New-York tribune., 1909-07-11
HOUSE AND TARIFF BILL
LEADERS NOT UoRRIED.
Think Most "TnsurgentS" WI Vote
for Conference Report.
rF-oaa Ire TuSzn. su-ssul

rF-o-7 re Trtszn@ Br-esul
washington Jpl- Ea-NInless there are material
-,cSfAcsr5ons in the tariff bill il passed the
earste zrytTd not vote for Il IN thousand years
This is the statement Representative Stevens OF
<Tynrssrrs. USUALLY of the most uustV'orthY
rneTrbsrs ef the Eouse organization. anu II mas
been echoed ana repeated by almost half e hundred
Representatives al the Capitol to-day as their own
sentiment AL this sounds revolutionary ths
frsr hearing hut - the wheel horses of the or
ssn.zsrion It has familiar ring and causes little
perturbation.
What are these material rodincetiors7' That
Is the question which the fats Of the conference
report hinges REPRESENTATIVE Stevens wants g re
turn 20 8 number of the House rates raw me-
terials ard reducticn IN the lumber duty. Most
~ the other apparent insurgents" viii not dis
close for publication the exact changes they desire
They Do not care 20 90 record 70 pledge them
selves 70 vote against the bill under eny circum-
stances. To wheel horses the 'r1steTiel naodi-
@cstions'' alluded 10 by the embryo Insurgents
mean arv changes that The conference con1nftfee
rusv make They believe that when the confer
committee makes its report the indictments
viii persse it pith show Of great care and dis
elimination, ard 1asu remark that the rnodifcs-
Eions have been made; il Is downward revision
can vote for the bill redemption OF ths
Iieegss OF the Republican party.
THIS IS probably a sane view 10 take Of the stus-
'sfoa II x admitted on sii sides in the House that
no Republican likes to break away from his paTtv
such subject 1hs tariff. Al Of them feel
that such q Is frsught with great danger
and t1st the hil may prove great boon 20 bpsi-
resz They viii probably be content base their
cpinions Oh =he course of Sic President and rest
theiT political futures his hroed shoulders.
Bat. taxing the numerous professions Of dissetis-
fsotiot fer Thar they appear 70 be worth and sup
posing thsr the BIZ comes from conference sub
Efzutislav Is = entered there little doubt thet
the Rouse leaders Uoud have difhculf time IN
s7assinr she measure They would hrst have II
meet The opposition Of AIr Fewney Of Minnesota
rho elth-ugh he has rot formally expressed his
sspzrovel 81 the Senate bill. Is ne7 erthelesS dis
rstlsaed NTH it he said today that he believed
when the hl came from conference II would lie
genuine tariff revision Those who heard this
statement Immediately decided that he does NOT
SO regard the Senate bill. snd. knowing the char
ac+e- ef tle man they felt warranted in the as
sz5n1rxion :ses he Weuld work against the measure
in ihe Minnesota delegation there are seven other
flerublicans who are demanding = restoration of
most If the House rate -Four Of these are al
most habjtuaI insurgents. They are Repre-
sen-afiyez Davis I1ndherE. Tolstsad and SteeneT-
son They all voted for the Fs-ne bil and are
anxious - for the conference report unless II
Is Enthusiastically the Senate bill
In the Nebraska delegation there are three N
acknowledgement Hinshsw, Kinksid ana
Norris II anybody else takes a notion 10 Fo'e
against tbs bil they WILL and il is more than likely
ahsz they vii de IL anyway. Hinshs~ and Norris
usually oppose anything the organization wants
sua Einkaid. while conservative. feels Il the
spsrt Of political expediency 70 90 along
4 In wisconsin there ara Representatives Cooper.
Ecz-y, Zenreot. Nelson and Morse. Tho VIII Ger
sssryr follow the lead Of Senator La Toilette unFss
- ru-ner the House reductions are aocepleG-
hs.,rszsu4stfves Davidson. Esch ana KUsternlann
t~iII probably consider any changes material moo
sdostions'' and vote for the conference report
Six Io7ans can be counted on TO vote against the
p.enor4 II Il does not suit them but each OF them
hores that there VIII be downward changes in con-
ference They are Representatives HaUgen Hub
fbard. Kendall Good, Woods and Pickett These
snen are already f f1le bad rsces OF the orgaliEa
Lsiou Hubbard .and Haugen are oldumers IN
washington, aud would rather vote for the hill
than against IL 50 Il afr. Payne comes into
-she House and says he is satisfied, they VIII prob
ably fall into1ae.
Representative t5ronna. Of North Dakota. IS an
ether 'zIlSurgent- who has expressed himself Tor
sibls sa the Senate ni1l He waats as many of the
TsrneTstas as possible. bUt NJ DOES not deftuE how
many viii induce him to vote Tor The conference
report Nr Douglas. Of Ohio. not satisfied either
with his colleague. M HoVlsnd. would IN
Fouhtsdly against the measure as Il passed
she senste- Representative Martin Of South Da-
kcta, announced himself yesterday as insistent
that TIE Pane rates should predominant; Vllfle
Representative Townsend. Of Michigan. also inti-
mated that many changes would be necessary be
fore his approval could be gfEen.
There are At least dozen others Tho hare
openly announced that material notifications
are necessary ia order that teir votes may be OBJ
isiEed Many of then qualify this by saying that
shsv rr-,s4 % tie patriotism Of Mr.. Payne. and
make the further qualification that If the standard
resreT- he Republican party is satisfied. they
ran probably 70. that tine prospect of r hard
sszlr the House depends on numerous oonun-
EeaoieE Few dsubt that Senator Aldrich "il make
3 number of concessions 70 the House conferrees,
that Sneaker Cannon viii not allow the bin TO come
ont ~ conference Until IL be passed, and that
rsczt 81 the .ius1lTgents Will material Tnooi-
sicstions- eagerly. When the bill vent 70 confer
eace YESTERDAY. i5oHever. the members named as
eured cne another that TelUcfiens would have -
ocme.