The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-31
Bill Is Introduced to Form Permanent Tariff Board
GENERAL DEBATE IS HELD.
Democrats Differ in Views Proposed Bill Wheh Is in the House By Re
 tatfve Dalr
Washington, January

Washington, January
 sidering the matter for nor. tnah seven hours under special rule, the House at 1140 o'clock tonight, by vote of 1S6 to 93, passed the, bill pro viding for a permanent tariff board or five members This is the first of the legislation recommended by President Taft to be adopted in the House this session.
 The democrats split on the passage of the bill, and although Champ Clark the minority leader, voted for the measure. 90 of his followers were re- corded against 1t. The others who voted in the negative were scatter ing republicans. The democrats voted together on various admendments It the bill. but in each instance they were defeated and the bill was put through in exactly the shape 1t came from the committee. The insurgent republicans voted with the regulars of the party in opposition to the demo- critic amendments and on final passage of the bill.
 ktHch time given to the considera- tion of the bill was taken up by the democrats in their efforts to amend the measure. Several roll calls were de- manded and for time 1t seemed that a filbuster might be inaugurated, but an agreement to end the debate at II o'clock was finally adopted Democrats who voted for the bill were as fol- lows:
 Barnhardt of Indiana, Bartlette of Nevada. Booher of Missouri, Morland of Missouri, Brantly of Georgia, Burles son of Texas. Bryns of Tennessee, Can trill of Kentucky, Clark of Missouri, Cox of Ohio Dickinson of Missouri, Gallagher of Illinois, Goulden of New York. Hammond of Minnesota. Hardy of Texas, Ravens of New York, How ard of Georgia, Humphrey of Missis- sipp, Keliher of Massachusetts, Kin kead of New Jersey. Lloyd of Missouri. Maynard of Virginia, Mitchell of Mas sachusetts, Morrison of Indiana, Moss of Indiana, Nichoils of Pennsylvania, Padgett of Tennessee, Peters of Mas Pou of North Carolina, Pujo of Louisiana, Randell of Texas. Sharp of Ohio, Underwood of Alabama and Wyckliffe of Louisiana.
 General debate on the rule and subse- quently on the bill itself soon developed a decided difference of opinion on the democratic side, although the democratic members of the ways and means commit tee had voted with the republicans in re- porting 1t.
 Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania and Chairman Payne of the ways and means committee explained briefly the provisiorN of the measure.
 Some question arose as to who should be in charge of the democratic time dur ing general debate-whether 1t should be democrat In favor of the bill or one opposed to 1t. This set some of the re- publcans to laughing.
 q hope" said MT. Payne, that the gentlemen on the other side, whoever they are, can get together on some gentle man in whom they have confidence
 Champ Clark, who already had indicated that he favored the bill, was on his feet in flash.
 "A little more of that kind of 'gab' on your side," he retorted hotly, "and your kill Is dead''
 sKill 1t, Kill it," shouted dozen dem ocrats.
 It finally was agreed that MT. Payne of New York and Mir Harrison of New York should control the time. the lat ter III ODpOSlllOU. AltcI MI. IdyHt earnestly urged the passage of the bill Mir Clark took the floor.
 Champ Clark Speaks
 For some time" he said, there has been proposition pending in the Unit ed States, in sort of a nebulous way. for a tariff commission. that is, an in- stitution intended to undertake to fix rates. l was opposed to that last year and I am opposed to that this year, because it Is idiotic. It Is idiotic be- cause the constitution of the United States absolutely precludes such per formance So much for that. There is pending here now a proposition to es- tablish tariff board and that it have certain specified functions. Last year the proposition concerning a similar board was that 1t was to report to the President. I stated then and I, voiced the sentiment of a good many people, that the democrats did not object to information from any source on the tariff question nor any other question, and that If you were going to have tariff board 1t ought to be made to report to the House. I do not know that 1t would do very much good. do not believe it would do very much harm. If any.
 Propposition Amended
 "The proposition for tariff board has been so amended in this pending bill that the board shall report to the Senate or report to- the President, or report to the House. On the motion of the democrats in the committee 1t was fixed so that the House shall be able to direct the subjects that the board shall investigate. That makes an en. tirely different situation. I voted for that bill in the committee; am going to vote for it here.
 "Of course, there is no use to con cern what the condition is. We have
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