New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
HOT FIGHT ON HIDES
ALLD4Y SESSION, BUT NO
AGREEMENT.
Western Senators Issue ULtlmGtun1,
but President Insists Hides
nust Come IN Free.
From The Trihrne Bureau. ]


rees adjourned soon after p. m. to meet to-
morrow at 2:3O p m
After making a proposition TO the President
/ for free hides and a duty of 10 per cent on
shoes. the conferrees were informed by Speaker
Cannon that such reduction on shoes which
! would be below the rate fixed by the House.
would make the conference report subject to a
point of order violation of the House rules
! governing conferrees
1t was then proposed TO adopt free hides and
! the House rates on leather and leather goods.
! That proposition aroused increased wrath on the
| part of Senator Warren. and finally an appeal
was made TO the President to permit a duty of ;
/ per cent on hides, because the rates on leather
would have to be per cent higher than had
/ been proposed. The President refused abso-
lutely to consent to any duty on hides.
! a conference with Speaker Cannon. Repre-
sentative Dalzel and Asher Hinds parlamen-
! tartan OF the House, then held, and it was
! decided that the only method by which rates
! lower than those fixed by the House or the SEN
/ ate. Of course, could be embodied in the con
ference report would be by the adoption under
/ rule OF a resolution suspendng the usual rule
governing conferrees in so far as the leather
schedule concerned
The Speaker was moreover. loath to under
take TO secure the passage of such resolution
and there was some question as to whether this
would not also render the conference report sub
ject to amendment in the Senate
WARREN RALLIES INSURGENTS
Meanwhile Senator Warren rallied his force,
in his committee room at the Capitol There
were present. in addition to Mr.. Warren his
colleague, Senator Clark the two Senators OF
Montana. Mcssrs Garter and Dixon and Sen
ator Borahs After discussing the subject for
some time these five Senators decided to send
TO the conferrees their ultmatum that they
would vote for the conference report If il trans
ferred not only hides but all leather goods to
the free list, but that II hides were made free
ana any duty were imposed leather goods
they would vote against the conference report
As the proposition 10 place all leather goods on
the free list is wholly impractcable and as that
fact was perfectly well known 20 the 'insur-
gents their ultimatum amounted to a notifca-
ton t. the conferrees that they would vote
against the conference report If it provided for
free hides. The conrerrees had met at y p ~.
TO consider the representations Of the hides in
surgents" and they did little else
The House conferrees had determined since
they last net, however. TO stand out for the
House rates leather goods and when the con
ference broke mp the alignment was the House
conferrees standing pat for free hides and the
House retes on leather goods and the Senate
conferrees standing pat for free hides and not
TO exceed 10 pe, cent on shoes and proportionate
reductions other paragraphs in the leather
schedule.
An EFFORT will be made tomorrow morning TO
determine exactly the number OF votes which
can be counted on for the conference report it
the hides Insurgents remain OF their mind and
II not. II they cannot be induced 10 make some
concessions. In view OF the fact that the con-
ference report cannot be passed by the House
without some indication from the President that
he approves of Il. he has complete command OF
no eff nj bp i1sts hat Ia
consent 10 any duty on hides.
PRESIDENT NOT DISCOURAGED
The conferrees were depressed and disposed
10 be pessimstc when they adjourned The
President does not seem 10 be greatly dscour-
aged. but he takes occasion frequently To reiter-
hts assertion that II Mr.. Warren and his as
sociates deem it wise to kin the pending bill for
the sake Of small duty hides he can stand
4, for he is convinced that will only mean an
other revision two years hence with far greater
reductions all along the line, and particularly in
the wool schedule.
Representative Payne's reteration Of his we'll
known position that he viii not sign the CON
ference report regardless Of what any vote of
the conferrees might be. unless II provided for
free hides. and that in this position he had the
President and the country behind him. and
further that unless he signed the conference re
port 1t could not be adopted in the House occa-
stoned a rather sharp passage at arms between
himself and Senator Aldrich at this evenings
session
Something Of the fact leaked out and led to
the most exaggerated rumors of a quarrel be
tween the two leaders. on investigation most
of these proved to be unfounded.
II is asserted by of the Conferrees that.
making due allowance for the great strain under
which Messrs Payne and Adrich have been
working. the heat of the conference room and
the trials which both subjected by wild
eyed insurgents in the respective houses the af-
fair amounted TO extremely little and was not
of n nature to leave any irritation behind, once
both men had been refreshed by a nights rest
An interesting report is credited 10 Senator
Bailey. 1t is to the effect that the Texan as
serts that fourteen Democratic Senators have
become disgusted with the tariff bill that
they have gone to their homes without arrang-
ing pairs. and do not purpose either 10 return to
Washington to make any effort TO secure
pairs. Should the report prove true il would
of course he equivalent to adding an eouaI
number of votes to the Republican strength
The statement must be taken. however. with a
large grain of allowance
1t may be we'll to reterate here several facts
which have been told before in these dispatcbes
tentative agreement has been reached on
every schedule except that covering hides and
leather.
The rate iron ore has not been finally
adopted, but no apprehension is felt regarding
that paragraph An agreement has been reached
the cotton schedule and there has been no
question regarding the wOollen schedule for
several days. it having beon disposed of some
DAYS ago. announced In The Tribune at
the time. The conferrees are confident that an
agreement hides and leather goods would be
followed by immediate agreement on iron
ore and that report could be made lust as soon
thereafter as the physical labor of preparing the