Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09
WORK OF CONGRESS,
Senate.

What turned out to be the general do l
bate on the tariff was a feature Of the sen /
ate proceedings. on the LIST ON Senatoa
Bacon'S resolution favoring the considera
tion of tariff legislation by the full com
mittee on finance instead Of by the Repub1
lican members of that committee only
Senator Aldrich insisted that the prOcedurps
adopted In this case was similar to thatl
which mad been the practice of the Senatrl
for fifty years in dealing with tariff meas
ures, and he added that the same method
was adopted in handling the Wilson tariff
bill, for which he said a substitute VAS
framed by subcommittee composed of
Democrats, The Democrats. argued that
the Republican members had no right I'd
authorize the expenditure of public fundsl
in furtherance of an eX parte consideration
of the bill in committee. The resolution
was finally referred to the committee onl
finance. Senator Hale'S resolution declaring
in favor of restriction of the business oil
the present extra session to the passage OIL
a tariff bill and a bill for the taking of the
census was adopted The Senate at SIN
O'Clock adjourned until Monday.
The Senate was not in session on the 2nd.
The Senate was not in session on the 3rd.
Many bills and resolutions were intro
duced in the Senate on the 9TH, but thcrel
was no debate. After a short executve1
session the Senate at l p. m. adjourned UNI
ii! Thursday.
House
When the session Of the House on thel
Both got well under way the tariff debated
waxed warm The indications were when
the body met at 10 o'clock in the morning
that the proceedings would be dry and I'M
interesting, but a revival of the discussion
of the oil and lumber schedules was like
setting a match to both products, for the
subjects proved of absorbing interest to the
members, VINO entered generally into the
debate To Mr.. Vreeland of New York
was accorded the privilege of explaining
the position of the Independent refnerS,
who want the cCuntervailing duty on crude
petroleum retained, while Mr.. Kitchin OF
North Carolina, is an exhaustive treatment
of the question, pleaded for the placing OF
lumber on the free list. He got into fire.
0uent colloquies during his three and Il
half hours talk with both Republicans ana
Democrats. Others who spoke were MesSrS.
Cox, Ohio; Sterling, Illinois; Hughes, Geor
gia: Bates. Pennsylvania; Parker New Jer-
sey and Richardson, Alabama. The usual
evening session was held.
The Payne tariff bin again was picked to
pieces in the House of Representatives on
the Dist There was no prolonged speeches
and in consequence many We're afforded am
opportunity to express their views Lum
Der, coffee, wood pulp a.. and ,,l print paper
orally discussed. The arguments on lum-
Der today came from the south through
Mr.. Puio of Louisiana and Mr.. Thomas Of
lection afforded the lumber industry dis
turhed. There was an interesting eXpOsi-
ton of the wood pulp, question by Mr..
Mann of Illinois, who defended the pro-
posed reduction of the duty on that product
ar. Larr1naga the Porto Rican commits
soner, made an exhaustive plea for tax
of 5 cents a pound on coffee from that
Morgan of Missouri Brantley of Georgia,
Douglas of Ohio. Rothermel of Pennsyl-
vania. Lowering of Massachusetts,, Sulzer Of
New York, Mondell of Wyoming and GricSt
of Pennsylvania. The customary evening
session was held.
Dragging tediously along general debate
on the tariff was continued in the House
NO LET poVOp
bill came in for it's usual condemnation
from the Democrats, the reductions being
chara cterized as pretexts and shams. and
the bill as a whole as "a huge Mephisto-
pneian joker. Messrs. Gaines CIV. Va.) and
Mccall Mass), both members of the ways
and means committee defended their meas
ure, although the Massachusetts member
wanted something specific in 1t regarding
the course to be pursued toward the Philip
pines. The anticipated action regarding
the fixing of a time for closing the debate
was not taken, in view of the complex stu
alton in which the Republican leaders found
themselves.
That the Payne bill was filled with imp2T-
tectiOns, was false pretense, was Designer
to cover up the eXtravagances OF the re
publican administration, that it did not re-
deem party pledges. and that 1t SopnGCa
the death knell of the dominant party
we're some of the criticisms passed upon
the measure by the Democrats in the House
On the 2nd. An interesting feature of the
debate was the speech of Pablo Ocampo de
Leon. the philippine commissioner, who at
tackled the provision for free trade WIN
The Philippine islands. From the far south
exactly opposite views We're expressed re-
garding protection. Mr. Randsdell of Louisl-
ana pleading for it on behalf OF the lnduS-
tries of his state, while Mr.. Spight of MIS-
sissippi and Mr. Clayton Of Alabama wanted
and cotton ties. From the Republicans
came suggestions of permanent tariff com
mission, and While all of them Supporien.
the bill in general, none appeared entirely
satisfied with it.
With no more than a corporal's guard
on hand at any time during the day, the de-
bate on the Payne tariff bill in the House
proceeded drearily on the 3rd. Two weeks
already have been consumed in general DIS
cussion of the measure, and the bellef -
that it is now concluded. Every member n
looking forward to the bringing in OF rue
which will provite an opportunity to T0te ol
limited number of schedules with deoalt
confined to five minutes for and asaluSo
each amendment. The discussion OF inc
bill took in practically all of its provisions
free hides and wood pulp occupying coliI
spicuous place, although there were seVer vera
general assaults on the measure from We
Democratic side. Again two Democrats 1Igc ors
posed to each other on the same schedule,
Mr.. Sparkman Fla.( urging the Dl hdgg
rates on lumber, while Mr. HunphTItt s+
MISSY advocated placing it on the free ISL 81.
rhe Republicans who spoke We're practlcany
unanimous for free hides. The taxes or
the necessaries of life came in for thT ~
the chamber. In addition to those men
toned the following spoke today: MesSrs.
Kinkaid Neb): Legarda (PhfllpEIp3lnesy, anna ma
m. d., Howell utah, Hobson (Aia,l;
Swasey (Maine) Randell Texas), Stanoru
Wis., and Aiken Is. c..
Three O'Clock p. m. April 9 was the tune
set by the House on the 9Th for a vote on
the Payne tariff bill The resolution from
the committee OH rules closing general de-
BATE providing for certain committee
amendments and a full and free opp0rtg
nifty to alter the lumber and hides sched1
ules, was reported late in the day ana
adopted with sixteen votes to spare, not Dot
withstanding the desertion Of twenty ne
publicans -Four Of the sixteen votes came
from the members of the Louisiana deIega-
lion, who likewise broke away from their
party. Previous to the adoption Of the
resolution there was some severe criticism
Of it from the Democratic side. Aside 1Tont I
the interest which attached to this proceedlns
was the speech Of Mr.. Clark of Florida Wno
denounced Bryan and Organism, PopuliseS
and Populism, and who declared that ne
would support the Payne bill II 1t contain en
what his constituents wanted-a duty Oh
Sea Island cotton aaG protection Tor cltTuss
fruits, pineapples. etc. His remarks r leu
him into a colloquy with Mr.. Handel iIe re-
ash and other Democrats. but he, declarttu
hAcu ir ructp1 nv the Legs