Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-05
Rule Reported to the House
This Afternoon.
TO END DEBATE AT ONCE
Separate Vote on Hides, Lumber,
Oil, Barley, Tea and Coffee.
CHEERS FROM THE MEMBERS
Twenty Minutes Allowed on Each
Side for Discussion-Underwood
in Opposition.

Representative DalZeli OF feHlSy wanna
reported the anxiously awaited tariff rule
to the House at half-past this after
noon 1t provides for separate vote on
lumber. hides. barley and barley malt
and oil, tea and coffee. for ad valorum
duty of 25 per cent upon crude petroleum
and it's products. General debate is closed
at once under its terms and consideration
of the bill for amendment is to be closed
by O'Clock April ..
The Rule Reported.
The rule reported provides as follows:
THAT Immediately upon the adoption
hereof general debate on the tariff bill
shall be closed and the House shall re-
solve itself into committee of the whole
House for the consideration of said bill
for amendment under the five-minute rue.
but the committee amendments to any
part of the bill shall be in order at any
time, and also preference shall be given
to amendments on lumber, hides, barley
and barley malt.
THAT an amendment shall be voted to
section 637 to strike out the proviso and
insert as a new paragraph the following:
Crude petroleum and it's products - per
cent ad velorem: that said specified
amendment shall take precedent of COM
mittee amendment
THAT consideration of said bill for
amendment shall continue until not later
than Friday. April 8. at ; clock pm. at
which time the said bill with all amend
ments that shall have been recommended
by the committee of the whole House
shall be reported TO the House and the
previous question shall then be considered
ordered on said amendment and said bill
to it's engrossment and third reading and
final passage
"A separate vote may be had on the
amendments relating to hides, lumber
oil. barley. barley malt, tea and coffee. or
any Of them. irrespec i've of the adop-
ton or rejection in committee Of the
whole and the vote upon all other
amendments in gross. The daily hour
for meeting hereafter shall be l. O'Clock
noons
Cheers Greet Reading.
The reading of the rule in the House
was greeted with cheers. Twenty minutes
was allowed Oh each side for debate. and
Representatives Underwood of Alabama
and Pou of North Carolina. democrat t.,
opposed the rule and protested against
the procedure to which it was proposed
to subject the tariff bill in order to
pass it.
Representative Pou claimed that no
democrat could consistently vote for the
rule or the bill. He hoped that no dem
ocrat would support the bill becausa his
constituents were taken care of. This
was regarded as a direct slap at Repre-
sentative Clark of Florida, who had
previously announced that II his people
got what they wanted, a duty on Sea Is
land cotton, he would support the meas
ure.
"As we'll might member of a caravan
crossing the desert when attacked by
Arabs say. If you will give me part of
the bounty | will surrender my COM
panion. :
This utterance by Mr. Pou brought
down the democratic side.
Representative Cushman of Washington,
republican, said that the rule would not
damage his constituents, but that he
placed above their interest the interest OF
ninety millions of people.
1T i'll becomes any, man.. he said. Ito
set his interest above the peoples well
fare. / thank God my repubicanism and
my patriotism are above my sefishnesS.
Don't think | am pleased with this. for
am not. but | will yield 10 the good
of the country.
II am like said Mr.. Cushman. the
fellow who was being lynched, and who
Sai id 10 his captors. i am more interested
than any other man present. but | am
less enthlIsiastc "
Representative Fitzgerald of New York.
one of the two democratic members of the
committee on rules, was yielded time by
his republicans colleague, Mr.. Dalzell
Whatever differences may have with
my own party. | will settle in my own
time and TO my own salts action he re
marked.
Mr.. Fitzgerald said that this bill doe,
not do anything that its title claims
for it. For the first time. lie said Il tar
if bill provided for an issue of interest
bearing Indebtedness.