Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-12-29
Steel King Changes Some Figures He
Gave While on Stand.
CLAYTON AGAINST OBSTRUCTION
Democratic Leader Says Party's Policy
Must Not Be One of Negation.
DEBUT OF ETHEL ROOSEVELT
Presidents Youngest Daughter T.
Formally Presented to the
Younger Set In National
Capital,

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2s-The work OF
preparing the revised tariff bill was re-
sumed today by the subcommittee Of the
house ways and means committee. Two
meetings were held today and there is
every likelihood that the tariff framing
committee, which consists OF republican
members of the full committee, will con-
tinue to hold daily meetings until the
time comes to report the bill to congress
at the special session in March.
The changes requested are varied. Judge
e. II. Gary has returned the printed copy
of his testimony with the corrections he
desires made In the final report Of the
hearings. He does not change the sub
stance of his testimony. but has made sew
eral corrections In the figures which he
gave while on the stand before the COM
mittee.
The tariff trainers are giving much con-
sideration to the maximum duty problem
for the new tariff. Although the United
States was the first to apply this method
of securing favorable trade relations with
other countries, 1t has never applied the
principle to more than a few articles while
several foreign countries have adopted the
sy ystem to cover everything.
II a maximum and minimum tariff bill
becomes a law II will be possible for the
president to extend the benefits Of the
minimum tariff to those countries which
give to this country the benefit of their
differential rates of duty. Great Britain
would secure the benefits of our minimum
rates BECAUSE It levies no duties on i'm
portations. Germany and France, each OF
which has a maximum and minimum tariff
| law, would probably offer to grant to this
country their schedule of duties IL the
same privilege is extended to their ex-
porters.
The United states has trade treaties
with France, Germany. Italy, Portugal.
Spain and Switzerland, granting reduce
tion in the duties on certain articles only.
Clayton Against Nesation Policy.
Henry ID. Clayton Of Alabama. chairman
of the democratic caucus OF the house OF
representatives, today expressed his views
| as to the democratic attitude In the pro-
posed revision OF the tariff.
II have the most implicit confidence In
| the capacity Of Champ Clark and his
democratic associates of the ways and
means committee" said Mr.. Clayton, "and
would in no particular invade their ap
pointed jurisdiction to speak for my party
in committee deliberations on the tariff.
Indeed, would vote for any revenue
measure they might propose, but as
democrat and the representative OF a con-
stltuency grlevously oppressed by the
exactions for private interests of the Ding
| ley law, 1 do not believe II impertinence
| on my part to offer some suggestions.
| I'm my opinion 1t Is not sufficient for the
democrats in the next congress to assume
an attitude OF simply negation and merely
oppose what the republicans offer. We
must formulate All entire tariff bill, cover
| ing every schedule from agate to zinc and
| go to the committee of the whole with 1t,
| Champion It, demand revision on its every
schedule and ask for the yeas and nays
| on It in the house. 1t should be carefully
considered in principles and in detail in
short it should be measure We can 60
TO the country on. The democrats are un-
excellcd to kick things to pieces, let
show that we can put things together as
the old party did In the time OF Jackson
| and of Polk. We can do 1t. 1t requires
| the effort.
"Then we are to have. so II Is said. the
maximum and minimum. which is another
name for reciprocity, OF course. the repub-
licans insist on making the maximum as
big as they dare; but our bills might fit
in for the minimum in some OF the
| schedules, and let press It.
'rhe republicans are laundering In the
index They cannot revise the tariff down
Who gathers figs from thistles or grapes
from thorns? And yet that is the crop OF
figs and grapes Cannon, Aldrich. Burrows,
Dalzell and company will give us.
1--WE want a complete bill on which to go
| to the country in 1910"
Debut of Miss Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt's youngest daughter.
| Ethel tonight made her formal bow to
society. Preceding the dancing IN the
east room of the White House. which
began at 10 o'clock, Mrs Roosevelt and
Miss Roosevelt received the guests In the
blue rooms. Miss Roosevelt's gown was
Of soft white satin trimmed with crystals.
while that OF her mother was OF dark blue
satin.
Seldom has the east room presented a
more attractive picture. The guests num-
bered about 400. only unmarried members
of the younger set participating In the
dancing Among those present were:
Mrs. William :. CowIey, and Mrs Doug
las Robinson. the presidents two sisters;
| Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Mrs.
]. Emlen Roosevelt. Mrs. Hopkins. Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Bacon. Mrs. Charles A. Mum,
Mrs. Richard Wayne Barker and Mrs.
Herbert Wsdsworth.
At midnight the music ceased and the
guests partook of supper. which was
served at small tables arranged along this
lower corridor and adjoining rooms.
Preceding the ball Miss Roosevelt was
the guest of honor at a dinner given by
Assistant Secretary and Mrs Bacon.
Covers were laid for sixty, the party
going later TO the White Hcuse. Mrs. c. A.
Mum also entertained a large house party,
which later went 10 the White House.
Mrs. and MISS Roosevelt are entertain-
ing a house party for the dance. The
party. including Miss Josephine Osborne.
Miss Ellen H. Rogers. Miss Cornelia
Landon, Miss Madeline Borlan. Miss
Janetta Alexander. Miss Virginia Murray.
Suydam Cutting, Henry Holt, jr.; Barclay
Osborne. jr; stephen l.. Landon. Edmund
Osborne. jr., Stephen Ia LAndon. Edmund
Rogers. Munroe Robinson. Robert Potter,