The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18
ONE SITTING
On THE PAYNE
TARIFF BILL
Democrats on Committee Will
Be Given No Opportunity to
Offer Amendments.
SENATE EXPECTED TO
RESTORE OLD RATES
HALE OF MAINE EXPECTS THE
DEBATE TO LAST THREE
MONTHS OR MORE.

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Z. Washington, March I7.-With eV- :.
= eryone on the tiptoe of eXpecta- =
- ton, Chairman Payne Of the COM -
- mittee on ways and means, 1mms- -
- CiiateIy after the house met today, -
= presented the tariff bill. While it :
:. was being carried up to the desk =
= the Republicans vigorously APP ::
Z: plauded. The measure was at once y
g referred to the committee on ways =
= and means. :"
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Washington, March 1.-THE full
membership Of the house committee on
ways and means, including Democrats,
will meet at 10 O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing formally to consider the Payne tar
if bill. The senate committee on
finance will at the same time begin in
formal consideration of the measure.
1t is likely that the house committee
will have only one sitting on the BILL
that the measure will be reported to
the house Immediately after it convenes
tomorrow. and that its formal reading
I'm committt 2 of the whole will soon be-
gin.
General debate will be postponed un-
til Monday, if Mr.. Payne's present pro-
gram is followed. After that the meas
ure probably win be before the house
from ten days to two weeks.
Will Be Rushed In House.
This plan is slightly different from
that followed in considering other tariff
bills of recent years. 1t had been ex-
pected that the Democratic members of
the committee would be afforded more
time than is now contemplated for the
consideration of the bill in committee.
Tt lis still possible that if they insist
upon delay, and succeed in presenting
good reasons, they may be accommo-
dated.
Air Clark said today that he would
make every effort in the committee, as
ht-Would on the floor of the house, to
have the bill amended. and for that
reason would ask for longer time. He
added, however, that he would not
press for more time for preparing
minority report, as that could be for
INFLATED as well after the bill had been
reported as before.
Payne Will Not Yield.
Mr.. Payne-s inclination is to get the
bill into the house at the earliest prac-
ticabIe moment, and his plans are so
complete that it istnot believed he will
: Yield for a mere plea to offer amend
ments.
1t is probable that compromise will be
reached and that the Democratic MEM
bers viii accept a proposition permit
ting them to present their amendments
Co the floor. Mr.. Clark indicated that
his principal plea would be for that
privilege. He said he did not consider
general debate as of nearly so much
Importance as the discussion of the bill
paragraph by paragraph, with the op-
portunity to suggest changes in the va
Tious schedules. 1t is therefore prob
able that if Mr.. Payne and his fellow
Republican members of the committee
concede this privilege the Democrats
will accept ii in lieu of a similar privi-
lege in committee and make no serious
protest against the immediate report
ing of the bill.
DingIey Bill Precedent.
No announcement as TO the length of
the debate has been made. and Mr..
Payne has been quite wary on this
point. The Dingley bill was discussed
I'm the house for only ten days. and of
that time four days were devoted to
general debate. The Democrats still
remember that under the regulations
concerning amendments they found no
opportunity to force test votes on par
ticular schedules. Under a special rule
adopted for the purpose, the committee
could present amendments at any time,
but individual members could only sug-
gest changes in the schedules under
consideration As the entire six days
were devoted TO the first schedules, deal
ing with chemicals and drugs, they
found very little opportunity to make
effective suggestions. The Democrats
will probably resist such a rule for con-
sidering the present bill.
Whether there will be any rule regu-
Iating the consideration of the Payne
bill remains to be seen. II is Mr..
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