Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-03-27
ASK LONGER SESSIONS
FOR DISCUSSION
OF TARIFF
The House Votes to BEGIN
at 10 and Continue
Until 1890 at
Night.
.lONGWORTH COMES
TO SUPPORT PAYNE
Says the New Bill Fills Pledges
OF Republican Party
New York Dem
Crat Attacks
the Bill.

Washington, March 27.-By unan-
lmous consent, the House today in
order to expediate discussion of the
tariff bill, decided that the sessions
will begin at 10 o'clock in the MORN
ms with recess at 6 O'Clock, and
resuming at O'clock continue until
1890 each night. MIR. Clark, of
Missouri. the minority leader, and
Mr.. Payne both declared themselves
unable to find time for the many
members who desire to speak on the
bill.
After deciding on this question
the House again resumed the debate
and Mr. Harrison, Democratic MEM
Der of the ways and means commit
tee of New York, took the floor
Declaring tnat there would be no
dissension in the Democratic ranks
of the House in regard to the tariff
and that the Fitzgerald Amendments
| t" the rules made 1t possible for the
! minority to express its views upc
amendments to the bill BIZ a.r,
| ote Representative Harrisr
cussed various features OF
measure.
Under Republic
| he said, 'the ma,
preaching bankrupt
This bill contains
ION the women of Anne. ..
| tinued In many res y
seem to nave been single for
| attack. The new taxes upon ,ea and
coffee, upon women's gloves and cot
ton stockings are direct provoca-
| ton to woman suffrage. If this tariff
/ y
chise OF women. their cause is hope
less. But the most serious aspect is
| that these duties fall more heavily
upon the poor than upon the rich.
| ''The increased tax upon cotton
| stockings is even more serious than.
those upon women's gloves. In nose
| and half hose the enormous in
creases in taxation are entirely upon
the cheaper grades"
| The great danger OF the situation
is that the lowering of the tariff
rates is to be used as a pretext for
lowering wages.
| Il have not the slightest doubt
that the American manufacturers of
steel ana iron are strong enough TO
enter every market of the world
Mr.. Harrison declared that every
Item on the steel and iron schedules
| should be put on the free list in or
der to cheaper The price of the pro-
Iducts to the American consumers He
| attacked the maximum and mini
mum provision of the bill, the coun-
tervailing duty on coffee ana said
| that the Democratic party favored
an income tax rather than an inher-
| itance tax.
I'ongworths speech.
Declaring that the Payne bill is a
| practical fulhllment OF the pledges
of the Republican party. Representa-
tive Longworth OF Ohio, spoke today
/ in defense of its various provisions
mo tarn bill in history that
! krow Of has ever been framed oy
Democrats and Republicans acting
| together" said Mr.. Longworth. 1T
| Is a matter OF personal regret to me
| that / cannot have the pleasure of
seeing complete democratic tariff
! measure. / confess 10 a feeling OF
deep curiosity to know upon what
| basis the gentleman from Missouri
and the gentleman from Alabama
and the gentleman from Texas,
could have met"
Mr.. Longworth declared the Re
publicans do not claim that the
Payne bill is in all respects perfect.
"No one OF rs believes that there
is everything in It which ought to be
in il and nothing in il which ought
not To be- he said I'VE do claim
for il. however, that IL respects a
bona fide revision of the tariff from
top 10 bottom
The Republican party always
favored and always will favor the
policy Of protection but We do not
favor rates so high as TO shelter
mouppolies ana which amount In ef-
feet % prohibition"
| Mr. Longworth defended the ex-
peuaitures OF the government and
said that he believed that the time
Is at hand when the government
}. must spend more for the improve
mont Of Inland MatarMaNa