The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-04-10
PAYNE TARIFF BILL PASSES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Minority Leader Clark Fails in Effort to Send Bill Back to the Wa
ard Means Committee.

Washington, April 10.-After three
weeks of consideration of the Payne
tariff bill it was passed by the house
Of representatives by a vote of OF to
161. One Republican, Austin (Tenn.)
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 bill with in
structions, signally failed.
The day was filed with excitement
from the moment the session began
until the minute of adjournment. The
members were keyed up to the high
est pitch and practically full mem
bership remained on duty throughout.
The final vote demonstrated the ca
pacity of the Republican organization
sto get together.
The situation with respect to lum-
Der was greatly relieved to the Re-
publican leaders in the house when
it became manifest that the advocates
of the proposition placing it on the
free list were in the minority. Be
cause of that fact, Mr. Fitzgerald On.
" charged that a midnight deal had
been made whereby free lumber was
to be voted down and the rates on
barley and barley malt increased, and
this Notwithstanding the denials of
Messrs. Mann Oll.) and Cushman
tWash.), who offered the barley
amendments.
The general public was greatly in
terested in the proceedings, and the
galleries were packed. Both the dip
lomatic and executive reservations
7ikewise 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
After adopting a resolutfo- hat I'M
til further ordered sessions Snail be
held only on Mondays and thursdays
the house adjourned.
While more consideration in point
of time has been given by the house
to the Payne bill, itNas passed in
fewer days than the Dingley bill was
acted upon after being reported to
the house. The Payne bill was intro
duced on March II, reported to the
, house by the ways and means COM
mittee on the following day. and was
under general debate for 16 DAYS. On
Monday of the present week the rules
committee reported a special order
which closed the general discussion
and provided for the consideration Of
the bill under the five-minute rule.
Chairman Payne handled the bill on
the floor and divided the time in such
way that only paragraphs affected
by committee amendments and the
amendments permitted by the special
rule had been considered when the
time to vote on the measure was
reached.
One of the principal changes effect
ed in the Payne bill since its introduc-
ton was the placing of petroleum on
the free list. This involved n more
seriously contested fight than any of
the other amendments. Speaker Can
non, during debate on the amendment
to reduce the duty, took the floor in
defense of the higher rate of duty.
A1tbo,,Uh N, ar,ordr,opt 70 Y,Iooa oil
on the free list was lost previously, a
similar amendment offered by Chair
man Payne was carried.
Among the other important amend
ments that have been made since the
bill came from committee were those
striking out the provisionsfor a duty
on tea and the countervailing duty
proviso on coffee. The elimination of
the minimum duty of 20 per cent on
coffee, contained in the maximum and
minimum section of the bill, was also
significant
The drawback section was added to
so that it could not be taken advan-
tage of for the purpose of specializing
in grain, and the Philippine free trade
provision 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
duties on barley, barley malt, char
coal iron and pineapples we're increas-
ed Hides, hosiery and gloves were
left rs reported by the committee.
hides remaining free and an Increased
duty being presented for gloves and
stockings.
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