New-York tribune., 1911-04-22
tr-r,m The Tribune Bureau
washington. April

Irrom The Tribune Bureau'i
washington. April Il.
REJECT INSURGENT DEMANp'-i"e o
The demand OF the Republican "ns''
in the Senate was emphaticaiiy re'eo'eu
tho regular members Of the Corn"'i,'ee ga
COMMITTEES to-day. the vote oe'ie :
The vote came on a resolution or seha''i
La Toilette which provided not on! '""'
the insursents should receive one-iouro"
the committee assignments. hut that they
should he treated rs an independent organ
ization and permitted to assign their own
r.mbers as they saw At. IL was learned
to-day that. in addition TO the desire 10
placo both Senators La Toilette and Cum
minis on the Finance Committee, II was
purposed by the insurgents completely 10
override the seniority rule and assign Sen
a,ors Poindexter and Works, who have just
entered the Senate, TO places TO which, un"
der the seniority rule, they could not nope
TO attain until they had served at least
longer than one term in the upper mousse
OF course. the insurgents have foreseen
that they would not be allowed TO oVerride
the seniority rule. but II is believed that
they decided TO try 10 make virtue OF
necessity and to compel the regulars 10
overrule them in order that they might
pose before the country as martyrs. Thus
far no enc OF the insurgents has complied
with the usual custom and advised the
chairman Of the Committee on Committees
Of his committee preferences. The regu-
lars have now determined not to wait
longer. and when the committee meets to-
morrow, II the insurgents still refuse 10
signify their preferences. the majority or
the committee will proceed to assign them
along with the regulars. The insurgents
will receive their full share Of committee
assignments, and ip so far as they are
known and are compatible with the senior
ity rule. their desires Will be respected.
They will receive one-fourth OF the COM
mittee assignments, and Senator La Toilette
will be placed on the Finance and other
insurgents on the better committees, in ac-
cordance with the length Of service OF each
in the Senate. The insurgents are asserting o
this evening that they received promise
that they would be allowed to distribute
their assignments as they chose, but this
is denied by the regulars. who say that
the newspaper dispatches which the insur-
gents contend verify their contention we're
inspired by the insurgents themselves
DEMOCRATS AND SHOES.-Ainong the
commodities included in "the farmers free
list bill which the Democrats recently
brought into the House are boots and
shoes This is an industry Of the utmost
| importance to New York, as well as 10
| Massa chusetts, and there has recently been
received from the United States Consul at
4 N..fs I'll inf
nation in connection with it. Nottingham
is the centre Of the boot and shoe industry
| Of Great Britain. and Consul Taylor reports
! that prior 10 the enactment Of the Payne
! tariff law the exports Of British boots and
shoes 10 this country Gid not exceed 500
| year I'm value. Between August ), 1903. when
| the Payne law went into effect, and De-
| cember 81 of that year exports Of boots
! and shoes 10 this country amounted to
$500 In 1910 they reached tho unprece
! dented figure of $500 These figures are
not large, but they indicate a striking in
| crease OF trade. and that with the 10 per
cent duty imposed by the Payne tariff bill.
| Now, however. the Democrats purpose 10
! remove even that 10 per cent. and thus TO
pave the way FOR an increase in the i'm
portat,ons which can hardly be calculated.
The character OF the shoes which have thus
| far been imported are high class walking
boots and shoes" which the English manu-
facturers are making "in shapes and styles
TO suit the American demand" The fa-
| cility with which boots and shoes OF this
| character are made in England Is ex-
planned by the fact that American machin-
cry Of the required type is now available.
being built IN England by firm which Is
! closely connected with a firm in this coun-
try which makes tho same type OF machin-
cry The American Consul declares that
when the English product IS displayed
alongside the American goods IL Is practi-
cally impossible for any one but an expert
70 distinguish Them. The shipments made
TO this country in 1910 went to most Of the
large cities from New York and Boston TO
Kansas City and Portland. Ore.
| RECIPROCITY TO THE FRONTING
President turned to Canadian reciprocity
| to-day, after an interval I'm which Mexico
has occupied the centre Of the stage. and
sent for "A number OF Republican Repre-
sentatives TO ask them to support the bill
| in the House There was, of course, nc