The Washington times., 1909-05-17
ALDRICH YIELDING
TO THE INSURGENTS
Fight of the Senate Revis-
ionists Is Having
It's Effect.
MANY CONCESSIONS
ARE BEING MADE
Tariff Debate Is Serving to Arouse
Sentiment Among the
People.
By JOHN SNURE.

Despite the fact they have been beaten
in nearly every roIl-caIl on schedules, the
revisonistS in the Senate have given IT
out fat that they intend 20 so on fight
ing until the last minute
Tire insurgents say that. while they
may not make many conversions in the
Senate itself. they are getting sentiment
all over the country stirred up to a
better realization Of the bad features of
the tariff bill, and the failure Of that
bill to meet the Chicago platform prom
ises Letters OF commendation are
pouring IN BY the hundreds on the in
suTgent Senators. especially the Repub-
lican Senators from the Middle West
who are fighting the Aldrich organiza-
1ion. The press OF that section and
much of the Eastern press is backing
the fight for downward revision.
Fight Having Effect.
On the face OF things. the fight which
tbe revtsionists kept up in the Senate
With great visor all last week did not
accomplish much. But, in reality, IL is
already having a marked effect on the
course of the tariff bill. Senator Aid
rich has already begun TO make impor-
saut concessions He viii make more
cessions will be made in conference.
One reason why something in the way
OF a downward revision is 20 be ex-
pected IN conference is that House
members are hearing from their con-
stituents by reason OF the airing the
Senate insurgents are giving to the
bin. Another reason is that President
Taft is anxious that when the bill gets
a 4afv Of N
marks OF downward revision to satisfy
the demands OF public sentiment and
prevent an immediate reopening OF the
tariff question.
Among the important concessions
Senator Aldrich has permitted or will
permit, are reductions in the Finance
Committee rates on certain forms OF
common window glass; on bsrbed wire
from 1910 per hundred pounds to Z.
<ents on eight or nine classes of wire
goods: on electric carbons; on white
lead. on structural steel and on seyerai
other schedules While II is true these
concessions come Tar from meeting al
the demands Of the revisionists they IN
dicate that Senator Aldr1ch recog-
uizes the strength OF the opposition tc
the bill and is using shrewd strategy
10 meet It. II is suspected that In the
case of most Of these concessions, Mr.
Aldrich intended all along to make
them IL the insurgents drove him hard
enough. Nevertheless. the concessions
or seeming concessions have served &c
make the revisionists feel that their ef-
forts have not been entirely In vain.
Aldrich Must Yield.
So far as the cut on barbed wire {,
concerned, Senator Aldrich was gIver
pretty clearly to Understand that M
would have hard work holding his forces
together unless he yielded on this sched
nie-
One OF the big battles over the stee
schedule is to come this week. II re
tstes to steel rails Several long speech
rs are promised on this. The teStt
s1iony Of Andrew Carnegie, which hal
been brought up constantly I'm the con
alteration of the iron and steel sched
s;ies to plague Senator Aldrich. viii O'
used with particular persistency on th
steel rail schedule.
Senator Depew is on the calendar 70
a speech Monday he Is expected 4
handle the tariff question in his usua
entertaining fsshiOn. The Senate ses
sions vyiI1 begin at 10 O'Clock hereafter
This iE expected to force the bill alOnl
more rapidly than it has been going
with the hot weather at hand the Sen
ate VIII have little patience with discus
Eions that are not to the point, espc
Ciaily when IL is called on to sit con
1snuously for seven or eight hours daily