The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-16
Senate Has Made Over Eight
Hundred Changes of
Schedules
PROGRAM OUTLINED
House and Senate Conference
Shows Disposition to Get
Busy With the Bill

tarih bill was presented to the house
at noon today by the secretary of
the senate, together with a request
for a conference committee.
The senate has made over eight
hundred changes and it is probable
the senate members Of the commit
tee will make some concessions. AL
drich declares that he would prefer
to lose almost any other feature OF
the bill rather than the one involv.
Ing the maximum and minomum
feature. 1t is expected he will make
a fight for the proposition.
The question of the adoption OF
the bill then shifted to the confer
ence cmomittee. q
Prior to this the house after half
an hour debate voted 178 to ISL to
make a rule whereby the SAT amend
ments attached to the bill by the
senate should not be agreed to but
the conference by the senate was
granted Nineteen republicans voted
against the rule and one democrat.
When the house met at moon In
terest was at a fever heat, leaders on
both sides had notified their forces
to be on hand and nearly every mem
Der of the body was in his seat. The
debate at times waxed warm and
disclosed the fact that some repub-
licans who are not yet classed as
insurgents must be pacifed before
they will cast their vote for the bill.
Democrats held the republicans
up to scoun for having, as they said,
violated every a~nti-election pledge.
One feature of the discussion was
Chairman Payn's appeal to send the
difference to the senate .unhampered
by instructions. He promised to ex-
act a rigid explanation of every
amendment made iby the senate so
that the conference might report
back a bill which would meet the ap-
prevail of the majority of the house
and of the country at large. Chair
man Payne's appeal was granted and
adjournment was taken until Mon
day.
No time vas lost by the confer
ence of the house and senate in map.
ping out a program. Senators Payne
and Aldrich expect an agreement OF
the conference within ten days, bud
neither are sanguine of their ability
to get the conference report adopted
in both the house aud senate. The
manner in which the conferees we're
selected by Speaker Cannon is &C.
casioning much criticism in the
house. An effort is being made tc
have President Taft take part in the
threatening controversy, according tc
report. Chairman Payne sought to
have the republican %conferees named
in the order of their seniority, as
was done in the senate. The speak
er chose the conferees ignoring tive
who outrank both Calderhead and
Fordaey who are declared to be
standpatters. Friends of Payne are
authority for the statement that he
did, not consent to Speaker Cannon's
selections until after a vigorous pro
test. 1t is reported that the two en-
gagged in a heated argument to-day
Payne is said to have told his friends
that he believed the conferees were
chosen with a view to putting the
tariff bill through as speedily a:
possible along the senate lines.
Senator Aldrich conferred toda.
with President Taft. The presiden'
did not criticize the proceedings o
the senate, except the amendment tt
the corporation tax provisions, MAX
ing it applicable to holding com
panies. Conferees named by Can
non n Payne, Dalzel, Mccall
Boutell, Calderhead, Fordney, I'm
derwood and Griggs.
After the house and senate con
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