Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-11

Net at noon
Considered business under can Of COM
mittees.
George w. Perkins continued testimony
before steel trust investigating oom-
nittes.
DR.. r! 4. Dunlap, associated chemist,
Department OF Agriculture, appeared be-
fore committee investigating DR.. Wiley
case.
Rouse agreed to senate amendments to
statehood bill.
Adjourned at s35 p. II. ont Of respect
TO the memory OF Representative Gordon
OF Tennogsee.
Democratic Leader Underwood indicated
that agreement was near on free list.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1O.-With a meeting
of the full committee of the two houses in
conference on the wool and free list bills
called for tomorrow, Senator La Toilette
and Representative Underwood who CON
stitute the working subcommittee of that
organization, spent most of today in an
endeavor to place themselves in position to
make a full report. They made material
progress but when the two houses ad-
Journed late in the day difference stin
existed.
The conferees were apart only to the ex-
tent of ~ per cent on raw wool, and there
was fair prospect that they would bridge
this narrow chasm before tomorrow's meet
ing. Mr. Underwood was willing to go to
2Ih per cent on ordinary raw wool and
Mr.. La Toilette was willing to come down
to 80 per cent and to make other compensa-
tory concessions
There will be little difficulty about agree
ing on the free list bill IL Mr.. Underwood's
wish for another senate vote on the house
bill is refused. With a modification elm
mating corn from the articles coming In
free from Canada, the senate amendments
will be accepted, and the senate will de-
cline to retain the house addition placing
lemons on the free list.
UnderwOOd's Position Endorsed.
Mr.. Underwood, as chairman of the
house ways and means committee called
the democratic members of that body to-
gether for long conference this after
noon and after a vigorous consideration of
the whole situation they endorsed his atti-
tude in conference.
There was no positive promise when the
call for the meeting was issued that an
agreement would be forthcoming, but the
demand of tn efull committee was such
that IT could not be resisted, and in addi-
tion there was other work to do. Mr..
Underwood wanted to report a disagree
ment on the free list bill, os as to afford
the senate an pportunity to receoe from it's
| amendments to that measure, which he
| thought II might easily be induced to do
In view of the fact that the original house
| bill failed in the senate by a tie vote If
this request 10 presented II will fail, as the
"a a
Toilette and the two democratic members.
| were among the opponents of the house
! measure.
Senator La Toilette has an offset to
/ Mr.. Underwood's proposition to include in
formally in any agreement that may be
made an understanding that there shall be
| vote on the house cotton bill during the
present session. He has been assured that
| the democrats will interpose no dilatory
! tactics TO prevent a vote, but It is known
I that some Of them rely upon such disap-
| pearRnce OF senators after tn edisposition
| OF the wool and free list bills as to make
ballot impracticabls before the close of
the session.
Hive Use for Cotton Bill.
! Mr.. La Follette's anxiety in the matter
is due 10 the fact tina he and his fellow
| progressives desire TO use the cotton bill
as vehicle for amendments carrying
lower duties on steel. rubber sugar. etc
i They believe they will get the vote and
! that these provisions will be voted in
! An important contention has been the
classification of raw wool in the La Fol.
lette BILL which took many OF the coarser
long woods from the second-class of the
Payne-Aldrich law and placed them in the
first Mr.. Underwood has demanded from
the first that they be restored. This con-
cession was made today. The effect is
equivalent TO a material reduction on these
wools and a lowering Of the average rates
on the La Toilette bill.
Mr.. La Toilette said that II his political
supporters would Asree he would come
down 70 % per cent on raw wool. but after
consultation he found they would not do
SO. and he returned TO the original PROPOSE
/ tion OF 20 per cent. where he stood when
the senate adjourned for the day There
was much pressure on the house represent