The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-05-07
NEWS FROM THE
NATIONS CAPITAL
THE NEW TARIFF BILL WILL
SOON BE A LAW.
MAY TAKE EFFECT JULY 4
Army Engineers Recommend Large
Appropriations for Pacific
Northwest.


Washington-Chai Payne of
the ways and means committee will
ask the house to agree upon rule
fixing July as the date for taking
a final vote on the tariff bill. 1t Is
asserted by house leaders that they
have received enough pledges from
the members from Atlantic and other
states, Democrats as well as Repub-
leans, to insure its passage.
This means that the senate and
house leaders have agreed that the
bill will be ready for final passage by
that date. If no slip occurs there
after the new tariff law will be on the
statutes by July A, providing always
that the bill meets with the approval
of President Taft.
Secretary Knox has notified all the
governments with which the United
States has commercial agreements
under section of the Dingley tariff
law, of the intention of this govern
ment to abrogate these agreements.
Manifestly Secretary Knox assumes,
first, that the Dingley provision for
commercial treaties is to be suspend
ed, and second, that it is to be dis
placed in the near future with a new
provision of law which will do away
such agreements-that is; the maxi
mum and minimum clause of the tar
if law.
The army engineers have recon-
mended that an appropriation OF
$1,56O,O00 be incorporated in the
next river and harbor bill to complete
the lefty at the mouth of the Column
bia river. 1t is their belief that this
amount will enable them to finish
the south jetty. In addition to this
they ask for 100000 for the &C.
lilo canal and recommend a continu-
ing project carrying $2.6O0,OOO,
which will complete the waterway. g
Other appropriations recommend
ed are: Columbia, below mouth OF
Willamette, SITS, 1000; Columbia, at
Cascades, 100000; Columbia, above
Cello, $4,000; Upper Columbia, be-
tween Bridgeport and Wenatchee,
$4,000; Snake river, $4,000; Pu-
get Sound and tributaries, 81 10000;
H.o,,o IIorhnp e1e 000
If the income tax amendment to
the tariff bill ever comes to vote
in the senate, it will stand reason
able chance of adoption. This fact
is known both to the friends and
enemies of the amendment, and from
this time on the efforts of Aldrich,
the chief objector to an income tax,
will be bent in the direction of pre-
venting vote on either the Cum
minis or the Bailey amendment. He
will endeavor to prevent this by the
exercise of shrewd parliamentary tao
tics or by resort to some subterfuge
which will win over the votes of a
few senators who at heart are not
favorable to an income tax, but
would be compelled to vote for 1t II
the issue should be squarely raised.
Sultan Mehemmed V, of Turkey,
has cabled a message In acknowledge
ment of the greetings sent to him by
President Taft on his ascension to
the throne. Ambassador Leishman,
at Constantinople, cabled that the
government had taken energetic
means to suppress further attempts
at disorders and to punish perpetra-
tors of the recent trouble. The gov
eminent, he said, appeared to be able
and anxious to restore peace.
Senator Jones, of Washington, has
heen advised by the Indian Office that
Special Agent Robin, who recently
was detailed to obtain the consent
of the Yakima Indians to sell part
OF tnelr dllOIluChIS, ASPSANS rN-e~N =
found a very strong feeling of OPP
position to the plan, especially
among the older and more influential
Indians. many of them being under
the impression that the government
proposed to deprive them of their
land without adequate compensa-
ton.
1t is the belief of the Indian office
that. with the foundation he is lay
ing, Agent Robin will be able to
overcome the opposition of the In
dams to q great extent, and in time
obtain the desired contracts from a
sufficient number of them to insure
the success of the project.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer states
that the l6 battleships OF the Allan
tic feet, which had made the voyage
around the world, were in excellent
condition, due to the fact that they
we're accompanied by a repair ship
throughout the trip. The secretary
said he found that the voyage had
cost 81, 500, 900 more than II the bat
tleshlps had been kept at home.