Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
TAFT WINS HIS FIGHT COULDN'T KEEP HER IN
Hides on Free List and Rates Miriam Oriental "SIaye -
on Leather to Be Lower. Loved Moving Pictures.
ADMISSION BY C0NFEREES RICH CHINAMANS WARD
Announcement of Program to Be Ing Yee Yue
Followed Wife Departed.
PRESIDENT TOLD OF SUCCESS GIRL DID OF SERVANT
Belief
Is Nearing End-De Her,
% She Weds
ADMISSION BY CONFEREES
Announcement of Program to Be
Followed.
PRESIDENT TOLD OF SUCCESS
General Belief Is That the Contest
Is Nearing an End-De-
tails to Be Settled.

Hides will be- put upon the free list.
and eHisting rates all leather goods
will be substantially reduced, some of
them below the duties fixed by either
the House or Senate tariff bills. Al
though NO vote was taken on the hide
question by the conference committee
today. practically every member admit
ted when n recess was taken Mt 1
o'clock that this program Will be
adopted.
President Taft was told today that he
had at last won his fight for free hides
and reduced duties upon boots and shoes
and leather products. He was also told
that the fight for reduced duties upon
cotton goods was still on. and that it was
most stubborn in its nature.
The information as to boots and shoes
was given by Senators Crane and Lodge
of Massachusetts After hearing from the
boot and shoe men OF the Bay state last
night, they expressed Willingness to
concedc reduction to 10 per cent of the
rate OH boots and shoes. They did this
as a concession tC the wishes of the Presi-
dent, and that he might obtain free hides.
about which he has been more insiStent
than upon any other schedule. Senator
BOrah of Idaho. who has led the fight of
western men for duty on hides, saw
the President Immediately after the Mas
sachusetts senator's, and upon his depar-
ture from the executive Offices he admit
ted that the outcome would be just as the
President desired.
Conference With Chairman Payne.
Representative Payne, who Is handling
the situation in the House, went to the
Presidents rooms shortly after 1 o'clock
this afternoon, and they remained In
conference a long time. Representative
Mccall of Massachusetts, went to the
White House with the chairman Of the
ways and means committee. The Presi-
dent told DIr. Payne that he had been
informed that there would be changes
in the leather schedules. This change.
stated. will reduce the duty on leath-
or, harness, boots and shoes. etc. AS
to the continued fight Of the western
element for u change in the woolen and
cotton schedules the information Of the
President Is that there were only three
items in the wooden schedule in dis-
pu.e between the two houses, and that
this schedule has been settled, leaving
nothing for change now. The cotton
schedule, however, is still being fought
over.
troublesome feature in bringing about
the reduction of the shoe and boot and
leather schedules has been how this
new rules. Speaker Cannon, who also
saw the President this morning, has been
standing against any change In rules,
despite the Presidents urgent wish The
Speaker and members of the rules COM
mittee point out that II the conferees
accept the proposed reductions they will
become law unless a point Of order Is
raised against them. In that event a
rule will have to be made for the change
Contest Nearing an End.
The general sentiment of all the con-
gressional callers. the House being we'll
represented, was that the contest Is near
ing end. The President himself does
not believe the conferees will finish their
work tonight and thinks they will not
wind UP until Monday. The President
found during the day that the House is
pretty solidly behind him. He already
knew this. but practically all callers from
that side OF Congress told him today that
they would stand by him in whatever he
desired done.
Speaker Cannon is quoted by some of
lis friends as saying that he does not
believe Congress will adjourn before Au-
gust II. but this morning he avoided an
expression on this question.
White House Callers.
Vice President Sherman and Represen-
tativc Dwight, the republican whip of the
iiVbSS, NciS tHS many NlSitoIS "
the President. discussing the tariff. Rep
rosentative Longworth of Ohio was an
other. He is well informed on the many
details of the tariff fight. and his assist
ance has been appreciated by the Presi-
dent.
Ii. L. Miles and J. G.. Cobb, the sub
coVmittee of the convention held in In
dianapols in the spring to urge a tariff
commission bureau, were at the White
House several times to see the President
about their pet project, but he was so
busy With congressional visitors he could
not see them.
The President did not have any appoint
mentS for tariff conferences tonight and
this afternoon he went to the golf
grounds and played match game
against McCammon, the expert The
President yesterday played golf with
Capt. a. W. Butt ard Gen. Clarence Ed
wards. He made better score than the
other two. and chaffed them heartily on
their defeat.