The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-04-10
VOTE ON TARIFF
BILL ON FRIDAY
Rule Closing Debate Adopt
ed With Votes to Spare.
MINORITY IN A COLLOOUY

Following Remarks About Bryan, Rep
resentatlve Randeu Asks Rspresen.
tatlve Clark Whether Clark Was
Cleveland Democrat and r. he Stood
For Doctrine CT Free Raw Materials.
~ Am just a Plain, old-Fashioned
Democrat" Is the Drawled Reply.
Three o'clock April .. was the time
set by the house for vote on tho
tariff bill The resolution from the
committee on rules closing general de-
bate, providing for certain committee
amendments and a full and free oppor-
tunity to alter the lumber and hides
schedules. war reported late In the day
and adopted with sixteen votes to
spare.
Republicans who had been insisting
on amendments got back on the
reservation and voted Tor the tariff
rule.
Representative Clark OF Florida, de-
nounced Bryan and Organism, Popu.
lists and Populism. and declared that
he would support the Payne bill II Il
contained what his constituents want.
ed duty on Sea Island cotton and
protection Tor citrus fruits. Clark
said:
THE southern Democracy never
made q greater mistake than when IL
turned rs back on It's Democratic
friends in the east that It has driven
from The party and tied up with Popu.
lism out ia Nebraska"
Representative Randen declared
that Bryan needed no defense and ask
Cd Clark IL ne was Cleveland Demo
crat on the tarin, and II he stood for
the doctrine OF free raw materials.
Il am just a plain, old-ioshioned
Democrat" drawled Clark, amid laugh
ter
Clark declared he was sick and
tired Of hearing my southern COLI
leagues talk of the poor men of the
south.
Have you no conyictions2" asked
Representative Finley.
Il have" responded Clark, mo con.
vlcuons of men who represent nothing
but short bale OF cotton, niger and
a mule"
Tuesday practically was consumed
In discussing the lumber and hides
schedules Led by Representative
7 Tawney. the advocates Of free
lumber went down to defeat by the
narrow margin OF six votes. following
/ the striking out OF the counteryailing
/ duty on lumber
/ An overwhelming majority was mus
! tered against an amendment by Repre-
4 sentative Scott, taking hides from the
free list and fixing a duty upon them OF
10 per cent ad yalorem.
The barley schedule came IN for a
1 lively discussion. and when the bin
was laid aside for the day there were
I pending two amendments, one raising
the rate IN the Payne bin from l5
cents TO 20 cents bushel. and the
other fixing the rate at 10 cents ad
valorem
The sum total OF he days work
with the exception or the elimination
OF the counteryailing duty on lumber
which was 4 committee amendment
was 20 leave the bin Ia idenucally the
condition IA which the committee re
ported &. This grants free raw hides
and 4 duty OF 5 per thousand on saw
cd lumber
wednesday by a coalition between
some Republicans and Democrats th'
ways and means committee was bowl
cd over and the advocates Of free crude
oil and ne products won a signal vie
tory when an amendment by Repre-
sentative Norris of Nebraska. placing
the duty OF per cenlum nd valoreu
on those articles. was adopted by .
substantial majority.
On all other propositions the commit
tee was sustained. The barley SEIZED
ule ran the gauntlet without change
Tea and coffee were placed on the free
list.
The steel and iron schedules stee
ingots, blooms and slabs. were reduce,
from ] cent TO $40 OF cent, and from
40 to $40 OF a cent a pound. The
ad valorem duty on boiler and plat,
iron or steel was stricken out. Some
OF the schedules were made specific
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