIesSrs. Ford
ney of Michigan and Byrd of Missis-
sippi which came near ending in
blows. MIR. Fordney had been max
ing an exhaustive discussion OF the
humber schedule when he was inter
rupted by tie NIlssisSippian. who in
sisted that the lumber manufacturers 4
of which Mr.. Fordney was one, were
in a trust Mr.. Fordney peremptorily
denied the statement and said that
Mr. Byrd didn't know tsn thing
about it," The Mississippi member
made a move toward A.. Fordney
and was in the act of removing his
coat when some of his Democratic
colleagues took hold OF him. Later il
developed that the incident grow out OF
made mutual explanations and apo.o
eies. Mr. Fordney made n no.able
speech ON the subject of lumbr and
pleaded for better protection en- that
product in the rough. Diametrically
opposed to him was Mr.. Rowland OF
0hi2. who wanted the product placed
ON the FIRE list Others who spoke
We're Messrs Pou of North Carolina
and Macon of Arkansas. both of whom
arraigned the Payne bin for not az
complishing what il was claimed ii
would do while Mr. Humphrey OF
Washington pleaded for Il tariff ON
shingles and lumber sufficiently high
TO enable the lumber and shingIe
manufacturers of his State to compete
with those of British Columbia EN-
pioying cheap oriental labor,
The Senate was not in session Satur-
day. Debate on the tariff bill i'm the
House was largely devoted to an aca-
deInic discussion of the issue and the
political questions involved although
Mr. Gardner tMass.) thoroughly re-
viewed the question Of fee hides and
a tariff ON leather goods Mr. Long
worth (Ohio) and Mr. Harrison of
New York. the new Democratic member
of the ways and means committee, were
the only Representatives of the tariff
framing committee who made speeches.
Representative Ansberry (Ohio1 alvo-
Gated free lumber and Mr. Keifer
(Ohio) and Mr. Slemp (Va.) conclud-
ed the speechmaking for the day. the
House adjourning AT GIG p. M, to
meet again at 10 o'clock Monday. This
was in accordance with the motion of
Mr.. Payne IN. W that until the con
clusion of general debate on the tariff
bill the House meet for ten and one
half hours each day.
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Senator Hale, chairman of the Re
publican caucus. introduced resoh-
ton in the Senate Monday TO confine
the business of the extra session to the
consideration of the tariff bill and the
bill providing for the thirteenth census.
but he afterward amended it so as TO
permit the Introduction of bills and the
transaction of executive business Con
trary to expectation. the resolution
aroused spirited discussion, but the
debate dealt with other subjects than
the limitation of business. Apparently
there was no objection TO such limi-
tatiOn, but the measure went over UNI
l.. MI
Virginia took occasion TO criticise the
distribution of the Republican mem
bership of the finance committee, de
claring that while New England has
three members on the committee the
South has been entirely denied repre-
sentation. The tariff question was again
discussed in the House in ten-and-
half-hour session. Not one of the many
speakers favored the Payne bill in its
entirety, while the Democrats found
much in it to criticise and condemn.
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The Senate was not in session Tues.
day. When the session of the House
got well under way The tariff debate
waxed warm. The indications were
when the body met at 10 O'Clock in the
morning that the proceedings would be
dry and undressing but a revival of
The discussion of the oil and lumber
schedules was like setting n match to
both products, for the subjects proved
of absorbing interest to the members,
who entered generally into the DEBATE.
TO Mr. Vreeland of New York was ac
corded the privilege of explaining the
position of the independent refiners.
who want the cOmtervailng duty on
crude petroleum retained. while Mr..
Kitchen of North Carolina. in an ex-
haustiye treatment Of the question.
pleaded for the placing of lumber on
the free list. He got into frequent
colloquies during his three and bale
hours talk with both Republicans and
Democrats Others who spoke were
Messrs Cox. Ohio: Sterling. Illinois
Hughes Georgia Bates. Pennsylvania
Parker New Jersey ana Richardson.
Alabama. The usual evening session