The Washington herald., 1909-04-14

more than $4,000. He Is the ranking Dem
ocrat on the Finance Committee, and his
amendment will have the solid support OF
the minority party.
There are also movements on foot 20
offer other amendments for Inheritance
taxes but none Of these have been an
nounced- Some Of the members are In
favor of placing sliding scale of taxes
on fnheritances. as was done in the House
bill, while others contend that a fat rate
would serve a better purpose. Under this
plan no inheritance OF less than 5000
would be made subject 10 taxation.
The full committee viii meet to-mOr-
row morning and the bill will be picked
| 10 pieces again. It may be that the Dem
/ ocrats viii ask that Il be not taken up
/ by the Senate until Monday, instead Of
tomorrow, as now planned. and Senator
Aldrich has said that he would be will
ing 10 grant this if the demand IS made.
That they have not had sufficient time
! to consider the bill before beginning the
fight on the floor OF the Senate is one
"a the chief complaints Of the Democrats.
and il is believed they viii ask that the
time be extended
AIdrIch Does other work.
Senator Aldrich yesterday denied him
self TO all callers. and spent the greater
part Of the day debating private letters
During the last two weeks he has given
so much time to the tariff biz that he
has had 10 ignore nearly everything else,
and his correspondence had gotten far
behind.
Senator CulbersOn looked over the bill
during the morning. but when the hour
came for the ball game. he laid aside all
work and Joined the thousands Of fans
at National Park. Other members OF
the committee deserted the Capitol. either
for the ball game or other attractions,
and few members Of the Senate were IN
their Offices.
House Members Anxious.
Members Of the House who supported
certain provisions in the Payne bill and
either lost them or had them changed
when the bill was rewritten in the Sen
ate are keeping the tran that leads 10
the Finance Committee hot. Yesterday
there were more than fifty members at
1 the committee room. end these visits
probably Will continue until the real fight
begins. either tomorrow or Monday.
II was said yesterday that the confer
1 ence on the bill between the Senators and
! REPRESENTATIVES would be one Of the most
| trying parts Of the whole task Of re-
vising the tariff.
/ Il has been said all the time that things
would be arranged so that the confer
/ ees could reach an agreement within
1 few days, but from the way the Sen
ate has ignored the Payne bill and is
planning 10 make further changes II is
thought this will be drawn out into sew
/ erai weeks
! The conferees on the Dlngley bill
wrestled with that measure six weeks be
! fore Il went to the President for his stg-
nature. and il IS now believed fully that
much time will be taken up on the Payne
/ Aldrich measure.
Tariff Commission.
one Of the most interesting questions
that will come up IN the consideration Of
the administrative features Of the bill
win be the matter Of taria commission
or board.
A commission OF leo appointed by the
indianapolis convention to urge upon Con-
| gress the necessity Of creating a tariff
| commission is represented IN Washington
just now by Herbert E Miles. Of Wiscon-
/ sin, chairman Of the executive committee,
and Henry Rosenberg. Of Indianapolis.
/ ex-senator William A. Harris. Of Kansas.
and ex-Gov. Curtis Guild. jr-, Of Massa-
chusetts. They will probably be given a
/ hearing before the Finance Committee TO
submit their views
! There is much opposition in Congress to
the creation Of a commission. Representa-
/ tive John ". Weeks, Of Boston, is very
much opposed 10 the creation Of a COM
mission. and is doing what he can 10
/ counteract the influence Of ex-Gov. Guild
and his colleagues.
/ Ex-Representatiye Watson. Of Indiana,
who has been working in the interest Of
/ the creation of the commission, had a
/ conference with Senator Aldrich yester-
day.
He expressed the opinion at the confer
ence that any authorization made in the
new tariff bill would be for a board.
rather than a commission. TO be composed
Of men already serving IN the government
! departments. who would be detailed TO sit
IN the new tariff board and act in an ad-
visory capacity, collecting information
and submitting it to the Secretary Of the
/ Treasury and TO Congress.
/ 1t IS evident that this plan viii not be
entirely satisfactory to Mr.. Miles and his
| colleagues, who are looking for COM
mission that viii have greater powers and
| embrace within its personnel eminent
men 10 be appointed from civil life.
Beveridge Introduces Bill.
/ Senator Beveridge has introduced a bill
IN the Senate creating a tariff commission
to be composed Of six members.
] He is very much in earnest IN his ad-
vocacy OF a commission, but he is willing
/ to concede that his own idea may not be
tie most desirable, and is willing to adopt
an.r other view that may seem more fea-
sible than his own plan.
! Senator La Toilette, OF Wisconsin. Is
| Of the opinion that a tariff commission
I ought to be authorized that would have
/ powers similar TO those conferred on the
4 Interstate Commerce Commission. He Is
/ likely to be one Of the most earnest ad-
/ vocates of the creation Of a tariff COM
/ mission
II is certain that whatever action the
/ Finance Committee may take in the mat
! ter Of authorizing a commission, that the
/ Senate will have an opportunity to vote
on the question when the bill is before
that body for consideration.
Sugar Joker Found.
The discovery Of an alleged Joker in the
/ paragraph Of the bill relating to Phil
ippine sugar was one Of the developments
Of the day. Some person made the al
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