The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-08-04

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-On the
assumption that congress will adjourn
late Thursday night or Friday morn
ing, President Taft is making his
plans to leave early Saturday morn
ing.
The tariff conference report will
be voted upon in the senate at 2
O'Clock Thursday afternoon. Agree
ment to this effect was reached to-
day at 2:3O O'Clock upon the con-
clusion of speech by Senator Ciapp
in which he urged that all matters
be brought to head and finally dis
posed of. Unanimous consent to the
agreement was reached upon motion
made by Senator Bailey.
On motion of Senator Aldrich, the
senate thereafter adjourned until
noon tomorrow when the body will
gather and receive business for the
house.
After being in session for seven
minutes this morning. the house took
a recess until 3 p. m. At that hour
a bare quorum met and after session
of less than half an hour adjourned
until tomorrow.
Effort was made by an rjpfprplal
conference this afternoon to agree
on 3 D. m. tomorrow as the time at
which vote should be taken but
some of the senators feared that all
of the speeches to be made could not
be completed by that hour.
In reaching the final agreement
for vote on Thursday, Senator
Bailey intimated that there would be
considerable discussion tomorrow OF
the proposed concurrent resolution
to correct the hides and leather
paragraph.
The westerners claimed that they
had been led to believe that all boots
and shoes of leather were to be duti-
able at 10 per cent and that all har-
ness was to be dutiable at 20 per
cent.
When the conference report was is
sued it appeared that the reductions
applied only to articles manufactured
in chief part of the class OF hides
which are to be made free OF duty.
The reductions would not apply TO
shoes the uppers of which were made
of calf skin, or to harness, the CHIEF
Western senators were extremely
bitter in their condemnation OF the
compromise. They said they had been
fooled: that the president mad Deen
fooled and that the trick played on
the consumer was nothing short OF
buncombe.
IT was declared by the conferees
that their course WAS necessary from
a parliamentary standpoint. To nave
reduced all boots and shoes, they
said, would have compelled a re-
submission of the question to the
house.
When Senator Aldrich returned
from the White House he called a
session of the conferees. The west
ern senator's were ushered into the
conferenc chamber singly or in pairs.
Audiences were given to Senator'S
Hepburn, Warren, Carter, Suther-
land. Brown, Borah and Bourne. In
vitations had been issued to Senators
Dixon. Burkett and Clark Of Wyom-
ing but they did not accept.
Senator Aldrich and Represen-
tatiye Payne declared the language
employed in adjusting the hide con-
troversy was not Joker" An enort
was made to reach an understanding
with the westerners. They said the
word had gone out over the west that
free hides had been given for cheap
er shoes and harness and that their
constituents would not be satisfied
with any other bargain.
Senators Brown and Borah both
had letters from the president bear
ing upon the alleged Joker" which
they read. The letter to Senator
Borah was in response to one he had
written. The president asserted IN
the letter that the leather and hide
schedule, as adopted by the conferees
was Just as he had understood 1t.
He said that his understanding was
Athat the reduction on leather goods
. should be made on those manu-
features of the hitherto dutiable hides
and should not include manufactures
Of hitherto free hides.
Continuing. the president agreed
that farmers wear shoes made OF the
kind Of hides that would pay the low
duty, and that practically all mar
ness is made from dutiable leather