The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-10
FINAL VOTE TAKEN LAST NIGHT
AT s:15, RESULTING IN 217
FOR AND 161 AGAINST
PASSAGE.
DAY or EXCITEMENT;
GALLERIES WERE full
Petroleum On Free aList-Dttty On
Hosiery and Gloves increased
Republicans Held Together
= Several Democrats
Voted With Them.

WASHINGTON. April 9-After three
weeks of consideration the Payne
tariff bill passed the house tonight,
z17 to 1Gi. One Republican. Austin
OF Tennessee. voted against the meas
ure aud four Democrats, all from
Louisiana. Broussard, Estopinal, Puio
and Wickliffe, voted for it, The at
tempt by Champ Clark, minority
leader to recommit the bin with in
structions, signally failed.
Day of Excitement
The day was filled with excitement
from the moment the session began
at noon until the minute of adjourn
ment The members were keyed up
to the highest pitch, and practically
the full membership remained On
duty throughout The final vote
demonstrated the capacity Of the Re
publican organization to get together.
The situation with respect to lumber
was greatly relieved to the Republl.
can leaders when it became manifest
that the advocates or the proposition
of placing it on the free list were in
the minority.
Because of that fact, Fitzgerald of
New York, claimed that mid 'ight
deal had been made last night wher :
by free lumber was to be voted down
ana the rates on barley and barey
malt increased, and this nothwith-
standing the lenials Of Mann Of Hi,
nofs, and Cushman of Washington,
who offered barley amendments.
General Public Present.
The general public was greatly in
terested in the proceedings and the
galleries were packed. Both the
diplomatic and executive reservations
likewise were fully occupied, Mrs.
Taft being among those presenth
When the bill actually was passed
the Republicans cheered Justify,
some dancing up and down the aisles
and patting their fellow memb ars on
the back.
After adopting a resolution tAt un-
til further ordered sessions ishall be
held only on Mondays and Thursdays
the house at 1920 y. m. adjourned.
Debate Lasted 16 Days.
While more consideration in point
of time has been given by the house
10 the Payne BILL 1t was passed in
fewer days than the Dingley bill was
acted on after being reported to the
house. The Payne bill was adopted
on March II, reported to the house
ways and means committee on the
following day and was under general
debate for sixteen days. On Monday
of the present week the rules COM
mittee reported a special order which
closed the general discussion and pro
vided for consideration of the bill
under the five minutes rule. Chair
man Payne handled the bill on the
floor and divided time in such a way
that only the paragraphs affected by
committee amendments and amend
had been concluded when they voted
on the measure, was reported.
Dnaiey Bill Debate.
The Dingley bill was under consid
Grafton in the house two days longer
than the Payne bill, but the house
was not in session as long each day
as during the consideration of the
latter measure. All during the gen
eral debate on the Payne bill the
house sat for ten and half hours
each day. thus establishing a record
for that body. Olmsted of Pennsyl-
vania, presided as chairman of the
committee of the whole horse on
state of union throughout the twenty
days given the BIZ.
Petroleum On Free List.
One of the principal changes eff
fected in the Payne bill since its in
PRODUCTION was the placing of pero-
leum on the free list. This involved
a more seriously contested fight than
any other amendment Speaker Can
non. during the debate on the amend
ment to reduce the duty. tok the floor
in defense of a higher rate. AL
though the amendment to place oil
on the free list was lost yesterday.
similar amendment oIered by Payne
today was carried.
Among other important amend
ments made since the bill came from
the committee were those striking
out the provision for a duty on tea
and the countervailing duty proviso
on coffee. eThe elimination os the
maximum duty of twenty per cent on
coffee contained in the maximum and