The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-10
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Washington. July e-Tho tariff
| question has been shifted from bOtn
| houses of congress to q conference
committees After one hour and half
of debate the house today bv a vote
OF us to 15l made q rule Whereby the
S47 amendments Of the senate we're
! disagreed to and the conference re-.
qucsted by the senate granted
Eighteen Republicans voted against
the rule and one Democrat for II.
Washington. July 9.-No time was
lost today by the conferees of the
house and senate in getting together
to map out the program Tor the many
sessions that must be held to put the
finishing touches upon tariff lcgisla-
ton
Many of the differences between the
two bodies. represented by Si7 amend
mcntS, are likely TO be contested with
bitterness but Senator Aldrich of the
senate finance committee and Chair
man Payno of the house WAYS and
means committee agree that it may
be possible 10 reach an agreement
within ten days
The two leaders, however. are not
so sangulne OF their ability of get
ting the conference reports adopted
speedily after they have been pre-
scented 10 the house and senate. and
an effort Is being made to have Pres
ident Taft take a part In the threat
cned controversy.
According 10 current report Mr..
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conferees named in order Of the senl-
orty. as was done in the senate. The
speaker chose the conferees himself.
ignoring Representative Hill of Con.
necticut and Representative Ncedham
of California
Friends of Chairman PAYNE are au-
thor1ty for the statement that he did
not consent TO Speaker Cannon's Sc
lection until after he had entered 4
vigorous protest
After his conference with the
speaker he is said to nave told num-
ber of his friends that he believed
the conferees had been chosen with a
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 ac-
quiesce In the principal increases in
rates that had been made by the SEN
ate
Senator Aldricn this afternoon had
an extended conference with PreSi-
dent Taft. who had Just returned from
New England
The president questioned Mr.. Al
drich concerning many of the amend
ments to the tariff bill made by the
senate, but 1t IS said that he did not
crlticise any of the proceedings In
that body except the acceptance of an
amendment to the corporation tax
provision making II applicable to hold
ing companies. The inference gained
bv MI Taft's callers today is that he
would not sanction the adoption of
an amendment taxing the net earn
ings of corporations unless the ut
most caution Is taken to prevent
double taxation.
After the conference with the pres
ident, Mr, Aldrich said that 1t might
be necessary TO entirely re-draft the
corporation tax provision in confer
ence.
All Of the conferees. including the
Democratic members. met in the SEN
ate Office building at o'clock. Tley
were in session about an hour when
the Democratic members were dis
missed. Senator Bailey and Repre-
sentative Champ Clark. walking out
together laughinGly told a number of
waiting newspaper men that they
could not expect much help from tlc
Democrats in covering the news of
the conference.
Senator Aldrich frankly told the
minority that the majority would pre-
pare its report without assistance
No protest was made by the Demo
Gratis, as II Aad been known all along
that they would not be permitted to
participate in making up the confer
ence report any more than tney had
been permitted TO have a hand in
making up the bill In committee.
After the departure of the Demo
Gratis the Republican conferees col
lected for a short time without taking
up the bill They agreed that 1t
might be advisable to appoint sub
committees to consider portions of the
bill where the phraseology is vital
This never has been done in previous
conference on tariff legislation. but it
Is believed that this course viii facil-
itate the making of reports.
An adjournment was taken tonight
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning,