Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-07-09
TARIFF BILL BATTLE
INTO CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE
Completed Measure Passed
by Senate Late Last
NightWith Good
A0jOrity
MANY AMENDMENTS
ARE LAID ON TABLE
AldriCh Wouid't Permit Changes
dt Last Hour---CongreSs
men Show DISPOSE
tion to Amend
Schedules. II


Washington, July 9.--The scene of
the great battle over the tariff bill
is now on in the House. The final
vote in the Senate. passing the bill
by vote of as to "a, was announced
at 11:15 last night, after weary
day Of protracted debate, which was
almost devoid of animation until with
in few minutes before the close,
when there arose a sharp controversy
over the party standing of the repub-
lican insurgents. Several of them hot
iy resented being "read out of par
ty" by Aldrich, who disclaimed, how
ever. any such intention.
The tariff bill as amended by the
Senate was officially presented to the
House at 1909 today and as soon as
1t was received the House took q re-
cess for an hour,
When the house convened again,
Mann. of Illinois, declared that he
would vote against the bill on con
ference report if the Senate provis-
ion on wood pulp and print paper was
retained. He was applauded on both
sides.
Townsend. OF Michigan. created
sensation by declaring that in the
Senate debate ol, the bill the House
,'saa+ BOG Openly sinsulted. Ss,tg--s
After further debate the House
agreed to a conference on the tariff
bill asked by the Senate. The vote was
175 to 151 Speaker Cannon APP
pointed nine conferees from the com
mittee on ways and means
One Democrat for It,
Before the final vote was taken in
the Senate last night. many amend
ments were presented and numerous
senator's supported them with speech
es. When the vote was taken, only
one democrat, McEnry, of Louisiana,
vored in the affirmative, while a num-
Der OF republicans voted in the neg
aIiye. They were: Beveridge, Bris-
tow. Grown. Burkett, Clapp, Craw-
forG, Cummins, Dolliver LaFollette,
Nelson.
The vote on the bill was as follows:
Yeas--Aldrich. Borah Bourne
Bradley, Brandege, Briggs, Bulkeley,
Burnham, Burrows. Burton, Carter,
Clark (Wyoming)' Crane. Depew
DICK. Dickson, Du Pont. Elkins, Flint,
Frye. Galinger, Gamble Guggen-
helm, Hale. Hepburn, Johnson (North
Dakota, Kean, Lorimer Jones, NJ
Cumber McEnery. Nixon, Oliver,
Page, Penruse, Perkins, Piles Scotr.
Smith (Michigan). Smoot Stephen
son, Sutherland, Warner, Warren.
Wetmore-45.
Nays Bacon Bailey, Bankhead
Bevrridge, Bristow, Brown, Burkett,
Chamberlain, Clapp, Crawford. Cul-
berson, Cummins, Daniel Dollivef.
Fletcher, Foster, Frazier. Gore,
Hughes. Johnston CAlabamal. La
Foilette McLaurin. Martin Money.
Nelson Newlands, Overman. owen,
Shively, simmons, Smith (South Caro-
iina>. stone, Taliaferro. Taylor-34.
Many Amendments.
After a lengthy debate the Brad
ley amendment removing the tax
from tobacco sold by dealers was re-
moved The other provisions of the
tobacco schedule were retained. These
impose a tax of cents a pound on
chewing and smoking tobacco and
snuff Of So on cigars weighing more
than three pounds per thousand:
with Increases for high grade cigars
running mp to SO per thousand; OF IS
cents on cigars weighing pounds or
less, 50 on cigarettes weighing more
than pounds per thousand. and
$1.S5 on cigarettes of not more than
three pounds per thousand.
An amendment by Curtis, OF Kan
sas, providing a countervailing duty
on crude oil Of One-half the duty lev
led on American oil by any country
was adopted by a. to 81.
An amendment by Newlands Gre
ating a tgrif commission was laid on
the table. An amendment by Dixon.
Of Montana. Of the inheritance tax
clausg. raising the exemption from
S1O.0OO To S25.000 was laid on the ta-
ble NcLaurin presented an amend
ment putting carpenter and black
smith tools ana farm implements on
the free list and 70 was laid on the
table. A tin plate amendment ny
Beveriige was laid on the table. Hep
burn proposed a bounty of ten cents
a pound an tea but II was defeated
BriStow offered an amendment to
the sugar schedule and LaFonette Of
fered many changes in various sched-
ules. All were voted down.
After the passage OF the bill the
vice president announced the con-
ference committee as follows: Al