Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-14
DYE EMbARGO|SCU
FROM TARIFF BILL,
HOUSE N REVOLT
1o2 Republican, ealk at Party
Lines and Join In Hitting
the Adminlstv alton.
FIST FIGHTS THREATENED
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chief sponsors.
BY the smashing vote OF III to 100
the House instructed its conferees
20 take the bill back to tho Senate
and cut on tho embargo on dyes
written into II by the Conference
Committee and the ~ cents a pound
duty on potash.
Exactly 1o2 Republicans jumped
party lines and voted with Demo-
Gratis and the one Socialist (I-ondon.
n. YO for these instructions. The
remaining 126 Republicans, joined by
four Democrats, undertook to hold
the party lines intact.
In addition to being the hardest
blow the Administration has suffered
at the hands OF its friends the
quarrel brought one OF the most
hectic days the House has known
since the World War. Half the time
II was In turmoil and disorder.
To those who were close witnesses
OF what transpired on the floor near
the end. fist fights were avoided only
by immediate adjournment as reg
ulars' undertook to revile "insur-
gents" for what they had done.
Over on the Democratic side there
was heard, as the vote was announced.
the heartiest chorus OF rebel" yells
that decimated band has felt like
emitting since 1920. The Democrats
swarmed around the diminutive. but
stocky. figure Of the person to whom
more than any other man the result
was attributed. Representative Garner
(Dem., Tex.). Mustang Jack" who
had been in as fine fettle tho whole day
as a Texan ever was.
shock to Republicans.
II was Garner who mixed the dose
and forced the Republicans to swal-
low IL or leave II. He discharged over
their heads what he called a double
barrelled load" by offering the motion
90 recommit the bill and strike out
the dye embargo and potash duty.
The Republican confereos were badly
shocked by their reversal. Chairman
Fordney (Rep.. Mich.) OF the Ways
and Means Committee declined to
make any comment formally. He de-
clared he did not know what effect IL
would have on the bill and did not
know when the conferees would take
IL up.
THE bonus" he added. comes up
tomorrow.
Representative Longworth (Rep.,
, OF, who led the fight for tho dye ern-
barso. dolefully said tho measure may
not be passed before election" While
Floor Leader Mondeil (Rsp. Wyo.),
\ went no further than to say: THE
measure Is on tho knees OF the gods
4 and don't know when It viii become
q law" During debate Lohgwprth had
snce weeks Of time might DO wasted
Garner. on the other hand, sasd thu
confersss could agree in ten minute,
II they 20 desired. inasmuch a. th'
Senate had voted against the enbaret
and put potash on the free List
This n simply instructng you I,
DO something tho Senate - already II
favor Of doing" he said, and shoul
not cause any delay"
Fish Attacks Embargo.
Garner took advantage Of two dis
contented elements on tho Republican
side. The larger one. composed o
the members Of the farm bloc, woul,
not dare 70 on record for q potasl
duty that meant an increase elaine,
TO be $50 a ton on fernlixer used b,
their farmer constituents. The small
er one included many city representa-
uves who feared the embargo on dye
would mean increased prices 70
clothing. When 1t came TO the tee
the two merged.
At one time Garner told the Hous
Il was remarkable that Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty was taking steps o,
the one hand to prosecute the dy
people, while the Republicans Il
Congress were undertaking 10 vot
them ultra-protoction in the form O
an embargo.
The nrst attempts today to smas
the embargo were through Parliamen
tary manoeuvres. Failure reeuite
1t that end Representative Fis
(Rep.. New York; and Copper CRep
Wis.,, made points OF order that tn
conferees in continuing the embars
had included IN the Tariff bill ne,
matter that waa not in disagreemen
Mr.. Fish, stating that both Senat
and House at various times had vote
against an embargo. asserted that h
had never known Of such a polite,
trick being perpetrated on this body
a. that Of the conferesa.
InvisIble Govseament
This - the worst example of III
workings Of the invisible government
he shouted, sthat have ever seen dul
Ing my n,embsrship In this House."
Representative Longworth was o
his feet protesting Fish had no rigt
TO discus anything but the Parlis
mentary phase Of his point OF orde
and at once claShed with Represents
two johnson (Rsp. s. d.. wh
sought to ask Fish 4 question. Ions
worth appealed to the Chair to sh,
Johnson on, claiming he knew whs
was ~in the mind OF the sentlema
from South Dakota to ask"
Tho gentleman nrom Ohio may I
the best ooufsrSs on dye stufls In tn
world, but, I submit. he can't rea
my n.4nd." hred Johnson. taking h.
ssat.
Longworth fshsd. A moment late
he told Fish the House had left !
doubt whether II had repealed the en-
largo or not. but that the Sena'
had repealed Il and II was the funt
tion OF the confersas to harmonixe tn
uncertainty. he addsd they were with