The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-09
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ment limiting the free entry of art. |
lcle OF those countries which admit
fiee similar articles exported from
the United States, thus giving tcs
American producer a chance, but TO
no purpose.
Cannon Raps Underwood Committee.
A feature of the debate in the
house under the fve-minute rule was
: speech by Representative Cannon
OF Illinois on the question of amend
ments to the free list bill Floor
Leader Underwood had taken the
ground that the rules of the house
restricted amendments to the subject
matter Of pending measures and had
intimated 1t would be useless to ap
Ioint committees If their work was 10
he brushed aside by the house in
committee Of the whole. Mr.. Can
rcn said:
Here is house OF representatives.
consisting of 391 members, represent
ing 92.o00.00o Of people, a house with
plenty Of power to do whatever a ma
jority desires to do. It organizes, it,
adpots rules, 1t appoints committees,
one OF the greatest OF which, certainly
the greatest when revenue legislation
is pending, Is the committee on ways
and means.
That committee is supposed to
have prepared bill and from the
calendar reported that bill to the
house, where it is now pending. Un.
der the rules that this house adopted
1t goes to the committee of the who.a
house on the state of the union, and
yesterday the gentleman says, whaI
do you think a committee Is for If
the committee of the whole house
can change anything In the bill that
this great ways and means committe.
reports?'
Mann and ShackIeford In Tilt.
'Is the ways and means committee,
consisting of twenty-five members, 50
great that the committee of the whole
house can not even offer germane
amendment and it be in order?''
Minority Leader Mann and Repre-
sentative Shackleford of Missouri had
sharp clash over an amendment Of
fered by the former to put grindstones
on the free list, Mr.. Mann declared
that every farmer required a grind
stone. Mr.. Shackleford said in sub
stance, that if grindstones are agricul-
tural implements they are covered by
the general language of the bill, and
ii not an amendment was not proper.
81 have never known the gentleman
from Missouri to ask a material ques-
ton since I have been in the house,
replied Mr.. Mann.
The gentleman has never yet given
respectful answer to any member
who has apparently put him in hole.
retorted the Missourian, with rising
| temperature
"The gentleman, in referring to me-
describes himself said the minority
| leader.
Mr.. Mann's final sally was: "The
1 gentleman from Missouri is trying his
best to be offensive, but, knowing the
| gentleman, nothing he can say will
/ be offensive to me-
4 Mr.. Shackleford jumped to his feet
but Representative Alexander of Mis-
/ souri,, who was presiding, said: THE
gentleman from Missouri will take his
seat
Chairman Alexander, who had up tc
this time sustained every point o1
4 order made by Mr.. Underwood agains
amendments, overruled the point o.
order on the grindstone amendment
/ and said. THE experience OF the
! chair has been that every well-regu
i lated farm has its grindstone.' Wher
put to vote the amendment was
/ lost
Another tense moment came whe1
4 Representative Fowler of Illinois rose
and attacked the shoe manufacturers
of the country, declaring they wan
4 everything in sight, giving the peo
pie nothing"