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Show MINORITY NOT I GIVEN CHANCE I I TO AMEND BILE I Gag Rule Applied by the Democrats Dem-ocrats in Lower House of Congress When Metal Schedule Is Debated. REPUBLICANS PUT UP GALLANT FIGHT Measure Completed Almost to the Last Paragraph and Will Be Passed Early in Monday's Session. i WASHINGTON. .7. -In OTdSt to not nsas the metal tariff re-vision re-vision bill on 8unday monsjag, i he Dsmoerailc leaders of tbc house, af'er llnisliinc the meas me almost to lust oaingraob. .i-jpumeri .i-jpumeri tiint bod h few minutes before mldnlgbl tonight. They will pass it aaiix Monday'. All atienmts of the RepupUcans to amend the meganre Called. Tiie gas'' ,ton was marked b a sharp division be-twen be-twen Democrats and insutRent nonh Ui-ans and tbe open declaration or many of tbe umursrante that they ouic otr-against otr-against the bill. The bill as it will z- lo the s--nai-MoikIhv still carry an average reduction reduc-tion or tariff duties on all mot&l artk-le 61 about 3i ner cent rrom the ratc of tbe Payne -Aldrlch law now in foree. I Id expected, if it becomes iax. to crease Rhpori i- S3s.00a.0oe nnd reduci revenues about trioo,ofo. Charges of "caucus domination" and " cns rule"' veie rnad i ODc-utecJly by f-Ce-pnbllcana, Insurgents and regulars. ,n Mr. Underwood anniifd ths honae rules o hul off )-bafe and the amendments offered. feH nsnnreni Leader Norrii of Nebraaka and LenrOol of Wiseonsln eharged the Democrats with denying the house a fall chance to consider the bin. Republican Leader Main declared toe presiding chairman. Representative Trioy.i of Arkansas, and Sir. I'ndorwood ha.t "usurped the powers of th honge mere autocratically tbau aver way don be-fore be-fore In the history Of the republic." Cloture Applied. T," attempt to aineud tiie tdii hgau As K.ii s Mr. Understood hnt off le- bate at tho opening or the da 'i Bession. Tbe Republicans fought r hi? application of the cloture rule, hut tost. Tiie intiurvents m.irj,. dtermfned alts al-ts upon tbe bill at arioua pointy ar.d showed no disposition to support the Democratic measure, Amendments for i free steel ralis ml free pig iron were offered by Representative WHrtrnrttm or ; asitlngton, liopuolic-n insurgent. an-.1 j votorf down. J Hpresenia'.!' alurdock or Kansas nt h j i-n:p'..d i" pul ;n a free t8l Ta'l lamendraenl thai would appt) only in ease I the United States Steel t orpor.i.tion was I hold by ths New Jer.-ey district court to H n.-- mi unlawful combination Tif daclarad I all i " mocrats oujghl to b srUHng to -ip- I port this proposal, but Chairman Undei - I Sood oxhorted th" Pmoerts 'o vote M down, sa- ing ir the United state. Stesi I corporation were di solved there woulH 5" bi real competition among iteeNrail miU. , .Fight Over Iron Ore I The deNito ls rmu-ked by igopou' I denial from Representative Palmer (Dem- I locrat) or Pesmsylvanls that the duty iiad j in removed nnm iron oi with the I Idee of benefiting certain interBt? B ,iu Pennsylvania. Representative Aut-tln fRepublivn) or Tcnnj-hee made a fight for ti,' restoration of duty on iron ore. would !" i partlru- H liar benefit to the Bethlehem Steel eem-wbkrh eem-wbkrh GBsgHas 'If. Schwab is ths head, and wkfeh has Its mills In the H district repersanted by Mr. Pnimer. i ni id make a statement to end this matter at on.-" retmned Mr. Palm- H i am opposition to all oi f tin- steel oompanlea siforta withtn the H I lasl forty-sbrlit have recslved H . my notice that for this BOCSJIed act of H 1 treachery to the Interests of my eon- Istituenti the BeUriehesn Steel comnany. H smd to Mr, Si iwab I am marked for the jr. The uuiurgent rorcea were In Treciuent clash srlth Democratic leaders. Mr. fJn Ji derwood charged Representative Norrls g of Nebrsska adtli attempting to delay iv a? i bill, a charge thdt ai denied fndig- H Protest of Mann. 7 Republican Leader Mann d eclated thi l, Republlearui did not want to ftltbustsr, p but wanted their full rights In eon?idet- S,; the If WS Sre goin to he run over, w r H . dnl) will bleb while if Is going on," said Mi . Mann. & - , Amendments by Representative Mai Bt ti:;, Democrat of Coloiudo, and Rep if- Lf Bentgttvs Moore. Republican or penns.- ;- 9G , I iCoattnnsd oa Paxa TwoA MMDRI1Y NOT GIVEN I CHANCE TO AMEND 1 onUiiuefruiPan "wis, to put an eight -ho., r day cla j ise Into tiie bill, ware ruled " 1 ,u,,,'j Kn amendment by ;p' "' " 1 . 11 '' of . onnaoUcut. Republican, Phlb tin ii.e Hf intDOrtation "; typewrltera, uno Jpesand o rtlclea h.relr .the I..'-hoc. uic free was vo ted dow . 1;. ni.ci, c i:vat.r..-v. 1 li yuWIi an o New York, offered an amendment lo I , ri.;i. the pronoacd duty on pot kntvea ,nd Blmfinr cutlery rrom ss P' , eiit to sn per . ,H H- was nkn ' ,;e "presentatlve Hamlin of Mturl. Dem; ocrai whether he was Interested rinan-, rinan-, iftUy In c 1 1 1 1 e 1 v manufacture, end replied that he had given up all his Interests when he came to COIIgreSS, -Must i, nun. SiVS UP Sll g come to conareaa"' demanded ; ' ' Eipeakei Cannon "Wltj nol even a in ma would be sllglhle because h.- Is interest. 1 in a hand-out." Underwood's Interests. Mr. Cannon added thai ths Den ratio leader. Mr. Underwood, hns stated open v hla financial interests In the iron ana steel bualnees and that it ough no 1. to he considered a drawback to his BDIUIJ to draft a gOOd tariff bill. , i,, The lale president Of the United States is the or.lv one who has Officially stated that he docs not believe there is n steel trust, nnd apparently the steel trust officials now arc trying I" reeur-root reeur-root him as a candidate for the presidency." presi-dency." said Representative Bartlet! "i Gcorcla. Pemocrat. In the debate. determined fi;ht within the Democrat!' Demo-crat!' ranks to maintain a higher rats of Jutv on ica.l and sin,- on- vois made hv Etepresentatlve Taylor, Ruckor uno Martin, all Democrata, of Colorado, Ths amendments proposed bj them and by Representative French. Republican, or Idaho, were defeated. Charges that American protection has nor benefited laboring men brought on H lively debate In th- ev-nlnK sesI..n "The American working-man la between be-tween the devil and the deep blue a&. declared Repi ji ntatlve Berger, who st-tacked st-tacked the pi lm Iples "f '"'i1' the Republican Repub-lican and Democratic parties. 'Here ls the Republican devil and there is the Democratic deep blue, sea." he said, amid the BhOUta of the house and the gallci . |
