Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-03
STANDING FASTFOR TIE WEST
Fifteen Senator'S Who Will Demand
Changes in the Tariff Bill.
CONFIDENT OF THEIR STRENGTH
President Indicates to n Brown
He Endorses Proposed Income
.s-Ht Tax Amendment to the
constitution.
CFrom a staff Correspondent

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WASHINGTON, May 2.-lSpecial Tele-
gram.)-There are as many opinions almost
as there are men to offer them as TO when
the Aldrich-Payne tariff bill will leave the
senate. While there has been no hard and
fast alliance among the group of younger
senator's representing the transmississip-
ri country. it can be stated with positive
ness that an understanding has been
reached among fifteen or sixteen of them
who will stay in Washington all summer,
II necessary, unless changes are made in
a number of the schedules of the Aldrich
bill. In this group of senator's, who can
with truth be said to have formed a work
ing alliance in the interest of the great
territory which they represent, are Bur
ket and Brown of Nebraska, Dolliver and
Cummins of Iowa, Curtis and Bristow of
Kansas, Gamble and Crawford of South
Dakota, McCumber and Johnson of North
Dakota. Borah of Idaho, Dixon of Mon
tana, Clapp of Minnesota with Nelson
leaning very far toward the side Of the
Young Turks, and Warner of Missouri, La
Toilette of Wisconsin and Bevertdge Of
Indiana are also in this category, but rep
resent interests somewhat different from
those represented by the group OF senators
given above.
When Senator Burkett, in conference yes
terday with Senator Aldrich, asked the
able and adroit chairman of the finance
| committee when he thought the general
debate would terminate in the senate on
the tariff bill and Senator Aldrlch replied:
IT should think a week longer is all that
is necessary. don't you" Mr.. Burkett re-
| piled: why yes, so far as we are con-
cerned. a vote on Monday would be en-
.i,aI,, .,NiaFaptnru 70 me nFoVidipR the
| schedules I'm which I an interested are
adjusted to meet the wants of the people
| in part represent"
But II these schedules are not adjusted
to meet the wants OF your constituency"
replied Senator Aldrich. what then"
Then" replied Senator Burkett, II be-
! lieve there will be enough of us to con-
tinue business until August, at least
How the Guesses RIM.
And that is the situation tonight. The
wise men Of the senate are predicting that
the AIdrich-Payne bill will get out of the
senate before the 9th of May, and II is
/ possible the conference may get through
! with the bill by June 1, but there are others
who as confidently believe that It will be
July ] before President Taft has a chance
to affiX his signature 10 the measure.
Senator Burkett has been practically as
sured that the duty on barbwire will be
fixed at l cent per pound or 81 per hundred
weight, as against the present duty under
the Dingley act Of $3.50 per hundred weight.
Barbwire has been bought in Nebraska as
low as 1926 per hundred weight. but should
the duty be placed at 81 the reduction
would be OF an exceedingly substantial
character, and this Burkett believes prob.
able after a conference with Chairman
Aldrich and the Pennsylvania senators
Penrose and oliver, today.
Browns Bill Approved.
President Taft indicated his approval o
Senator Browns plan TO give unquestioneC
authority to congress to pass an incom'
tax law and said that he would sign sucl
a bill. He also believes congress would b.
keeping faith with the people by adopting
Browns amendment,
Postal Appointments.
Postmasters appointed South Dakota
Dale, Perkins county, Miss Nellie Lin
vice Charles Mallory, resigned, Wyoming
Durham. Laramie county, Miss Mary A
Case, vice y. NJ. Brown, resigned; For
Washable, Fremont county, Grant Kisor
vice J. X. Moore, jr., resigned.
Rural carriers appointed; Iowa, Nashua
route ], Harry S, Milligan, carrier. Pear