Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-04-06
TIE TARIFF BILL.

OtutIai ueDhte on the larIH Oii CiVsOu
10 the House yesterday afternoon with
the adoption by close vote Of 'pscisi
rnle fixing 3 O'Clock Of next Friday
afternoon, April 9, as the hour when the
fol vote will be taken on the mtasure.
The role. as stated in the Gazette OF
that day, vas reported nv Mr.. Da'zsil
shortly before O'Clock lhst afternoon.
The order u bsgin voting on the Dill
next Friday afternoon w6s adopted by
vote of 1874 to 17S. The molten order
log the previous question had been pre-
viously adopted by vote of 1876 to l6O
The majority, therefore, by which the
bill prevailed was l6. When 1t Is re-
membered that the normal msjOrity OF
the House is.47, aud when 1t is further
remembered that democrats voted With
republicans, the republican detection be-
comes evident. There is every reason to
believe, however, that the bill will hnal-
ly pass the House by larger msjoriIy
than 16. Many of the republicans who
voted against their party yesterday will
finally vote for the bill, aud there will
be a notable accession of democratic
votes. The net majority OF the repubh-
cans yesterday was six. This slender
thread By which the leaders held the
House explains why 1t was nearly
O'Clock before 1t was finally considered
safe to bring in the rule Mr.. Champ
Olark's lsunt that the leaders bad been
compelled TO trade and traffic and
wheedle and buIldoze" proved literally
true. The republican insurgents are 10
an ugly mood, and the long list OF
amendments on which record vote will
be permitted shows the concessions
which the House leaders were compelled
TO make to secure Sufficient votes 10 pass
the rule.
Iu the vote on the previous question
six democrats voted with the majority
of the republicans In favor Of ordering
it. They we're Messrs Brousssrd, Esto-
pinsl, Wicklifie and Pup, of Louisiana,
sud Forces and Rio'dap, Of New York.
Twenty-one republicans voted against
the previous stIon. They were:
Messrs. Gary, Cooper, Kopp, Lsuroit,
Morse and Nelson, of Wisconsin; DsW-
SOD, Good, Hubbard, Kendall, Hanger,
Pickett aud Woods. of Iowa, Hiushaw
aud Norris, of NebIsskS; Austin, o.
Tennessee; Lindbergb, of Minnesota;
Murdoch. OF Kansas; Herbert Parsons,
of New York; Wilson, Of Illinois, and
Poindexier, Of Washington.
Before the House adjourned yester-
day afternoon the leaders put 1t into
committee of the whole long enough for
the Offering of the first Of the amend
ments, upon which q separate vote is
to be taken. This Is the lumber amend
ment and was offered by Mr.. Fordney,
of Michigan. 1t provided for the Strik-
ing out OF paragraph 1877, the lumber
paragraph, of the whole proviso con-
templstipg decomposition of counter
vailiug duty on lumber. The commit
tee has sgreed that this amendment
ought to be adopted, and it will be the
first one TO be considered today I'm.
der the operation OF the i've minute rule.
The tariff bill will pass the House on
next Friday evening. As there may be
a dozen amendments, on each Of which
there will be vote by roll-call, 1t will
be sometime late Friday evening before
the final vote is taken. A vote to recon-
nit the bill to the committee with in
structio1s to prepare fresh bill aOng
democratic lines will be permitted, but
this motion will be defeated.
If the Senate is in session next S itur-
day, which is not likely, the bill will be
reported to that body Immediately and
the work of enscling the new tariff Law
will enter on its more serious Stage. 1t
is more probable that the bill will not
be reported to the Senate before next
Monday. Senator Aldrich and the mem
bers of the finance committee have practi.
cslly completed the bill, which, under
the parliamentary guise of the amended
House bill, will be in Its essential fsa.
lures virtually a new bill. Senator Al
drich will report his bill sometime dur
ing next week, aud the Senate will
doubtless debate 1t for the rest Of this
month and possibly during the month Of
May. Then the bill will go into confer
ence, where it bids fair to remain long
time.