The Washington herald., 1909-07-10

HneoiHte C0nference-seuafe 9Fst-e.
S47 Changes IN the House BIN
The tarig bm IS now IN eon,e-s-..
and the two Houses Of Congress win mar.
'i'ne rntl their respective conference
committees are ready TO report
AFTER three hours session ve.rer6s-
thu House adopted a resolution s,,..-..
Ing 70 the Senate amendments Z, tbs ,m
granting the request of the Senate ,o-
conference. and authorizing Speaker Can
non 10 sppoint oonferees. In the oo,-r
ol ne debate over ths special rrle n-o-
FiaiHg FOR this action. the Dsuoo-..,.
leaders and some OF the radical ~
Republicans criticised the CHANGE -.
by the Senate.
The detection among the Repubroa,.
was not sufficient. however - -.
about the defeat OF the Epec,sr -
Eighteen OF them voted with the 0s.
Gratis against The rule sevs,,s.,
these Republicans were from the ,r.s5,a
West and the Northwest. ans o,,
from the Paeiae Coast one De-.
Representative Broussard. Of T.o--,-..--
voted with The majority OF the Ba,-r
Icans. i'5'l'-
House COnferees.
ne eonfe-ees on the part OF the -,-
-SS'-iled 0y Speaker Cannon va-e -
-esellatives Payne. OF New York ~
1s'i' Of pennsylvania: Mccall Of ,f-e-.
ehasetts; BouteI. o. Iuinois. s,s15--[---,
O kansas. and Fo7dney. n 49,
Republicans. and Clark. OF ,r,sso-,-t-
derwood, OF Alabama a. 60 =
Georgia -sss' of
- So 'loie comment was caussd 5v
si-e acton Of the Speaker in aunefn-,-.,
''llle conferees. six Of whom 49, -
plo-ioans. IN the face of the s~-.o, y.
me senate Thursday night in arDof-,,-,-
Only eight confe-ees. i've OF 49,, -,
Republicans While ire sppot-,--.-. u.
1He extra eo1feree for The Izo,ss ,-s-- -
give the House conterees apv -,s-.-t.,
3oFantage over the represeatatfves ~ -,
SENATE II mas been customary 10 bare ~,
equal number OF confe-ees from e.-,
house 70 consider every Ieglslari-a 49,
agreement.
blt some Rep-esentat.ves claim ~ bs-s
discovered IN the apuof---,s,-
extra House oonferee a deep-laid pior %
pay havoc with some OF the schedules or
the tariff bin
Move to Save Lumber.
ine additional House confsree Is. Pen
resentative Fordney- While he has -
firm friend or the House orenBfzs-s7-
and prominent member Of the Co-rs--
. lee on Ways and Means. he led tre 7..s-
m the House against the committees g.
+ ton IN reducing rates OF duty on l--,5a-
and nearly achieved victory
The story going around * thai n
Fordney was put on the co1fersnce. con-
Hi''ee as an expert. VINO could do uuch
toward persuading the Senate coafe-ess
10 recede from the material reductions
which The Senate made in the duties oF
the House biz on finished lumber. Tse
present duty on sawed lumber is s. a
thousand feet The House cut this 6U-v
% s.. and the Senate split the dsfe--
ence by fixing II al $50 buc rnace r.
Guctons IN the House rates On fzsszeE
lumber
Mr.. Fordney. representing ore of IA
largest lumber producing states 5z ~
expert on the lumber question snd rha
Only explanation made o. his appoIntue-t
70 the conference committee IS THAI he 3
better qualified than any OF his COL
leagues % present arguments against rss
Senate redUctiors. The action % SDe. -
Cannon IN adding another member 70 eha
conference comm tee caused . good deal
OF surprise in the Senate. where there
vas disposition 20 criticise IL
COnferees Get Together.
The conferees Of the senate and fra
House got together yesterday arrarrooo
10 talk over plan Of procedure. Tbcv
VIII meet daily Until an agreement fs
fesched- In the meanwhile the Sens-a
and the House win nold sessions tv-i,o a
week in order TO comply aith the constf-
-ional provision that neither House shan
su5ourn for more than three days WIKI
oct the consent OF the other.
The Senate viii not sit again until
Tuesday. and the House has adiou-nea
over until Monday Under an agreement
made in the Senate yesterday. no ierEsla-
tive business VIII be transacted until RE
tariff conferees have reported.
How long the conference committee
Tin be IN session IS problematical. but
the fact that the Senate made 81 changes
IN the House biz leads some Represents--
tives 70 be pessimistic over the seeming
prospect OF al agreement az an early
day.
Conference May Last Three vyeelEa-
The Dingiev bill with some go Senate
amendments involved was in conference
for eleven DAYS. and taking this as
basis OF comparison, there are predic-
tons that the pending tariff bin VIII be
in conference for az least two, and posi-
bly, three weeks However. the leaders
are figuring on the anaI adjournment OF.
Congress by July p. which win be two
weeks from to-day. They eKpecs rapia
Continued on Page =, CoIamn 3.
Tsrouzh PsFIor Car 10 Wheeling. W. Va.