The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-27
PLAN VOTE ON PAYNE TARIFF
 BILL APRIL 10
But It Is Likely that Separ- ate Vote Will Be Taken Upon Various Sched-
 ules.
House Leaders Are Afraid to Force the Issue for Fear They May Be De feated - Some Amend mentS Will Be Made.
Special from United Press

tSpeclal from United PreSS.) Washington, March 27.-According to present plans of the Ways and Means Committee and the leaders of the House, a vote will be taken on the Payne Tariff Bill on the 10th or 11th of April or the two days immediately succeeding after votes have first been taken on the schedules that are arous- ing the most strenuous opposition from both sides of the House. Members of
 the House want a vote on some of the
 schedules, notably wool, lumber, hides,
 and manufactured leather: crude pe-
 troleum, coal and iron ore and manu-
 facture thereof.
 It is felt that if the rules committee
 attempts to bring in a rule shutting
 off debate on the tenth of April or any
 other date. and calling for a vote on
 the Payne bill as whole, the House
 might not pass it because so many of
 the Republicans want to vote on
 schedules that particularly affect their
 sections.
 Then, too, under the operation of the
 Fitzgerald amendments to the rules it
 would be possible for the Democrats to force vote on these schedules before the bill itself could be passed upon.
 The Republican leaders realize that 1t will be impossible to avoid a sepa- rate vote on some of the schedules in the bill and they prefer. that if any onslaught is to be made on the bill, that it come from the Republican side of the House. It will then be easier, they say, to prevent the rassage of any Democratic amendments because the Republicans will be satisfied with the bill and. it can be voted upon as a party measure.
 The plan to hold the Republican eau GUS has been temporarily abandoned because it has been found that a eau GUS might resolve itself into general forum for the discussion of the bill and that it would be almost impossible to reach an agreement on some of the schedules.
 The Ways and Means Committee is now making amendments to the bill which will be reported when the spec-1 iai rule is brought in. The rule will provide that these amendments shall be voted on and that certain specified schedules mentioned above shall then be voted upon, and that the bill itself shall then be put on its passage.
 About 15 Democrats have signified their intention of voting for the Payne Bill, with the Republican side, if they are given an opportunity for separate vote on a few schedules.
 The House to-day by unanimous con- sent agreed to a suggestion by Chair man Payne to make the daily hour of 10 A. M. Payne's plan is to have the House sessions continually from 10 to 6 then recess to and ad- journ at 10:30 P. M. Responding to a query by Champ Clark Payne said he was uncertain how long the gen. eral debate would last. At least 50 have expressed their desire to Chairman Olmstead of the Com inittee of the Whole to address the
 House.
 Contrary to the general belief which was that the Senate Finance Commit tee would make an enormous num- Der of changes in the House Tariff Bill, comparatively few have been adopted thus far in a majority of those cases the Dingley rates have been re- Practically the entire bill has been read over emitting, however. con- clusions upon the more important sec- tions.
 ate will not be called into consultation on the measure until A hours before it is reported to the Senate.