The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-28
TARIFF BILL
 UP IN HOUSE
METAL SCHEDULE TAKEN UP WITH LIKELIHOOD THAT TT
 WILL PASS BY PARTY VOTE.
Republicans Charge Gag Rule" ir Shutting Oft Debate--nsureents Show No Disposition to Aid
 the Democrats.

Washington Jan. 27.-The first of the democratic tarff revision meas ures at this session, the metal tariff bill was mp iu the house tonight with prospects it would pass by practf ally united democratic majority, without amendment At a late honr tonight, the house still was working on the bil, Democratic Leader Under. wood having annotnced his determi. nation to push the measure through i5efeFe adjopHment
 Charges of "Caueus domination, and gag rule" were made repeatedly by republicans, insufgent and regu- lars, as Mir Underwood applied the house rules 10 shot off debates on amendments Insurgeat Leaders Nor ris of Nebraska and Representative Ienroot of Wisconsin. charged the democrats with denying the house a fair chance to consider the bill
 Republican Leader Mann declared the presiding chairman, Representa- tive Floyd of Arkansas and Mir. Un. derwood had usurped the powers of the house more automatically than ever was done before in the history of the republie'
 The attempt 10 amend the bill be- gan as soon as Mir Underwood shut off debate at the opening of the days session The republicans fought this application of the cloture rule, but lost.
 The insurgents made a determined attack on the bill at various points and showed no disposition to support the democratic measure, Amend ments for free steel rails and free pig iron were notified by Represents tive Warburton of Washington, re. publican insurgent, and voted down
 Representative Murdock of Kansas attempted to put in free steel rail amendment. that would apply only in ease the United States Steel Cor poraton was held by the New Jersey district court to be an unlawful com. binatiou. It, fteeii55if all democrats ought to be willing to support thie pro posal, but Chairman Underwood ez- horted the democrats 10 vote 1t down saying that if the United States Steel Corporation were dissolved there would be real competition among the steel rail mills.
 The debate was marked by denial from Representative Palmer democrat of Pennsylvania, that the duty had been removed from iron ore with an idea Of benefiting certain steel inter. ests in Pennsylvania Representative Austin, republican, Of Tennessee. made a fight for the restoration of duty on irCn ore. declaring free ofe would be a particular benefit to the Bethlehem Company, of which liar leles schwab is the head, and its mill district represented by Mir Palmer.
 q want to make a statement to end this matter at once" returned i Mir. Palmer. "So far from being the mouthpiece, the spokesman or the representative of the Bethlehem steei Company he said. T want it pn. derstood am here in opposition to all of it's efforts.
 Within the last IS hours ] have received my notice that for this so called act of treaehery to the interests of my constituents, the Bethlehem Steel Company and to Mir schwab l am marked fer the slaughter"
 The insurgent forces were in ire quent clashes with democratic leaders Mir Underwood charged Representa- tive Norris of Nebraska with attempt ing 10 delay the bill, a charge tha' was indignantly denied Republican Leader Mann declared the republi cans did not want to filibuster, bu wanted their full rights in consider ing the bill
 I 'lff If 9He are going to be run over VI certainly kick while 1t is going on, said MT. Mann Amendments by Rer resentatiye Martin. democrat of Co orado, and Representative Moore, rC 1 publican. of Pennsylvania, to pu I an eight-honr day clause in the bi
 were ruled out of order.
 An amendment by Representatiy
 Hin Of Connecticut, republican, pr'
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