Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-18
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press for more time for the prepata-
ton of minority report since that
rouid be- formulated ~ wen after M
bill had been reported as before.
Mr.. Payne's inclination is to get the
hill into ms. House at tti. earliest pia
ticable mon. mt and plans are so con-
plttc that il l.; not believed he vii
yield fGr Il in,re plea for amendment
which the minority as well as the ma
iority know will not he accepted.
1t is probable that II comp, omise viii
b. reached ard that the Democrat
members will accept Il piaE which Wiz
permit them to present their amend :
nentS on he floor.
Mr.. Clark indicated today that Ills
principal effort would be toward thai
privilege BE said he did not consider
general debate of nearly 50 much i'm
portance as the discussion of the h.!l
paragraph by paragraph with the OPP
pOrtunity to suggest changes in ,he
various schedules 1t Is therefore prob
able that Mr. Payne and his fellotv
Republican members of tn committee
concedc this privilege the Democrats
will accept it in lieu of a similar privi-
leg. in committee and will make no
serious protest against TIL. immediate
lapol :in5 of the bill.
No announcement as to the length
of time that will be given for debate
ha: been made and Payne is quite
wary on this point.
Senator Aldrich. chairman of the
Senate cOmElitec on finance, which will
deal with the bill in the Senate, an
nonnced today that he would call q
meeting of the re- publican members of
the committee for tomorrow with the
idea of Immediately beginning consid-
GRAFTON of the House measure. The Ii
nance committee suffered seriously
from the Republicans defeat in the re-
cent elections and as consequence
the Republican membership numbers
only ;Our senators, Messrs Aldrich
Rhode Island: Burrows. Mich: Pen
rose, Pa, and Hale, Maine. Aldrich
says, however, that they can take ur
the bill as a subcommittee and he
hopes tC have them do so. AS soon as
the Republican vacancies are filled the
new members will be invited in and tn"
consideration OF the measure will pro-
coed with the hope, on the part of the
chairman. that the Senate committee
nay be prepared to make its report
very soon after the receipt OF the bill
from the House.
Mr.. Aldrich declared today that he
had not looked at the House bill. He
declined to make any comment upor
It, Ii is known, however, that many
senators make serious objection to the
changes from the present law and the
hope is now here expressed that the
bill Will rot be materially amended be
fore il leaves the Senate.
Senator Hale. chairman of the Re
publican caucus. is among those who
find :he bill objectionable. 1T abso-
lCtely murders the wood pulp and pa
per industry in Maine" he said. This
is the most important industry in our
State and we shall resist the change
with the utmost possible visor.'
Mr. Hale authorized this statement
hut white he found many of the other
features of the bill to be objectionable
from his point of view. he declined to
specify them. He predicted that the
bill would be before Congress for the
next three months or more. The com
m,tter on finance will not give any
hearings, but will consider any writ
ten or printed statements which may
he presented to 1t.