Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-14
Real Struggle Over Important Sched-
ules Hasn't Commenced.
RTs HELP COMMITTEE
Senate Resolutely Refuses to Take Up
Any Other Business.
tom" CARTER PLEADS IN VAIN
Meanwhile House Members, to While
Away the Time, VIII Meet as
Deadly Rivals on Base
Ball Diamond.

WASHINGTON, July l3--An unexpected |
burst OF speed was exhibited by the tariff
conferees tonight and the first considera-
ton of the bill was completed. This in
cludes all of the schedules and the free list |
AS a result, when tomorrow's session be-
gins the actual struggle over the impor-
tant differences between the house and
the senate will be opened in earnest. Thus
far all of these questions involving raw
materials, such as iron ore and other
metals, wool, cotton, hides, and numerous
other articles which have been the subjects
OF heated disputes have been put over
after very brief discussions held for the
purpose of determining the temper of the
representatives Of the two branches of
congress.
Chemical Schedule First.
The bill again Will be taken up in the
numerical order of the amendments, which
means that the chemical schedule win be
the first to be acted upon tomorrow. This
schedule comprises the various kinds of
paints, of which lead is the basis and
these give promise of a stubborn fight.
The session tonight was adjourned at 9:45
that the conferees could get the benefit
Of a good nights rest so as to be ready for
the big battle the opening gun of which
will be fired at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
By passing over the cotton and woolen
schedules without taking up any of the
amended paragraphs, and skipping the dis
puted points connected with the rates on
| lumber In the wood schedule, the tariff
conferees were able today to dispose of
about 400 amendments This number, how
ever, includes subjects that were settled
tentatively on Monday and Saturday.
Many important subjects. such as the
house drawback feature OF the alcohol para
| graph, the rates on OIL cloth, and the
various items under the head of litho-
graphs, were submitted to subconferees.
! The treasury experts who helped the SEN
| ate finance committee in its consideration
| of the bill are assisting the conferees In
! gathering Information about these subjects
When the night session was begun the
conferees had reached sundries, nearly the
| last of the schedules. So many matters
had been put over for future sessions, how,
ever, that it is difficult to tell Just how
much progress has been made. The con-
ferees are making every effort to prevent
the advance publication of decisions reached
by the conferees regardless of how unim-
portant are the questions determined.
LObbyists There I'm Force.
The corridors about the conference room
in the senate office building are about as
thickly peoped with representatives of
special interests and lobbyists generally, as
they were when the bill was in the house
and senate committees.
The moment a member OF the conference
emerRes from a session he is surrounded
and briefs relating to various schedules
are thrust at him. Some of the conferees
have adopted the plan of refusing to accept
these arguments, basing their declaration
upon the ground that the bill has been con-
. isidered in both branches of congress, and
that 1t is now the duty of the conference
, committee to harmonic the differences
without outside influence of any kind.
; Few of the conferees predict that a report
can be made before a week from Saturday
? and some as far as to forecast August
to later for the adjournment of the extra
2 session.
, A representative Of the Associated Press
today interrogated one OF the conferees as
to the progress that has been made. A
list of practically all of the amended para
!. graphas of public interest was submitted
to him. 1t covered nearly one hundred
, subjects and not one OF them had been
settled definitely, it was learned.
NO Business But Tariff.
The senate was in session twenty min
0 utes today adjourning at 1920 until Fri
S day. The session was devoted to dis
, cussion OF the unanimous consent agree
I ment not to transact any business while
n the tariff conference was in progress. The
n discussion arose over the effort of Sen
: ator Carter to have passed a bill per
n tanning to the affairs OF the District OF
: Columbia on the ground that the bill wai
5 such a little one" that no harm could
result from its passage. But Senators
; Lodge and Culbertson, standing guard ovei
J. the interests OF the two sides of the cham
Der, objected and thus prevented action.
l. The incident served to emphasize the un
derstanding that no business will be per.
mitted in the senate so long as the con
: ferees are out
: COnEressmen 10 Play Ball.
g Republican and democrat members viii
= meet In a base ball game Friday after
: noon. The democrat team will be cap