The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-08
Plans Being Made by Nine
Republicans
WILL OPPOSE IT IF FAIL
To Get Certain concession-The Senate
However, Will Pas Measure-Al-
drich Has Enough Votes with
out ANY Democrats.


their minds 10 vote against The tariff
bill unless concessions which they do
not expect are made. These senators
are Beveridge Of Indiana, Bristow Of
Kansas, Clapp and Nelson Of Minnesota,
Gamble and Crawford Of South Dakota.
Deliver and Cunmins Of Iowa and La
Toilette Of Wisconsin. Possibly one If
the Nebraska senators may 90 with the
nine, The decision OF these Republican
senator's to refuse to support bin
which they feel does not carry out their
party's pledge to the people viii not
endanger the measures passage through
the Senate Mr.. Aldrieh will still have
votes enough without calling on the
Democrats, but the probability i that
he win get at least two Democratic
votes for bis bill, those Of the senators
from Louisiana. If the nine senators
mentioned to vote against the bin they
win do it because Of the hope that their
protests expressed in that way may
strengthen the arm OF President Taft,
who is expected TO use his influence after
the bill goes TO conference to obtain
substantial reductions IN some Of the
schedules. That the fight being waged
by the downward reyisionists in the
dominant party is to be carried to the
last ditch Is certain. Ii the conference
committee should not make the reduc-
tons for which the progressive senators
have been contending the downward re
yisi0nist Republicans IN the House OF
Representatives will be encouraged to
oppose the adoption Of the conference
report. Apparently q marked change
IN the sentiment Of the House has taken
place since the bin passed that body
early IN April Many Republican rep.
resentatiyes who supported the bin are
now saving privately that they viii not
vote for a conferences report which does
not hold hates down 10 the level Of the
House bin. Some Of them say they
would not dare 10 vote for such bill
as Mr.. Aldrich Is getting through and
ask for denomination and election. Be.
fore the conference committee goes to
work Chairman Payne Of the ways and
means committee will know what he
must Obtain in the way Of reductions
|if be expects to secure the adoption OF
the conference report. The hope OF the
downward reyisiouists Is that with
President Taft behind the chairman IF
the ways and means committee some.
thing really may BE- accomplished. And
yet no well.iniormed person II very
sanguine Of the progressive winning
substantial victory
Before the Senate met yesterday ths
finance committee held an hours ses-
sion and reviewed It's work on the an.
disputed paragraphs of the cotton sched-
ule. No new amendments were adopted
During the week the committee will
hold a number Of meetings for the pur.
pose OF facilitating the progress Of the
tariff bin in the Senate.
The Senate yesterday resumed its
work Of revising the tariff BY sustain
ing the committee on finance in its re
Communications by a vote Of II TO 2G,
Senator Foster and Senator MeEnery.
as usual voting with the majority and
nine Republicans, Beveridge, Bristow.
Brown, Brkett, Cummins, Dolliver,
Gamble, LaFollette and Nelson voting
with the Democrats. This vote was
taken on an amendment to levy a duty
Of three cents square ward and 20
per cent ad yalorem on cotton window
hollands.
This increase was opposed by Senator
Deliver, who declared that practically
all Of the cotton window hollands used
in the country arc of domestic manu-.
faeture, Congress itself being one Of the /
few customers for the foreign article. as
shown by the shades hanging about the
Senate
Meeting criticism by Mr.. Beveridge
Mr.. Aldrich said that he never had |
favored a prohibitive tariff and did not
want one. Continuing he declared that
the South was as sure to manufacture
the finer grades Of cotton cloth "as the /
future Ii sure ID be here"
A remark by Senator Beyeridge that |
he was inclined TO support the finance
committee" called forth a sarcastic re
ference by Mt Aldrich who suggested |
that the Indiana senator had not been
SO inclined when the time had arrived I
to vote and added, @as time progressed
he may be able to vote with the com
mitteep
Insisting that senators should vote
according to their conscience the semi
tor from Indiana, looking straight into
the eyes Of his colleague from Rhode /
Island, said he greatly regretted that
he had seen fit to make such a remark.
The threat Of Majority Leader Payne /
last Thursday that he would resort to
measures to compel the attendance Of
members in the House today unless q
quorum was present had the desired eli
feet. Several more than a quorum we're
in their seats when the House was call.
ed 10 order.
before the journal could be read,
however. Mr.. Macon of Arkansas, fol /
lowing the course pursued By him for
some weeks past, raised the point Of no
quorum The speaker counted 292 six
more than a quorum. Tn the meantime
three additional members announced |
their presence The speakers count was
not at first satisfactory to Mr. Macon,
who demanded that the result be aseer
tanned by tellers, but he later withdrew
the demand and acquiesced in the speak
er's announcement.
The House yesterday passed the Porto +
Rican bill, authorizing the continuance
of the current appropriations for the
next fiscal year.