Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-21

lecting the conferees To represent the
house in the conference is well known.
Mr. Payne made recommendations that
were ignored and the speaker made his
own. selections. Mr.. Payne is said to
have complained to some of his friends
at. The time that the conference COM
mittee had been packed" with hign
protectionists, and that Senator Aid
rich had been able to WELD more in
fluence with the speaker than had he
AS chairman of the committee which
prepared the house bill.
When Mr.. Fordney, who had been
pla ced on the house committee re-
CARELESS of the fact that he is the jun
ior republican member. said Lets
vote" Mr.. Payne protested with We
hemence that startled his associates.
Some one said that the majority should
rule, That remark, it is said, came
from one of the senate members OF the
conference, and it incensed Mr.. Payne
still more.
Mr.. Payne told Mr. Aldrich that he
could vote the senate members of the
could not vote the house members so
easily Full of wrath, he told his
house colleagues that il was their duts
to stand up for the house bill and to
yield only after every possible effort
| had been made to win. He minated
| that some of the house conferees had
been too ready to agree to increases
| made by the senate. Unless the house
members intend TO stand by the house
bill there is no use in trying to vote
on these matters" he said.
| AS a parting shot. Mr.. Payne is re-
ported to have said that he would not
sign a conference report merely be-
cause majority of the house republi-
can conferees had agreed to ii. With
his coat tails furled about him. Mr.
Payne stalked angrily from the ROOM
| The insurgents meeting yesterday
lasted nearly two hours.
| Insurgents Are Pleased.
| After the conference Senator DOLL.
yer said:
| THE republicans who were unable
10 vote for the pending tariff bill when
il passed the senate have geen greatly
pleased and encouraged by the efforts
of the president to change the charac-
| ter of the measure by the exercise Of
his influence with the conference CON-
mittee 1t is our earnest hope that he
will be successful in securing real re-
vision.
| 1T is evident from what he has said
| through the press that the president
seeks not only 10 reduce the duties on
certain so-called raw materials. but 10
featured articles.
IF he should succeed only in pla =
ing a few materials on the free list
leaving the textile schedules and
other schedules equally Objectionable
substantially unchanged, the result
would be a one sided revision. out nj
which little good would come to the
general public. | earnestly hope thai
such situation may be avoided
House Rate Adopted.
I Because of the smashup on the iron
schedule the conferees. during the two
hour session yesterday accomplished
|, very little The house rate of fou'
cents pound on monazite sand, uset
in making glass nantes, was adopted
, in preference to the senate rate of 81,
) cents pound. Gas mantle scraI
which the senate had provided with /;
, materially lower duty than on ga!
: mantles, was placed in the same par
agraph with the same rate of duty
, 1t was contended that monazite sand il
, controlled by monopoly on the mona
4 zite deposits in this country.
| Although the rates of duty have beer
/; fixed on practically all of the steel pro
: ducts, there has been protest agains
: the increased rate on structural stee
: punched for use. 1t was thought tina
: a compromise on lead and it's product
g Twas in view, but this schedule has ais
: proven difficult of adjustment. TIL
L duties on zinc in blocks and iigs
!. which were increased by the senat
e over the house rates. is another matte
+ which is delaying the settlement O
the metal hchedule