The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-08-10
MAY PASS BILLS
over TAFI'S VET,
Leaders Of House Demo rats
Believe They Have Ne ,es-
sary Sire 9Th.

walls generally among memb rs of
both houses that President Taft will
veto the various tariff revis on b lis,
and there is much speculat on as to
whether Oh not the necessary two
thirds can be secured to pass tie
bills over the presidents veto. Demo
cratic leaders in the House of Repre-
sentatives believe they lave enough
votes to pass the wool tariff revision
over President Taft's veto if neces
sary. There are at present 3S9 mem
bers of the House and two vacancies.
OF the members 226 are Democrats,
161 Republicans of whom 1923 are
classed as regulars, one Independent
| Rnd one Socialist. Two-thirds of the
| total membership would be 259, leav-
| ng the regular Republicans shy by
two votes of the one-third they
| needed in case the total members in
| was present when the bill was recon-
sidered
Attention Centers or Tariff Bill.
Legislation centers on the tariff re-
vision bills that are. expected to
emerge from conference and COM
mittee. The free LIST bill and the
| wool tariff are in the hands of Sen
| ator La Toilette and Representative
Underwood, La Toilette representing
tho Ponuhlio.r Unrorroec;vo.o -, +bo
| Senate, and underwood the Demo-
| crat party in control of the House
Both the Senate and House lead
| ers express confidence that an agree
ment will be reached on both the wool
| and the free l st bills.
The House practically has COM
pleted its program and is awaiting
| action on the tariff revision bills it
has sent over to the Senate.
May Revive Steel Tariff.
The House ways and means COM
mittee has already begun work on the
iron and steel tariff, which is the
| schedule on which w. ]. Bryan at
tackled Mr. Underwood and on which
| Mr.. Underwood replied, with the
unanimous support Of the House
| Democrats. The committee has taken
no affirmative action toward prepar-
ng new tariff rates, but Chairman
| Underwood has put experts to work
| compiling data
The cotton tariff revision bill,
which was passed by the House, was
sent to the Senate finance committee,
| by a resolution of the Senate, which
requires an early report on the meas
ure
More Members for Coast
The passage of the congress onal
rapport -onment bill by the Senate
| assures. increased representation in
the next Congress from all northwest
ern states. At the congressional cleo
ton next year Oregon will elect three
representatives instead of two; Wash
ngton will elect five instead of three,
and Idaho two instead of one.
| The reapportionment bill, as passed
by the Senate, bears an initiative and
| referendum feature to safeguard
aga nst gerrymandering in a number
of states. The initiative and referen-
dunn provision provides that in case
of an increase of representation of
any state, the red;stricting instead OF
being done by the State Legislature
as provided in the House bill should
be Gin the manner provided by the
laws" of the state, thus leaving the
redistrcting subject to the initiative
and referendum laws wherever they
have been placed on states statute
books.
| Taft Will Take speIIbinding Trip.
j The most important trip that Presi-
dent Taft has planned since he has
been n the White House, in the view
of the Republican leaders, trip on
| which he s expected to open the 1912
| presidential campaign for his party,
/ will Reg n September 16. 1t will last
| dt l0dSI 1Oul WCOhS ouO 0tOulU Ut
| later be decided to extend the outing
to the Pacific Coast, it VII be
stretched into six weeks, SO that the
| president will not get back to Beverly
! Or Washington until November.
Taft Welcomes Admiral Togo.
That Admiral Togo brought a per-
sonal message from the emperor of
Japan, expressing desire to open a
| discussion between the United States
and Japan looking to an arbitration
treaty, was the belief expressed by
those who heard President Taft's
greeting to the famous Japanese sea
fighter, at the formal state dinner at
the White House.
The president said:
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