The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-20
CONFEREEs CONSIDER
TARIFF BILL IN sECRE |
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New York; John Dalzen, of Pennsyl-
vania.
These are really the four men who
will dominate the conference. Mr..
A1drich is chairman of Finance anu
Mr.. Payne of Ways and Means. Every
one of the four is as arch a standpatter
as is to be found in all the world.
Each is familiar with the hard fighting
and intricate parliamentary law which
governs conference committees. All OF
the four, except Senator Penrose, sery-
ed on the Conference over the Dingley
bill
It is a noteworthy coincidence that
Senators Aldieh and Julius c. Burrows,
of Michigan, who win probably be one
of the Republican eonferees, are the
only survivors among the Senate tariff
conferees of July, 1897. Allison, OF
Iowa; Platt, of Connecticut; Jones, OF
Nevada; Vest of Missouri; Jones, of
Arkansas, and White, of California,
have all passed over. Payne and Dal-
zell, with one exception are the only
members of the House now in public
life who served on that 1897 Conference
from the south end of the Capitol. Sen
ator Bailey, then the Democratic minor
ity leader, was one of their associates.
It is probable that the other six Re-
publican conferees will be the follow
ing men:
For the Senate, Julius c. Burrows,
of Michigan; Eugene Hale, of Maine;
Reed Smoot, of Utah.
For the House, Samuel W. Mccall,
Of Massachusetts; William A. Calder
head, of Kansas; Joseph W. Fordney,
of Michigan.
Senator Cullom, of Illinois, would be
entitled to a place upon the conference,
should he insist, because he is fifth in
the list of Republican senators. But
his health at his advanced age of 80
years is too infirm to make the task,
which may last from ten days to two
weeks, too arduous for his liking.
There are other senators who rank
Senator Snoot around the Finance
table, but the Utah senator has worked
very hard over the tariff bill and prob
ably has been Senator Aldrich's most
useful assistant. Mr.. Aldrich is there
fore very DESTROYS of his aid in Con-
ference. He is an arch standpatter,
WHICH Is dnuEutE EGdGUu IOI tAC GNU v
to get him upon the conference. Be-
cause of his work on the corporation
tax, Senator Flint, of California, would
be acceptable but there is little pros
pect of his appointment, unless SEN
ator Burrows decides that he does not
want to serve. The Rhode Islander
wants men who are good fighters and
for that reason Senator Hale, of Maine,
win be very desirable acquisition.
He is said to be the stiffest combatant
in conference that either house of Con-
gress can send forth and furthermore
is high proteetionist.
Speaker Cannon has been con-
templating several plans for the se1ec-
ton of his conferees. He has had it
in mind to choose them according to
the geographical location of their dis
tricts and, of late, has been consider
ing with more favor the choice of men
for their familiarity with certain in
dustries. For instance Chairman Payne
is quite familiar with textile subjects.
such as cotton and woolens The Speak
er is anxious to reduce the represent
tation from New England, and at one
time thought of eliminating Represen-
tative Mccall on the excuse that Mr.
Payne could look after the textile in
terests with which New England is
concerned in the bill. But Represen-
tative Mccall, as the case now stands.
will be put upon the conference because
of the need of some one to support the
fight for free hides, which the House
voted.
Representative Hill, of Connecticut,
is the fourth Republican member of
Ways and Means, but the Speaker in
tends to eliminate him because he is
from New England and because he is
very self-willed and will not ego
along with the House leaders. At
present he has it in mind to designate
William A. Calderhead, an old soldier
from Kansas, to represent the agricul-
tural interests and Joseph w. Fordney,
of Michigan, to look after the lumber
interests. Both are high protectionists.
There is little in the agricultural SEIZED
ule to cause contention in conference.
majority of the items in that SEIZED
ule are beyond the jurisdiction of the
conference, as both houses voted the
same rates of duty in most instances.
The House voted lower rates in the
lumber schedule than did the Senate,
but Mr.. Fordney, who has been en-
gagged in the lumber business for many
years, fought like a tiger for higher
rates than the House would accede to.
1t IS claimed that he could look after
the interests Of the Pacific Coast quite
as well as Representative Needham, of
California, or Representative Cushman,
of Washington, both of whom have been
considered for place on the confer
ence to look after Pacific Coast inter-
ests. Those interests, however. are
largely lumber and agricultural prod
ucts.
Representatives Mccall, of Massaehu-
sets, and E. D. Crumpacker, of Indi.
ana, are about the only Republican
members of Ways and Means who
could justly be termed low tariff men.
1t is probable that, in any event, Speak
er Cannon will put but one low tariff
Republican on his conference and that
viii be Mr.. Mccall. There is only
one low tariff Republican on Finance,
Senator McCumber, of North Dakota.
He has not been considered at all as
prospective conferee.
Estimates of the time required for the
conferees to complete their work range
all the way from one week to three