The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-07

him, however, by one of the Western
men whom he approached for a vote
for free hides.
YES" said the Westerner, "I'll vote
for free hides if you'll put shoes and
leather on the free list, too"
"Oh WE'LL" replied Mr. Crane, ''you
know it's not my proposition. I'm sim
ply working for the President.
Thereupon that consultation termin-
ated.
The opponents of free raw materials
are all of the most hidebound organ
ization type. There are no stancher
organization men in the Senate than
Warren and Clark, who have the chair
manships of two of the most impor-
tant committees, Military and Judi
ciary They are interested in both
hides and coal.
1t has been suggested that inasmuch
as they are also greatly interested in
the wooden schedule it would be against
their own interests to beat the bill.
But it is pointed out that defeat of
this bill would leave the Dingley law
in force, under which they are quite
comfortably taken care of, so that
they would not suffer by that move.
That fact is, indeed the strongest ele-
ment in their tight. They have almost
nothing to lose and a great deal to
gain by defeating bill putting hides
and coal on the free list.
ADMINISTRATIONS SUPPORT.
The mathematic of their situation,
however is hardly encouraging to
them. There were ten Republicans
who voted against the bill on its pas
sage by the Senate. One of them has
already surrendered to the President.
This is Crawford, OF South Dakota.
It is expected that Senator Bever-
idge, who is tremendously interested
in the tariff commission provision
which he succeeded in getting into the
bill, will also decline to go the length
OF voting against a conference report
containing free hides and coal He
has been throughout one of the strong
fighters for lower duties, and it is be-
lieved that he will support the Pre-
sident in the present contest. Sen
ators Brown and Burkett, of Nebras-
ka, are also regarded as likely to
change their action on the vote on the
conference report. That would detach
four of the ten original negative
votes.
In place of them the anti-free raw
! material men can count on Warren
Clark, Hepburn, surely, and possibly
On Scott, Elkins, Borah and Piles, sew
en- in all. If they should get them al
and lose the four others they would
number only nine all told, and witt
ten Republican votes against it il
the Senate it had a majority of IL
Moreover, one Democrat, McEnerny, o
Louisiana, is certain to vote for 1t
and if it comes to pinch his colleague
Foster might do so, as well as one OF
two other Southerners who are VltallA
concerned over the lumber schedule
This schedule is not a part OF the Pre-
sidents free list programme and so ne
complications with the South are eX
pected on its account.
No help for the Western men car
= be expected from New England unless
( the President should insist upon hi
proposition for free listing leather ant
shoes But the general impression to
Y night is that he will stand to that guI
e only until it has brought down thu
= Senators he is after, and will theI
! be content to accept certain reduc-
tions on shoes and leather to meet thu
free listing of hides.
. SUGGESTION OF COMPROMISE.
A Under all the circumstances, there
, fore, it looks now very much as If tn,
4 opposition to free hides would sool
t find itself unable to get anywhere
J. There have already come from tina
0 camp some interesting suggestions o