The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-10
PAYNE BILL
PASSES
HOUSE
Day Filled With Excitement,
Members Keyed Up to
Highest Pitch

Washington, April 9.--Aftcr three
weeks OF consideration, the Payne
bill was passed by the house OF rep
resentatiyes tonight, amid great ex.
citement, by vote of 2l7 to 161. One
Republican, Austin. of Tennessee,
voted against the measure, and four
Democrats, all from Louisiana.
Messrs. Broussard. Estopinal, Pujo
and WicklIffe. voted for it. An at
tempt by Champ Clark, the minority
leader. to recommit the Dill with in
sJructions signally failed.
The day was filled with excitement
from the moment the session began
at noon, until adjournment. The mem
bers were keyed up to the highest
pitch and practically full member
ship remained on duty throughout.
The final vote demonstrated the ca
pacity of the Republican organization
to get together. The situation with
respect To lumber was greatly re.
lieved to the Republican leaders,
when it became manifest that the
advocates OF the plan of placing II on
the free list. were I'm the minority.
Because of, that fact. Mr. Fitzgerald,
New York, charged that a midnight
deal had been made last night, where
by free lumber was to devoted down
and the rates on barley and barley
malt increased, and this notwithstand-
ing the denials of Messrs. Mann, ILL
nois. and Cushman, Washington. who
offered the barley amendments.
The general public was greatly in
terested in the proceedings and the
galleries were packed Both the di-
plomatic and executive reservations
likewise were fully occupied, Mrs.
Taft being among those present.
When the bill actually was passed
the Republicans cheered Justify, some
dancing up and down the aisles and
patting their fellow members on the
back
The bill was introduced on March
II, reported TO the house by the ways
and means committee on the follow,
ing day, and was under general de-
bate for sixteen days. Last Monday
the rules committee reported spe-
c:al order, which closed the general
discussion and provided for the con-
sideration OF the bill under the five
minute rule.
One of the principal changes in the
bill was the placing of petroleum on
the free list today.
Among the other important amend
mentS made since the bill came from
committee. was those striking out the
provision for duty on tea and the
countervailing duty provision on cof-
fee
The so-called Joker" in the cot
ton cloth schedule, which, At was
claimed, would increase the duties of
the Dingley bill several hundred per
cent. was corrected. the provision
for the method OF counting threads ia
the clothing being made the same as
In the present law.
The drawback section was added to
the bill so that il could not be taken
advantage of for specializing in grain,
and the Philippine free trade provis-
ION was amended so that rice will
not be admitted free from the islands.
The countervailing duty clause on
lumber was stricken out, but a strong
effort TO place lumber on the free list
did not succeed.
The duty on barley. barley malt.
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lars and cuffs, as originally i'm the
bill. were increased. A proviso was
included in the tobacco schedule, in
creaSing the duty on. filler tobacco
from any country which prohibits the
importation of American tobacco
There were several technical
changes in the steel schedule. princi-
pally downward. Hides. hosiery and
gloves were left as reported by the
committee, hides remaining free and
an increased duty being presented for
gloves and stockings.
The contest over free petroleum
was stubborn, but the vote in its IA
yor was overwhelming. Opposing it
were Republicans as follows: Alex.
ander, Andrus. Southwick and Vrec
land of New York; Austin OF TenDes.
see; Barchfleld Barclay, Bates, Burke,
Dalzell, Graham. Langham, McCreery,
Moons Tener and Wheeler. Pennsyl-
vanla; Bennett, Edwards and Langley
of Kentucky; Cole. Geebel, Hollings-
worth. Johnson and Thomas of Ohio;
Creager OF Oklahoma, Englebright,
Hayes, Kahn, Knowland, Mckinley,
McLarchlan and Needham of Califor-
mia, Gaines, Hubbard, Hughes, Stur-
giss and Woodyard OF West Virginia:
Howell OF Utah: Mann and Cannon of
Illinois; Mondell of Wyoming: Wash
Ourn and Weeks of Massachusetts.
and Young OF Michigan.