Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-03
DOGS BUTCHER DEER MAY USE THE DISCARD
Warrant Animals Kill Seven on Possible Employment of Fitz
BIagden Estate. gerald Amendment.
BURROW UNDER INCL LOSURE Ito THWART REPUBL Jeans
Aim Get Record Vote Certain
a Days. Tariff Schedules
POLICE HUNT HALF WILD PACK ADOPTED MONDAY
Woods Around 14h Street standT Together
tended Bucks Senatorial Disafecton
TO THWART REPUBLICANS
Aim to Get Record Vote on Certain
Tariff Schedules.
RULE TO BE ADOPTED MONDAY
Representative Dwight Asserts That
His Party Will Stand Together.
Senatorial Disaffection.

| The democratic leader of the House
may have to avail himself of the much
| decried Fitzgerald amendment to the
rules to get record vote on some pro-
posed amendments to the tariff bill when
| the measure comes to final vote in the
House. 1t is evident that the republi-
cans propose. if possible. to limit the
| scope of amendments to the bill. their
rule thus far contemplating only record
votes hides and lumber and such
| amendments as the ways and means COM
mittee may agree upon.
| The democrats have been demanding
a vote on oil and on gloves and hosiery
but the republicans have thus far re-
\ fused to consider these propositions.
There is one way it can be obtained,
| however. if the democrats choose to
avail themselves of it, and that is through
the privilege afforded in the amendment
| to the rules which Mr.. Fitzgerald pro
| posed on the opening day of the session
and which the republicans eagerly grasp
| ed as life preserver to float them out
| of the whirlpool set in motion by the
! insurgents and the democrats.
The Fitzgerald Amendment
1t is the irony of fate that this action
of Mr.. Fitzgerald. at the time deprecated
by the democrats. and since then con-
stantly harped upon, should now serve
as life preserver to the democracy. His
| amendment to the rules provided that
the committee shall not report any rule
or order which shall operate to prevent
the motion to recommit, and that after
the previous question shall have been or
dered on the passage of bill or joint
resolution one motion to recommit shall
be in order and the Speaker shall give
preference in recognition for such pur-
pose to member who is opposed to
the bill or joint resolution"
The motion to recOmmit would carry
with it the motion to recommit with in
structiOns: that is. instructions to report
a bill embodying the amendments on oil,
gloves. hosiery, tax on beer and any
| thing else the democrats might demand.
1t would make record vote on all the
items named in the motion.
So that the stone which the demo-
cratic builders rejected may yet become
the corner OF the opposition. If Minor
recognized the utility of Mr.. Fitzgerald's
amendment, Mr.. Fitzgerald himself
might make the motion and thus present
the spectacle of a new Richmond in the
field.
Dwight Predicts Success.
The republican leaders today main
tained their air Of confidence over the
prospect of adoption of their rule Mon
day. Representative Dwight, the whip
said this afternoon that more har-
monious feeling prevails among repub-
licans as time goes on. He said that
several republicans who had been holding
out against the rule told him today they
would be regular and would stand by
| the party rule in next Mondays voting.
| He said that, making allowance for such
saffection as might be threatened, there
| is still a safe majority for the rule and
| he believes that when it comes to the
| test all of the disaffection will disap-
pear and the republicans will stand to-
gether.
Discord in the Senate.
There were signs today that the insur-
gents were preparing to abandon their
position in the House and leave the fight
to the senator's. 1t was declared this
| afternoon that Senators Elkins and Scott
are still ''off the reservation" and thai
there Is ghost dancing in other state
delegations in the Senate. Some war
! drums were said to be rolling over in
the direction of Senator Bradeys wig
wan, while the insurgents have their
| ear to the wind in other quarters.
| The ways and means committee met al
| . o'clock this afternoon to take up some
proposed amendments to the bill in full
committee meeting. Principal among
| them are the dropping of the tax tea,
the lumber Joker with other amend
ments concerning phraseology and minor
items in the schedules.
House Insurgents Still Resist.
/ Late this afternoon the tariff insurgents
claimed that they had not given up the
fight. but that, on the contrary, they were
strengthening their position They claim
that they can muster between forty and
fifty republican votes 10 resist the rule
unless the House leaders concede them
4 amendments desired.
| These amendments relate TO the duties
on coal, lumber and scrap iron. The in
surgents are demanding protection on
these items.
| A meeting of the insurgents was called
| for 0 clock this afternoon, at which
| time it is proposed to draw up an ulti-
matum to the House leaders submitting
| their demands as the price of concurrence