The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-08
Republicans Block Passage
of Underwood Tariff Bill
By Parliamentary Maneuver
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IF those of you who are voting for this
bill and holding your noses because you
don't like the odor of it were to vote ac-
cordlng to your convictions there would
not be enough votes to insure its final
passage.
Clark Given Ovation
Mr. Payne sat down and the chairman
recognized Speaker Clark. There was q
roar of applause from the democratic
side as the speaker STROBE down the cen
ter aisle. Democrats and republicans
alike arose out of respect to the speaker
and stood until the applause subsidized
I'm the language of the old hymn" said
the speaker, this is the way / long have
sought"
lie got no further. Applause that swept
the floor and galleries left him silent in
the midst of pandemonium. After some
time the noise subsidized and he continued:
"A few of us have been fighting for 20
years to accomplish what We are going
to do in few minutes We have faced
a majority of 124 on the other side of the
aisle, You now face a majority of 19l. :"
The speaker congratulated Representa-
tive Underwood and the democrats of the
ways and means committee for their work
in the preparation of the bill and CON
graduated both sides of the House for
Nue cOluiSOuS, klluneSS ana good leei-
ing" that marked this consideration.
1T seems our manners as well as our
politics are improving in the House" he
said. mo tariff bill was ever so thor
oushly considered in the House Two
weeks in the democratic caucus and they
can say what they please about that
caucus, brought about unanimlty in the
House. We brought on no rule, to limit
debate or amendment. You can't kick or
squeal that you did not have an oppor-
tunity TO offer your ideas as TO what
should be in the bill. The unanimity in
the House was not brought about by the
lash of the taskmaster. You republicans
say that the last time we passed the tariff
bill we split up. This time we will pass
the tariff bill and stick together
This bill is the concencus of the opin-
ions of 21S men in the House, 10 in the SEN
ate and one man in the White House
We've got a bill on which we can go to
the country and the country will rise up
and call us blessed We want a wider
market for our surplus products and
that's what this bin is going to give us. .
Representative Mann reintroduced his
tariff board amendment as a rider to
the dumping clause which would as
sess penalty not to exceed 10 per cent
ad Nalorem on imports sold in this coun-
try at a lower price than abroad Repre-
sentative Mann proposed that the Secre-
tdty OF the treasury IN arriving at fair
market value for such be assisted by a
tariff commission appointed by the Presi-
dent This amendment was voted down
after debate of 30 minutes. An amend
ment by Representative Fordney to in
clude articles on three free list in the
dumping clause also met defeat.
The real parliamentary battle took place
after the completion of the reading of
the bill for amendment. when Representa-
tive Payne took, the floor and presented
for the republicans a lengthy motion
which would have carried the bill back to
the ways and means committee with iu-
struction to alter various provisions It
contained the republican bill for tariff
commission, the republican substitute for
the wool schedule, with a duty based on
is cents a pound on raw wool, orders to
prepare a cotton schedule according to
the report of the tariff board, orders to
change all rates on the basis of the dif-
ference in the cost of production at home
and abroad, and to substitute specific
duties for ad valorem rates wherever
possible