Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-28
PROGRAM IS HALTED
Proposed Rates on Gloves and
Lumber Strongly Fought.
ONLY MATTERS UNSETTLED
Conferees Spend Morning Session in
Fruitless Deliberation.
COMPROMISE IS SUGGESTED
Senator Aldrich Authorized to Visit
the White House to Learn the
Presidents Views.

announced that they had spent the fore
noon considering the glove and lumber
schedules, which two schedules comprised
practically all the unsettled questions
Both of these subjects had been under
considerat ton yesterday. and it was sup
posed when today's session began that
out little more effort would be necessary
TO fix definitely all the rates involved
When. however. the conferees got tosethe,
they discovered that the President was
dissatisfied with the high rates on lumber
Ihey also found sharp controversy be-
tween the President and the Speaker OF
the House over the glove schedule.
There are four items of dispute in the
lumber schedule. and these include not
only rough lumber, but clapboards, laths
and shingles.
The Presidents Desires.
The President wants the low House
rate. and there is also strong pressure
from members of the House in that di-
rection. Even some of the House confer
ees were found to be displeased with the
advance made to satisfy the demands of
the Senate.
There would be no difficulty in fixing
the rates on gloves but for the influence
of the President. and his controversy is
with Speaker Cannon. who is insisting
that the House shall hold out for the high
House rates. as opposed to the lower fig
ures fixed by the Senate In this Mr..
Payne is favorable to the higher rate
and stands with the Speaker rather
than with the President.
1T became apparent before the recess
that owing to these differences the sum
mons to the democratic members of the
conference for this afternoon would
have to be withdrawn. The republican
conferees We're still confident that they
would finish their labors before the end
night, but none of them was found to
be willing to make any prediction as to
the hour.
Compromise Suggested.
The House conferees frankly told
their senatorial associates that they
were apprehensive that they would not
be able to get through the House the
entire Senate rates on lumber. but said
they were hopeful of prevailing upon the
House to adopt ID compromise report
They, therefore. urged a rate of s1.25
on rough lumber, saying that with such
a concession they could probably pro-
cure the adoption of the Senate differ
entails in favor of finished lumber. Upon
these representations the conferees
agreed to reopen the lumber schedule,
with the understanding that the noon
recess should be utilized by Senator
Aldrich for an interview with the Presi-
dent for the purpose of ascertaining his
views of the proposed compromise.
Air Full of Insurrection.
The air was full of instruction at the
Capitol this morning over the prospective
conference report. Insurgents, insur-
rectos suerriTlas and bushwhackers were
figu.atively grabbing their trusty rifles
and taking to the bush, while matchetes
We're busily being ground.
i The proposed rate of $1.0 on lumber
or even a compromise of S1.25 was caus-
ing no end of trouble. The House has It's
heari set on ne-dollar lumber. or lower
and the sentiment finds response among
senators from Minnesota, Kansas. Iowa
and the middle west. Furthermore, there
was dissatisfaction over the prospect OF
high rates on hosiery and gloves. said to
be contemplated by the conferees
Free hides continue to be a sore subject
with the far western senators. although
it is pretty well understood that they will
have To content themselves with voting
against the conference report, without
likelihood of defeating it.
Grave doubt was expressed this morning
whether the confeceeS will be able to re-
port to the House tomorrow on schedule
time, in view of the dissatisfa ction ovel
lumber hosiery and gloves. Intimatons
that the President was not satisfied with
the agreement on these items added to
the doubt of early report.
The one great fear Of the rank and
file Of the statesmen interested in the
tariff settlement was that the hitch oyei
lumber and possibility of a hitch on gloves
and hosiery might open up other SEIZED
ules for revision. and Mat contingency
struck terror to the hearts of all.
Meetings of the Factions.
There are so many groups of threat
ened insurgents upon so many opposing
phases of the bill that it is difficult tC
keep tab on them. All of the factions
were meeting al different times during the
day, threatening what they would anC
would not do. and many of them were
conscious down in the bottom of theil
hearts that in the end they would prob
ably be in the category of the lady who
swearing she would ne'er consent, con.
Scnted.
The anti-free raw material men OF the
House have practically been whipped into
submissions. the compromise duty coal
iron and compromising reductions or
| leather duties leaving them without A
very hcfy list of grievances In their
place there arose Il group of insurgents
against dolar-and -a-half lumber. They
were meeting during the afternoon, re-
solved to hold up the hands OF Chairman
Payne and vote against a report providing
such a duty.
Senator Nelson has declared that he
will not support report which prov ides
for II duty of more than 81 on lumber, and
he will be backed by senator's from
neiGhboring states. II is thought how.
ever that this faction might be induced
| TO accept dolarand-a half lumber in the
| interest of party harmony, as If that
| were all which stood in the way cf fina
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