Evening star., 1911-01-31
House Passes the L0ngW0rth-
DaIzeH Bill.
ADOPTED BY 1856 TO SO
Heated Discussion Over Provisions
Continues Nine Hours.
FAVORED BY 80 DEMOCRATS
Senators Bailey and Hepburn An
nounce Their Intention of Fill
clustering Against Measure.

The Longworth- -Dalzell bill. to create
a permanent tariff board. is up to the
Senate. The measure was passed by the
House last night, after nine hours of
heated discussion. Its fate in the Senate
is problematical. Senator Bailey of Texas
and Senator Hepburn Of Iowa have an
nounced their intention OF hliousterihs
against it. If they carry out this threat
the bill will fail, for it is an easy matter
for even one senator to flibuster sue
cessfully against any proposition In the
closing days Of a short session. when
great volume of business. including the
annual money measures. are pressing Tor
consideration
Yesterdays session of the House was
the longest in which either body has in
dulged since Congress convened IN De-
cember. The body sat twelve hours. the
first three being devoted to completion
and passage of the District OF Columbia
appropriation bill and the remainder OF
the time to the tariff board measure.
which was finally passed a few minutes
before midnight.
Democrats Switch Over.
The feature Of greatest interest in con-
nection with the consideration Of the
Longwortll-Da measure was the man
ner in which the republicans stuck to-
gether and the democrats didn't. The
final vote on the bill was 1S6 to 9i. Only
two repubicans-Represen Gaines
and Hubbard of West Firginia-voted
against the bill. Thirty-three democrats
voted for it. Among this number were
Champ Clark. Represe ntative Underwood
of Alabama, chairman-elect of the demo-
cratic ways and means committee. and
most of the democratic leaders. The rank
and file deserted.
Champ Clark removed some of the
sting of this performance by stating at
the outset Of debate that he would hold
no man accountable for his vote on the
measure. which. he insisted, was non
partisan in character and purpose. But
the democrats in opposing 1t did their
level best, by their heated speeches, by
their caustic criticisms of their own col
leagues and by their entirely abOrtive at
tempts to fflbuster. to make partisan
proposition out OF the tariff board bill.
Board of 1--we Members.
The Longwortii-Dalzell bill, as passed
by the House last night, provides for a
tariff board of five members, to be ap-
pointed by the President. who also is
to designate the chairman. The men,
bers are to serve six years, but may be
removed at any time for ineffeciency,
neglect of duty or malfeasance in Office.
Not more than three members OF the
board, it is provided, shall belong to the
same political party. The chairman is
to receive $3.50 year and the other
members $1,000. The principal office of
the board is to be in Washington.
It is to be the duty Of the board to in
vestigate the cost OF production of all
articles, which. by any act of Congress
now in force or hereafter enacted, are
made the subject of tariff legislation,
with special references to the prices paid
domestic and foreign labor. and the
prices paid for raw materials. whether
domestic or imported. entering into man
ufactured articles: producers prices and
retail prices Of commodities. whether
domestic or imported; the condition of do
anestic and foreign markets affecting
the American products, including detailed
information with respect thereto. together
with all other facts which may be neces-
sary or convenient in figuring import
duties or in aiding the Presiuent and other
officers Of the government in the admin
istration of the customs laws. The pro-
vision that appealed to the democrats
directs the. board to make Investigations
into any tariff subject, when directed by
either house of Congress