Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-11
SENATE REPUBLICANS
NOW IN "HARMONY''
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against any discrimination in the tar
if in the interest of the Philippines.
1--WE find ourselves" they say, ION
the unassailable fact that every COM
mercial favor between the Philippines
and the United States not granted to
other countries constitutes a lien on
the prejudice Of the independence of
the islands, which is not only our deep
est aspiration but that of tIIe Filipino
people as a whole"
The document was signed by promi-
nent Filipinos.
Speaker Cannon is Of the opinion that
it will take temperature of SO to 100
degrees in the shade to get the tariff
bill out of the senate The speaker
was at the White House today, and
after talking with the president, he
said:
IF you will tell me when the senate
will pass the tariff bill 1 will give you
a pretty good guess as to when con-
grecs will adjourn. The only thing
that can move the previous question
in the senate is hot weather"
Other congressional callers at the
White House today expressed the be-
lief that the earliest possible date of
adjournment is July 1.
Much Interest in Vote
In a brief speech Mr.. Bradley of Ken
IdNOT6u SuSIdlIlliS Vic SOllllillt-
tee in it's recommendations regarding
the lead schadule.
Mr.. Cummins' amendment reducing
the duty on pig lead from 21s to Us
cents a pound and the differential from
"a cent as recommended by the COM
mittee on finance to % cent per pound,
was lost, So to A.
There was much interest in the vote,
as it was considered a test of strength
of the Republican insurgents. OF the
35 votes cast for the amendment IL
were cast by Republicans, but they
were not sufficient.
The committee won with four votes
to spare.
After the result was announced Mr..
Beveridge moved to reduce the diff
ferential to a quarter of cent, MAX
ing the rate on pig lead cents and
the differential " cent pound.
Mr.. Beveridge declared that the repu-
tations of Speaker Cannon and other
Republican members of the house as
protectionists were sufficient to defend
senators voting for the amendment
from the charge of being Indifferent to
the protective needs of this industry,
as the house had declined to allow any
differential.
Mr.. Aldrich in reply declared that if
the senate did not intend to turn the
industry over to foreigners a proper
protection was necessary to keep it at
home.
Mr.. Beveridge vehemently replied that
the senator from Rhode Island would
have to invest "some new argument"
in place of the argument that the in
dustry would be turned over to for
eigners.
Mr.. Beveridge asked whether the Re-
publicans of the house wanted to turn
over the producing interest to for
eigners.
"Forty-four of them voted against
the house provision" declared Mr.. Aid
rich.
THAT other argument of turning the
industry over to the foreigner" con-
tinued Mr. Beveridge, comes like a
Photographic report of an ancient cam
paign, and I ask again whether a Re-
publican house attempted to strike that
industry down."
The yeas and nays then being called
on Mr.. Beveridge's amendment, it was
defeated 81 to 46.
The committee provision fixing the
rate on pig lead and kindred leads at
21s cents a pound, a differential of 70
cent of pound. was then adopted by
q viva Voce vote.
The senate then adjourned,