Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-30
Twenty Insurgents Vote with Ma
jority in Favor Of Act.
REFUSE TO WAIT FOR REPORT
Payne Loses in Effort to Recommit
Bill to Committee.
SENATE FIGHT WILL BE STORMY
Democrats Hope Progressive Repus-
ficsps VIII Join Them to PasA
Bill and Leave it Up to
the President.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The demo-
cratic metal tariff revision bill. TO make
reductions averaging 3 per cent from the
existing steel and iron duties OF the
Payne-AIdrlch Law. passed the house TO-
dag by vote Of 20 to Zoe.
Republican efforts TO amend or debate
the bill were brought to sudden end
when Democratic Leader Underwood re-
fused to permit the offering of further
amendments and forced the house TO a
vote upon the final passage o the meas
ure. Twenty insurgent republicans voted
or the measure. while the democratic del
egation from Colorado, Representatives
Martin. Rucker and Taylor. dissatisfied
with the great reduction proposed In the
lead tariff, voted against the democratic
majority. The republicans who supported
the bill. all insurgents. were:
Representatives Davis and Lindbergh
tMinnl, Haughen, Hubbard and Woods
aa.p; Helgesen IN. d.. Jackson, Murdock
and Young tKanl: Kent and Stephenson
tCall, Kinksid, Norris and Sloan tNeb9;
Laferty Core.l, Ia Toilette and Wsrbur-
ton tWash.). Ienroot, Morse and Nelson
tWisl.
Tho insurgent republicans who voted
against its passage were: +#
Representatives Anderson. Miller. Hol-
sted and steenerson (Minnl; Cooper,
Eseh and Kopp Gwis.l; French ddaho).
Good. Green, Kendall. Kennedy and Pick
EFT ua1; Hays ccal).
Payne's Motion Defeated.
Defeated repeatedly in their attempts
to force amendments into the measure,
the republicans rallied for the last attack
upon the motion of Representative Payne
Of New York, former republican chair
man Of the ways and means committee,
10 recommit the bill TO that committee,
with instructions to hold until the ariff
commission made is report upon its pend
ing investigation of the metal tariff This
motion was defeated. 25 to los.
The regular republicans protested to
the last against the application Of the
rules closing the debate Mr.. Underwood
wss charged by Republican Leader Mann
with the ruthless application Of the force
Of the democratic majority. Many at
tempts 10 strike out sections Of the free
list were made, but amendments by Mr..
Mann 10 restrict the democratic free list.
which includes typewriters. printing ma
chInery. machine tools. sewing machines
and other articles, to countries that do
not discriminate against American cot
tonseed oil, live cattle, meats and meat
products were defeated.
Senate's Attitude Doubtfal.
The BIN will face stormy reception In
the senate. 1t will reach the senate to-
morrow and be referred to the financial
committee. Both republican and demo-
cratic senator's have been deferring other
legislation with view to concentrating
attention on the tariff measures as they
emerge from the house. but no course Of
action has been mapped out.
The democrats expressed hope today
that the progressive republicans would
join with them in the same coalition that
enabled the senate TO put through the
tariff bills at the extra session and to
leave the issue sauarely UP to the presi-
dent. The progressive republicans have
not held any conference as to their atti-
tude. There are differing individual
views among them as to- the steel tariff
that may interfere with a new align
ment on this measure when it comes up
for a vote.