Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-02
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TART { Bill !.
Hts Presence There lnperils Con-.
ference Report in the
Senate.
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EXITING OF THE COMMITTEE
Compelled 10 Reassemble for
Purpose Of Preparing an
Official Explanation.
Matter Iscluting 70 Hidean Lcnthcr
Co,npromiscscnator Not In
Conciliating Mood.
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Washing ton, Aug. 22=IN 18th the tariff ia
conference report facing defeat In the
senate on account of an alleged jok-ss
Il 81, in the hide and her compromise,
it was decided at 4 ID. m. today to re-
assemble the conference commit tee for
3 The purposc#of preparing an official sex X
p,anatlon The conference committee
will NEE TIA s p m s55 Es8ss:. stg3 j
1t is understood that the rea assembling
Of the conferses was q result of 4 the;
conference between the president and IND
( Senator Aldrlcil although 1T was satdS
at the White, House that the president
& had no part in the reconvening. The ac-..
tim OF western Rspubll lean senat tors al Z;
ed by the Democrat lie members, In com
pelling5t The reading of the conferences
report iii full. enabled the supp ort 9.
OF the conference rep to take . q. "
poll Of the senate. duc Ito 7 heir W.
! Prise Il hey found their previous 4 can
s vases We're Saiueless. There seemed
Il 10, be- a. revolt among the ives efnerss
on account of the pilraseolo gN that had
beer adopted by the conferess IN Y afi-
i,sting the differences I'M the hide and
leather .parag phi. VIZ
{. since Saturday there had been. ~ y Y
muring of disconte nt but these had not
been regarded as serious. Charges
& that the Leaf Their colnpro rises llarbored
a ..jokarn had been heard hui such IN rl-i
tloris are not unusual EGonnfe zion
With the settlement OF controversies
Some OF the dissatisfied senators sat "a
3isthe q ~ on boots and shoes hat not
been reduced to 10 per cent as assertt+7
I'D by the coHferses:
IS, THE IlssNGtIAGE.{ 4
X The Language Of the difference report Tor 4.
imposing a duty of. - per cent on N
boots and shoes Is as folloWs..s &.
s5,.That boots and shoes, the pper
leather of which is made wholly or in
chief value from such hides (hides ad 81
mitted free of duty), shall pay a duty3.
Of 10 per cent ad yalorern. a.
Senators from cattle states assert
that there are no shoes of that descrip-
ton used in the United States and that
the reduction therefore is yaluel less as
all other shoes of leather are made
dutiable at 10 per cent. s
Realizing that some heroic measures
would. have to be taken in order to re-
store public confidence, some OF the
conferees before the meeting expressed
a willingness to adopt a resolution per
hitting the conferees to revise their i,sl'
action in regard to the hide and leather
question:. B 81. 81 @
The olde. and more conservative,
members said this Woul Id not be necesl'
sary They believe IL an explanation
were adopted the public would accept
1T in good faith especially ~ Fresi-i
dent Taft gave the explanation his etr
) dorsement, 81.
There were sevcral things about the
settlement OF the differences between
the house. and the senate over the lun1-5
her schedule that We're the subject OF
condemnation on the part OF senator's
from midtils western states. and y ~ " , as
reported that the conferees may M
elude in whatever statement they make
some explanation OF their actlon II i g.
gard to that schedule a=. 555t &. 4ss
The increase above the Dingley rates
made on shingles Is objected to par
s icularly by the insurg ants
So READING REPORT.
Gonvening today at 10 q clock the SEN
ate Immediately began consideration OF
the conference report on the tariff bill.
Not to exceed seven or eight senator's
were in their seats and of them only
one, Senator Hughes of Colorado, rep
resented the Democratic side of ne
chamber 81
BY the time the reading was Well uil-
der way asnumber Of the senators nag
taken their seats. All gave close at at
~
Moving ahead as rapid " as possible
in running over the amendments agreed
to. the reading clerk was Interrupted
by Senator Hepburn
1.-THE clerk has made no reference 70
the maximum and minimum provl-
sions,r said the Idaho senator, &C dress7
ing the presiding ottloer, s,
5 :. He mas omitted the cotton schedule,ss
declared Mr.. Clapp. 3t5
1T is obvious that at least 20 pages
have been turned nYerSsWit thou ie a q
ing commented MI. Culberson. join IN.
ing the two Repuhli senators " IN
sisting on a careful compliance Win !,
the rites. ~ The reading clerk protested
that he had read all but. MS l, protest ts'
served only the purpose of calling olt
arebuke from Mr.. Hepburn
II was evident that there was a
situation o,,s' and 1t was soon marie i5t1.s
plain that it was the intention Of s, some ,1
OF the senator's. both ainsurge Re
publicans and straight Democrats Y 60