Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-07
taft GIVES
ENDORSEMENT
TO The BILL
Continued From Page -

Inc authority TO the president "
use agents to assist him in the applt-
cation of the maximum and minimum
section Of the statute and to enable
officials to administer the law, gives a
wide latitude for the acquisition, under
circumstances favorable to its truth,
Of information in respect to the price
and cost of production of goods at
home and abroad, which will throw
much light on the operation of the
present tariff and be of primary i'm
portance of officially collected data
upon which future executive action
and executive recommendations may
be based.
Corporation Tax PIeases.
"The corporation tax is a just and
equitable excise measure, which it is
hoped will produce sufficient amount
to prevent deficit and which Incl
dentally will secure valuable statistics
and information concerning the many
corporations of this country, and will
constitute an important step toward
that degree of publicity and regulation
which the tendency in corporate enter
prises in the last twenty years has
shown to be necessary"
President Signs the Payne Bill.
The tariff has been revised and the
extraordinary session of congress has
been brought to close. Both houses
adjourned sine die officially at 6
o'clock last night That is the time
recorded upon the journals, but as a
matter Of fact adjournment was taken
in the house at 5:39. p. m. and in the
senate at 5:3S p. m.
The closing hours of the session
were uninteresting. The revision had
been according to the desires of some
and with the hearty disapproval Of
others, and the last two days had
been consumed by members of the
senate in expressing their satisfaction
or dissatisfaction, as the case might
. be.
, The conference report on the bill
7 was agreed to by the senate by vote
of forty-three to thirty-one, which vote
: was taken at 2 p. M, and soon aft
: erwards the concurrent resolution
> making certain changes in the leather
> schedule was adopted by both houses
) President Taft arrived at the CAPT
tol at 4:45 p. m. and entered the room
set aside for the occupation of the
9 president on the concluding day of a
: session of congress. His appearance
! there was the first since his incum
e bency as president and caused mem
v bers Of congress to desert the two
J. chambers and form in line to be
a greeted by him. He departed at 5:3t
g O'Clock.
q President Signs.
!. Just as the hands of the gold clocl
= in the chamber reached six minutes
past 5, the Payne bill, as the measure
> will be known, was laid before the
: president. He picked up a pen sup
:. piled by Chairman Payne of tn,
= house ways and means committee ant
= which had been used by both the vic:
: president and speaker in signing tn:
: bill and placed his signature. Ate
writing civilian H. Taft" the presi
! dent added, Signed 5 minutes afte
/ S o'clock, August 5, 1909.-W. H. T..
Bending over the president as he al
. fixed his signature were Secretar.
) Knox, Secretary MacVeagh, Attorney
General Wickersham, Postmaster-Ger
9 eral Hitchcock, Secretary Nagel an
g Secretary Wilson. standing about tn
$ table were Senator Aldrich Represent
g ative Payne and many other men
J. bers of the senate and house. MI
Payne stood with hand extended wal
u ing to receive the pen with which tn
9 bill was signed. He took it, present
/ ing a, picture of boyish glee. Al
other was handed to the presiden
and he wrote the word Approved
and handed the pen to Representative
. Langley of Kentucky.
Il Iowa Insurgents Hit.
n The Iowa insurgents did not far
Y very we'll at the hand of the speake
If Haugen. Of the Fourth district, bein
h especially hard hit, losing the chair
o manship Of expenditures in the in
Is terror department. He also was re
y duced from second to fourth place o
agriculture, thus losing a chance to
promoted to it's craftsmanship if SEQ
n of Kansas. becomes secretary of ayr
,r culture.
" Congressman Law of New Yor
20 also was jumped over Haugen to til
!, Craftsmanship of the committee on wa
- claims.
= Pickett and Good Favored.
Pickett and Good received the be.
:. committee assignments of the ne
~ Iowa members, getting three eac
81 while the other insurgents have on
" two places each Pickett and Goo
at however, voted for the conference RI
c. port on the tariff bill.
,el congressman Kendall and Wood T.
- ceiyed no better places from u
- speaker than did Jameson, Iowa's Tor
Il, Democrat.
Is Congressman Walter l. Smith,
at addition to his big committee appoin
v ments, also was chosen by the speak
as one of the three house members {
70 the joint commission to investigate Il
20 bonding companies and their rate
- The others are Bowers Of Mississip
III and Tawney of Minnesota.
ID The complete list of the Iowa con
Ill mittee assignments is as follows:
:" Observation-Disclosures of mileage al
member of the rivers and harbors
q, Dawson-Member of naval affair
IT. reform in civil service. accounts.
10. Pickett--Public lands, railways al
=. canals, levee and improvements of Il
=. Mississippi river.
IL Observation-Disclosures, war claims.
y, Good-Territories war claims. 1ri
he cation of arid lands.
,r. Kendall Coinage, weights a.
measures, Indian fairs.
Hull-Chairman military affairs a.
= member militia