The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-25
Democratic Leader AtouSeS the House to Enthusiasm
 By His Speech
SHARP DEBATE IS HELD
 WITH SPEAKER CANNON
Cannon and Clark Get Into a Woruy War Over Zinc industry In Mis- souri and Cannon Defends
 His Statements.

Washington March 24.-The new tar fir bill was discussed today from the democratic viewpoint by Mr. Clark of Missouri, the democratic minority lead CT. It was not anticipated that he would occupy nearly so much time as did MT Payne. Following his usual custom, Mir Clark delivered his speech in front of the speakers desk and there was a full attendance to hear him. The Senate was not in session today.
 MT. Clark at times injected humor into what he had to say and frequently was interrupted by applause.
 As a preliminary he provoked the House to great laughter and MT. Ohm stead of Pennsylvania, the chairman. to no little embarrassment by con graduating him upon the advent yes- terday of son.
 For MT. Payne, the majority leader. he had only words of praise and his re- marks in that connection elicited ap- ; plause on both sides. MT. Payne's powers Of endurance. he declared, were a marvel and his nine hours speech on the tariff had made him a great historical person. in com pany with Henry Clay Robert I. Walker, Senator Morrill, of Vermont William Mckinley. William L. Wilson and Nelson Dingley.
 1 Indeed" said Mr Clark, he has knocked higher than a kite the fdiotic theory of Dr. Osler."
 The Speach of tba ,,,o he characterized as a superb vindfca- ton of his physical and mental i strength.
 Mir Clark also had kind word for every member of the committee on ways and means We worked like gal ley slaves in trying to ascertain the truth" he said. ne denied that the com mttee had bully ragged any witness. as he said had been charged. and de- clared that if any witness had re- eeiyed an uncivil word in the commit tee room he had provoked 1t by his own acts.
 Payne Had Been Scared.
 MT. Clark good naturedly remarked that the democrats had scared MT. Payne at the last session into admitting that there would be tariff revision, but at the bottom of the movement for tar fir revision, he said, was President Roosevelt.
 q never had any delusions about that man." he said amid shouts of laughter. He Is gone" he said. in mock tones of sorrow. Addressing the republicans he said: Some of you hone he will never come back. But my re- sret IS that he left at all, because if he had stayed here you would have been fin such row within go days that you would not know whether you were re- publicans or democrats"
 Some further observations regarding MT Payne moved the House to storm of laughter. Mir. Clark said he sat in the House yesterday and heard Mir. Payne say he had been in the House 20 years preparing tariff bills. My Godlp na exclaimed, What a set of lies he must have heard in that time If he said. MT. Payne would make up an Ananias club from the witnesses he had heard on the tariff no building in the United States would hold it. Calling attention to the colloquy yesterday between MT. Payne and Garrett of Tennessee, which grew out of an inquiry by the latter whether tho Payne bill was not revision upward MT Clark read some comparisons between the Dingley and Payne bills prepared by government expert in the committed These, he said, showed the average rate of the Dingley bill was 44 Is per cent. while under the Payne bill it was 45 72 per cent, Showing 1 .56 per cent worse than the Dingley bill He declared no man of bad temper buster could con eeal that fact from the American, people Many of the reductions in the bill. he maintained, were more apparent than real
 Tariff on Sugar.
 Discussing the reduction on refined su- gar MT. Clark said that 1t was held out a great boon to the consumer "When the sugar trust received that tremendous blow between the eyes" he said in stead of seeing stars it saw stream of gold flowing into it's coffers every year of the continuance of the Payne tariff bill''
 He declared a man must eat sugar at top speed for 15 months in order to find a aiekel in his pocket at the end of that tme as the result of any benefit that might accrue to him from the bill. and if he missed day he would not get the nickel.
 He could not understand he said why such tenderness was shown the sugar trust, which he characterized as criin- inal.
 As to petroleum. MT. Clark said the bill contains the same old jokern While ostensibly the free list he insisted that petroleum was given protection of from l50 to 250 per cent. If an opportun- ity were given to amend that schedule. he declared, he would risk his head that the corntervailing duty on petroleum would go out.
 If, MT. Clark added, the Standard Oil company was not, he believed the solo beneficiary under the bill he would not object to the crude oil producers getting a revenue tariff.
 Asked by MT. Scott of Kansas to give his reasons for believing he did regard ing the Standard oil company, Mir. Clark asserted that the Standard compelled the