Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-02
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Tariff Bill !: ! |.
Its Presence There slmperils Con-
ference Report in the
]. Senate.
MEETING ii OF THE. Il COMMITTEE ]. i
Compelled 10 Reassle II bic for.
Purpose Of PREP airing an
official Explanation.
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Matter Relating 70 Hide and Leather
compromisescnat Not in
conciliath,g Mood.
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!. ence report In ference to tn =
4 compromise on the leather and
hide question.
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Washington, Aug .. With the tariff
conference report facing defeat in the
Z senate on account of an alleged jok--j
q er,' in the hide and Ieat her comp promise,
twas decided at 6p. M today to re-
\ assemble tllesconf ference committee for
the purpose OF preparing an official en- y
q planation. The conference committee
will meet AT 81 p. M II n. 4; "a
1t is understood that the .ea assembling
Of the coilferees was 4 result of the
conference between the president and
Senator Aldrich although it was said
al the White II ouse that the president.
had no partjinthe recnnvening. The ac-s5
ton OF western Repuhl! lean sena tors a IL :.
ed nv lie Dr. democratic members, in COM
pelIing the ling Of the nferencce3
report in full, enabled the supporters
of the conference port to. take ~ new
poll of; the senate. Much to the1rE SUI,
prise they found their previous q car, &
vases were 8raiueless. There seemed
= to be- a. revolt$anong the westerners
q On account of tho phraa ogy that had
ID been adopted 4 by the conf rees In atl Z
! iistlng the differences the hide anu
leather paragraph.
ss,i1iee Saturday there had been ln,lr-S
!muring of discomfort but these had not 1t.
Z been regarded as serious. Ghargess
that the leather comp ses5 ha rboredi
a, "jokarg had been card but such ill-3
ti,rnt fortsT are not t1usual In conpectio ION
with the settlement Of ntroversies.i
Some Of the dissatisfied serat tors said
s fhe duty on boots and shoes had not
( been reduced to A. per cent as assert
+ ed by the conferees. n y 3 si
THE LelN G'IJAe E
The languag ofathe conference report
imposing duty Of per cent on
Roots and shoes is as follows:
That boots and shoes, the upper
leather Of which Is made wholly or in
chief vallle from such hides (hides adj
mitted free Of duty. shall pay a duty
of 10 per cent nd Nalorenl.
Senators from cattle states assert
that there are no shoes OF that descripr
: ton used in the United States and that
the reduction therefore Is valueless as
all other shoes of leather are made
dutiable at Is per cent.
Realizing that some heroic measures
would have to be taken In order to re-
store public confidence, some of the
conferees before the meeting expressed
a willingness to adopt a resolution per-
hitting the conferees to revise their
acton in regard to the hide and leather
question. 5lss
The olde. and more conservative
members said2sthis would not be neces..
sary. They believe IL an exp lanatiola
were adopted the public would accept.
it In good faith especially u Presi-a
dent Tart gave the explanation his ems
5dorsement FL nj, sB5
There we're several things about the
settlement Of the differences between
the house and the senate over the lunl.
her schedule that were the subject or
condemnation on the part of sena tors
from5middls western states, and it VAS
g reported that the conferees may ~
clude5 in whatever statement they make
some explanation of their actlon II re-,
gard to that schedule ifs
The increase above the sDingley rates 1te.s
made on shingles is objected TO par:
ticularly by the Insurgents
81. READING REPORT.
Converting today at 10 o'clock the SEN
ote Immediately began consid erntion Of
the conference report on the tariff Dill.
Not to exceed seven or eight senators
We're In their seats and of them only
ore,7 Senator Hughes of Colorado, rep
resented the Democratic side OF the
chamber
BY the time the reading was we'll UNI
der way number, Of the senators llad
taken their seats. All gave close at at
tention to- the report.
Moving ahead as rapidly as possible
in running over the amendments agreed
to- the reading clerk was Interrupted
by Senator Hepburn. a,F
"The clerk has made no reference 70
the maximum and minimum proVt7
sions, said the Idaho senato add dress
ing the presiding officer. y.
He mas omitted the cotton sehedule,1
declared Mr.. Clapp. /.
1T is obvious that at least ~ pages
have been turned over y, itnoul 5l cav
ing, commented Mr.. ssuiberspn. join
ing the two Republican, senators IN M
sisting on a careful compliance Win
9 the rules. The reading clerk protested
that he had read all. but ms piotsse
served only the purpose OF ca iiins ou Guy
arebuke from Mr.. Hepburn.
It was evident that there was 2
situation oll.sl and It was soon mare AVE
plain that tt was the Intention OF SONS o, =,
of the senators, both "insurgent tttss
publicans and straight Democrats 80
+ have read every word of the long re-
port which meant great delay.
What does 1t all mean 2? was asked Sc.
d OF one Of the .insurrectionist' Repubii-
cans,
..lt means, g he replied. that II this
bill become 81 law 1t viii not go be-
( yond the next election.
How are you going to insure Tie
result?" was the inanir
: BY ventilati ion, vas the reply
Further reply failed to- develop any
understanding among the original ms
= s,,i.oent,,,i md their allies, the ht0E