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they been able to hold their own ir
argument with the leaders Of the Fl
nance Committee, who have had the op-
portunity TO become thoroughly familiar
with schedules.
Instead OF ge:tirg discouraged over
the failure TO have enough votes tC
effect changes ia the lin, the re-
Vislontsts have fought on with the more
energy because the sentiment in their
states backs them up. and because each
one or them is daily receiving no end
OF encouraging messages ana letters
from various sessions Of the country
In addition 10 such feeling of opposition
as they may entertain as individuals to
the fashion in which the Finance Com
mlttee bill is framed.
Talk of Veto.
The very persistence Of this opposi-
ton. with manifestations OF much senti-
ment backing It. is beginning to make
the leaders look ahead to see what is
coming. The further fact that the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury has spoken out
for revision has added TO the nervous
ness of the leaders. The talk OF a
veto by the President, which they have
persistently made light of, has been
heard so much Of late that they have
come TO fear that back Of the smoke
must De uTe-
Senator Aldrich and his Iieutenants
know they can force through the SEN
ate, and probably through conference,
almost any bin they want. But they
are beginning to perceive that. even If
Mr.. Taft did not veto such a bill, the
state Of public sentiment I'm a number
of States would force renewal Of the
tariff question, that II might result not
merely in a Democratic House, but ia
a sweeping away in both Senate and
House of the present Republican lead
ership; and that 1t might enormously
increase the permanent hold of the
progressive or radical Republicans on
Congress
Reflections of this sort are calculated
to be disturbing 10 the present leaders.
May Bring Changes.
1t is this situation that leads to the
belief that before the bin finally
energies from Congress 1t will be
changed in good many important
respects. Senator Aldrich has small
use for the men who are fighting him.
but at the same time he. has no mind
to carry things with a high hand to
point where the party IS endangered.
and where conservative control in the
House and Senate may be ieopardized.
Already he is casting about TO comprO-
mise on the income tax question, and
is showing a disposition to meet the
opposition half way, which he did not
show early in the special session.
A continuance in this disposition
might make the outcome of the tariff
discussion much less stormy and troub-
lesOme than IL threatens to be II there
is continuance Of the policy Of riding
roughshod over the downward revis-
ionists-
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FINANCE COMMITTEE TO HIT HOUSE
AND PUT IS PER CENT DUTY
ON HIDES.

The Senate Finance Committee has
decided to reverse the action of the
House and place tax on hides. An
amendment carrying a duty Ct Is per
cent viii be reported within a few days
The committee has been holding off
on the hide proposition for several rea-
sons Senator Lodge. who is a mem
Der, has been vigorously opposing all
attempts 10 take hides from the free
list where they were placed by the
Payne bill. He has pointed out that the
massachusetts shoe manufacturers are
in actual need OF free raw material
Senator AIdrich. however, figured that
his committee was doing pretty well by
Massachusetts on other schedules. par
ticUlarIy on cotton and wooienE. and he
was disinclined 70 90 against the wishes
OF the Senator'S who were {nsistent that
hides be taxed
Another reason for delay was for the
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country they will go to san Antonio.
Iexas, where they VIII make their
home.
Mrs. Eugene E. Gaddis, accompanied
Dy her daughters, Mrs John Lunsford
and Miss Elsie Gaddis. left Washington
today FOR Chesapeake Beach, where they
VIII spend a few days.
=
Miss Dorothy Gatewood. daughter OF
Surgeon and Mrs. J. D. Gatewood, Z.
> NJ and Miss Josephine Mason,
doph Mason, left Washington this
morning for Seminary Hin. near Alex
audrifs, Va, where they viii spend SONS
time Miss GatewOod will be the guest
Tor week or Mrs. Archibald Hopkins,
and then she will visit Miss Beatrice
Crawford for several weeks
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Back From Annapolis.
Miss Frances Miller, daughter Of Mr..
and MIS- Ben de Nier Miller has re-
turned to Washington from Annapolis.
where she spent June week, a MEM
Der Of a house party entertained by AR.
and Mrs. William Breretcn.
Dr. John B. II. Waring. q. S. A. who
recently was graduated from the Army
Medical school. has been ordered 10
Washington Sunday for the West.
Mrs. J. B. MacFealy and Miss Cotton.
of the Highlands, have gone TO New
York From there they win sail for Eu-
rope, where they will spend the sum-
mer.
Mrs Julia Luchs. Of the Sterling
apartment, left town today for Phila-
deiphia. and later viii accompany her
ma &c
tic City, whore they have taken a cot
tage for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Ieckinger and daugh-
ter Leona left the early part Of the
week for Lehigh University, to attend
the commencement exercises OF their
son. Sydney Heckiuger.
The Phoenix Pleasure Club have in
vitations out for a launch party Sun
day June Is. and viii be chaperoned
BY Mr. and Mrs Sydney Kaufman.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold H Levi, vyhe,
were recently married, have returned
from their bri6al tour. and are now re-.
siding at 1852 Kenyon street.
Mrs. D. Iseman. Mrs B. Hartz and
Mrs. David Kahn who have been
spending few days in Baltimore, have
returned home
Miss Florence Gnsdorf, who has been
visiting relatives in Newport News. re-
turned home the early part Of the week
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purpose OF trading. Hides have beer on
the bargain counter Of the Finance
Committee ever since the bill came over
from the House and the decision to tax
them does not necessarily remove them
from 1t. The committee can show
enough votes today TO carry its amend
ment. which action will throw II into
conference and there Il Is likely to be
one Of the schedules which will be bat
tered around as an article of trade.
Members of the House, however, who
successfully fought to stave off all at
tempts to tax hides when the measure
was in the Horse, viii renew the fight
when it gets hack to them. They are
IN the hands Of the conferees. There
is every prospect that they will win
for il would be necessary for the oppon-
ents Of free hides 20 change more than
hundreds OF votes before they could
win
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Receiver Earle, of the Pennsylvania
Sugar Refining Company, is Disguised
with the Government because il
wouldn't prosecute the Sugar trust.
Can't help wondering how Mr. Earle
would give parliamentary expression OF
his sentiments about a tariff revision,
which, in the face Of all the demonstra-
tions OF the trusts criminality, con-
tlnues its tariT favors.
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POLITICS IN TARIFF BILL CAUSING
THE LEADERS MUCH WOR-
RIMENT.
By JOHN SNURE.

The politics of the tariff measure is
beginning TO give the leaders at both
ends of the Capitol lot of worriment
They are just beginning to appreciate
that large political results are hanging
on abe question of how the tariff Is
revised.
While 1t has all along been talked
that Democratic House may be the
outgrowth of the enactment of a tariff
measure, it is only recently that there
have been symptoms of a waking up
to the fact that not merely the House
but much more is in danger. 1t is only
Of late that there has apparently been
serious appreciation of the fact that
much more grave results 10 the Repub-
lican party than loss Of the House
may follow if the tariff is revised up
ward instead of downward.
But the advices that are being brought
to Washington by members of the
House who have been in their districts,
In the Middle West and the Far West,
have been such that they cannot be
overlooked. They are beginning to make
Senator Aldrich and Uncle Joe" Can
non lie awake nights. They tell of a
strong sentiment among radical re-
vigionists and standpatters: that is,
those who formerly were standpatters,
that the tariff bill must accomplish re-
vision downward. This is true in the
Middle West and much of she Far West
alike Moreover, the reports are that
the voters are not ignoring the tariff.
but are in reality following it with zest
and intelligence.
A reflection of this is seen in the
vehemence with which large numbers
Of influential Western newspapers are
attacking the pending tariff bill More
over. there are indications of a power
TO the way the tariff is being revised
by the Senate and House leaders. more
especially those Of the Senate.
Leaders Nervous.
The persistency with which the pend
ing bill has been attacked by the Senate
Republicans who are in favor of down
ward revision is getting on the nerves
Of the Finance Conmittee leaders. They
were not prepared for such attacks
That is. they did not look for much
more than a show Of fight for purposes
Of home consumption
When the insurgents first began TO
fight it was widely predicted about the
Capitol by the supporters Of the bin as
evolved by the Finance Committee that
the opposition would soon get dis
couraged. This has not been the case.
Not in years has question come up in
the Senate on which Senator'S have be-
slowed more time and hard work than
the insurgent Republicans have on the
tariff bill Only by hard work have
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SENATOR SHIVELY
IS SERIOUSLY ILL
Friends of the Indiana Statesman
Are Worried Over His
Condition.

Senator Benjamin +. Shively OF In
diana is i'll.
He Is confined to his rooms and for
several DAYS has not been about the
Senate. In fact, Senator Shively's
health has been such since he came to
the Senate as to intszsere with the dis
charge Of his duties materially This
friends are considerably worried over
his condition.
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CONCERT BY THE SOLDIERS
HOME BAND
4 TO $50 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON.
Emil A. FenstaG, Director.
PROGRAM

Chicago Tribune
Chambers
Overture-Hungar Lustspjel.
Keller Bella
Descriptive Fantasia-'The War
riOr's Dream -....-........... Y Oelker
Grand selection Samson and
DeliIah" ..--.-...-........S Saint Saeas
Fantasia-''La Media Noche" Aviles
Selection-'The Grand MoguI."
Luders
Waltz-'Dreams Of Childhood.
Wal6teufsl
Brooke's Chicago Marine
Band" ............,......-.. 5. Seitz
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The RECRUIT

Recruiting SeTgeant-DO you know
anything about the drill?
Recrult--Av coorse. Didn't OF jist tell
ye OF Wurked In a quarry these foive
year past.-Philadelph Record.
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The Sugar trust has decided to set
tie the case OF the Pennsylvania Suga
Refining Company out OF court. lust
as Il settled the Governments case in
volving the customs frauds without
appeal The only tribunal in which the
Sugar trust seems able TO win anything
IS the Senate.
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They must have all sorts of people
ia Venezuela. II IS reported that some
Of them want 10 revolute in order to
restore Castro 10 power
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Capital Tales

n RESIDENT Taft Is beginning 10
discover that his vacation at the
Summer Capital at Beverly,
Mass will not be so quiet as he had
planned to make it. Since his selec-
ton of that little coast town for his
home the President has been besieged
with invitations from all parts OF New
England, and despite his well-laid plans
70 spend all OF his time there, except
when taking his trip to the West, he
is finding it practically impossible to
adhere to them. The people Of New
England have not seen so much Of the
President as have those of the South
and West and they are insistent that
inasmuch as he is to become their
neighbor for a part Of each year he
should be neighborly.
The President already has enga ge-
ments for half a dozen visits TO various
parts of New England. His most inn
p0rtant trip will be to Vermont where
he will participate IN the anniversary
OF the discovery of Lake Champlain.
on his way TO the Green Mountains
he will stop at Norwich. Conn, known
as the Rose of New England. which
will celebrate the hundredth anniveT-
sary Of its founding.
Maine and New Hampshire would Ike
10 have the President in those States.
Massachusetts is going to claim good
~ share or his attention He is TO be
the main attraction al Sunday school
picnic at the Point Of Pines, near BoS-
ton, some time in July.
All of the boards OF trade in Essex
county are TO give monster outing and
the President has been asked to join in
the FUN He can name the date on
which the outing viii be held and he has
practically decided to do so. The latest
invitation which he has accepted is
from the Y NJ c. A. of Chelsea. The
buiIdtng of the organization was de
stroyed BY the cOnfiagratiOn a year ago
and the President has agreed to lay the
cornerstone of the new structure.
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Mark Twain ought to be able TO pro-
duce something overwhelmingly funny
anent this charge that he has been
guilty Of plagiarism.
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The Connecticut School for Boys.
which is conducted by a brother Of
President Taft, has been closed on &C
count Of diphtheria- The President
might get some useful pointers from
his brother on how 10 unload Congress.
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from Mississippi so tickled ''Gumshoe
Biz that he has been busy circulating
the story ever since.
DR. Edward Everett Hale had a
voluninous correspondence. People
wrote to him from all over the United
States. and he answered them. and IA
this way he kept in close touch with
what was doing and what feeling was
IN every section. More than this he
was so well known that large numbers
of people coming to Washington wanted
to see him, TO meet him personally. &c
was the same way in Boston, and bis
secretary used to say that many time
IN order to get any work accomplished
when DR. Hale was at home, he had
to go out in q boat and escape the siege
Of callers.
THE uneasiness now being manifest
ed by men in the Consular and
Diplomatic Service who have not
yet been told whether they viii b re-
tanned In their present positions Is pa
thetic to see. Ever since this Admins
tration began the President and Score
tary Of State Knox have been busy IN
jecting new blood into both services.
and the news base gone out that the
reorganization of these branches OF the
government Hbth Wall Dc &AtCcL ItuE~
ough.
Gentlemen who are serving in Europe
and more remote parts of the world
have been writing letters 20 the Prest-
dent, the Secretary of State and pretty
much anybody who would be in q posi-
ton to help them. Some of them have
been promised that they viii be retain
ed, but in many instances already the
axe has fallen-and there will be some
more falling OF that weapon before the
thing is over
All of which gees 70 show that Il Is
an awful thing FOR Adninistrat lions 20
change-that is, it is awful when you
have a Job in the service OF your coun-
try in foreign parts.
s
Beat the Wrights.
A gentleman looking ike an Imitation
OF genius was pacing nervously up and
down the lobby OF the New Willard
Hotel while those around him were dis
cussing the great hOEors which have
come 10 the Wright brothers for their
feats rs aviators.
What is troubling your" some one
asked the nervous gentleman.
AT an exhibition under the auspices
of the Aero Club in New York, ne said
sadly, Il once exhibited a model Of an
aeroplane. Seven months later the
Wright brothers were flying through
the air. 7 had the principle Of the
thing in my model"
Then ne paced on thinking himself
the victim Of-nobody knows what
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Is il possible that Lord Rosebery
Is thinking Of coming out OF his OBJ
security as a savior Of the liberal party (?
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The melon crop promises to be fine
this ysar-in Wall Street
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White House Callers

Senators Flint Of California.
Burkett OF Nebraska
Jones Of Washington.
Representatives Cooper Of Wisconsin.
Lorimer of Illinois.
The members Of the Cabinet
DR.. Walter Wyman. Surgeon General OF
the Marine Hospital and Public
Health Service.
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ENGINEER BAND CONCERT
AT LINCOLN PARK
THIS EVENING AT r:so O'CLOCK.
Julius Hamper, Chief Musician.
PROGRAM

March-''The Observer ..... Barnard
Overture Tampa ......-.....H erold
Idyl-"The Glow Worm" .,.....L inke
Selection-"The Sultan OF Sulu"
Walthal
Waltz-'Danube Waves. Ivanovici
Selection-"The Three Twins"
Hoschna
Gillian Dance anana" .Missud
Descriptive Fantasia-"A Day at
West Point -..................B endix
THE Star-Spangied Banner"
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Taft Tells Story.

President Taft was moved TO tell a
story the other day when a delegation
of carded-woolen men had just gone
from the White House, having left a
transcript OF their grievances, ana an
other delegation of worsted manufac-
turers entered the executive offices hot
in their refutation of the statements OF
their competitors. we can show
there's another side 10 this" they said.
YES" said the President. II suppose
there is. It reminds me OF once when I
was down in Tennessee. The train ran
along by a beautiful river. I was
struck with its beauty and turned 10 a
native and asked him what the name
of il vas.
At this point the President repeated
the name which bears striking
phonetic resemblance to the noise made
by a Chinese waiter when he shouts an
order back TO the menials in the kitchen.
g" How do you spell itY asked.
Wen, some people spells IT one way and
some spells il another way and in my
judgment there are no right way TO
spell it, replied the Tennessean.
1T occurs TO me- added the Presi-
lent, that this is about the way with
this controversy between you wooden
people. There isn't any right way out
OF it
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long or short period during the
summer can have The Times mail
ed 80 them Mt the rate of thirty
cents month or seven cents a
week. Addresses may be changed
as desired All mail subscriptions.
must be paid In advance.
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T HEY ARE telling with great gusto
this one on "Gumshoe Bill Stone
about the Senate cloak rooms and
corridors In fact, the Missouri Senator,
who knows a good thing when he hears
il, is telling 1T himself.
Senator fernando De Soto Money of
Mississippi was aweary With the pro-
Ionged tariff debate the other day. and
betook himself into the cloak room TO
rest. He lay down on a couch. and was
in that position when some one came
into the cloak room and sat down near
him. Senator Money, unfortunately. has
trouble with his eyesight, and did not
discern who his neighboT was.
Who's talking?" asked the Missis-
sippi Senator. Isn't that old Bill Stone
through yet? What's the sense in his
talking anyhow? Nobody wants to
listen 10 him. Somebody ought to go
and tell him 10 quit.
To all this the listener assented. Pres
emily Senator Money asked
Who's this sitting here?"
Its that old fool Bill Stone"
Tne frank observations Of the Senator
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Purchase Home Here.

purchase Home IeIC.
Mr.. and Mrs. oliver Garrison Rickett-
son. of Pittsburg. who have been spend
ing several days at the New Willard,
have purchased the house 1907 New
Hampshire avenue. and will spend the
winters in Washington. tbs is the
house occupied by Mr.. and Mrs George
Vanderbilt during their residence in
Washington, and was also the home for
the first year of their residence in
Washington Of the Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. George Won L. Meyer.
Miss CaryI Crawfc daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs Joseph Crawford. Of Stone
leigh Court. will go to Leesburg. Va,
tomorrow 10 spend the weekend. the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Gillette.
Mrs Switzerland and the Misses
Switzerland viii leave Washington to-
morrow for Newport where they will
join Captain Southertand. who is sta
toned there for the summer. Mrs.
Switzerland will spend the summer
there. but the Misses Switzerland will
leave ia a fortnight For York HaTbor.
where they have taEen cottage for
the season with Capt. and Mrs. r. c.
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from Mississippi so tickIed ''Gumshoe
Biz that he has been busy circulating
the story ever since.
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country they will go to san Antonio.
Texas. where they VIII make their
1 home.
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Or. John B. II. Waring, U s. A. vvho
recently was graduated from the Army
Medical School. has been ordered 10
Fort Miley, San Francisco He leaves
Washington Sunday for the West.
The Washington times., 1909-06-11

Mir. and Mrs. William c. Denny have
gone to Frederick, Mo. TO be the week
end guests OF DR.. and Mrs. Alexander
Magruder.
The Washington times., 1909-06-11

Mrs. J. B. MacFealy and Miss Cotton.
of the Highlands, have gone to New
York From there they win sail for Eu-
rope, where they will spend the sum-
mer
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-06-26

nany's growing naval strength: it looks as II it
may soon dispute Englands mastery Of the ocean.
And England. pent up her narrow island. must
remain mistress OF the sea at all hazards If Ger
many should supplant her there unfair tariffs in
other countries might cripple ruin the manu-
features upon which the English people depend
FOR prosperity and even for life itself With this
fact IN mind II IS easier TO understand the hys-
terical attitude OF the English people now toward
Germanys growing strength. the latest develop
ment IN the case being the meeting last Thursday
between the German Kaiser and the Russian Gar
Germany being anxious for more positive Rus
sian sympathy IN case OF conflict.
There Is about the whole situation something
archaic something seemingly strangely out-of-
place IN our twentieth century civilization: two
OF the foremost Christian nations OF the earth
watching each other with the Aer.eness OF wild
beasts. each anxious 10 humble the other and
Si'h no other motive than the Old old one of
commercial jealousy over which Rome and Car
thage varred long and brataIly in another era
% the worlds history.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-06-26
whats The News?"
End of Tariff Tinkering in Sight.
BY CLARENCE II. POE.

~ july 18th, it IS now thought. Congress
II VIII have adjourned and the country will
- Aave new tariff law. the mountain having
laao-sG and brought forth-a mouse. The only
thing 20 prevent his early adjournment nov S.
.he possibility that the measure may be out
-ageoas farce tia; President Tai; ~iu be forced.
out o. sclt-rcspec; TO veto 81. Adrlch. the Sen
ate leader. Is bold 10 declare that the
Republican pledge for revision ala not ueces-
sary mean revision downward, As Il a poor la
borcr bent double with a burden should trust
man vho promised him attention" only TO And
that attention" meant the addition OF new bur
dens. The great plain people naturally have 10
patience vith such contemplate sharpness in
SER Justification and Il .s small wonder that the
more sober elemca; q the Republican leaders IS
beginning to fear 4 serious split n the party 1t
seems hopeessly divided" ex-senator spoouor de-
c1ares. and Il Aldrtch succeeds IN tossting hts
sham revtsloa~ upon the country. battle ROYAL
may be expected bet the Western agricultural
element. tavorins genuine reform. and the North
era and Eastern manufacturing element. tavovtas
extreme protection FOR manufactures.