The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-05-12
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY WORKS
5MOOTHLY, OVERCOMING ALL
G. O. p. ATTACKS.
"a REPUBLICANS FOR IT
Nearly All Northwest Insurgents in
the List.-New Rules Making
Republicans
SGuirm.

Washington, D. G.. - Nine hours of
continuous pounding 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 by a vote Of 236 to 109. the
Democrats voting solidly and muster
ing "a Republicans with them.
This came after the Democrats had
voted down or ruled out of order more
than 100 amendments and had demon
strated again that the Democratic ma
jority was a compact and smoothly
working machine for the enactment Of
legislation. Minority Leader Mann
threw amendment after amendment
into the debate. ranging all the way
from free rice to free lead and pig
iron; but those that were not ruled
out of order were cheerfully vottd
down by an almost solid Democratic
vote.
An attempt by Mr.. Mann to recom-
nit the bill to the committee on ways
and means was tabled by the house.
The Republicans who voted for the
measure were Representatives Ander-
son, Davis. Lindbergh, Miller, Vol
stead and STEVENSON of Minnesota,
Anthony. Jackson, Madison, Murdoch
of Kansas, Hanna and Helgeson Of
North Dakota, Lenroot, Kopp, Morse,
Nelson of Wisconsin, La Toilette and
Warburton of Washington, Lafferty Of
Oregon. Kemp of California, Hubbard
of Iowa, Morgan of Oklahoma, Norris
of Nebraska and Roberts Of Nevada.
The Republican fight to amend the
bill began with an attempt to make
the free admission of merchandise APP
ply only to imports from countries
that in turn admitted American prod
ucts free. This was followed by eff
forts to have incorporated in the bill
provisions that would force other
countries to give up their discrimina-
tons against American meats, live
cattle and flour, and to include pro-
visions aimed at countries that impose
restrictions on the export of potash
and pulp wood.
New Rules Efficient.
All of these amendments were
thrown out. as not permissible under
the house rules. The progress of the
bill demonstrated the efficacy of the
new Democratic rules one of which
carefully restricts all amendments to
revenue measures to those
to the particular item under consid-
Grafton.
The Republican leaders roundly de-
nounced the Democrats for denying
freedom of debate and amendment.
former Republican Leader Payne as
in the history of congress had
the right of representation on the
floor Of the house been so limited. and
formtr Republican Leader Payne as
serted that the Democrats would be
discredited before the country for
their arbitrary exercise of majority
power.
Democrats Divided on Wool Schedule.
Untquivocal declaration in favor Of
placing raw wool on the free list in the
revised wool schedule of the tariff and
the consequent material Strengthening
of the position of hat element Of tht
majority party in the house which ia
vors free raw wool were the net re-
suits of caucuses held by the Demo
cratic representatives in the New York
and New Jersey delegations.
BY a vote of Is to 4 the New York
caucus Endorsed the fight of Represen-
tative Francis Burton Harrison, the
New York Democratic mtmber Of the
ways and means committee for free
raw wool, whose sharp cutting of OF
S21. 600, 900 Of revenue is not favored
by Speaker Clark.
1t was reported to the caucus that
the sentimtnt of the majority in the
ways and means committee favored
free raw wool at substantial reduction
of the tariff.
GaIIineer As President Pro Tenn.
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire
was unanimously nominated as presi-
dtnt pro tempore of the senate at the
Republican senatorial caucus.
Twenty of the so Republican sena-
tors were absent, including nine prog
ressive senators. The four ~
sives in attendance, Senators Borah,
Brown, Dixon and Kenyon, voted for
Mr. Gallinger.