The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-07-22
TAFT IS THE UMPIRE
WILL MAKE ALDRIcH AND PAYN z
FIGHT TO FINISH ON
TARIFF.
HEARS REPUBLICAN PLEA
Twenty.Three Members Of Congress
Appeal to President to Permit
Protection Of Raw Materials-House
Votes on $4,000 Travelling Expenses


Washington, July 15.-The big dis
putes over the tariff bill will be fought
out between Senator Aldrich and Rep.
Tesentative Payne, acting for the sen
ate and house respectively, with Pres
ident Taft serving as umpire so as to
prevent any drawn battles.
No formal action was had in confer.
ence giving to the two leaders special
jurisdiction to make up the tariff bill,
but after an informal discussion 1t
was said that such schedules as lum.
ber, coal, hides, oil, iron ore and SIM.
lar raw materials could best be ad.
justed by the two leaders, who know
the tempers of their respective houses
concerning these disputes. OF course,
any decisions reached by Messrs. Aid.
rich and Payne will be reviewed by
the full conference.
The White House was stormed to-
day by delegation of 20 Republican
congressman who spent an hour and
a half with the president telling him
that their very political lives depend
ed upon the protection of raw ma
terial
The spokesmen of the valiant %
were representatives Young of Michi
gan, who dwelt upon the necessity of
placing a high duty upon iron ore;
Mondell of Wyoming, who is particu-
larly interested in coal; Gaines of
West Virginia, speaking for coal and
iron; Langley OF Kentucky, for coal
and lumber; Cowles of North Caro-
lima, for lumber; Austin OF Tennessee
for coal, iron and lumber, and Hayes
OF California.
Other members of the delegation
were: Southwick, New York; Sturgiss,
Hubbard and woodward of West Vir-
ginia Kennedy, Keiter, Johnson and
Joyce OF Ohio; Richardson of Ala
bama. Edwards of Kentucky, Grant of
North Carolina, Hamilton of Michigan,
Tenor, Bates and Barchfield of Penn.
sylvania, and Slemp OF Virginia.
Taft Issues a Statement.
After the visit of the congressman
statement was given out at the
White House in which the president
declared that the Republican party is
committed to a downward revision; I;
that he has never had any other idea
OF the Chicago platform, and that he
personally has promised a downward
revision to the people.
This statement is interpreted in
some quarters as direct notification
to the conferees on the tariff bill that
If the measure they finally agree upon
does not constitute a material reduc-
ton in specific duties the president
will exercise his power of veto.
Twenty-four hours would see the
end OF the work of the senate and
house conferees on the tariff bill and
substantial agreement upon the
questions at issue, but for the five
ropositions-iron ore, coal, hides, oil
and lumber-upon which the presi-
dent stands firm for radical reduc-
tions or even abolition of the tariff
This is the way the conferees describe
the situation and up on Capitol Hill
they are facetiously calling these
issues "the national Issues"
$4,000 for Taft Trips.
After lively debate the Democrats
in the house yesterday failed in their eff
forts to have provision brought in by
Mr. Tawney appropriating $4,000 for
President Taft's travelling expenses
ruled out or stricken out, of an urgent
deficiency bill.
Members on the Democratic side
were unsparing in their charges OF
last session, as they alleged, pledged
itself not to make any additional al
lowances to the president. This was
vigorously denied by Chairman Taw
ney and his colleague on the appro
priations committee, Mr.. Smith OF
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