Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
ON TARIFF REVISION
An Adjustment Of the Iowa
Idea Necessary.
PRESIDENTS SPEECHES
THEY INDICATE ADMINISTRA-
TONS CONSERVATIVE ATTITUDE.
Not Believed That the Subject Will Be
Acted on at the Next Session
of Congress.

of Congress.
The view of some of the leading republic
cans in Washington is that the Presidents
speeches in the west the tariff will
necessitate a readjustment of the Iowa
idea of tariff revision before 1t will secure
anything like a conspicuous place in the
next republican national convention. In fact,
they say. Governor Cummins' tariff idea tree
will have to be pruned with big, sharp
knives if it is ever planted out in the repub
lean orchard.
The Presidents Western Speeches.
The President is undoubtedly sounding
the republican tariff slogan in the west. it
is believed by many republicans and demo-
Gratis. He has gone into a section of the
country where the tariff revision idea is
stronger than anywhere else. At the same
time however. he has gone where personal
ly he i9 the most popular official of the
United States. 1t is in the west where there
is more admiration for President Roosevelt
as man than elsewhere. If any man can
safely take conservative position on the
tariff in that section he can do so, because
all appearances are that he is stronger
than his PARTY there. He can quietly COM
bat the tendency to radical revision and
suggest that plenty of time be taken better
than any other republican In public life
because the people like him and admire
him. They will listen to his views, and it
fs admitted he can and will influence thou
sands of minds on this question. He has
already come in conflict with the advanced
ideas of Governor Cummins, and while he
has not opposed them directly he has eau
toned against haste and has practically
stated that now is not the best time to I'M
dertake many changes in the tariff. This
is a midway position between the aggres-
M nrS, tIn
resolutenesS of eastern republicans, who
declare that the tariff must not be touched
now or at any time in the future; that it is
doing everything for the country and would
entail serious consequences to start upon a
revision.
Will Avoid fractional Fight
After his visit to Yellowstone Park, which
he will reach in a few days, the President
will start back east so that he will reach
st. Louis April %. in time for exercises at
the exposition grounds April 80. On his
way back he will stop at Des Moines and
other points in Iowa and make speeches.
He Will be a guest of Gov. Cummns at Des
Moines and he will find that fractional
Tancor there is worse than at any other
place in the state owing to the hostility
between the Cummns and Hull factions.
He will find that Gov. Cummins has a
wonderfully strong hold on his own faction
In Iowa. but If he makes tariff speeches at
all they will be along the same lines that
he has followed in the last six seven
days. Nothing else will be done to make
Gov. Cummns feel that he is receiving
what is popularity known as the cold
shoulder in the republican ranks, but the
tariff talks of the President will give Gov.
Cummins sufficient time to debate within
his own mind whether he should make a
realignment of his cohorts on tne
tariff or whether he should continue to
stand as the exponent of the more radical
tariff revision sentiment in his own party
and let his own future drift along to abide
the result of time. VIII the Presidents at
titude eliminate Gov. Cummins as a vice
presidential candidate? The answer of
''stand-pat" republican leaders is that 1t
will certainly do so if the Iowa chief ex-
ecutive persists in his present course. al
though if there is moderation in his views
lie might be just the right kind of man
to add STRENGTH to the republican ticket in
the west
There is positive information for the
statement that the President will not be
drawn into any situation that will enable
the Hull er Cummns factions at Des
Mones to say that he has favored or snub-
bed either side. If the local arrangements
when he reaches there are such will
make it question whether he shall ride
in the same carriage with Gov. Cummins
and the mayor of Des Moines. thereby
afsronting Representative Hull, he will not
do So but he will probably insist on riding
IN a carriage alone with Secretary Loeb
and allowing the fractional fighters to settle
among themselves just what they will do.
At any rate he will be no party to any
action that will enable one side or the
other to say that he has shown favoritism.
That is what both sides are said to he
naneuvering for.
No Tariff Legislation Next Congress.
A high authority in republican councils
freely predicts that there will not be the
slightest tariff legislation at the next ses-
sion of Congress and mighty little debate
unless the democrats do all the debating
hn,, rtna fpv t1a,
sions of Congress- extra and regular is for
the ratification of the Cuban reciprocity
treaty, the passage of the Aldrch or SINH
lar financial legislation. and the passage of
the regular appropriation bills. That will
be all. and the party leaders are already
agreeing that this will be the wisest
schedule.
The regular session of Congress will begin
December Z. The extra session. for the con-
sideration of the Cuban treaty. will be call
ed right after the November elections, so
that there will be four to five weeks for
work before the regular session The repub-
lican leaders will allow the democrats all
the opportunity they want for tariff dis
cusslon at that time that the oratory
along that line will be over before the be-
ginning of the presidential year 1904
Briefly, the republicans are going to con-
tribute precious little to tariff campaign
at the coming session of Congress and will
allow the democrats to do all the agitating
oltef the special session is over. Without
the extra session the Cuban tariff could not
be reached and acted upon until in January
I9Oi and then tho question would go
further into party affair than ever before.
by reason of the proximity of the congress
Stonal election.
The extra session may also take up the
HIorlch Dill and dispose of 1t, leaving TO
prominent work to be done except appro-
prlaton legislation and something for the
fnnppines All this vii, be put out of the
way es Quickly as possible and the outlook
no" ~ That the next regular session will be
the shortest held In many years, probably
coAcia5ing IN April o. May.
Senator Daniels Views.
senator Daniel Of Virginia was at the
treasury Department today looking after
some matters relative to his state To
S,or report"1 who asked him for an ex-
preston of his views on the tariff situa
ION. especially since Tho recent speeches
CT Presldent Roosevelt. IN the vest Sena-
tor Daniel said: "Tlc tarir win be In
evitably debated at the next session or
Congress, and II the republicans who favor
the Iowa idea are IN earnest they Will have
tbs opportunity to show it. There is a