The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-06-10
SAY TAFT WILL NOT
VETO TARIFF BILL
Republican Leaders Have Con-
ferences with President.
MAcvEAGH TALK PERSONAL
Treasury secretary's Chicago Speech
Not Inspired by Chief, Is Claim
polIiver Talks on the Wool
Schedule.

Washington, June president
Taft will not veto the tariff bill. This
information came from the White
House in response to the many in
quiries made by senate and house
leaders who are scheduled to serve as
conferees between both branches Of
congress when the Payne-Aldrich
bill reaches that stage In its progress
toward final action (.
Speaker Cannon, Senator Aldrich
and Representative Payne individual
ly have been to the White House sew
eral Vines in the last few days, and
they say that If President Taft is dis
satisfied with the course the bill Is
taking through congress he has con-
cealed his concern very successfully.
AS late as last evening the presi-
dent told one of the Republican lead
ers that no one had authority to sug-
gest that he had in mind the veto of
the tariff measure. Senator Aldrich
was at the White House and talked
with the president for some time.
When he returned to the capitol he
told his colleagues that the president
did not appear to be at all perturbed
had expressed confidence in the men,
bers of the finance committee.
+, Macveagh Not Inspired.
It was learned upon the highest au-
thority that President Taft had not
read the Chicago speech of Secretary
- tba H,raa Snry MaoUaaob hafora tho
secretary left Washington for Chi
cago and that the president was not
aware of the character of the speech
to be made. This does not mean that
the president finds fault with Mr.. Mac
Veagh's utterances, but merely an
swers the report that 1t was an Off
cial view of the tariff situation and
that it expressed Mr.. Taft's opinion.
1t is usual, it was stated, for mem
Der OF the cabinet to submit his
speeches to the president. President
Taft has never required the members
of his cabinet to do this, and there
fore responsibility for their utterances
cannot be charged to him.
Republican leaders were inclined to
assign to political inexperience Sec
rotary MacVeaghs failure to consider
that any speech delivered by him
likely would be taken as the view of
the president.
Senators Discuss Wool.
There was great deal of good hui
NOR and many pleasantries injected
into the debate on the wooden sched-
ule in the senate, Senator Dolliver be-
ing the central figure. He offered sew
eral amendments and announced his
intention of presenting others, appeal
ing to the Republican members to
vote with him, because, he said, these
amendments would justify the atti-
tude of the Republican party In ad-
vocating q protective tariff h.
Senator Dolliver proposed an
amendment which would assess the
duties on woolens on an ad valorem
basis, according to the shrinkage of
the wool He became involved in an
argument with Senator Smoot as to
the feasibility of such an arrange.
ment of the wooden duties, the latter
contending that it would be impos,
sible to collect the duties on that
basis because the American manufac,
turers want their wool in the grease
and hardly any two of them use the
same methods of securing the WOOL
Representatives of newspaper pub
fishers, headed by John Norris, chair
man of the committee on paper OF
the American Newspaper Publishers
association, were given a hearing to-
day by the senate finance committee
The committee has thus far taken no
action on the question of wood pulp
and print paper, and the differences
of opinion have been great.
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