The new South-news., 1909-05-08

The attitude OF President Taft to-
yard the tarin bill is causing the
Republican leaders IN the senate
much worry.
An effott Is being made In the
senate to reach an agreement on
he sugar Achedule and avoid q pro-
ongcd debate on the subject.
The ouasiana members OF Con
tress have peen swamped with ap-
plications foF positions In the CEN
sus service.
Peaceful c6Fditions throughout the
Turkish Empire are rapidly being
restored. accofding TO advtcss re-
'eived at the ftate Department from
,onstantinoplc(
The Republican leaders In Con-
sress are so dlTgusted with the CEN
'us bill tangle That they are threat
ening TO allow the measure to die In
conference.
Mehmed V was Normally recognised
by the State Department, a. Sultan
of Turkey. after ,Ae receipts OF on
''ai ao''ces or his accession TO the
throne.
The supporters kf free lumber
claim they have discPvered q joker
In tho tarifr bill. The iuty on Dress
ed lumber is much hiA her. than the
iarir on rough lumber.
President TAFT ATTENDED y the ceIe-
bratlon ia Alexandria, Ma, OF the
one hundred and twentie b anniver-
'ary Of George Washington Is paugu-
ration and tho dedication b park |
to his memory.
Congressman Hlllingswort. of
Ohio. proposed to offer resd ption
In the House protesting agains the |
portrait of Jefferson Davis Ming
placed on the silver service OF he
,attleship Mississippi.
Mr.. Taft will sign the census bH(
II soon as It reaches him, II was
IuYhofitatively stated. although he
VII Insist that the Director OF the
pnsus follow the general directions .
4 the Executive. I
Following Democratic tariff
peech by Mr.. Rayner, OF Maryland,
II the Senate. Mr.. Nelson, OF Min
'esota, precipated an animated dis .
ussion by some OF his remarks in ad-
'ocacy OF free lumber.
Robert Watchorn. Commissioner Of
at New York, was fore 7
ID to resign because he blocked the
policy Of the Federal Government in
@ Ess"rd 70 the "a sr'bus'on OF 'nm''
After long battle. former Rep {
'esentative Joseph w. Babcock, of
who was at one time '
Chairman of the National Republl- @
AN Congressional Committee. was b
'laimcd by death.
a notable speech rejecting the e
Democratic view of the tariff ques- o
ion was made In the Senate by Mr.. .
Valley, of Texas, In advocacy OF his
yoposed income tax amendment. to
Ne pending bill
The memory of Major L'Epfa II,
who designed the National Capit& III.
VAS heralded by impressive exercis es
held In the rotunda OF the 6apij bal
body In Arlington Cemetary. after
for more than one hand
red years on a Maryland farm. I
The Senate Finance Commit lee has
decided to change the aq Iomatic
operation of the maximum a ID mini
mum feature of the tariff xbin, so
hat the maximum rate OF d ty would
only be applied by prccla nation OF
The President.
Because OF the object bn of Mr..
Macon, of Arkansas. the House refus-
ed to take action on a esolution Of
fered by Mr.. Wanger, q Pennnylvan-
la expressing the goo will Of the
American people for the people of
Turkey and the hope that every ef-
fort will be made 10 suppress the
massacre of Christial lhs.
Prospects for th& Presidents fu-
ture trip through tile West this sum-
mer assumed brighter hue. Chair
man Tswney. of/the House Approp-
'lauons CommiYtee, after conferen-
CO with Mr.. Tatt, announced that he
would offer b II appropriating $685.
ooo for the Presidents travelling ex-
penses for th1 current fiscal year
The Senate finance Committee re-
ported its substitute for the maxi
mum and MINIMUM provision of the
Payne tarth Rill, practically revers-
Ing the lattert In that any country
10 receive our minimum rates must
not In any way discriminate against
our products. Senator McCumber, OF
North Dakota, spoke in favor Of free
lumber. while Senator Fletcher. OF
Florida, spoke In favor OF retaining
the Dinsley tax on lumber. long-sta-
pie cotton andI other Southern pro-
duets.
The agreement between the nm
ers and operatofs iusuring industrial
peace in the Pennsylvania anthra-
cite coal regions for another period
OF three years. was signed at Phila-