Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-03
DECLARES PAYNE
MEASURE MEANS
DEATH OF PARTY
ALBANIAN ASSERTS BILL is
"RIOTOUSLY WRONG"
VARIOUS LAWMAKERS EXPOSE
FALLAcIEs OF REVISION
Proposed Law Designed to Conceal
Extravaganza of Republicans.
Party Pledges Unre-
deemed

w ASHINGTON, April 2.-That the
w Payne bill is filled with riotous
imperfections; was designed to
cover up the extravagances of the Re
publican administrations; that it did
not redeem party pledges and that it
sounded the death knell of the domin-
ant party, were some of the criticisms
passed upon the measure by the Demo-
Gratis in the house today.
An interesting feature OF the debate
was the speech of Pablo Campo de
Leon, the Philippine commissioner,
who attacked the provisions for free
trade with the Philippine islands.
From the far south exactly opposite
views were expressed regarding pro-
lection, Mr.. Ransdell of Louisiana
pleading for it on behalf of the indus
tries of his state, Willie Mr. Spight of
Mississippi and Mr.. Clayton of Ala
bama wanted free lumber, free hides,
free boots and shoes, free bagging and
free cotton ties.
From the Republicans came the sug-
gestions of a permanent tariff COM
mission and none seemed entirely salts
fed with the bill
1T is humiliating to hear a cry
coming up from the south for protec-
ton on some articles, especially sugar
and hides, because they happen to be
produced in that section," said Mr..
Spight of Mississippi.
Wants Shoes Free
"If" he argued, 1.-The bill would put
shoes on the free list it's trainers would
not be so glaringly inconsistent.
Mr. Spight did not agree with those
opposing the reduction of duty on lum-
Der and wanted bagging and ties put
on the free list. The bill, in the opinion
of Mr.. Bowers of Mississippi. did not
hn n
pledges.
He said certain favored interests had
been cared for, while the necessaries
of life had been taxed out of proper
ton.
Mr.. Ransdell of Louisiana pleaded for
duty of 51s cents a pound on cotton
importations, deprecated the, free entry
of Philippine sugar and defended the
policy of Clifford Pinchot in regard to
conservation of the forests.
| Maintaining that he was protection
list even to the point of the stand-pat-
ter, Mr.. Langley of Kentucky declared
| he was still unconvinced that all the
| provisions of the Payne bill were in full
accord with the doctrines of the Repub-
iican party.
"They have failed to convince me,
he said, that the proposed reduction
of the duty on lumber is in accordance
with these doctrines"
He asserted Chairman Payne would
be unable to deliver the goods"
That the reduction in the lumber
schedule would increase the wages OF
laboring men Mr.. Langley denied.
Manufacturers Debauched
"The Republican party" said Mr.
CLAYTON of Alabama, has debauched
the manufacturers of the country by
holding out to them, in preachment and
by policy, that the government has the
kax tn. Gn a .
to hand out special favors to them.
The government, de declared, had no
right to tax except to raise revenue.
The Payne bill, charged Mr.. Clayton,
was sectional in that it gave TO New
England free hides, coal and lumber
He argued that while such favors were
being handed out jute, bagging, COTTON,
ties and kainit, the German fertilizer.
should be restored to the free list in
order that the bagging trust may not
have the benefit of tariff on Jute
The grain farmer of the west, he said,
had his binding twine free by Repuon-
can legislation, and there was no reason
why jute bagging and cotton ties
should not be free.
Mr.. Clayton maintained that the pres
ent condition of the country grew out
of vicious Republican legislation, ana
chat the Payne bill was a raise pre-
tense offered by the Republicans to re-
tariff revision"
Mr.. Clayton charged that a distin-
ugished senator from Rhode Island, IA
state so small that we Democrats in
Alabama who chew tobacco can spit
ACROSS it." and who dominates the
whole Republican party is in secret
concIave with a select few and is MAX
ing tariff bill which all Republicans
will swallow.
CLAYTON Admonished
Chairman Currier of New Hamp-
shire admonished Mr.. Clayton not 70
violate the rule about referring to the
other branch of congress.
Mr.. Clayton insisted he had kept
within the rule and continuing, salu
that Senators EllSins and Scott, as
we'll as Democrats, had been excluded
from the finance room.
us it not a fact" interrupted MI
Burke of Pennsylvania, that while
Republican members of the commit
tee are conducting their investigation,
the minority members of that Same
committee are pursuing the same
course on the same lines?"
ST hope they are, in self-defense.'
Mr.. Clayton's response was accom-
panied by Democratic applause, Ho
said if when a lot of Republicans get
together in some conspiracy against
the welfare of the people 1T behooVes
the Democrats to get together them-
slves, "any where, at any time"
Pursuing his inquiries Mr.. Burke
asked if Mr.. Clayton was charging
that such conspiracy was being en-
acted.
"That is my deliberate Judgment"
was the reply.
Mr. Clayton declared he was not GO
ing to open up a school of ethics. He
said it always happened that hit dog
howled.
whenever you talk about the abuses
of the Republican party" he said,
"and bring the country face to face
with a realizing sense of what the ma
chinery of your party is doing to the
people, the iniquity that it has heaped
upon them and what it proposes to do.
YOU get up and howl and suggest ques-
tions of ethics that are wholly unethi-
CAL"
Accuses Him of HowIing
as that the reason the gentleman
Continued on Page Thrcel