Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-18
|FLAYED BY PAYNE
Democrats Accused of Aban-
doning Free Trade Ideas.
WOOL TARIFF DISCUSSED
Party Declared to Be Suffering From
One-Man Rule.
CHARGED TO UNDERWOOD
Said to Have Made Mistake of $685.
600, 900 in Explaining the
Treasury Statement.
CHARGED TO UNDERWOOD

Accusing the democrats of having
abandoned their free trade principles
in the framing Of the wool tariff re-
vision bill. and declaring they are as
much one-man ruled as they ever
charged the republicans with having
been, Representative Serene e. Payne
of New York, chairman OF the commit
tee which framed the Payne -Aldrich
tariff. made the principal speech in the
wool debate yesterday.
General debate on the Underwood BILL
revising the wool tariff schedule of the
Payne-Aldrich law, closed last night IN
the House Of Representatives, after ten
days OF discussion. The bill Will be
called up under the five-minute rule on
Tuesday. and will be placed upon its
passage before adjournment OF that day
There is little doubt that 1t Will pass
the House on a straight party vote.
A night session was held in order to
complete the discussion. inasnuch as
the democrats were forced. because OF q
temporary lack of votes, to devote tomor-
row to consideration Of the committee
discharge calendar Speeches in opposi-
ton to the bill were made last night ny
Representatives Anderson OF Minnesota,
French Of Idaho. James Of Massachusetts
and Dyer of Missouri. Defendants OF the
measure were Representatives Martin OF
Colorado and Cullop Of Indiana.
Mr. Payne accused the democrats or
having gone back on their n,, free p traae
ring to the farmers free list bill, he
said:
mo such crude measure ever before
was brought into this House by any
committee. There is not man ma ooo on
600 to s50,000.0o0 what difference It
would make in the revenues"
Representatives Foster of Illinois ana
Mays of Florida spoke in favor OF the
bill.
Called "Egregious Blunder."
Mr. Payne declared that Mr.. Underwood
in his opening speech on the bill had
made an ''egregious blunder," a mistake
Of $S5 100000 in his explanation OF the
Treasury statement whereby he defended
the partial duty kept on wool in the bill
as due to the necessity of revenue.
do you ever remember" asked Mr..
Mann, " when an opening speech on
tariff bill has not appeared in the Record
within a few days after its delivery?
Mr.. Underwoods speech has not yet been
printed
In defense OF Mr.. Underwood Repre-
sentative Harrison OF New York SAID
that the reason the speech had not been
printed was because Mr.. Underwood s
duties were SO heavy that he had not
had time to go over it.
Speaker Clark took part ip the debate
Ibid not the shoe manufacturers" he
asked Mr.. Payne, promise US. when the
tariff bill was in committee two years
ago, that II we took the tarin off hides
they could give US cheaper shoes? Yet
l have seen no reduction in the price OF
shoes
Mr.. Clark referred to the United States
Shoe Machinery Company. which he said
was in his opinion as tight trust as
there was in the country"
why has not the Attorney General
prosecuted this trust?" he asked.
did YOU refer to him the testimony
given before the committee about the
trust?"
NO said Mr.. Payne. L am not a
prosecuting officer"