The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-28
HOLLOW VICTORY
 FUR PRESIDENT Cannon and AIdrich Are SatiS-
 fled With Tariff Bill VOTES SAFELY IN LINE While Democrats Will Vote Against Conference Bill Enough Republi- cans VIII Be Found To
 Carry It Through.
VOTES SAFELY IN LINE

Washington. July T.-(Special. )-speaker Cannon and Senator Aldrich each be- iieves he has his respective body in line for the conference report, which has been practically agreed to by the conference committee. In the House free hides. with a reduction-in the rates on finished pro- ducts, seems certain to pass, as the rule necessary to bring this about will com mand majority of the House democrats. Representative Underwood of Alabama a member of the conference committee, said tonight that the democrats with almost no exception could be counted upon to sup port rule bringing about a reduction in the duty on manufactured products and would, therefore, vote to overturn the regular parliamentary usage of confining the conference to rates neither above nor below those passed in either house.
 This seems to insure the successful out come of the preliminary stages of the conferees in the House. but as the dem ocrats generally will vote against the conference report as a whole, the speak er's organization is lending it's efforts to secure enough votes to make certain the adoption of the conference report, fol- lowing the adoption of the rules. This virtually is the same situation confronting Senator Aldrich and by common consent the task of getting enough votes in the House and Senate has been left to the President, who, according to congress- men visiting him today makes no doubt that he will be able to pacify enough of the western republican near-insurgents to see tariff bill sent to the White House
 The westerners meanwhile are as mad as the proverbial hornet Senator War ren was guillible enough to suppose that Senator Aldrich would see to 1t that there would not be free hides, regardless of the fact that New England is wild for free hides. Therefore Warren was al- ways found voting with the Aldrich- Shoot committee. Now Warren finds that owing to the influence of the President" there is to be free hides and is one of the sickest of public statesmen.
 Other western senators make a very proper criticism to the effect that if the old rule is not to apply in the case on the finished products of hides, there Is no reason why other schedules should not be overhauled. The wool schedule,
 
 in the bill, was passed in almost iden- tical form by the House and Senate, and all efforts to amend 1t have been met by the assertion that the matter was set tied and not a subject of conference. But if leather can be carried below the lowest rate by g. special rule, so can woolen manufactured articles, and there is naturally sentiment among western CTS that this course be taken.
 Of course the same principle can be applied to the whole bill, even upon rates not in conference, so appeals to extend the scope of the rules on leather products meets with no encouragement on the part of Aldrioh and Cannon. The Rhode 1sl- ander and the speaker ought to be in high spirits if they carry out the pro- gramme formulated. Senator Aldrich, especially, has only "conceded'' what he really desired, and 1t Is apparent that the victory of the President Is most shal- low one.