The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-28
PASS ISLE TARIFF
MEMBERS OF HOUSE DECIDE
Philippine BILL is A Me-
CESSITY.
ARGUE LUMBER IN SENATE
Toga Wearers in Tilt Over Wood
Schedules-Day Is Given Over to
Speechmaking and General Express
sion of Ideas

sion of Ideas.
Washington, May 25.-The Philip
pine tariff bill was finally passed by
the house after several previous eff
forts had been made to put it through,
but which failed because of the lack
of quorum.
Immediately after the house met
Mr.. Macon of Arkansas continued his
demand for quorum. The clerk be.
gan to read the journal of last Thurs
day, but he was interrupted by the
Arkansas member with the statement
that so important a state document
should not be considered in the alb.
sence of a majority of the total mem.
bership.
Speaker Cannon counted ITS mem.
bers present, 21 less than a quorum
A quorum was finally secured.
To. Aid Porto Rico.
Over an objection by Mr.. Macon OF
Arkansas to unanimous consent the
house voted to take up the bill amend
ing the organic act of Porto Rico, sc
as to provide among other things fol
appropriations when the island legis
lature fails to make them. A short
while previously the presidents mes
sage on the subject, which had oc'
casioned so much debate regarding its
reference, was sent to the committee
on ways and means, where the speak
er in the beginning desired it to go.
Following brief explanation of the
provisions of the bill by Mr.. Payne OF
New York, Mr.. Clark of Missouri ex
pressed as his best judgment that
Porto Rico should be transformed into
eminent
Hepburn Talks on Lumber.
Senator Hepburn resumed his
speech on the lumber schedule in the
senate and submitted large amount
of evidence concerning the cost OF
producing finished lumber and the
need for differential duty
Senator Hepburn inquired how
much it was proposed by the advo
Gates of reduced lumber rates to cut
the wages of laborers in the lumber
camps He wanted to know whether
It was the mills in the west or south
that it was proposed to close.
Only dozen senators were on the
floor. "The circulation of the Con
gressional Record is so limited and
the interest of the press in this ques
ton so small that I prefer to speak
to those who must vote on this ques
tion," t''e Idaho senator said He
then questioned the presence of q
quorum and the roll was called. A
quorum responded and Senator Hey
burn repeated his questions. The 81
lence which followed was broken by
the senator declaring: eff you don't
answer those question here you will
answer them when election day comes
around and you want to hold up to the
people the fruits of the Republican
party"
Senators in Clash.
In the meantime so many senators
had again left the chamber that a
quorum had to be brought in by an
other roll CALL
A clash between Senators Hepburn
and Clapp followed the formers as
sertion that the promise of tariff re-
vision was made by the few Repub.
licans at the Chicago convention Gin
the hour of their fright"
Senator Clapp asked if the Idaho
senator did not want to withdraw
that statement.
mo, l am not afraid of ghosts,
wherever 1 meet Them" replied Sena-
tor Hepburn. "The people knew the
Republican party could be trusted to
do the right thing, although inadvert-
emily a bad promise crept into the
platform"
Senator Burkett followed Senator
Hepburn by defending a reduction of
the lumber rates.
An extended plea for differential
duty on dressed lumber was made in
the senate in connection with the con.
sideration of the tariff bill by Senator
Root, who cited the various lumber
interests along the Canadian border
and gave reasons why they should be
accorded protective tariff.
Canada" he said, "offers to every
planning mill which will move across
the border a remission of taxes for
from Is to rs years. So that the duty
which we are imposing, if we adopt
the committee report on dressed lum.
Der, merely balances the tax that is
imposed upon the property of our
mills for the support of our state and