Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-03-18
Measure Com
piled by Ways and Means
Committee 10 Be Reported
This Morning,
PROVIDES MAXIMUM
AND MINIMUM DUTIES
Revision Generally Downward
With Increases on Few Lux
urieS; Weeks Must EIapse Be-
fore Bill Becomes Law.


my Morning journal Special Leased wireI
Washington, March li.--Tho fun
membership of the house committee
on ways and means. including demo-
Gratis, will meet at 10 o'clock tomor-
row morning, formally TO consider the
Payne tariff bill. The senate COM
mittec on finance viii at the same
time begin informal consideration of
the measure.
II Is likely that the house COM
mittcc win have only one sitting on
the bin, that the measure VIII be re-
ported TO the house Immediately after
II convcncs tomorrow and It's formal
reading In the committee Of the whole
will soon begin.
General debate viii be postponed
untll Monday II Mr., PaSnc's present
program Is followed After that the
measure win probably go before the
house for ten days or two weeks.
This plan Is slightly different from
that followed In considering other
tariff bills of recent years. II had
been expected that the democratic
mAmbcrs NJ the committee woutl De
afforded more time than Is now con-
tcmplatcd for the consideration OF the
bill in committee. II ~ stlll possible
that IL they insist ON delay and sue
coed In presenting good reasons they
may be- Accommodated.
Mr. Clark said today that he would
make every effort Ia the committee
as ho would on the floor of the house
to have the bill amended aud for that
reason would ask for longer time. lie
added. however, that he would not
press for moro time for presenting a
minority report as that could be for
mulated as wcll after the bin had
been reported as before.
Mr. Payne's inclination is to got tho
bill into the house at the earliest
practicable moment ana his plans are
SO complete that " Is not believed he
viii yield for a moro plea to offer
amendments.
It Is probable that compromise
VIII be reached and that the domo-
cratic members will accept a propo-
sition permitting them to present
their amendments on the floor Mr..
Clark Indicated that his principal plea
would be for that privilege. II ~
therefore probable that If Mr.. Payne
and his follow republican members OF
the committee conccde this privilege
the democrats win accept 1t In lieu
Of a similar privilege in committee
and make no serious protest against
the immediate reporting of the ibll.
No announcement as TO the eugth
has htHn
made and Mr. Payne has been quite
wary on this point The Dingley bin
was discussed in the house for only
ten days, and OF that time four days
were devoted to general debate The
democrats still remember that under
the regulation concerning amend
monts they found no opportunity To
force test votes on particular sche-
dulles. Under special rule adop-
ted for the purpose the committee
could present amcndmets at any Tune
but Individual members coulu onY
suggest changes in the schedules un-
der consideration. As the entire SIX
DAYS were devoted 60 the first sche-
dulles. dealing with chemicals ana
drugs. they found very little oppor-
tunity to make effective suggestions.
They probably will resist such a rule
for the consideration OF the present
bill.
whether there will be any rule reg
ulating the consideration of the Payne
bin remains 10 Dc seen. IL as MIR.
Paync's present purpose 60 begin the
general debate before asking 10 have
"a rule brought in, aud whether amy
viii hc ordered probably will depend
ON circumstances. lie expects also
lo give somewhat more time for the
of the hill by tho house
than was given to the Dinglcy mea-
sure II is recalled that the debate
,n the Dinglcy bill was. begun March
2e twelve years ago the same day
lf the same month which the genera.
discussion OF the Payne bill Degins.- ON
The former occasion an tiiscussion
ended aud vote Was takcn March
b. Under present conditions Mr.
Payne thinks Il will be desirable to
give more time but hs. asrupes 10 say
how much more.
Senator Aldrich. Chairman OF the
senate committee ON finance, which
will deal with the bill IN the senate,
that he would call meet
ing of republican members Of the
committee tomorrow The finance
committee suffered seriously from the
defeats OF the recent election and as