The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-10

Washington, April 1O.--The @
Payne tariff bill reached the g
o senate from the house at two @
minutes past noon today and o
was Immediately referred to O
the committee on finance. Q
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Washington, April 10.-The Payne
tariff bill was passed by the house at
8:15 p. m. last night by vote Of 217
ayes, 161 nays. One Republican,
Austin (Tenn.) voted agains; the
measure and four Democrats. all
from Louisiana. Messrs. Broussard,
Estopinal, Pujo and Wickliffe, voted
for 1t. An attempt by Champ Clark.
minority leader, to recommit the bill
with instructions signally failed.
The day was filled with excitement
from the moment the session began at
noon until the minute of adjournment.
The members were keyed up to the
highest pitch, and practically full
membership remained on duty
throughout. The final vote demon-
strated the capacity of the Republic
can organization to get together. The
situation with respect to lumber was
greatly relieved to the Republican
leaders when 1t became manifest that
advocates of the proposition placing it
on the free fist were in the minority.
Because of that fact. Mr.. Fitzgerald
IN. " charged that midnight deal
had been made last night whereby
free lumber was to be voted down and
the rates on barley and barley malt
increased, and this notwithstanding
the denials of Messrs. Mann (Ill.) and
Cushman (Wash). who offered the
barley amendments.
The general public was greatly in
terested in the proceedings and the
galleries were packed. Both the
diplomatic and executive reservations
likewise were fully occupied, Mrs.
Taft being among those present.
When the bill actually was passed
the Republicans cheered Justify, some
dancing up and down the aisles and
patting their fellow members on the
back.
After Mr.. Olmstead of Pennsyl-
vanfa, who has presided over the de-
liberations of the bill by the commit
tee of the whole. had descended from
the chair, Speaker Cannon assumed
the reins. MIR. Olmstead then report
ed the action of the committee and
the house as such took the bill in
hand for the purpose OF carrying out
the special order for g vote.
All committee amendments we're
agreed to en- bloc without division.
No separate vote being asked re-
garding tea and coffee the amend
ments regarding those articles which
were incorporated in the bill in COM
mittee Of the whole were adopted.
Separate Votes.
Regarding the other schedules such
as lumber. oil, hides and barley
separate votes wero demanded. A
wrangle at once ensued as to the or
der in which the schedules should be
taken up.
The members practically all stood
up and the interest was SO intense
that many of them occupied the we'll
in front of the speakers desk The
speaker was unable to unravel the
tangle and called on MIR. Olmsted to
set matters right. Mr.. Olmsted de-
CldFSu lHdI IIlo HTSL dHenQnenL
actually voted on was an amendment
by Mr.. Tawney to section 1877. tha
lumber schedule. On refreshing his
memory he later said the first vote
was on an amendment by Mr.. Dear
mond Of Missouri.
The whole problem was settled by
the speaker ordering the amendments
read in their order.
These began with an amendment by
Mr.. Tawney to strike out section 1876.
which imposes duty Of one-half of
one cent per cubic foot on hewn tim
ber and timber used for sparses on
which the yeas and nays were order
ed.
Lumber Schedule.
NJ. Tawney's hewn timber amend
ment was defeated 1S4 to 1913.
Mr.. Tawney then offered an amend
ment to section 1877 reducing the duty
on finished lumber eighty per cent
and striking the duty on rough lum-
ber without placing it on the free list
His supporters were more than suf-
ficient to force another roll call, but