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Show THECOTTON; UiLL WASHINGTON, Aug 3 Supported Support-ed by all the Democrats nnd by thirty Insurgent Republicans, the Democratic Democrat-ic cotton tariff bill the third or the big tariff rclalon measures brought forward b tho Democratic house of representatives passed that body ear 1) this evening 202 to 91 The bill cuts tho avorago tariff on qotton manufactured goods from IS to 2" per cent ad alorom a 21 per cent reduction, The Democratic leaders lead-ers ostlmate that M reduces roonue3 by about $3,000,000, Not an amendment was offered to tho bill, although the Republicans nt tncked It vigorously on account of alleged al-leged increases In certain Items over the rntes of the Payne Aldrich tariff law. Calls Up Free List Bill. Scarcely had the cheers that grcpte 1 thi passare of tho cotton re lslon bill subsided when Democratic LcadPr Undorwood. calling up the free list, bill, as i' passed the senate a few davs ago, accomplishing a strategic move surprised the Republicans. Repub-licans. ", He asked for a' conference on nil the amendments to the free list bill, excent thru of Senator Gronna, of Noith Dakota, putting cement on tho free Hal He urge 1 that the house nccept that amendment, adding to It, lemons Pacific coast Republicans made Ineffectual In-effectual attempts to ston this sudden and iinxrectr-d pitl-lns of lemons on the free list, but the amendment carried car-ried The change gave the house Dem ocrats what theyjclalm is nn added advantage in dealing with tho senate tomoi row - Calling in the Reoubllcann. Tonight TJcmbMcan leaders in both houses eaUed In absent members from nil parts of the country, in prcn-aration prcn-aration for an a threatened attempted of the nemoc-at to pass the wool tariff bill over the president's veto The Democratic lea lers In the house have asserted two thirds majorltv to pass tno wool nut over me preBiueiiLa vqto. Tho have been doing effec-tio effec-tio mlcslrnary work In the senate todny. The RgmibHcan managers in the "house insist tonight that they have enough otes to prevent tho two-thirds two-thirds mnJorlU In support of the wool bill. ' M Speaker Clark tonight appointed as a conference committee on the free list bill the same conferenco who will act on the wool bill, Representatives Underwood Randell. of Texas, and Harrison of New York, Democrat; Payno and Dalr.ell, Renublicnns. Attacks Payne's Methods. Bitter attacks on Democratic can cus Jncthods by-' Mr Payne of New York" and othe'a Republican loaders, and a charge by Representative Prouty, of Iowa. Republican Insurgent, Insur-gent, supported bv Mr, McGall of Massachusetts, and Hill of Connecticut, Connecti-cut, that tho Underwood hill made enormous Increases In tho tariff on certain cotton cloth manufactured In southern mills, marked the closing hours of debato on the cotton bill Mr Payne mocd that the bill be. recommitted to bo held in committed until the tariff board reports at tho regular session In December Tho motion was lost |