Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-29
Indications Conference Committee
Will Not Agree.
WOULD AMEND LA TOILETTE BILL
Compromise Reached by Upper Cham
Der Not to Liking.
COTTON TARIFF UNDER DEBATE
Chairman Underwood Explains Meas
ure which Probably Will Pass
August 3--Kern ArrRigns
Patronage system.
FRIDAY IN CONGRESS,
SENATE.

SENATE.
Net at noon.
Parmers' free list bill continued an the
~unfinished business"
Iorimer election investigation contin-
ued.
Senator Kern in q speech bitterly ar
ralRnsd the patronage system OF the
senate.
Senator Newlands urged an automatic
reduction Of prohibitory tariff duties,
Senator Burton Of Ohio, by an objec-
tion, blocked action Of Senator cummins'
resolution, limiting the life OF the Ma
tional Monetary commission to December
., 1871.
The senate adopted q resolution by MIR.
Works of California, asking the war de-
partmont for information concerning
rentals paid for buildings In San Fran
CISCO.
Met at noon
Debate on cotton tariff revision bill
continued.
Chairman Underwood explained the
measure which probably will pass Au-
gust 3.
informal conferences indicate that the
house Will agree to some sort OF wool
bill based on La Toilette compromise
measure.
| Inquiry started into Remsen board OF
pure food experts, as forerunner to
wiley investigation.
Compromise wool bill received from the
senate amid cheers.
| WASHINGTON July 2S.-President Taft
today was urged by several standpat re-
publican leaders of the senate and house
to veto any wool revision bill that Is likely
to be agreed upon in the forthcoming
| conference on the house and La Toilette
compromise wooden measures.
| Democratic leaders in the house formally
conferred today over plans to meet the
senate's move in brushing aside the house
wool bill and passing the La Toilette COM
promise measure through a democratic
progressive republican coalition.
General sentiment among the democratic
representatives thfs morning seemed to
SAVIOR a compromise between the La Fol-
lette bill as IT passed the senate and the
house bill along the lines of 80 per cent
ad valorem on raw wool. A republican
counter move to concur with the senate
bill was expected. This. however, would
be Overwhelmingly voted down by the
house. The house democrats are almost
unanimous in the belief that bill will be
agreed upon in conference.
Urged to veto Bill.
Senator Crane of Massachusetts,, Repre-
sentative Weeks of the same state. and
Representative Bartholdt of Missouri were
among the callers who advised the presi-
dent to veto any wool bill likely to come
from the forthcoming conference.
| 1t was their belief, they said, that Mr..
Taft would not injure himself in the eyes
of the COUNTRY by vetoing a wool revision
bill not based on scientific data furnished
by the tariff board. The congressman ad-
vanced the idea that the senate coalition OF
insurgents and democrats was an attempt
to put the president in a hole politically.
Executive disapproval of a measure de-
signed for such purpose, they told the
president, could not work to his discredit.
While the president himself maintains
silence as to what course he viii pursue II
a wool revision bill is presented to him,
the intimations are stronger today that he
will not hesitate to use the veto. This
would put an end to all attempts to revise
schedule X and would serve as deterrent
to revision of other tariff schedules at this
time.
Cotton Bill in House.
The house today received the new compro-
mise bill from the senate. No action
taken, the bill being laid on the speakers
table and the cotton tariff revision debate
proceeded with.
committee opened the debate with a COM
plete explanation OF the bill, the amount
OF revenue that would be produced by It
and a defense OF the reductions under the
present tariff measure. The bill, It is ex-
pected, will be passed by the house next
Thursday, August 8.
| Democratic Leader Underwood asked
that 5000 copies OF the report on the cotton
bill be printed. Republican Leader Mann
replied that this would be rather expensive.
when the president has $4,000 spent
by a tariff board to gather information for
him." replied Mr.. Underwood, there ought
to be no objection 10 spending a few hun
dred dollars so that this house may have
the benefit OF the information gathered by
the ways and means committee"
The issue was authorized.
"A reduction from n to 1s per cent in
cotton is too radical. have heard Il said."
declared Mr.. Underwood in explaining the
bill
I'VE don't propose a radical reduction.