Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-09
From Washington.
correspondence Of the Alexandria GaSette.l
Washington, June 9.

Senator Aldrich believes that the end
af the tariff debate in the Senate ia with
in sight. He thinks that within the
next Two weeks it will be possible to
take the vote on the completed bill, that
il will remain in conference compara'
lively short time, and that it will be sent
to the president for his signature by the
end OF the month so that CODgrtss can
adjourn by the first of July. Talk about
the possibility of the veto OF the bill oy
President Taft is regarded by leading
senators and members of the House as
foolish. There will be DO occasion they
say for the president to lake any such
action because the bill will have been
framed to suit him before it is submitted
to him for his signature. President
Taft will be ex-Ofiicio member OF the
conference committee which will put
the final touches upon the measure.
As relsted in those dispatches several
| weeks ago an agreement has been
reached that In case of conflict between
he representatives of the House and
Senate over starts the dispute is to be
referred to the president for settlement.
| BE will be the Fl asl referee in the great
contest. Forgetfulness, or ignorance,
Of this important fact is the only excuse
for the discussion ia some newspapers
as to whether or not the president will
veto the tariff bill. The president hes
been freely consulted by the Senate
leaders on every phase Of the measure
since it has been under consideration in
the Senate. Seustor Aldrich, chsirmsn
of the finance committee, has been a
frequent visitor at the White House,
The occasion for his visit yesterday
was to submit to the president an
amendment to the tariff bill, which Mr..
Aldrich purposes to offer, to assess a
small tax on the dividends of corpora
lions. This, it is expected, will be two
per cent and is intended to realize about
$40, 900, 900 in revenues. 1t is proposed
that this tax shall take the place OF both
income and inheritance tax ideas and to
prove more popular than either. Ii is
understood that the president received
Senator Aldrich's proposition fsvorably.
President Taft announced today sthat
he would not throw out competent
government emplOye belonging to one
faction In the state to please the oppOsi-
ton faction, The case under considers
ton was that of Robert :. Person, audi
tor for the Interior Department, who
hailed from South Dakota. Senators
Gamble and Crawford have been after
Persons scalp aud representatives MAJ
tin aud Burke nave been fighting man
fully to keep the auditors hair on. To-
day Messrs. Martin and Burke had
conference with Mr.. Taft and st its con.
clusion said that the president had
agreed to retain Persons in his job and
in reaching that conclusion had an
nounced his policy.
John Norris, Of the Newspaper Pub
Iishers' Association, appeared today
before the finance committee Of the
Senate, In the interest of free wocd-pulp
and paper. He was requested to file =
brief upon the subject with the commit
tee which will be done later. The
House put both wOod-pulp and paper
on the free list but there is a disposition
in the Senate to restore the duty. Sens-
tor Aldrich has indicated that there will
be q compromise between these two ex'
treme propositions but jus! what rate
will be fixed will not be determined
until after Mr.. Norris has filed his brief.
The Postofice Department is pTepar-
ing to issue a new postal card. Post
master General Hitchcock has asked
chemists of the Department Of Agricul-
ture to work ont a formula that will give
better grade OF paper than can be made
under the contract now in force. The
postmaster general thinks the postal
cards Issued by this government are in
feriOr to those Of almost every other
county. In addition to providing a bet
ter quality, he contemplates improve
ments 10 the general style OF printing
aud arrangement of the type and de-
signs. 1t may be decided also to change
the color of tho ink and the tint of the
paper The government is now issuing
rs, 600, 600 postal cards month. The
present four year contract expires De-
cember 81.
A parliamentary tsDgle that occurred
at the adjournment OF the session yester-
day was the basis of an indignant pro-
test made by Nr. Olsy, in the Senate to-
day. Desiring 10 avoid q night session,
Mr.. Aldrich moved last evening that the |
session adjourn until today. Mr. Olsy |
said that be had tried to make the point
of order that the order for night sessions
could only be set aside by formal action
BY the Senate, that he had demanded a
division on the motion to adjourn and
that he had demanded roll call, in all |
Of which he WAS ignored by Senator
Kesu, of New Jersey, who occupied the
chair. If the presiding officer could re-
fuse a roll call on a motion to adjourn,
Mr.. Clay said, be could do it CO the
passage of bill. II that ruling was fol-
lowed IS q precedent the presiding officer
could refuse q roll call on the tariff bill.
ITO deny us that right" explained
Dlay," in an open and fragrant violation
IF the rules of the Senate"
Suit Dismissed.
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