Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-10
HOUSE NAMES
C0NFEREES
ON TARIFF
DISPOSED OF
AFTER SHARP DEBATE
Senate Amendments Disagreed
to En- Bloc, Committee viii
EndeaVor to Harmonic War
ring interests.


Washington, July 9.-The tariff
question has been shifted from both
houses of congress to conference
committee, After one hour and q
half debate. the house today hy a vote
of l7S to l51 made rule whereby
all Of the S4, amendments of the sem
ate We're disagreed to and the con-
ference requested by the senate.
granted Eighteen republicans voted
against the rule and one democrat
for it. When the house met at noon
interest was at fever heat. The
leaders on both sides had notified
their respective forces to he on hand
i'm anticipa ton that the tariff bill
would come over from the senate.
The summonses were responded to
almost without exception
The debate at times waXed warm
and disclosed the fact that there were
some republicans in addition to the
so-called insurgents who were yet
to be paciifed before they would give
their vote on the final passage of the
bill.
The democratic party held mp the
majority party to scorn for having as
they charged violated its ante-elec-
tion pledges, \ feature Of the dis
eussion was an appeal by Chairman
Payne to his colleagues to send tll@
conferees to the senate unhampered
by Instructions; he promised to rig
idly exact legislation Of everv
amendment made by the senate in Of.
der that the house conferees might
reach back bill which would meet
the approval Of the majority and pf
the country at large. His appeal was
granted
Spearer Cannon appointed the r.
lowing members of the mousse COM
mittee on ways and means to be the
house conferees:
Payne. New York Dalzcll, Penn
sylvania McCall, Massachusetts, Bou-
ten. Illinois; Calderhead, Kansas:
Forney, Michigan, clark, Missouri
Underwood. Alabama. and Grige4
Georgia.
Chairman Payne OF the ways ana
means committee, was prepared to-
day to again take charge of the mo-
mentous piece of legislation. 1t was
precisely 12:02 o'clock when Clerk
Crockett of the senate appeared In
front of the speakers rostrum and
that the senate had passed
the tariff bill He had the bulky
document with him, and turned t
over to one of the house officials
Two minutes later. on motion of Mr
Payne, the house took recess until
/ O'Clock In order to permit the com
mittee on rules to meet with q view
to deciding upon a course Of proceed
ure, regarding the tariff bill to be
recommended to the house
Following is the text of the reso-
luton decided upon by the commit
tee:
THAT the house take from the
speakers table. and non-concur in
gross, in the senate amendments to
the house bin No 43S (tariff bilD |
and agree To the conference asked by
the senate by the disagreeing votes
" the two houses; and that a com-
mittee of conference be appointed |
forthwith, and said committee shall |
have authority to Join with the sem
ate committee in renumbering tho |
lill when finally agreed upon"
The hour and half of debate, it
was decided should be equally dis
ussed between the two parties
When the recess had expired Mr.
DalZell (Pennsylvaniat of the com
nittec on rules was At once rocog-
lized to offer the rule providing for
in all the amend
nents and agreeing TO the conference
'equested by the senate. He supple
nented the rule with a motion for
me hour and a hair for debate
This suggestion vas not entirely
acceptable to Mr. Townsend CMich-
gam. who wanted the time extended
o three hours but Nj Dalzelrs mo-
ion was adopted
Mr. Townsend created stir when
ie declared that in the course of the
leb3tes in the scuate. tho house and
ways and means committee had been
nsulted He insisted that the bill
,ught to be controlled by the house.
ubiect to such recommendations as
he senate rightfully could make and
iot by conference committee.
The first open evidence Of an i'm
ended revolt on the republican side
vas made manifest when Mr.. Mann
Illinois, protested vehcmentiy
gainsj the amendments fixing ~"
Iuties on wood puip and print paper
'nloss proper disposition is made ~
ne wood pulp and print paper sched-
lie. he declared. II shall swallow my
esire to stand with the organization
# the house nv desire To- prove that
cpublicans are able to write q tariff
'lli and vote against the conference
cport"
The ice having been thus broken.
1essrs. Davidson Wisconsin,. and
Douglas tOhiol. two other republic
ans. were. II anything. even more
utspoken In their opinion than was
ar. Mann. Messrs. Randall (reXasp.