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Show i TARIFF BOARD BILL ADOPTED i First Legislation Recommended by President Taft to be Adopted by House This Session. Washington. After considering the mutter for more than seven hours under a special rule, the house at 11:40 o'clock Monday night by a vote of 186 to 93, passed the bill providing pro-viding for a permanent tariff board of five member. This la the first legislation recommended, by President Presi-dent Taft to be adopted In the house this session. The Democrats split on the passage pas-sage of the bill, and although Champ Clark, the minority leader, voted for the measure, nluety of his followers were recorded against It The others who voted In the negative were sent-i sent-i tering Kepubllcans. The Democrats voted together on various amendments to the bill, but I In each Instance they were defeated and the bill was put through In exactly exact-ly the shape It came from the committee. com-mittee. The Insurgent Republicans voted with the regulars of their party in opposition to the Democratic amendments and for the final passage 'of the bill. |