The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-05-08
ADJOURNMENT is
TAKEN TILL TODAY
Debate on Famous Measure
Comes to Conclusion With
Scathing Attacks and Bril-
liant Defense - A Great
Crowd in Galleries Bitterly
Disappointed When No
tice to Postpone Is Given

WASHINGTON. May AFTER all of
the fireworks preparatory to the passage
Of the Underwood bill in the house had
been set off. a republican parliamentary
maneuver blocked progress by the dem
oeratie majority and the house was
forced to adjourn until tomorrow with
the bill still pending
When tie valedictory speeches on the
bill had been delivered and crowded
floor and galleries were prepared for
the final action, Republican Leader
Mann replied to Majority Leader I'M
derwood's opposition to rollcalI on
the republican amendment proposing a
/. taliG commission by declaring he
Awou!d demand the reading Of the @en-
ro}lod bin
Il was Impossible for the enrolling
clerk TO complete the enrolment of the
bin before tomorrow afternoon and
amid the dissatisfied mutterings of the
members who had waited through the
evening in the expectation of a final
vote Representative Underwood moved
that the house adjourn until o'clock
tomorrow afternoon, when the vote on
the bill will be taken
IN the closing hours of the session
the ways and means committee
amended the income tax section of the
bill so as TO exempt from its proyi-
sions the citizens of Porto Rico and
the Philippines
DEBATE CLOSED AMID CHEERS
Amid chorus Of cheers and thunder
Gus applause from floor and galleries.
the leaders on both sides closed the de-
bate on the bill Representative Mann
told the democrats that they must ac-
cept a tariff commission now, cor we
VIII jam it down your throat in the
next congress.
our bill has now been before the
country for two months" ne said. And
already has beer universally con
demned. Business is more or less
stagnated in the fear that your rates
VIII injure industry I hope that fear
viii disappear But you are trying
to continue prosperity by threatening
prosperity, and If you succeed, you will
have accomplished the impossible.
We turn over to you prosperous
country. where the people are happy,
where there is work for all to do.
Take it and see whether you can do as
Well as we have, for the country will
Judge you, not by what you say here,
but by the future"
As the republicans applauded Repre-
sentative Payne of New York arose
I have heard mighty little criticism
of the present law" he said. There
has been some denunciation, much
from gentlemen who appear on this
floor for the first time and most of
them for the last time. Ali of them
say they don't like some of the pro-
visions of this bill"
Shaking a finger at the democratic
side of the chamber, Mr.. Payne adj
vanced across the well of the house
and shouted:
MIR. PAYNE's PARTING SHOT
If those of you who are voting for
this bin and holding your noses be-
cause you don't like the odor of 1t
were to vote according to your con-
votes to insure its final passage"
Mr. Payne sat down and the chairman
recognized Speaker Clark. There was
roar of applause from the democratic
side as the speaker strobe down the
center aisle. Democrats and repub-
lieans alike rose out of respect to the
speaker aud stood still until the ap-
plause subsided.
In the language of the old hymn
said the speaker, this is the way I
long have sought
He 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 aghting
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