Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-12
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Conferences as to Work OF
Extra Session.
CUBAN RECIPROCITY
THAT SUEJECT ALONE TO BE CON-
SIDERED.
No Likelihood OF Tariff or Financial
Legislation Before Presi-
Dental Election.
CUBAN RECIPROCITY

President Roosevelt informed his congress
sioral callers who Md inquiries today
that they could prepare TO get to Washing
ton by No,esaber D. at which time the extra
session will begin its work. The President
will pronuigate his call for the session on
the 2eth of this month. to leave no
doubt that there VIII be one. Although
congressman all over the country have long
been aware that an extra session was al
most a certainly, they have ferveatly hoped
that something would change the Presi-
dents ideas of the necessity Of the meet
ing. Many OF them have not been able to
agree with the Presidents conclusions as to
the necessity foT the extra session and have
hoped that the President would think the
matter over in a way TO cause him to de-
ternline that the work cut out for the extra
SESSION could just well be done at the
regular sess on beginning in December.
Work cf Extra Session Discussed.
The Presidents callers this morning in
cluded Representatives Grosvenor of Ohio
and DaiZcll and Oius5cd of Pennsylvania.
prominent figures n The work of past and.
no doubt, OF coming Congresses Ali or
them discussed with the chief executive
the question of the extra ssion aud its
possible Work. Representatives Dalzellfanu
Grosvenor are both members of the rules
committee CT the House. and, with the
Speaker, partially shape tie legislation Of
that body. Their call the same time at
the White House WAS mere accident and
related in no way To the bu siness of the
extra session. They had not seen each
other before for months and have not been
in correspondence. They substantially
agree, however, that the extra session Will
do no Other business than handle the Ques-
ton OF Cuban reciprocity. There VIII be no
tariff or financial legislation, and the ses-
sion will be devoted to the subject
which viii be embraced in The call of the
President.
Democrats Will Talk Tariff.
The democrats will probably take up
considerable time talking over the general
subject of the tariff" said Mr. DalzeI,
who is the chief of the republican stand
patters, but there will be no tariff legis-
lation, either at the extra session o. at
the regular session. The democrats have
nothing else they can talk about, and so I
presume they Will waste many good Eng
lish words on a mighty good law. The
country is prosperous, despite pessimists
here and there, and there will be no tariff
revision"
Both Gen. Grosvenor and Representative
Olmsted hold precisely similar views. no
general revision of the tariff is needed now
or in the future said Mr.. Olmsted ''and
when it is necessary it ought to be done
from Q business point of view and not by
politicians. No. there is no shutting down
OF Pennsylvania industries permanently.
Some concerns that have been going at full
speed are taking time to make repairs and
get in shape for future work"
The Ways and Means Committee.
The. impression prevails among the re-
publican leaders that Immediately after the
election of Representative Cannon
Speaker he will appoint the ways and
means committee That body will have to
initiate the program as to the ratification
Eef HouSp
There are four vacancies on the committee,
assuming that Mr.. Cannon will reappoint
all the old members except those who have
retired from the House. Three republican
members of the committee will not be in
the next House. Mr.. Hopkins was elected
senator from Illinois to succeed w. L.
Mason; Representative Steele of Indiana
was defeated by young Landis and Chester
l. Long of Kansas was elected to the
Senate in place of Senator Harris. On the
democratic side of the committee Francis
G. Newlands of Nevada was elected to tho
Senate Representative Cannon is under
stood to have made his selections for this
committee and will be ready to announce
them soon after he has been elected Speak
er He will not be handicapped by pre-
election pledges. and is in a position to
make his selections without consultation
with anybody.
The committee on rules and the commit
tees on accounts and mileage will prob
ably be the only other committees to be
appointed by Mr.. Cannon as the extra ses-
sion. The committee on rules con-
sists of the Speaker, Representatives Dali
Zeil and Grosvcnor, republicans, and Rep
resentatives Richardson and Underwood,
democrats There has been some talk that
the Speaker might desire enlargement
of this committee for various reasons.
One suggestion is that he will want a COM
mittee of seven. The committee on ac-
counts will be almost new one, large
number of the members of the Old com
mittee were retired from Congress, On
mileage there need not be such Il change If
the Speaker lit to retain the old men,
bers of this committee.
Johns son's Many Mistakes.
Representative Grcsvenor is not yet
ready with detailed prediction of the re-
suits in Ohio AS to TIE results generally
he does not hesitate to say that Tom john
son is a badly beaten man. and that the
majority against him viii be something
tremendous. johnson has left unGone
nothing that would hurt him during the
campaign said General Grosvenor, and
he will be beaten so badly that it will take
away all his taste for politics in the fu-
ture if he has any capacity of realizing the
significance of things. Tf.en the conserva-
tive democrats will get control of things,
but the two elements will be long in
getting together again that the republi-
cans look forward to many years in
control of affairs in Ohio. l have not made
up my mind what the figures will be by
which the republicans WIZ win
No Financial Legislation.
Representatives Grosvenor and DaIzelI
do not believe that there will be any i'm
portant financial legislation until after the
next presidential election. There may be
some legislation that Will pass under the
heading of financial. said General Gros-
venor, but it will be of no material conSe-
quence. The country is doing well, and
there is no hurry for additional legislation
on currency and finance"
Taft is Coming in January.
President Roosevelt has received word
from Governor Taft. in the Philippines. that
he will be able to get his work in shape in
the islands and get to this country In jan
uary to take the oath of office as Secretary
of War to succeed Elihu Root. The exact
date for the arrival and assumption Of du-
ties can not be definitely fixed.
General Dodge talked to the President
this morning about the ceren0niea incident