Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-20
WOOL DEBATE CAUSES A
NIGHT SESSION OF HOUSE
Congressman Payne Charges
the House Democrats With
Being Zone Man Ruled"

WASHINGTON. June 17.-General
debate on the Underwood bin revising
bin closed tonight IN the house. after
three days OF discussion The bin viii
be called UP under the nve-minute rule
Tuesday and win be placed upon its
passage before adjournment OF that
day. There Is little doubt that IL viii
pass the house on a straight party vote
A night session was held 20 complete
the discussion. inasmucn as the Dem
ocrats were forced. because OF tenn
pcrary lack OF votes. TO devote Monday
10 consideration OF the committee dis
charge calendar.
Accusing the Democrats OF hav-
ing abandoned their free trade prin-
cipals in the. framing OF tn wool
tariff revision bill. and declaring
they are as much one-man ruled as
Ing they are as much one-man ruled as
they overcharged the Republicans with
having been, Representative Serene z.
Payne, OF New York made the principal
speech in the wool bill debate today.
With the intention OF closing general
debate on the bill, the house held a night
session tonight and representatives ia
voring and opposing the bill were given
a chance to speak Chairman Underwood
hopes TO reach a vote on the measure
probably Tuesday or Wednesday
Serene E. Payne. chairman Of the COM
mittee which prepared the Payne-Aldrich
tariff measure, accused the Democrats Of
having gone back on their free trade
principles in the wooden bill. Referring
TO the farmers free list bill, he said:
NO such crude measure ever before
was brought into this house by any COM
mittee. There is not a man on either
side who can tell within S15,000,000 TO
$50. 900, 900 what difference 1t would make
In the revenue"
Representatives Foster. OF Illinois. and
Mays, OF Florida. spoke in favor of the
blk
Mr.. Payne declared Mr.. Underwood in
his opening speech on the bill made an
sexregious blunder," q mistake of $685.
O00. 600 In his explanation OF the treasury
statement whereby he defended the par
tial duty kept on wool in the bill as due
70 the necessity OF revenue
do you remember asked Mr.. Mann,
when on opening speech on tariff
bin has not appeard in the Record few
DAYS after its delivery? Mr.. Underwood's
speech has not yet been printed"
In defense OF Mr.. Underwood Repres-
entative Harrison, OF New York. said the
reason the speech had not been printed
was because Mr.. Underwood's duties
Eere so heavey he had not had time to go
over it In regard TO the wool schedule
Of the Payne-Aldrich law. Mr.. Payne
said. II wanted TO revise and eQualize
the wool schedule and euualize the du-
ties But 1 vas not able to carry 1t
through" He made q defense. however,
OF the bill as a whole
Mr.. Payne declared the real reason the
Democrats hadn't put raw wool on the
free list was because some gentlemen
at home had said IL would ruin them and
their state If there was no duty on
wool"
As 70 one-men power he said IL makes
no difference whether IL is one man who
snforces the rules in the speakers chair
and yho appears In the open or whether
he pulls the wires that control the eau
-cuss-rsa are about as free as the white
slaves we hear so much about"
At the night session. Representative
Martin, OF Colorado, a Democratic men,
Der from a sheep growing state, declar7
ed he was being attacked By the Repub-
ncan press in his district for yielding
TO the pledge OF the Democratic caucus
On the Underwood bill
Down here In Washington" said Mr..
Martin. s-the Republicans are abusing tho
Democrats for selling out to the sheep
states and out in the sheep states the
Republicans are abusing US because the
seII-out was not complete"
Representative Dyer. a Missouri Repub-
ncan. attacked the bill. declaring IL
would work great harm TO the sheep in
dustry OF his own state
Free raw wool would wipe out the
sheep industry altogether In Missouri,
he said
Representative cuIIop. Of Indiana. sup
porting the bin. assailed the Republican
argument OF protection for American
workingmen-
s~The great danger 20 American labor"
he said. is not IN the Importation OF
Foreign goods. but in the foreign Ia
borers shipped into this country annu-
ally BY our great captains Of industry
70 take the places Of American working
men at lower wages"