The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-09
HOUSE PASSES
 THEFREEL|ST BILL
 BY 127 MAJORITY Over a Hundred Republican Amendments Voted Down
 By the Democrats
MANN'S FILIBUSTER
 IS BADLY DEFEATED
Every Democrat and Twenty-four Re- publicans Vote for the Bill. Mann and Cannon Lose
 Hard Fight


 Washington, May S.-Nine hours ot continuous bounding at the hands of the republican minority of the House of Representatives failed to make a single change In the first democratic tariff bill, that placing on the free list agricultural implements, meats and many other articles The bill passed the House tonight by vote of 236 to 10e, the democrats voting solidly and mustering 24 republicans with them This came after the democrats had voted down or r~ out of order more than 100 anen{S :. s and had demon strated again . ., the democratic ma jority was a ;;S pact and smoothly working macSo for the enactment of Legislation. kssji :, ority Leader Mann threw ametqd9 lt after amendment into ths~d~aS ranging all the way from free 0 . to free lead and pig from but (, g SC that were not ruled out of were cheerfully. voted down D almost solid democratic vote.
 An attempt by MT. Mann to recom- init the bill to the committee on ways and means was tabled by the House.
 The republican fight to amend the bill began with an attempt to make the free admission of merchandise ap- ply only to imports from countries that in turn admitted American products free. This was followed by efforts to have Incorporated in the bill provi- sions that would force other countries t alr ,iv,ot tfrv, r, ct American meat, live cattle and flour; and to include provisions aimed at countries that impose restrictions on the export of potash and pulp wood.
 All of these amendments were thrown out by Chairman Alexander and Chair man Hay, the two presiding officers of the day, as not permissible under the rules of the house.
 DenOunce Democrats
 The republican leaders, including ex- Speaker Cannon, Mir Mann and Rep resentatiye Payne former republican leader, roundly denounced the demo erats for denying freedom If deb ate s d amendment. MT Cannon declared that never in the history of Congress had the right of representation on the floor of the House been so limited and MT. Payne asserted that the democrats would be discredited before the coun : try for their arbitrary exercise of ma jority power.
 The democrats smiled through it all and on the motion of MT. Underwood they continued to run down the republican amendments. They ruled out amendments covering free rice, free sugar, iron ore, free paints, drugs, glass and a host of other things. Time after time Mir. Mann appealed from the decisions of the chair ni d,,aa l.,,t i,, ', case the democratic majority cheerfully sustained the chair.
 After four or five hours of attempts at amendment the republican fight took on the complexion of aflibuster. Once when denied vote by the chairman, MT. Mann intimated that the bill would not pass in hurry Following that the repub- licans repeatedly demanded rising votes, but in the end MT Mann made no at tempt to delay the final vote on the bill. Tn all, the republican leader offered S3 amendments. After every paragraph he renewed the attempt to have counter vaiing clause put in so that the free rates would not apply to countries charg- ing duties against similar American goods
 The democrats steadfastly refused to cut off debate or lay themselves open to the charge of having passed the bill under
 
 Republicans declared the democrats were giving away American markets and getting nothing in return. MT. Hill of Connecticut insisted that the bill ought to be so amended that it woul1 put lever under other nations that are not dealing fairly with the United States" To none of these changes however would the democrats accede.
 Minority leader Mann declared that the democrats had not put either rice or rice flour on the free list, simply because they were products of southern states. Chair man Underwood of the ways and means committee replied that the reason that rice had not been made free was be- cause the democrats did not know how much revenue it would cost the govern ment
 This does not complete our tariff egis. lation, said Mir. Underwood. "We in- troduced this bill to give the fai mers cheaper agricultural implements and tho city dwellers cheaper meats and bread. We could not go beyond that without endangering the revenues. We intend to take up. in proper order. all tariff rates and to adjust all of them"