Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-07-10
CANNON CAUSES
MUCH FRICTION
His Selection Of Conferees Said to Be
in Interest of Senate
Bill.
NAMES RADICAL STANDPATTERs
Payne Declared to Be Disgruntled at
Speakers Action.
TAFT ON THE EARNINGS TAX
BE DisapprOves of Taxation of Hold
ing" Companies.
MAY REDRAFT ENTIRE Law
AIdrich Says that Corporation Pro-
vision is Likely to BE Recast
on Lines Originally Agreed
Upon.
UT ON THE EARNINGS TAX
Az REDRAFT ENTIRE LAW

WASHINGTON July s.-No time was
lost today by the conferees OF the house
and senate In getting together to map out
the program for the many sessions that
must be held for the purpose of putting
the finishing touches on tariff legislation.
Many Of the differences between the two
bodies, represented by SAT amendments,
are likely to be contested with bitterness,
but Chairman Aldrich of the senate finance
committee and Chairman Payne of the
house ways and means committee ssreee
that it may be possible to reach an agree
ment within ten days. The two leaders
are not so sanEuine Of their ability to get
the conference reports adopted so speedily
after they have been presented TO the house
and the senate
Cannon Causes Friction.
The manner in which the house con-
ferees were selected by Speaker Cannon
is occasioning much criticism in the house
and an effort is being made to have Presl-
dent Taft take part in the threatened con-
troversy According to current report, Mr..
Payne sought to have the republican con-
ferees named in order of their seniority,
as was done in the senate. The speaker
chose the conferees himself ignoring Rep
resentatives Hill Of Connecticut and Need
ham of California Representatives Calder
head of Kansas and Fordney of Michigan,
who were named In spite of the fact that
they are outranked by Messrs. Hill and
Neodham, are declared to be 'standpat-
ters" of the most pronounced type.
Friends of Chairman Payne are authority
for the statement that he did not con-
sent to Speaker Cannon's selections until
after he had entered vigorous protest
1t was reported that the two were en-
gagged in a heated argument over the ques-
ton before the house assembled today. Mr..
Payne was powerless to prevent the
speaker from selecting such conferees as
he chose.
Cannon for Senate Bill.
After his conference with the speaker
Mr.. Payne is said to have told number
of his friends that he believed the con-
ferees had been chosen with view of
putting the tariff bill through as speedily
as possible along senate lines.
BY this was meant that the house con-
ferees were expected to acquiesce in the
principal increases in rates that had been
made by the senate.
AS soon as the senate adjourned today
Mr.. Aldrich telephoned to Mr.. Payne, ask
ing him to ge the house conferees to-
gether, and to meet the senate conferees
In the finance committee rooms in the
senate office building at $50 p. M
Senator Aldrich then went to the White
House, where he had extended con-
ference with President Taft, who had
just returned from New England. This
president questioned Mr.. Aldrtoh concern
ing many of the amendments to the tariff
bills made by the senate, but 1t is said
he did not criticise any OF the proceedings
of that body, except the acceptance OF an
amendment to the corporation tax pro-
vision making 1t applicable to holding COM
panies.
The inference gained by Mr. Taft's
callers today is that he would not sane
ton the adoption OF an amendment taxing
the net earnings of corporations unless
the utmost caution is taken to prevent
double taxation.
May Redraft Corporation Tax.
After the conference with the president,
Mr.. Aldrich said that 1t might be neces-
sary to entirely redraft the corporation
tax provision in conference II this is
done, he said, the new provision will be
along the lines OF that agreed upon at
the recent White House conference. All
OF the conferees. including the democratic
members, met in the senate building at
the appointed time. They were in session
about an hour, when the democratic NAM
bers were dismissed. Senator Bailey and
Representative Champ Clark. walking out
together, laughingly told a number OF wait
ing newspaper men that thsy could not
expect much help from the democrats In
covering the news OF the conference
I'VE have been dismissed" said Mr..
Bailey "and he will not be called In again
until the majority completes its Job OF fool
ing the people"
! Senator Aldrich frankly told the minority
that the majority would prepare it's report
without assistance No protest was made
by the democrats. as It had been known all
along that they would not be permitted TO
participate in making up the conference re-
port, any more than they had been per-
mitted to have a hand in making up the
| bill in committees.
After the departure OF the democrats, the
republican conferees talked for a short time
without taking up the bill. They agreed
that II might be advisable to appoint sub
conferees 10 consider portions OF the bill
where the phraseology is vital. This never
has been done In the previous conferences
on tariff legislation. but It is believed this
course will facilitate the making OF reports.
An adjournment was taken tonight until
10 o'clock tomorrow. 1t is expected that
forenoon, afternoon and evening sessions
will be held daily. Nothing In the way OF
a schedule was taken up today.