The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-08
talk ABOUT
The TARIFF.
The Question Of How Much De-
bate Should Be Allowed.
LEADERS shy OF Cl0TURE.

They % Not Want to Arouse Un-
necessary Antagonism In View OF
tho Uncertain Conditions as to Party
Alignment Now Existing - Severe
Penalty For kidnaoing.
Washington. Apr, Special. l-1he
date Of the pnssaE. cf the Payne bill
In the house will dcl"nd upon how
much time the Hrpuhi,Ar leaders al
low fov debate o,. sepnrar. Mems that
are objected I" u. both th"s" who
think certain articles are not Snc"0eH
proper protection aud by th,rs who are
DESTROYS of reducing certni duties IN
view If the r,sihot fight that occurred
on the opening day Of the session over
the rules question and the bitterness
lean managers have hcsitatcd some
what about bringing In u drastic cIo-
turc resolution before Il count OF noses
by which they can he assured they Will
have votes enough to put II through
the house when II Is brought M. Some
i vt the Democrats who broke away
from the minority leader cannot he
counted upon to stand 10y the Rcputl
lican organization II the managers in
sist upon shutting of debate on items
In the hill they have been bitterly op-
posing. Resides. It IL well known that
f.a nn.o thsp
hall, and II Is hard matter to eQualizc
them Ia such Il short period Of time.
Passage Of Bill In Senate.
Senator Aldricl,. who Ia still the un-
disputed leader In the senate. Is quite
careful In his statements AZ to when
he thinks the tnrin bill will be dis
posed 1T by the upper branch "f con-
xrcss From wl,a! he has said within
the past week or ten days. his opinion
seems to be that II the bill reaches the
senate by April II 1t might get through
that body by June 10. and. II 80. then
only n few days would hc required to
adjust the differences IN conference.
An Extrsms Protsct;onist.
Il
far In the house. Representative Ford
ney Of Michigan Is ranked rs about
| the most uncompromising high pro
| tectivc tariff advocate In that body.
l He would have. he says. all industries
l In the United states protected to such
an extent that imlortations would
| stop. and his idea II that taxes from
/ imports shoul he obtained only on
/ articles not produced In this country.
| But Mr.. Fortncy admits that the pro-
| vision for free hides and cut Of one
| half on lumber duties stagger him. 1t
| Is astonishing how the tariff fiebaters
| vary IN their estimates Of things. Some
| Of the members from shoe manufac-
| turing districts assert that the cut In
| the duties on leather goods will work
| great injury even with free hides.
| Others say 1t will not hurt IN the
| slightest as long as the manufacturers
| are given free hides The contention
| Of Mr.. Foriney r. that the hide on the
back Of steer is the finished product
| Of the farmer.
Extrsms Penalty For kidnapping.
The kidnapping IT the Whitla hoy ut
| Sharon. Pa. has caused general fear
here that miscreants who think this 10
! an easy aud probably safe way to
make money may commence opera.
| lions In Washington. Representative
Rodenberg Of Illinois has introduced
bill making kidnapping crime pun
II ASA~ AMT
| according to the enormity Of the Of
| tense In none Of the states which
have laws on the subject Is capital
/ punishment fixed unless II be Ne
braska where the Cudahy hoy was
seized some years ago. Pennsylvania.
where thirty odd years az" occurred
the Charley Ross kidna ping. the most
famous on record. only has M im.
prisOnment law. The Ross hoy never
l WAS found. and the aupposition IL lie
was murdered when the detectives got
hot on the trail Of his ai,ductors.
| Coal For Panama.
Uncle SAM IL on the point Of pur-
| chasing 100000 tons Of steam, pro-
| ducing coal for use IN connection with
the Panama canal. The xpcciAca lions
shut out certain grades that happen I"
abound down IN Tennessee and Ala
bama. n section that Secretary Dlckin'
son has lived In a large part Of his
life. Having been APP 'calcd to. Mr..
Dickinson held up thd bids until 1t
could I've asccrtatnc,l whether or not
the Alabama and Tennessee coal r. the
equal of the varieties from other sec'
lions ~ the country. There II lively
i old sOlahbie over the matter
A Hard Worker.
Congressman Frank Cushman was
rather thin when the people Of the
state Of Washington Ss',i him to con
gress I" represent them. aud they evil
IDENTITY have worked hin. so hard that
he Is beginning. TO look NJ u he were
worn down IL the bone. Mr.. Cushnan
says he sometimes feels as II the life
here was surely killing him. but nd
mits that so much Is to In. done for
1 fhp far west that f. interesting that