Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-24

would be made to placing iron ore on the
free list and this question genaraIly was
regarded az settled. Senator Burrows Ia
making a stubborn fight for the retention
Of the Senate rate of Is cents q ton on
iron ore and lie Is said to be confident
that he will prevent the abolition OF the
duty.
1t is difficult to predict whether the
Senate rate will remain, whether the ore
will be made free or whether rate will
be fixed in the vicinity Of 10 cents ton.
The news that the conferees had ex-
cluded the clerks Of the committee and
were trying to reach decisions on the
important tins in dispute was not long
In reaching the hordes OF lobbyists In the
corridor leading to the conference cham
Der. From that moment everything was
confusion.
The representatives of the special In
terests used without success every sort
Of artful dodke in their anxiety to learn
something of the nature OF the proceed
ings Several times the voices Of the con-
ferees sounded through the walls at
high pitch that indicated anything but
harmony and this added to the excite
ment. If there was any friction it was
smoothed over before the conference was
adjourned. All Of the members came out
of the chamber smiling. There was some
disappointment when it was learned that
the House had adjourned until Tuesday
as that action makes it impossible for
the conferees to make report before
Tuesday.
Representative Dwight of New York.
the House Whip" will be held respon-
sible if there Is any delay. Answering
some criticism today. Mr.. Dwight said
that he had understood that after all
of the disputed points in the bill are
adjusted, two or three days would he
required for the clerk to make up the
conference report and the statements
of the chairman of the Senate and
House committees. This is an error. II
was stated tonight as the clerkSS9<e
keeping up with the conferences COZ
mittee and will be ready With the -
ports soon after all matters of co.'s
troversy are closed. y
The anti-free raw material 1pef6 i
gents OF the House met today Al
though several speeches were made, no
resolutions of protest were adopted.
The cotton scheduled was considered,
at the forenoon session of the CONFER
ence committee today. While this
schedule was not disposed of, the COM
ferees are practically in agreement foS
adopt the Senate increases on mercer
lied cottons but to reduce a number
of the Senate rates on lower grades
1t is said that most of the specific
duties which were adopted in lieu Of
| the existing advalorems for the pur-
pose of preventing valuation
| will be accepted.
1t was announced today that the in
| creased rates of internal revenue tax
on tobacco which were adopted by the
Senate at the instance of Senator
Beveridge, will be accepted. 1t was
reported yesterday that these amend
ments will be eliminated from the bill
and Senator Beveridge protested with
good result to President Taft and Sec
| rotary Of the Treasury MacVeagh
The conference today accepted
Senate amendment imposing a duty of
IS per cent. ad valorem on structural
steel punched for use. In determining
| this rate the House members had their
| first roll call of the conference This
| method of disposing If the question
| was regarded as significant in view
OF the statement of Representative
Payne that he would be g0v9S1es1a
merely by the will of a majority Of th4tl
Republican members Mr.. Payne @yQt $s
ed with the majority in favor of chs
Senate increase, however, no issue
was raised.