The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-30
DATE IS FIXED.
President viii Call an Extra
Session of Congress
On Monday Following the Fall
Election.

Washington, March 30.-The first
skirmish over tariff revision is now in
sight, the Cuban senate having ratified
the reciprocity treaty The official ca
Diagrams of Secretary Hay to Havana
that an extra session Of congress would
be called in the autumn are supple
mented by recent statements of the
president to senators.
The date practically agreed upon is
November ., the Monday following the
fail elections. There can be no doubt
that the administration viii seek to
confine the work of the extra session
strictly to legislation to make effective
the tariff provisions OF that treaty I'm
less indications are in error. there Will
be strenuous exertions to make it much
more extensive. Democrats, especially in
the senate, will open the entire tariff
questions There the debate promises
to be the greatest OF any in recent con-
gresses-the greatest on tariff themes
since the Dingley law was written upon
the statute books. Republican revision
lists, of whom there are few in the
senate and a considerable number IN
the house. win be bound to declare their
convictions. Their constituents, soon TO
have opportunity to elect their success
sors, will be content with nothing short
OF a forcible presentation.
The protection champions. chief OF
whom is Senator Aldrich, chairman OF
the finance committee, Will be forced 70
defense and the lines of the tariff
issue in the presidential campaign VIII
he shaned The situation in the house
will be very complex Speaker Cannon
will enter upon his high Office possibly
with a strong contingent OF recalcl-
trants on tariff questions WITHIN ms
marty The strength Of tariff REVISION
among house Republicans Is probe
rnaticaI when it comes down TO close
Fght. In the winter of 1902 it was sttf-
fcient to oveFturn the house majority
and fashion its own kind of Cuban
rThe house in the last congress had u
Republican majority of about thirty
nine At the extra session IN the
autumn it viii have Republican ma
choose to vote soidly as they did ias'
u1infer in favor of the abolition of ths
dtfferential on refined sugar or IN -1aNoa
of other tariff amendments, about III
teen Republicans acting with them eal
0vertljrn the regular majority should
these fifteen Republicans be sufnclenlS
earnest for tariff revision to ION Win
united Democracy, they might deNeiol
a lively tariff sensation out OF the eXlre
session OF course the house rules anc
the influence of the house oTganlzatio
will be powerful to prevent that anc
/ to keep the congress strictly to cOnsld-
f Grafton OF the IeSOlQtlDl Oh titN NAA-e'@J
Probably Uncle joe Cannon viii re
serve the announcement of committees
i except the ways and means COMMITTEES
( till after the vote on the Cuban resolu-
4 ton That Will have force to keep some
would-be independents in line, for there
/ will be many good committee places tf
t bestoW, but the Cuban cause has beer
nightly weakened in the ways ane
i means committee Mr. Hopkins anc
+ Mr.. Long, the latter the leader of th'
fight for Cuban legislation, having gone
to the senate. and Mr. steele having
! failed of reelection there was great
/ difficulty in getting the Cuban bill ou'
of. tia committee in the winter of 1907
( ard MI. Cannon win orOba bly, have tC
seek some stanch administration Re
Dublicans for the two or three new
( mem bers. The plums might also b'
used effectively to bring some of the re
caIcitrant delegations into line.
4 It is a problem how far the Repub'
/ liean senators Will advise compliance
with the administration demands as K
/ Cuba and how extensively the member!
viii allow themselves to be whipped intl
! line There is a large contingent of Re
oublicans who want the tariff reduced
/ and who would like to see the Cubar
{ programme confounded if it afforded
/ them opportunity to go on record fol
4 amendments in favor of lower tariff
In that particular they might toucf
! elbows with the Democrats.