New-York tribune., 1909-07-29
CONFERREES AGREE, BUT
PRESIDENT DOESN'T.
Rejects Com promise on Lumber end
GIoUes-CalH Reply to adjourn
nent Threat.
Iron TIE rrf5uns su-.au. ]

measure
At one time to-day Il looked SERIOUSLY "a e
the measure was 20 fail Senator Aldrteh zavs
the President warning that his fnsfstence on =
rate OF 81 25 On lumber and his firm rejection &c
any compromise the glove schedule would
make necessary an adtournrnent Of the confer
rses sine die. and quoted the Speaker as decIar-
Ing that unless he was empowered 70 make
good his promise 10 Mr Littauer no rule permit
ting the reductions OF the leather schedule al
ready agreed upon would be PUT through ths
House The Presidents only reply was an
earnest request that as soon ss 3Ir Aldrfch had
taken the step he contemplated he should IN
form Secretary Carpenter. 50 that arrangements
could be made for the immediate dsparture os
the White House force for Beverly As sfr-
Aldrich was taking his leave the President re-
marked that Of course Mr.. Aldrfch ard his as
sociatss realized that disagreement TOW would
make necessary a special session of Congress.
for the first Monday in October. and thst 10
would then feel II his duty in ADDRESSING Con
gress 70 speak very clearlv regarding the Iun-
Der. hides. wool and some other schedules
Representatives Payne and Mccall had a
short midnight conferences with the President
tonight. in which the lumber schedule vas dis
cUssed- They went 70 the White House before
u o'clock but the President vas out AZ dinner
and did not return until nearly y O'Clock. After
report would be agreed within . short tin1s
and that the Democrats would be present az
meeting some time to-morroz.
The conferrees have been in agreement since
yesterday afternoon. but the President refused
absolutely TO give his approval To the rate On
lumber which they agreed upon yesterday. 81 %
a thousand feet. Or 70 make any concession on
the glove schedule When Mr. A1drich returned
TO the Capitol he Immediately sent word 70 ne
tee. informing them that the notices sent them
last night advising them that the completed bill
would be submitted 20 them this afternoon we're
cancelled He did not. however. adjourn the
COMMITTEES sine die Instead. the conferress b.
gan again the consideration OF The lumber and
glove schedules
Mr. ALDRICH DRAWS BLANK
During the noon recsss 8fr- AIdrIch- acting IN
conformity with their views. again visited sns
President TO ascertain Il rate OF 81 45 On luul-
Der would be acceptabIs 70 him lie vas tod
pleasantly. but IN no uncertain terms that Z
would not The afternoon vas devoted By the
confsrress 70 reaching another final agreement
They agreed on a rate OF 81 a. on lumber and a
further compromise on the glove schedule The
President devoted the afternoon 70 playing golE
When :he conference COMMITTEES adjourned
3Iess-s Aldrfch and Payne again sought the
President They found him watching the
Wright brothers as they endeaEored %
straighten out the kinks IN their aeroplans
motor. The agreement OF a rate OF 81 20 on
Timber and on the glove schedule vas reported
70 him The President smiled broadly saying. IN
substance I an AFRAID yO1 Gentlemen VII
have 70 reach another agreement stand for
81 - on lumber and the Senate rates On gloves
Do you suppose these boys WiH Be able % get
their motor IN shape for a fight to-night7'
TIE two eonferrees were too diplomatic 70 AZ
tempt 20 argue the subject further after 50 zb-
rupt a change or the subject
After dinner Nessrs- AI5ricH and Payue vent
70 the White House 70 TAX things over with
the President To their CONSERVATION tnsy
found tnzt he had gone out n the country for
dinner They we're unable 70 make any engage
menr % meet rim later. although they de-
te-rniued % Try There Is fear in some guar
ters that ire President has agreed % zcGept 10
rate on lumber O. less than 81 =. and thzt he
Siu not approve any increase without the Con-
sent OF Representatives TaEney and others vno
conferred vita hin last night
A Senator who has had long sxperssucs IN
conferences said this s-enfnz thzr the sft1s-ton
amounted % this- Senator Aldrfch started ou-
last evening with dollar and ten nscksls ssackss
up IN front of him that being the rate zx-sed
upon on rough lumber The President rejected
the stack and after thinking II over until this
noon. NJ Al6-ich struck OF nickel and sub
ruitted the pile again The President rejected 4
and. sfts- talking about Il until evening. Mr
AIdr5ch struck OF another nickel -E-s1iaztfnx
that II VIII require an average OF six hours for
A1drich 70 part with each uicksI- said ths sen
ator. I hgure Il vii take twelve hou-s torxs-
for The pile % ger down % 81 % and -c-sld
not Be az al surprised e b. that time ths P-ssE-
dent said: Oh. vel. II take IL az g. %. fusr %
let you fellows save your faces"
The TAFT SMILE 3IsJUDGED
The difficulty which has attended tas si-rz~
ton Up % TOW IS that 3fr Aldrieh an hts
socizrss have been unable 70 realize ttar ths
President can smile and bs n dssdlT ssrzes<
~ tho sane tine They have been pron= %
assume that there vas no dad Hus s1d that b-
agreeing % everything the Prsside1r Demanded
4. they practically cid = Esek ago. ard rn=-
rsce5iag gradzaIly. they could tire him o-- ard
obtain far greater concessions than ne ever con-
teuplzrsd or even realized
Acting OF this BELIEF TIRE co1se--s@z. having
found themselves compelled % yssId - tEe
Presidents demand fo- free hfdes- conceived ths
fdez that they could ez5oIe hin into giving Eh=n
= ouiS pro quo IN IRE form q his apSrevsi
% 81 50 lumber and the Cznnon-Lsrtzzer rates
6, gloves CzsoIs Is aot rhs word thsy uzs. =
: a conpro-is4 between their tern -f7a1c~-
ard ths Presidents szp-ssssou -5ulldoze-
7Tneu TIE beautifully srrznzsd par .
rso-rinx % tns President thzr zg-ssz=1t sa6
been reached fnciudizg tzs os5ecrsozzbls rates
N lumber sn1 gloves. and assuring hiza rhzt
afrv votes for TIRE eoussr=rcs report us-s as-
sz.rzd II tzs senz-s 1zE.6, n s1sfeszn-7 sos-
rtzir nszds ard zo-- extent rhelr zs7perz
nat zrozz=d tns z1tzzon1sz q t.= 7rszsdsz--
Ard znsle re reczrs -,ore zsEizl tran ever ta~T
vr--s brought % Eo--erhfuz % a rszi1EaEs0n f1s<