The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-21
LEADERS WAR = :
OVER TARIFF
Payne Quits Conference In
Peevish Mood.
OPENLY DEFIES ALDRICH

Chairman OF senate Finance Com
rittee and Speaker Cannon Hot.
foot Il to White House When Storm
Breaks Out at capitoi---RepubIican
Insurgents Hold Meeting.
Washington. July 21.--The tariff bill
was hoisted above the chickering's of
congressional conferees and trans
ferred bodily from the capitol to the
White House. Deadlocked because
of the attitude of Representative
Payne, who apparently has become
'obsessed with the growing conviction
that he is In the minority, the con-
ferees abandoned the session. Sena.
tor Aldrich and Speaker Cannon re.
paired TO the White House post haste
to consult with President Taft, liter.
ally taking the tariff bill with them.
Reports OF serious conflicts OF opin.
ion over various schedules were ban.
died about and grew to extravagant
proportions with the telling. The
long absence Of Senator Aldrich and
Speaker Cannon did not tend 10 ease
the tense situation.
What happened at the White
House Is sealed book When
Messrs. Aldrich and Cannon returned
to the capitol they minimized the dif.
ferences that had aroused bitterness
In the conference committee and in.
sisted that nothing unusual had oc-
CURED. Senator Aldrich said that by
tonight, when all OF the conferees are
TO be entertained by the president at
dinner, most of the problems, apart
from those receiving the personal at
tention of the president, would have
been solved.
Nevertheless there has been trou.
BILE behind those closed and guarded
doors that shut the public from the
room where the real tariff bill is be-
ing constructed. Some say that the
differences between Senator Aldrich
and Representative Payne have
taken such form that progress Is i'm
unless the president has in
huence enough to compel action.
This story is denied by both of the
principals. II is not denied, however,
that there was a clash between Rep
resentative Payne and Representa-.
tiv Fordney of Michigan.
From creditable source II was
learned that crisis was reached
when an effort was made to vote on
lumber. Mr.. Payne protested and ar
gued that such move would be un-
fair to the president, as this was one
Of the subjects practically submitted
10 him for adjustment, providing he
could get votes enough in the two
houses TO adopt compromise rates.
IF we can not agree let's settle
The question by voting" Mr.. Fordnoy
Is reported to have suggested. II is
reported also that Mr.. Aldrich acqu-
ssced in that proposal.
When Mr.. Fordney, who had been
placed on the conference. committee
regardless of the fact that he Is the
unior Republican member, said Lets
vote" Mr. Payne protested with
'ehemence that startled his associ-
ties. Some ono said that the major
ty should rule. That remark in
,ensed Mr. Payne still more. lie told
Nr. Aldrich that he coudl vote the
senate members of the conference II
he chose, but that he could not vote
he house members so easily. Full of
wrath, he told his house colleagues
was their duty to stand up for the
louse bill and to yield only after
very possible effort had been made |
o win. He intimated that some of |
he house conferees had been too
eady to agree TO increases made by |
he senate.
AS parting shot Mr.. Payns is re-
'orted to have said that he would |
Iot sign conference report merely |
'ecause a majority of the house Re. |
uDlican conferees had agreed to 1t. |
ie then stalked angrily from the |
oom.
A conference OF the progressive Re-
ublican senators was held immedi.
tely after the senate adjourned.
here were present Senators Nelson.
lapp, Dolliver, Cummins, Burkett.
'rown, Beveridge, Bristow, Crawford
nd Borab. All except Mr.. Borah
oted against the adoption OF the sen
te bill. Senator LaFollette was not
J the city.
An effort was made to agree upon
ome program, but after a discussion
political exigencies aud conditions
the senator's respective states, Il
as stated that all of those present
ould not vote against the conference
'port II IL is framed so as TO meet
18th the presidents approval. Not
u OF those who voted against the f,
III in the senate will vote against
le conference report. |,
The insurgents meeting lasted
early two hours. At the outset
lcre was manifest a disposition to
'iticise President Taft for not hay.
q issued his statement earlier and
have demanded reductions in the
tiles on finished articles OF manu-.
'cture as we'll as on raw materials.
peaking for the insurgents, one of
'ose present, who would not be
ioted. said:
I'VE felt better at the end of our
'ssion than we did at the beginning.
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