Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
REPUBLICANSAND
DEMOCRATS BOLT
ON TARIFF VOTE
FINAL ACTION TO BE TAKEN
NEXT FRIDAY
LUMBER AND HIDES SCHEDULES
SUBJECT TO CHANGES
Clark of Florida INDUCES In TRADE.
Southern Lawmakers Much Dl-
vlded as to Result of
Revision
1Rx Associated Press.l

VIZ ASHINGTON, April b.-Three
w o'clock D. m, April 9, was set by
w the house today for vote on
the Payne tariff bill.
The long resolution of the committee
on rules closing the general debate'
providing for certain committee amend
ments and a full and free opportunity
to change the lumber and hides scneu-
ules was reported late In the day ana
adopted, with sixteen votes 10 spare,
notwithstanding the desertion OF twenty
Republicans. Four of the sixteen votes
came from the Louisiana delegation,
who likewise broke away from their
party.
6fenouncing Mr. Bryan and the Popu-
lists and declaring he would support
the Payne bill If it contained wnat MS
constituents wanted-a duty on sea
island cotton and protectlon lot -citrus
fruits pineapples, etc.
His remarks led him into an excit-
ing colloquy with Mr. Ransdel OF
Texas and other Democrats, but he de-
clared that having been instructed py
the legislature of his state and his con-
stituents as to the stand he should
take on the articles mentioned ne Woulo
not violate his obligation.
Attitude Is Defiant
His whole attitude was one of de-
fiance. Before the rule was reported
there were numerous speeches ON the
bill.
Mr.. Calderhead of Kansas, memper
of the ways and means committee, de-
MED that special privileges were granted
to anybody by the bill.
He contended that the laborer anu
the farmer were the principal bene-
ficiaries. 20 =,
.sThe protection clock strikes IL in
this bill as certainly as I am standing
here" said Mr.. Burgess or Texas, IN
opposing the protective policy of the
Republican party
.fYou are deluding, you are making
an effort to give the people Dread. put
you know you are not DOING IT, ne
exclaimed.
EyidentIy referring to Mr.. Clark OF
Florida. Mr. Pou of South Carolina SAID
any man who supported the pill pc
longed on the Republican side he
likened Mr. Clark to the AraD cnleI
who had surrendered his companions
for part of the booty.
Renarking that he placed his patriot
ism above selflShneSS, Mr.. CushInan VI
washington defended the special order.
He warned the members against put
ting lumber on the free list.
Republican handclaps greeted MI
Fitzgerald of New York. the new DEM
ocratic member of the committee on
rules. He said Minority Leader clark
had refused him time to speak, wnere-
upon he sought and received time from
the same source as the minority leader,
and that was Mr.. Dalzell.
Hopes to Settle
"Whatever differences 1 may have
with my party associates in the house,
he said, 81 shall settle at an appro-
pirate time, l think, to my own satls-
faction"
Mr.. FITZGERALD denounced the Payne
bill. charging that 1t was not what II
was purported to be.
"Confident that the tariff was to be
revised by it's friends" he asserted,
s.this capitol has seen complete all
sence of the great magnates represent
ing the combined corporate wealth IN
the United States"
Calling attention to what he said
were the jokers in the bill, Mr.. Rams
dell of Texas said the measure was full
of fraud and deception.
Mr.. Clark of Missouri argued that
every member had the right to vote on
the bill ''from a toss"
If members insisted on tying their
hands, he said, they could do 1t, but
he would not.
"When you go back to your. con-
stituents," he exclaimed, don't be so
cowardly as to undertake to lay this
whole thing on Mr.. Cannon"
He called attention to the "out-
rageous raises in hosiery and gloves.
The house, he said. had right to say
whether steel rails should go on the
free list. He charged that the delay In
bringing. in the rule was for the pur-
pose of making trades, of bulldozing
and wheedling men on to the reserva-
tion."
Payne Then Replies
Replying to all the arguments
against the rule Mr.. Payne declared
that the Republican party would be
held responsible for the bill before the
country. He asserted every fact and
every source of Information had been
sought in order that bill might be
presented that would do simple justice
to the consumer and the laborer.
Responsibility on the Democratic
side he said, was different. If the
Democrats had shown some diligence,
courage and patriotism they would
have presented to the country their
idea of a tariff bill.
He defended the glove and hosiery
schedules and declared that under the
bill they would be sold as cheaply as
they We're today with American work.
men and better workmanship. He
pleaded with his colleagues to look
beyond their districts, "and for Gods
sake hasten the passage of the bill" ~
Mr.. Dalzell moved the previous ques-
ton, but before the vote was an
nounced Mr.. Clark of Missouri moved
to recommit the rule and became in
volved in a controversy with Mr. Dali
zell and the speaker over whether the
motion was in order.
Mr.. Clark, amid Democratic ap~
plause, quoted from a former decision
of Speaker Cannon, holding that a
similar motion to recommit was in
order. In an elaborate decision Speak
er Cannon held that the question was
in order.
Not an Ordinary Rule
"This is not an ordinary rule" he
said, and Mr.. Clark's motion was over
ruled
On the motion for the previous
question the Democrats forced the
roll call The vote resulted Yeas 1876,
NAYS 1870, and the previous question
accordingly was ordered.
Another roll was forced by the DEM
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