The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-23
PRESIDENT WINS
THE INSURGENTS
TO HIS SUPPORT
Taft's Program Wins Support
OF Both the High and the
Low Tariff Advocates in
The Senate.
NEED OF HARMONY IS
STILL VERY EVIDENT

ue endeavors to Organize
To Force Recognition From
Powers.
Chicago. July 23.-John Callaa
O'Laughlin says in the Tribune in part
today:
The Taft program Is winning to its
support the insursent senators both oe
the low tariff and high tariff variety.
This does not mean that harmony
prevails throughout the rank and filoI
OF the republican party In the two
houses of congress. There are men in
both branches who still continue To.
circulate industriously In IN effort 70.
effect q combination Of such formida.
bic proportions that the president and
conferees will have to give heed TO-
their demands. In one case for high
er protection and in tho other for
downward revision.
Forty members Of the house met
yesterday and declared themselves un.
alterably opposed to the free raw mate
rial proposal Of the president. Twen-
ty-hve members Of tho Same delegation,
held another meeting today and adopt
Cd . resolution declaring in effect that
q reduction OF any important extent
In the rates on raw materials would,
be fatal to the interests of the dis
tricts represented by them.
countsnanesd BY Senators.
This movement has the counten-
ancs and support Of the senators from
the states In which theee congressional
districts are situated. But the senator's
have not themselves been able to or.
ganioe any kind Of . satisfactory oppo-
sition to the president and prefer to
work under cover In the house than
como out In the open In their own
branch.
While this movement II agitated In
the house In the interest Of high rates
the original Insurgents In the senate
are finding that there 10 . common
ground upon which they and the pres
ident can stand. Senator Cummins oe
Iowa breakfasted with the president.
today. Senator Nelson Of Minnesota
had 4 conference with him. Senator
Dolliver of Iowa discussed various fea-
lures of the situation with the chief
executive.
A careful survey Of the situation -
a whole shows . gradual drawing to-
gether OF the conflicting Interest," Of
the republicans in congress and be-
tween them and the White House. The
high tariff men for Instance say they,
will not insist upon = duty ON hides.
but will vote against the conference;
report which reduces bitumiuous coal
below 10 cents . ton and places iron on
the free list.
The low tariff insurgents insist that
while 1t 10 important that the presi-
dents program with respect to iron
ore, oil, hides and coal should b
adopted It IL Of still greater import.
ance that the duties ON MANUFACTURED
products should b brought down near.
er the protective point
Coal situatIon Changes.
In both cases the insurgents approz-
imately approach the position the
president has assumed. Mr.. TAN stiu
wants free hides, free OIL and free iron
ore. He II satisfied these three are
assured But Q diffrent situation has
developed with respect TO coal. and -
cents . tom has been sugUeotod - .
satisfactory compromise.
It should not be forgotten that In
~ ~%~~~u~mR A~HR~s~w A&~
the tariff which the president Issued
last week he made use Of this expres-
sion:
''If iron ore. and oil. and coal. anA
hides do not need protection. and con-
ditio0s are such ~ TO onab1e tho ore
producers. and the oil producssA and
the coal producers. and the producers
Of hides to. compete successfully. With
out reduction Of wages. With tho pro-
ducers from abroad. then they 10 not
need q duty ana the articles ahoul1
60 on the tree list"
Stand Taken ~ presi6ene.
The president added that the Ques.
ton was one of fact which he hoped
to make NJ his mind with respect 70
on such evidence - was available to
him n order to car1y ont what he
understood to Be the promise q tho
party to the whole people.
There was some talk today that 10
would reiterafe this statement 10r tho
purpose Of showing he was not IN Il
vor OF free raw materials ge0eEally.
It was stated finally, however. that
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