The Washington herald., 1909-04-04

On the floor OF the House last night
Representative Rainey. q Illinois. ac-
cused Representative TirTeH. Of Massa-
ehusetts, OF being the representative of
the watch trust. and was called down by
Representative Olmsted. of Pennsyl-
vania, in the Chair.
Mr. Rainey's desk was covered with all
kinds Of watches. A. the outset q his
speech Re made the charge that there
was joker in the Payne tariff bin in
( the paragraph relating 20 the duties on
watches imported into the United States.
he said this came in with respect TO the
provision requiring that there be engraved
on the plate works Of all watches the
name OF the maker. the city and country
OF manufacture. the number Of jewels.
| in both Arabic and Roman numerals. and
the number Of the movement.
He insisted that Il was impossible 70
put this amount Of engraving on the lit
I tie watches.
Got Tariff Secrets, He says.
/ Mr. Tirreu broke into the game. and
I he and Mr.. Rainey had a rather hos col
IoQuy. in which 8Ir. Rainey insisted that
/ Afr Tirreu had been able 20 get secrets
I from the Ways and Means Committee
1 room. and had known the watch schedule
before the biil was made pabllc. During
I the same coiloquy a moment later he
/ charged Mr. Tirrell with being the direct
! representative Of the watch trust
/ The attendance vas the worst of al
u the night sessions. Al 9-39 o'clock there
were just tUenty-Ole members. Repub-
I lican and Democratic on the foOr- Ths
4 galleries were ere Wded-
1 The other speakers were Representative
I Lever, Of South Carolina. Sturgiss. o.
/ West Virginia. Gregg. Of Texas; Saund-
/ ers. OF Virginia; Hammond, Of Mime
7 sofa, and Mcguire. of Nebraska
Filipino Talks Tariff.
/ Senor Benito Legarda. Of Manila. one q
/ the resident commissioners from the Phil
( ippire Islands. spoke during the day on
the Payne tariff bin
/ He devoted most Of his speech % a Dis
cussion Of the provision allowing 3oo.l-J
/ tons Of sugar 10 enter the United States
/ free OF duty every year from the Islands.
/ Senor Legarda was identified with ths
/ insurrection against the United states.
and vas q member Of Aguizaldos cabinet
al Calolos. and was also vice president
/ OF the Filipino congress He declared q
/ limitation should be placed on the inpOr-
/ tation OF American products into The Phil
( ippines. II unlimited free trade is allowed
/ between the United States and The Philip
pines. he said. there would be a deficit -
I SEQ Coo pesos IN The Philippine treasury
IL ~ ~--rnr
( limitation as 10 the quantity Of American
I products" he said. this bin provided only
4 the free entry there Of agricultural ma
I chinery and other commodities Of prime
necessity. IL would be our pleasant duty %
/ manifest 10 this House and 20 the AmeTi-
/ can people our gratitude
DeIuge of Speeches
When the House convened the tariff
debate started OF with a rush Most ce
the speeches were short Representative
MaIby. of New York opposed the pulp,
wSod. and PRINT paper schedules OF the
I Payne bill
Mr. Gr0naa. Of North Dakota. favored
the establishment Of a tariff commission.
Representative Hobsou. Of Alabama dis
cussed the iron and steel schedules.
I Opposing schedules in the Payae bin
on pulp wood and print paper. Repre-
sentative Swasey. OF Maine. presented a
4 memorial from the Maine legislature IN
structing its Representatives in Congress
10 use their efforts 20 maintain the sche6-
u-es in the Dingley law
This statement was issued by the Bu-
reau Of Insular Affairs yesterday:
TIE Bureau q InSilsr AEsirs is IN rece5rr ~ a
cshieC-am stating tha- the EUTsruor zentEl ef
the PhilipItne Islands is heirE iooial with tee
graus from tie provinces ~ NcEns. Isshea- il
CaglyGn, Bulaczn. PamTaEla. Plngasinsn. Cana
u1es. La-ura. uGIo. and Nucz ECiia urging t-1-
The assenhiy reccie Inn is position Uirh rr-s--
ence 70 the Payue hiIl-that the ssEzr and toba-n
groEers quite exercised abcst the acton cf t.s
assembly,.
The Tloilo and Pampauga Eapers favor the Payus
hlu. and the Spanish pspers are against n. ul-l
the/eXcerriG1 II Lihe-tas Ull-h faV0rs T. SeTe-al
cf the Tnpers have changed front ard az q them
-eIrcsenring local native interests favcr the biL
twenty-five os the larger tohacco us1ufacts-s-s
u-ge the passage II the Payue bin and others are
yet % he heard from
Mr.. Howell. Of Utah. addressed the
House on the pending tariff measure. He
strongly indOrsed the memorial OF the
Ore Producers Association, OF Colorado.
Idaho, Utah. and Nevada. praying for
the retention Of the present duty on lead
as vital 70 them.