Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-08
SPEAKERS FeRv|O APPEAL N VAIN
Bad Day For Republican Organization
Of House Although It Was Sus
tanned Upon Ma jority OF Questions
In lssue-Tea and Coffee Are on
the Free List.

WASHINGTON. d. c., April ii
This was Il bad day fer the Repub-
lican organization Of the House. by
coalition between some Rcpubli-
can "insurg suts ard tho Democrats.
the ways and means committee was
BOWED over. and the advocates OF
free crude Gil aud its IrCducts won
signal victory when an amendment
by Mr.. Norris. Nebraska. placing the
Insignificant duty OF Gre per cent.
al valorem on those articles was
adopted by a substantial majority.
Chairs Decision Overturned.
A decision of the chairman that
! amendments could not be offered to
the oil schedule other than the one
covered by the special rule OF last
Monday. and which provided for the
removal CT the onnterva'ling duty
On crude petroleum and applying an
ad valorem duty of 25 per cent. was
overturned and not even feryid mp
peal by the speaker, in an eudeavor
| to rally the Republican forces was
sufficient to stem me tide avowedIv
against the Standard, Oil Company.
BY a practically unanimous vote the
countervaillng duty went cut as the
! committee recomnienJed. -.
! The Committee Generally Sustained
On all other propositions the com
J mittee was sustained. The barley
schedule ran the gauntlet without
change. tea and coffee were placed
on the free list. and the duty on
tarytes increased from 75 cents Q
ton to q dollar and half ton.
, A colloQuy at first humorous but
later developing into personalities de-
veloped between Mr.. Stanley. Ken
lucky and Mr.. Clark, Florida. and was
terminated only upon an objection BY
Mr. Crumpacker. Indiana. that 1t was
against the dignity CT the Hou' q.
The bill was laid aside and at 5:0i
p. m. the House adjourned.
Action On Barley.
The pent ing barley amendments
were enc by Mr.. Miller. Kansas. in
ere asing the Payne rate from H. to
% cents a bushel. and the other by
Mr.. Alexander, New York. fixing the
rate at ten per cent. ad yalorem. The
Miller amendment was voted down.
whcreupon Mr.. Humphreys offered an
anne nGment raising the tax On beer
frCm 81 to So, barrel but i; went
on, On point Of order by Mr.. Payne.
/ Small Duty on Petroleum.
The Gil schedule next was con-
sdered Mr. Vreeland. New York.
promptly offered an amendment strik-
ing out the countervailIng duty on
crude petroleum and is products, and
nxing the rate Of duty at 25 per cent.
ad yaIorem. Immediately Mr. Nor
ris. Nebraska presented an amend.
mcnt fixing the rate al one per cent
ad vaIcrem.
Point Of order" shouted Mr.. Dali
zeli. Pennsylvania. and then dozen
members were on their feet.
is that schedule SO sacred you
| cannot amend II at ALL inquired Mr.
Clark. Missouri.
!. Mr.. Da!zciI answered that that was
: the situation.
i Well in,erjccted Mr.. Clark. u
will Try II any way He then
onercd an amendment putting crude
petroleum. and its products on the
free list.
Long Wrsngie Ensues.
! a long wTaHglc cnsucd over the
right Ct anyone 90 offer amendments
other than the on~ by MIR Vrecland
which IL was stated by NJ. Dalzei
sas covered specifically by the rule,
} In an elaborate declaration the chair
sasiai.:cd the r,o'nt of order. sayinS
that rtc vrcciand amendment was "a
line VIII the rule. The Norris
Amendment in consequence. was bar
red.
II Cia:r - overrviec.
From the decision Mr. Clark. Ms
r scuri appealed with the result that
on division the ru'ing vas reversed
I62 to Ia. Many Republicans. most
" from Wisconsin and Kansas. voted
with tho Dcmoc-a's.
Il Mr. DaizcIl at once demanded tel
II r,ost,u.J On ruurth parcl