The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-11

PART OF ENATE FINANCE COMMITTEES
ROOM, Sem OF CONFERENCES ON TARIFF
BILL.
party candidate the country looked for
a downward revision. The principal
differences arising in either house dur
ing the consideration of the bill have
been between members of the MAORI
ty party, divided on the question of
how low or how high rates of duty
should be, rather than between the
members of the opposing parties, this
being especially true in the senate,
where party lines became at times al
most obliterated. Herein lay the prin-
cipal contrast between the revision of
1897 and that of 1909.
During the consideration of the tariff
bill in the senate the members Of the
house of representatives had little to
do, and many scattered to their homes
and seashore and mountain resorts in
stead of remaining within the warm
and e%nervating confines of the District
of Columbia. AS soon as there We're
signs that the senate vas getting to
the end of it's work on the bill Repre-
SCAlul4VS O"A LIZ LIZ AACpuOllNuA A4ps
began sending out kilograms to men,
bers of the majority bidding them be
on hand to discharge any legislative
duties that might fall upon them and
intimating that Speaker Cannon was
DESTROYS no time should be lost in
sending the tariff bill to conference.
A similar duty regarding Democratic
members fell to Congressman Champ
Clark Of Missouri, who is filling in so
able and energetic a manner the post
of minority leader. In the senate the
Democrats were remarkably quiet dur
ing the discussion over tariff schedules.
This was not true as to the Democrats
of the house while the bill was under
consideration by that body, and this
fact was due in no small measure to
Mr.. Clark. Nor is he the kind Of man
to sit still and say nothing during the
consideration Of the bill in conference.
The minority leader is a nervy fight
er who is very quick to see any open
ing to get at his opponent and to seize
the opportunity for a well directed blow.
Legislative duties have interfered
with Leader Clark's plans for his sum.
mer vacation this year. Many states
men employ this time in adding to the
income they derive from Uncle Sam
by going on lecture tours. This has
been Congressman Clark's habit. he
had agreed to start out on the Chau.
tauqua circuit this summer on June
%. He was compelled to notify the
Chautauqua people that unless about
two-thirds Of the senators should be
suddenly stricken with tongue paraly-
sis very improbable event - he
would be kept in Washington until too
late to all some. at least, Of his ap-
pointments. The outcome was as he
suspected. No legislator Of the upper
house was prevented from talking on
the tariff by the paralysis of his vocal
apparatus. Some Of the Washington
statesmen have lost money at the rate
Of 5000 a day by reason of the pro.
longation of the tariff debate. They
may not have liked the situation. but
most of them have taken their medi-
cine nobly.
In the closing hours of the debate
on the tariff bill in the senate Mr..
Bailey championed the tobacco user.
"Tea is an article that not one man
In ten uses. and he is ~abundantly able
to pay the tax" declared Mr.. Bailey.
Tobacco is the comfort of nine per-
sons out of ter and they are the very
poor"