Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-02-01
GARNER KILLS
TARIFF BOARD
BY AMENDMENT
G. 0. P. House Members
Fail to Defeat Move to
Cut Expense Fund;
Roll Call Promised
(Bv The Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, d. G.. Jan. 3l--House
republicans. caught mapping on what
many of them believed would be a dull
Saturday, failed to muster en-. ugh votes
today to def at an amendment, by Re-
preventative Garner, democrat. Texas, to
the independent offices appropriation
bill which would wipe the tariff COM
mission cut of existence next July /.
The amcndmt mt which eliminates a
provision Of $712,000 for expenses o:
the commission during the coming fis-
cal year, was adopted by vote of So
to 36. Democrats with few exceptions
supported the amendment while repub-
licans. Handicapped by absentees OPP
posed it.
Representative Longworth, the rcpub-
lican leader. and Representative WOOD,
republican, Indiana, in charge Of the
bill. announced they would demand a
roll call vote on tn. amendment before
passage of the bill, probably Tuesday.
The vote today was by tellers.
Action on Garnci's amendment came
after more than an hours debate, and
after rroviSo continuing the ban
against commiss toner's participating in
proctt dings in which they or any men,
Der of their families are interested had
been eliminated on a point of order.
Representative Chindblom, of Illinois.
republican member of the ways and
means committee, questioned the vali-
dty of the proviso, similar to the one
attached to last years bill which pre-
vented Commissioner Classic from TAX
ing part in the sugar duty proce edings.
Representative Tilson, republican, Con-
recticut, presiding, sustained his con-
tention that the clause legislation not
authorized in appropriation bill. Even
the tariff committee appropriation
should be restored by another vote, the
stipulation regarding the qualification
Of members to participate in proceed
ings is out of the bill for good, unless
reinserted by the senate and retained
by confcrees.
Mr.. Garner and those who supported
his move to abolish the tariff commits
sion declared it was serving no usefui
function, that the treasury could fur-
nish all the information now obtained
from the commission, and that the pres
iQent was SHOWING dH iHSiihdtioH - 49,
rd the law that thl commission IS
to be bipartisan.
Mr. Garner criticized President Cool
idge for delay in acting on the comms
son's sugar report, assaled the APP
pointment bv President Harding o.
Commissioner Classic as democrat and
charged that Mr. Coolidge was Juggling
the intment of Commissioner
Lewis unless he could determine ON
some "scallwag" democrat who wouio
, be more inclined to the tariff views
Of his republican colleagues.
| Mr.. Garner said that when there u
a revkion Of the tariff law he would
make an effort to compel the commis-
| sion to report to congress as we'll ~ 70
the PRESIDENT, so that the public would
! know the recommendations of the COM
mission under flexible provisions of the
tariff law.
Mr.. Wood, while declaring he bellev'
ed the tariff commission should be 9
partisan body. declared the presiden'
should carry out the spirit Of the law
| by making it bipartisan. He criticized
Woodrow Wilson for appointing to the
| commission a republican whom he de-
clared was out of sympathy with the
republican party on the tariff issue.