Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-07
Now Seems Good Prospects For
Measure Becoming a Law
This Session
ALDRlcH REvERsEs ATTITUDE
Pressure of the Republican Congress
ional Committee Which Feared to Go
Before tho People on Record Opposed
% the Bill Brings AIdrich to Time.

WaShtnRt on, May i.---At II session VI
che subcommittee of the senate COM
mittee ON finance Commissioner
Yerkes, Of the international revenue
bureau, Endorsed the house free alcohol
bill fully. He showed that the effect
q It's enactment on the revenues of
government would be inconsider-
>~ble, and that under its provisions the
possibility of fraud In the production
Of alcohol would be reduced to mini
( mum. He was asked as to the possible
ity OF recovering the grain alcohol
from the denatured article, and stated
that the cost OF recovery would pro-
h!bit this.
The full committee on finance had
been considering the Newlnnds resolu-
ton for the relief of the San Francisco
before the Yerkes hearing, and several
members who were not on the free al
cohol subcommittee remained to hear
his testimony. Among them was SEN
ator Hansbrough, who, In the course Of
the discussion Of the house bill, re-
marked that 1t was the sense of all
the members Of the committee that the
bill should be passed before adjourn
ment, at which there was general
nod of approval, none dissenting.
Wood Alcohol Men to Be Heard.
Arrangements have been made to
hear one representative of the wood
alcohol producers on Monday. ana
others Will be given Il hearing Thurs
~ a.
are endeavoring to limit the time for
the presentation OF the arguments of
the opposition, In this they have the
support Of several republican members,
among them Senator Hansbrough, who
expressed the opinion that the hear
lngs would be finished this week.
1t is the politics OF the situation
that has brought Senator Aldrich's
change Of position. The pressure OF the
republican congressional committee,
and of individual members of the
house, has been very strong for
week, and 1t was redoubled when the
word came that Aldrich was an uncer-
tain quantity. From the point of view
Of politics alone, Aldrich Is now UNI
derstood to maintain that the legisla-
ton is necessary.
Favorable Report Next Week.
The subcommittee Is supposed to
contain nearly every member Of the
finance committee who will oppose the
bill, IL given an opportunity. and the
statement that the subcommittee is al
most certain to return favorable re-
port the coming week. makes 1t certain
that the bill Is to go back to the sem
ate in good condition.
Such senators as Hemenway OF In
diana, say that II there should be q
dispositio3 to strange the bill in COM
mittee, there are enough favorable votes
In the senate to recall 1t. This state
ment has been made after a careful
Inquiry. and 1t only indicates the char
acter OF the pressure from the agricul-
tural sections which has been brought
to bear in favor of the legislation. This
y time the farmers are coupled with the
manufacturers, and that has given the
bill It's standing. Mr.. Aldrich seems
to understand this
Outlook First Class, Says Marshall.
Representative Marshall, of North
Dakota, whose interest in the. bill is
well known, says the outlook is now
frst class for it's passage. A week
ago he was very pessimistic. Now.
however, he says that the opposition
seems. to he melting away land has
almost reached the point Of disappear
ance.
Senator Aldrich is quoted as saying
that the bill will he reported from the
sub committee perhaps by next Thurs
day and possibly to the senate before
Saturday. He is quoted further as say
ing that only some trifing amend
ments are contemplated. One of these
will have to do with the stills, and will
be intended to safeguard the revenues,
on the theory that in the future some
method of recovering denatured alco-
hol may be discovered.
Senator Aldrich seems especially
pleased over the possibility that the
oountry will accept rate law and free
alcohol law as substitute for tariff
revision at this time, and continue the
republican party in power. He believes
that these two pieces Of legislation will
make it impossible in the coming CAM
paign for the tariff revisionists sue
cessfnlly to aSSail the "Standpatt tiers"