The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-30
FROM
 INSURGENTS
TWENTY OF THEM AID DEMO CRAFTS IN PASSING METAL
 SCHEDULE.
First Step in the New Democratic Tar iii Program Is Taken--Messure Passed by Decisive Vote
 of 210 to 109

Washington. Jan 29-The democrat, ic metal tariff revision bill, providing reductions averaging B per cent from the existing steel and iron duties of the Payne-Aldrich law. passed the house today by vote of Zio to l00 Republican efforts to amend or de- bate the bill were brought to a sudden eud when Democratic Leader Under wood refused to permit the offering of further amendments and forced the house to a vote upon the final pass age of the measure.
 Twenty insurgent republicans voted for the bill, while the democratic dele gation from Colorado, Representatives Martin, Rucker and Taylor dissatis- fled with the great reductieftt ffteeePased IF in the lead tariff voted against the democratic majority The republicans who supported the bin are all insur- gents
 Defeated repeatedly in their attempt to force amendments into the meas ure. the republicans rallied fot the last attack upon the motion of -Repre sentative Payne Of .>ew York former republican chairman of the ways and means committee, to rp=cCmmit the bin to that committee. with instruc- tions to hold it until the tariff com mission made it's report upon it's pend. ing investigation of the metal tariff. The motion was defeated 205 to l0S
 The regular republicans protested to the last against the application of rules closing the debste. YAr aln. derwood was charged by Republican Leader Mann wifh the ruthless ap- picarion7 of the force of the demo- cratic majority Many attempts were made to strike ont sections of the democratic free list. but amendments by Mir, Mann, 10 restrict the demo cratic free list, which includes type writers, printing machinery, machine tools, sewing machines fnd other ar dcles, to countries that do not dis. criminate against American cotton seed oil, live cattle meats and meat products, were defeated.
 The bill will face a stormy recep- ton in the senate It will reach the upper body tomorrow and be referred to the finance committee, Both re, publican and democratic senators have been deferring other legislation with view to concentrating attention on the tariff measures as they emerge from the house, but no course of ac- tion has been mapped out
 The democrats expressed hope to- day that the progressive republicans would join with them in the same ooalitica that enabled the senate to put through the tariff bills at the ex, tra session and to leave the issue squarely mp to the president The progressive republicans have not held any conference to decide what atti- tdue they will assume There are diff fering individual views among them as to the steel tariff that may inter- 1 fere with full alignment.
 Senator Cummins has bill which he is ready to propose as substi- ute for the house measure largely 1 based on his opposition to the honse bnrs transformation Of specific duties inte- -ad Yalorem duties. Other pro gressiNe senators have propositions to offer
 Regular republican members ot the senate committee already are figaring on hearing various persons interested in the steel industry Who have ap' ! pned to the committee. Senator Pen rose will return etiAesday iioh i Pittsburg and he and his republican colleagues immediately will take up
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