The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-07
TANGLE ON TARIFF
Indications of Disagreement
Between the Factions.
Revisionists Working Hard to
Line Up Forces. e
ALDRICH is SHORT
Lacks IL Votes of Enough to
Adopt His Schedules.
Sugar and Wood Pulp Are the
Stumbling Blocks.

washington, ID. C., May Ike
publican tariff revisionists are not put
ting much faith in President Taft s
prediction that the conference be-
tween the two houses will in the end
bring forth reduced rates. and are
doing all they can to line up their
forces for each schedule as it is
reached. They believe that they have
from twelve to fifteen Republicans
grouped to act with the Democrats in
obtaining material reductions on sew
eral leading schedules.
This number of Republicans is
ready to demand lower duties on lum-
Der but on that schedule they will be
offset by at least an equal number of
Democratic senator's, who Will support
the high duty. On Woolens, cottons,
and perhaps silks. however, the IN
surgents can count on the solid sup
port of the Democrats, and probably
the larger number. of Republican re-
visionists will stand for reductions.
They are assured that the house Will
back them up in a demand tor the
abandonment of Senator Aldrfch's new
method of counting threads. A fight
is also expected on sugar; and II a
higher duty is fixed on wood pulp and
print paper there is certain to pc
strong opposition within the Re
publican ranks.
efforts to obtain the higher paper
duties is doing his best to get Demo-
Gratis to support his demands IN re-
turn for his support in demanding
higher duty on lumber
Senate Bill Not Satisfactory.
A Republican member of the ways
and means committee spoke bitterly
of the AIdrich amendments He SAID
that without heavy Democratic sup
mort the senate bill could not be
put through the house. AS 10 Demo,
cratic support, he said the lncreaseo
protection accorded fruits and various
southern industries looked Ike an
effort to strengthen the bill in that
direction.
Senator AIdrich now lacks twelve
votes of a majority for his tarln Dill.
By hammering and trading IN the
those twelve votes and several to
snare. He has measured his men ana
knows in detail what he must give
and take.
At the present time the nftsonln te
Republican members of the senate
annear to be aligned as follows:
Thirty-four will stand by Aldrich'
right or wrong, and vote with MIN
for the bill when perfected, even II
it does not entirely meet their own
approval; twelve are now u maj r,s1 rS
opposed to the bill unless downWaro
revision is made much more pro-
bounced. Mr. Aldrich comedies but
twelve of these opponents, al,hougl Il
fifteen or sixteen are claimed by the
leaders of that faction: thirteen are are
vote with whichever faction most
nearly represents the interest of their
state or section
Prayer in the house one day re-
Gently was by Rev. F. w, Hamilton
d. president of Tufts college,
Mass Speaker Cannon assumed a
reyerent attitude. but his nina was
far away. probably in Danville,
When the Rev. Mr.. Hamilton SAID
"Amen" the gavel of the speaker
dronnod with a hard whack. The
report will be approved" he said, low
Put the official report of the day $
proceedings in the house doesn
show it.
Kansas postmasters commissioned:
Nereus H Mendenhall, Haviiano'
John NJ. Gibbs, Oskaloosa.
Tapoas n Whiteman. of Garden
city. kan. clerk in the war depart
n,ent has received a salary pro-
r,o+ioo from $1,000 to $1,400 year.