Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-10
TARIFF IN CONFERENCE.

After the members had denounced the
Senate changes in the tariff bill and pro-
tested generally against senatorial
methods, the House yesterday made an
apparent surrender to the Aldrich group
OF high protectionists. 1t voted not only
to send the bill 10 conference controlled
by "revision-upSard" protectionists,
but it clsmped upon itself a rule by
whick a separate vote on tile amend
ments of the Sepa'e will be prevented.
The House at 3:1S p. N. agreed to
the conference on the tariff bill asked by
the Senate, 17S to ISL.
Speaker Cannon appointed the follow
ing members of the House committee on
ways and means to be the House con-
ferees:
Messrs Payne, Da'zell, Mccall B)u-
tell, Calderhesd, FOrdney, republicans;
CLARK, Underwood, and Gdggs demo-
Gratis.
Eighteen republicans voted against
the special rule sending the Tariff bill to
conference.
Mr.. Brousssrd (La.) was the only
democrat voting with the republicans for
a conference.
As soon as the Senate adjourned yes
terdsy Mr.. Aldrch telephoned to Mr.
Payne asking him to get the House
conferees together aud to meet the Sen.
ate conferees in the finance committee
rooms in the Senate Office building at
$50 p. m. Senator Aldrich then vent
to the White House, where he bad an
extended conference with President
Taft, who hsd just returned to Wash
ington from New England.
The president questioned Mr.. Aldrich
concerning many of the amendments TO
the tariff bill made by the Senate, but
it is said that he did not criticise any Of
The proceedings in that body except the
acceptance of an amendment to the cor
poration tax provision making 1t sp-
plIcable to holding companies. The
inference gained by Mr.. TsiPs callers
yesterday lie that he would not sanction
the adoption Of an amendment taxing
the net earnings of corporations unless
the utmost caution is taken to prevent
double taxation.
After The conference with the presi-
dent, Mr.. Aldfich said that 1t might be
necessary to entirely redraft the corpo-
ration tax provision in conference. II
this Is done, he said, the new provision
will be along the lines of that agreed
upon at the recent conference with
House coDferees.
The conferees held their first meet
ing yesterday afternoon. Meetings will
be held every day, and it is believed that
10 two weeks the work Of the cOnferees
will be ended. The general expectation
now is that Congress will finally act on
the bill and will adjourn the last week
of this month.
Ou Monday The House expects to
adopt the Senate joint resolution to
amend The constitution 80 that an In
come tax msy be levied.
Speaker Cannon and his staod'pst
associates took little comfort from the
debate. Nearly every republican who
spoke denounced the Aldrich bill Id
round terms and several did not hesi-
tate to serve notice that unless there
we're radical changes they would vote
against the measure on the final vote.
MODIFIES HINGED STACK Law.
S)ne time ego the War Department
decided to require many of The tug
boats which constantly pass under the
two bridges across the Potomac to lower
their smokestscks 80 that the draws
in these bridges need not be so frequent
ly opened to the great Inconvenience snd
delay Of the thousand of passengers on
the railroad trains CT ossing these bridges.
( The order issued 5y the department,
however, has been modified 80 as to
make conditions 8 most as bad as they
we're before. The new recommendation
follows: That instead OF margin OF
one foot, as approved By the secretary OF
war April 2, 1909, a margin OF three
feet at high tide be adopted as general
rule aud that boats using the section OF
the river 10 question, the pilot houses OF
which have a clearance OF less than three
feet at mean high tide below the bottom
chords Of the bridges, be exempted from
mskiDg the changes referred to In the
laS, and that they be authorized to re-
quire, at their option, the opening OF the
draws for passage through the bridges"
Experienced travellers have found great
benefit by taking with them bottle Of DR..
SETH ARNOLD's BALsAN. 1t cures illness
caused by impure waite and sudden changes Ct
climate Warranted by Frank War6eld and
henry Callan.