Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-05
coNFEREEs' REPORT IS SIGNED
AS INDICATED az PRESIDENT
IN LETTER.
HOUSE VOTES ON It SATURDAY
Measure viii Go to Senate Monday
Where II viii Remain a Week.
Hosiery Duty Goes Up From
to 3 Per Cent.
Payne-Aldrich

tariff bill Is complete.
An agreement on all disputed points
was reached and the cOnferces' report
signed by the Republican conferees
II will go TO the house and be voted
on by that body Saturday. The senate
will on Monday begin consideration
Of the measure as agreed to by the
confcrecs. The senate session may
consume all Of next week.
Halted by the mandate of President
Taft, the tariff cOnfcrees were cOm-
PEELED to turn back and revise their
rates on lumber and gloves.
When the conferees fixed lumber
and glove rates by shading very
slightly the higher rates on each, they
were so certain that the president
would consent TO the arrangement that
notices were sent to the Democratic
members Of the conference committee
to be present to approve or disapprove
of the conference report.
The president had other ideas Of
what the rates should be, and he OK.
pressed them very forcibly in a letter.
He said that lumber should not be
more than s1.2J per thousand feet for
rough with the diffcrentials fixed by
the senate ON finished lumber. He de.
clared also that the senate rates on
gloves, which are the same as the
Dingloy rates. and much less than the
house rates. would have to be adopted
in order to obtain his Endorsement.
Specified Hides on Free List.
The president also specified that
hides must go on the free list and the
house rates on boots and shoes and
other manufactures of leather must
be reduced. Hosiery, too, he thought
should be reduced below the house
rates. which are advanced over the
Dinglcy duties.
II was not until the Democratic
members had assembled that the
White House communication was re-
Coivcd at the conference chamber.
When Senator Aldrich read the presi-
dents message he called his Republi-
can associates to an adjoining room.
The contents of the letter were dis.
cuSscd and it was decided that the
minority should be informed hat the
conference report had not been adj.
yanccd to a stage were 1t could be
submitted to them for their judgment.
After the Democrats reached the
corridor outside the conference
chamber they held a little conference
of their own. Representative Champ
Clark Of Missouri was called back to
tn" chamber. He was given a copy of
the bill as the conicrecs intend to re.
port 1t, except for the schedules dis
cussed by the president in the letter.
The Democrats then went into session.
The minority members were in the
conference chamber less than an hour.
Representative Griggs said that IL the
Republicans would consent to put cot
ton ba2ging on the free list his as.
sociatcs would show great celebrity in
bringing he conference report to
Il vote. Many Of the conferoes were
disposed to grant this request, but
Representative Mccall of Mas.
P''''"''u Vigorously Ou
the ground that 1t would injure the
manufacture Of his state, which turn
out cotton bagging. SO emphatic were
his objections that 1t was seer that an
agreement would be delayed II such
action were attempted.
All Seek a Final Word.n
The Republican members continued
In ossion after the Democrats left the
chamber. There followed one of the
busiest scenes Witnessed about the
corridors of the sonatc office building
during the three weeks the bill has
beer In conference. SURVIVING to and
from the chamber were senators and
members OF the house, vying with re
personalities Of special interests te
get n final word with the conferec.
Late in the day Representative
Fordney and Ca%lderhead went to the
White House and from there to the of
flee Of Speaker Cannon and then bach
to the conference chamber. Later the,
conferred with a number of North
western senators who were interested
In the lumber question. After thei,
activities without the conference
room, Speaker Cannon hurried to tn,
conference room.
Speaker Cannon has been one of tn,
chief supporters OF the house rates OF