The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-21
PAYNE BLOCKS
TARIFF BILL
White House Is Scene Of
Conflict.
TAFT RECOGNIZED AS UMPIRE
'Aldrich and Cannon Desert the
Capitol.
JeaIou. Of Aldrich Inauence, Dictator
81 House says Biting rhinxs
aad Leaves Committee Room
In Anger.
TAFT RECOGNIZED AS UMPIRE

Washington, July 2o-The tariff bill
was hoisted above the chickering's OF
congressional conferees today, and
transferred bodily from the Capitol to
the White House. Deadlocked because
Of the attitude Of Representative Payne
who apparently has become imbued
with the growing conviction that he
Is in the minority the conferees aban-
doned the usual afternoon session.
Senator Aldrich and Speaker Cannon
repaired to the White House post-haste
to consult President Taft literally TAX
ing the tarin bill with them.
Most Of the conferees spent the at
ternoon going over the Troublesome de-
tails OF the conference with the lea
ders. Reports Of serious conflict OF
opinions over various schedules were
banded about and grew to, extravagant
proportions with the telling. The long
absence Of Senator Aldrich and Speaker
Cannon did not tend to ease the tense
situation.
What happened at the White House
u sealed book.
When Nessrs Aldrich and Cannon re-
turned to the capitol. they minimized
the differences that had aroused BIT
terness in the conference room, and in
sisted that nothing unusual had &C.
cured. Senator Aldrich said that to-
morrow would find the conference COM
mittee again at work and he said that
by night. when all OF the conferees are
to be entertained by the president at
dinner most of the problems apart
from those receiving the personal at
tention of the president would have
been solved.
Tariff Makers Have ROW.
Nevertheless, there has been trouble
behind those, closed and guarded doors
that shut the public from the room
where the real tariff bill Is being con-
structed. Some say that the differen-
ces between Senator Aldrich and Rep
resentativs Payne have take such form
that progress IL impossible unless the
President has influence enough to COM
pei action. This story is denied by
both Of the principals. 1t Is not de-
MED. however. that there was clash
yesterday between Representative
Payne and Representative Fordney OF
Michigan.
From a creditable source it was
learned that a crisis was reached
when an effort was made late yesterday
to vote on lumber. Mr.. Payne protest.
I'D and argued that such q move would
be unfair to the president, as this was
one of the sub5ec.s practically sub
mitted to him for adjustment, provid-
ing he could get votes enough in the
two houses to adopt compromise rates.
'If we cannot agree, let's settle the
question by voting" Mr. Froney is re-
ported to have suggested. 1t Is said
also that Mr.. Aldrich acQuiesced in that
That Mr.. Payne had little
part in SELECTING the confe-
rees to represent the house
In the conference IL well known. Mr..
Payne's recommendations were ignor-
ed and the speaker made his own Sc
aections.
Payne Raises Howl.
Mr.. Payne Is said to have complain
ed to some of his friends at the time
that the conference had been packed
with high protectionists. and that Sena-
tor Aldrich had been able to WELD more
influence with the speaker than had
he. as chairman of the committee which
prepared the House bill.
When MT. Fordney, who had been
placed on the conference committee re-
gardless of the fact that heds the jun
for Republican member. said 'let,s
vote" Mr.. Payne protested with a
vehmence that startled his associates
Someone said that the majority should
rule. That remark incensed Mr.. Payne
still more. He told Mr. Aldrich that
he could vote the Senate members OF
the conference If he chose. but that he
could not vote the house members so
easily. Full of wrath, he told his
House colleagues that 1t was their duty
to stand up for the House bill and
yield only after every possible effort
had been made to win. He intimated