The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-05

mpo wholly or IN chief value
of leather, shall pay a duty of 20
per cent. ad valorem."
Cummins and Aldrich Row.
Senator Cummins was the principal
speaker at the night session. The SEN
ator spoke for more than two hours,
occupying most of the time, but he got
into an alteration with Senator AL
drich toward the last. When he
was charging that the Republican
party would be called to account and
would have to revise the tariff over,
Senator Aldrich asked for whom he
spoke.
Whence comes this m~andate?' said
the senator from Rhode Island. He
asked Senator Cummins whether he
spoke for the great majority of the
Republican party on the Senate floor or
the jealous few. Senator Cummins an
nounced that he was going to vote
against the bill. Senator Aldrich pre-
dicted that the bill within a very few
Month would give entire satisfaction
10 the people. Another meeting was
held at 10 o'clock this morning.
To adopt the conference report and
finally pass the tariff bill; to adopt the
concurrent resolution revising the
leather schedule and having it 60 to
the House to be agreed to there; to
adopt the joint resolution interpreting
the drawback resolution with a free
cotton bagging rider and send 1t to the
House, where 1t is likely that 1t will
not be accepted, and to finally adjourn
the extra session of Congress before the
close of the day.
Doubt Regarding Program.
Such was the program of the leading
Republican members of the Senate
committee on nance when the Senate
met at 10 O'Clock today. That the plan
could be carried into execution was
doubted by most of the other Senator's.
and there were at least a dozen able
bodied members who we're ready to
stand up and say that it could not be
done, or at least, not until after the
country had had n more opportunity
to hear them expound their views on
the tariff.
When the Senate was called to order
the Vice-President had received notifi-
cation from Senators DoIliver, Elkins.
Warren, Clay, Aldrich, La Toilette,
Penrose. Flint Dick, Hepburn and
Bradley. that they would desire to
sptdh Ol tlc ldI1n 6IIIltI DtIOTc OF
after the passage of the bill.
Notwithstanding this formidable ar
ray of speakers the chairman of the
finance committee, Senator Aldrich, and
his stalwart assistant. Senator Hale,
were both confident that with the ad-
journment of the Senate today the ex-
t~raordfnary session would come to an
end.
The speeches will not be long" said
Senator Aldrich. "All of US want to
get away and everybody must have
said about all that he could say on this
subject. I feel confident that we will
wind up tonight"
Amendment to. Go Through.
The agreement is that the leather
amendment shall go through both
Houses without. alteration, and it Is
quite as we'll understood that the Nc
Cumber provision, with free cotton
bagging attached. will pass the Senate.
The Democrats, as well as the Repub-
licans, want the lower rates on leather,
n they agree not to cucumber the
leather a~mendments In return the Re-
p%ublicans have practically assured them
that free cotton basging should go on
the drawback. paragraph and both al
lowed to, pass the Senate.
enator Dolliver was the first speaker
of the day. Opening his remarks with
a defense of his course as a Republican
In c%ontending for lower customs duties,
Mr.. DolIiver denied tho right of other
Republican Senators to question his