Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-14
HOUSE CONFEREES
PACKED BY CANNON
PAYNE PROTESTS "sTAND PAT
TERSo CONTROL HOUSE
CONTINGENT.
CHOSEN, HE DECLARES, TO
FORCE TARIFF BILL
THROUGH.

Washington, July 10.-No time was
lost yesterday by the conferees of the
house and senate in getting together
to map out program for the sessions
putting the finishing touches to tariff
legislation.
Although the differences between
the two bodies are represented by
SAT amendments, many of them are
likely to be contested with bitter
ness, Chairman Aldrich of the senate
finance committee and Chairman
Payne of the house ways and means
committee agree that it may be pos
sible to reach an agreement within
ten days.
The two leaders, however, are not
so sanguine of their ability to have
the conference reports adopted speed
lily after they have been presented to
both houses. The manner in which
the conferees were selected by Speak
er Cannon is occasioning much criti-
cism in the house and an effort is
being made to have President Taft
take a part in the threatened contro>
versy
According to current report, Mr..
Payne sought to have the republican
conferees named in the order of their
seniority, as was done in the senate.
The speaker chose the conferees
himself, ignoring Messrs Hill of Con-
necticut, Needham of California, Cal
derhead of Kansas and Fordney OF
Michigan, who were named in spite of
the fact that they are outranked by
Hill and Needham, are declared to be
stand patters" of the most pro-
nounced type.
Friends of Mr.. Payne are authority
for the statement that he did not con-
sent to Mr.. Cannon's selections until
after he had entered vigorous pro-
test. 1t is currently reported the
two were engaged in a heated argll-
ment over the question before the
house assembled yesterday. Mr.
Payne was powerless to prevent the
speaker from selecting such confer
ees as he chose After his confer
ence with the speaker he is said to
have told a number of his friends
that he believed the conferees had
been chosen with view to putting
the tariff bill through as speedily as
possible along senate lines. BY this
was meant that the house conferees
were expected to acquiesce in the
principal increases in rates that had
been made by the senate.
President interviewed.
Senator Aldrich had an extended
conference with President Taft yes
terday afternoon The president
questioned Mr. Aldrich concerning
many amendments to the tariff bill
made by the senate but it is said he
did not criticise any of the proceed
ings in that body except the accept
ance of the amendment to the corpor
alton tax provision making it appll-
cable to holding companies. The in
ference gained by Mr.. Taft's callers
is that he would not sanction the
adoption of an amendment taxing the
net earnings of corporations unless
the utmost caution is taken to prevent
double taxation.
After the conference with the pres
Ient, Mr.. Aldrich said it might be
Necessary TO entirely redraft the cor
poration tax provision in the confer
ence. In this is done, he said, the
new provision will be along the lines
of that agreed upon at the recent
white house conference
All the conierees held a session of
about an hour when the democratic
members were dismissed.
Mr.. Aldrich frankly told the minor
IT. that the majority would prepare
its report without assistance. No
protest was made by the democrats
as it had been known all along that
they would not be permitted to par
Aticipate in the making up of the con-
ference report any more than they
had been permitted to have a hand
in the making up of the bill in COM
inittees.
After the departure OF the demo-
Gratis the republican conferees talked
for short time without taking up the
bill. Adjournment was taken until
10 o'clock today