Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-03
McCUMBER IN LINE
Persuaded by the Assurances
of the President.
TO SUPPORT TARIFF BILL
Recommittal Likely to Be Fatal to
the Measure.
A TENRrAYT
STATEMENT BY MR. PAYNE
Would Never Do. He Says. to Le.
the Conference Report Go
Back to the House

One sore senator was appeased hy the
President today. II was McCumber II
North Dakota. In spite OF all tho agree
ments. understandings. promises. ETC..
that the Joker in the leather schedule
will be eradicated hoof and hide the
North Dakota senator earnestly wishes
TO vote to recommit the tariff bill. As
good republican however. he wants /"
vote with his party and uphold the Pres
ident So he journeyed to the White
House today and told the President just
how he felt.
Would the enactment OF a tariff bill
at this season be endangered if the Sen
ate should return the measure to its con-
ferees?" was what Mr. McCumber wanted
to know. And the President. with his
hands on all the strings in Senate and
House. told the North Dakota senator
that he feared that if this action should
be taken in the Senate there would be no
tariff bill at this session: that il would be
better to accept the bill as it stands thaa
to throw everything into confusion, and
that some of the errors that were oa-
| jected to would be corrected by the con
! icrees. Acting under the President
suggestions and modifying words, Senate
McCumber went away from the White
House prepared to swallow the bill, kinks
and all
Opposition to Recommittal
In parliamentary sense there are no
| longer any conferees on the part OF the
| House. With the passage Of the bill las
| the lower body the House conferees
| passed out of existence. Even If the COM
mittee on rules. by some sudden wrench
of the rules. could revive the eonferees
/ there is wholesome fear that the bill AZ
| it stands. could never get through the
4 House again. Chairman Payne Of the
House committee on ways and means.
who spent some time with the President
/ told the chief executive that IL would
| never do to again submit the bill AMI
/ give the disaffected elements a chance
/ to whack it. Representative Longworih
of Ohio told the President the
thing. That is why all hands. hom tic
President down. are working to put the
| measure through the Senate and not take
chances on having it recommitted.
| Senator Burkett of Nebraska. who has
| been disposed to hold out against the
| bill. talked with the President and Went
| away with the intention of supporting IL
| and have the agony over. Both Senator
| Burkett and Senator McCumber. although
| not satisfied AS whole with the bill.
| believe that 1t will take better in the
west when more fully understood. Sen
ator McCumbers chief opposition to the
| bill is that the conferees permitted the
| agricultural interests of the west to be
sacrificed and the manufacturing inter
eStS of the east to come out with the
| cream of the milking.
/ There has been a considerable decrease
| on the things We buy except cotton and
| Woolen," said Mr.. McCumber, '.and when
| our people understand these facts better
| than they do now there will be less dis
| satisfaction with the bill"
Insurgent Leaders With President.
The .insurgent' leaders. Senators Bev-
| President at luncheon today, having been
| invited by him TO go over the situation.
1t is generally understood that the lead
ers will fall in line for the bill upon be-
| ing assured that the concurrent resolu-
| ton will set straight that tough leather
schedule At breakfast this morning the
| President had as guests Senators Gamble
| and Crawford of South Dakota, who have
been worked up over the Joker and a
| few other things but who are anxious
| to keep regular by voting for the bill If
they can do SO.
| Senators Piles and Jones and Represen-
| tative Humphrey of Washington spent
| some time in conclave with the President.
| but il was ascertained that the conference
had nothing to do with the tariff. but
| related to an appointment to be made by
| the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
Fighting Over Barry Statue.
The fight of Irish-Americans against
the acceptance of the designs of Andrew
O'Connor of Paris for the 10000 statue
| of Commodore Barry to be erected in TIE
plaza of .he Union station was taken to
| President Taft today by Representative
Burke of Pittsburg. The President was
asked TO interfere and have the statue
commission. composed of the secretaries
of War and Navy and clairmen of the
Senate and House committees on library.
decline TO permit the construction of the
statue by O'Connor. who was some time
ago awarded the. contract.
The IriSh-AmericanS are seeking t.
have the whole thing overturned and
the design of Jerome O'Connor of SYRIA
cuSe accepted. The committee of artists
appointed by President Roosevelt went
over all the designs that were submitted
and decided i'm favor of Andrew O'Con-
nors as being more artistic than the
design of his namesake in this country.
Jerome O'Connors design, however, was
picked second best.
The American Irish claim that the
statue is TO typify Barry as fighting
sailor and founder of the American navy
and that instead OF doing this ii goes into
| a lot of allegorical figures typifyng Irish
character and history. Ii is claimed
that many of these misrepresent what is
intended and for that reason are objec-
tionable.
The President made no promises but
said he would take the matter under con-
sideration.
President Taft today promised Repre-
sentative Rodenberg of Illinois that he
will visit East st. Louis october oJ and
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