Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08
STRAY FROM THEIR SEATS
Democrats Override Committees
Wire Schedule.
CATCH REPUBLICANS MAPPING
Majority Reproached for Not At
tending to Business and Urged
to Remain on Guard.


ernoon to read the republicans of the
House Of Representatives a lecture on
Ia hSenteeism. In the early part of the
afterno the republicans had strayed
away from the House. While the demo-
Gratis remained in their seats. The re-
suit was that the democrats succeeded in
riding down the committee on ways and
means on an amendment to the wire
schedule.
Emboldened by their success, the demo-
Gratis then started in to attack the entire
schedule relating to all sizes of wire.
They proposed an amendment cutting in
half the duties on wire throughout the
schedule.
by this time, however. the republicans
had rallied their forces and mustered a
sufficient majority to vote down the
amendment, and also to reverse the vote
upon which the democrats had already
been victorious.
AT this point Chairman Payne. with a
great deal OF earnestness Of manner. up
braided the, republicans for not attend
ing to the business on hand. He said
the ways and means committee had
spent five months labor on the bill. and
he insisted that republicans should stay
in their seats this afternoon and tomor-
row TO finish the bill.
New Mica Schedule.
When consideration of the tariff bill
was resumed by the House today further
committee amendments in the nature of
verbal corrections were taken up and
adopted.
The mica schedule was stricken out
and a new one substituted providing that
unma manufactured mica shall pay a duty
of cents pound and % per cent ad
vaiorem. and that mica cut or trimmed,
Sin0 ut yfop Of atrC
shall pay 10 cents per pound and 20 per
cent ad valOrem.
Steel ingots, blooms and slabs were re-
duced from cent to eight-tenths of a
ton on boiler and plate iron or steel was
stricken out and the duty made specific.
in some cases the rate being reduced.
A vigorous fight was waged on an
amendment increasing the duty on round
iron or steel wire smaller than number
sixteen gauge from 112 to ia cents
a pound. 1t was claimed that the pro-
posed increase was an outrage on the
farmer.
The committee amendment was voted
down. 15o to LAG, and in it's stead there
was adopted a substitute presented by
Mr.. Clark (Montana), fixing the rate at
three-fourths of cent per pound.
A long wrangle enSued over the right
to amend any other portion Of paragraph
1874.
&ANtAOh ACStCA0dy &AASSAAOOAA"
The House yesterday afternoon struck
out the countervailing duty on crude oil
and adopted the Norris amendment fix
ing tariff of per cent ad valorem on
crude oil and it's products. Opportunity
will be afforded for record vote on the
oil schedule when the bill is reported
from committee of the whole into the
House.
Other amendments adopted yesterday
dropped the proposed tea duty and re-
newed the countervailing duty on coffee.
Fitzgerald's Indignant Denial.
Mr.. Fitzgerald IN. " in a spirited
speech took occasion to deny the charge.
which he said had been repeatedly made.
that his Official actions were controlled
by the Standard Oil Company. He sup
ported the Norris amendment because he
believed 1t would seriously cripple the
abilities of the Standard OIL Company. He
then shouted: Il fling back into the dirty
mouths of these calumniators. the vile in
situations that have been directed at me
through the dirty. improper and dtscred-
table prints Of the country. by men who
have not had the courage to make those
statements to me face to face in a way
in which they would be responsible for
their Words
| A bitter attack against the Standard
Oil Company was made by Mr.. Cooper
(Wts.) In favoring the Norris amendment.
Seeing the wave of sentiment In favor
of the amendment Speaker Cannon took
| the floor and warned the members of the
dangers ahead. He made q plea for the
American producer OF oil: The amend
ment, he declared. was designed to punish
the wicked Standard Oil Company. Gen
| tiemen," he said. lis it not well enough
to see when you seek to punish some
body that you claim Is bad that you do
not. like Samson. pull down the pillars
and have the temple fall upon your
The adoption Of the Norris amendment,
he said. would let In practically free re-
fined oil from Mexico. land still the gen.
| tleman from Wisconsin and others flap
their wings and crow and cruelty the
people while they demagogue in denounc-
| ing this wicked Standard OIL"
Another committee amendment adopted
was one increasing the duty on barytes
| from IS cents a ton, as provided In the
Payne bill. to $50 a ton.
The bill was then laid aside and the
House at sos PM adjourned.