Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-16
TARIFF REVISION Talk
Senators and Representatives
Earnestly Considering the
Wisdom of Such Course
MAY CALL EXTRA SESSION
Congressman Hull is Reported to Have
Expressed Himself as Favorins Such
a Move-CulIom Wants Commits
sion Observation-Disclosures confers
With the President.

sion Appointed-Aldrich Corners
With the President.
Washington. Nov. Jeff President
Roosevelt's feeler, which was SO adrolt-
" projected for the purpose of test
ing the public conscience, on the SUP
iect of tariff revision achieves no 9TH
or result 1t will at least provoke a
wholesome discussion that will sooner
or later clarity an atmosphere sur
charged with unfortunate possibilities.
Every senator and representative who
has returned to Washington since cleo
ton day is earnestly considering the
existing tariff schedules and trying to
reach a conclusion as to whether it
will be wise to convene the f1fty-ninth
congress in extraordinary session to
revise them.
That there are radical differences Of
opinion concerning the desirability of
this course is made obvious by the con-
tiicting statements and views of in
fuential republican legislators. Cen
eral Grosvenor of Ohio. for example, is
unalterably opposed to interference OF
any description with the Dingley tariff
and has SO stated in unequivocal Ian
euage. On the other hand, Mr.. Bah
cock, chairman of the republican con-
gressional, committee, is in complete
accord with the president and makes
no concealment of his position.
Standpatters were amazed yesterday
when Representative Hull Of Iowa,
shining leader Of their cult, expressed
the conviction that the president could
with propriety convene an extraordin-
airy session of the fifty-ninth congress
for the purpose of rearranging tariff
schedules.
Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island,
chairman of the committee on finance,
who Is recognized as leader of ultra
high protection thought in congress,
arrived in Washington yesterday after
noon and spent nearly an hour with the
president. They had frank discus
sion Of the plan of calling the fifty
ninth congress together in April for
the purpose Of revising the tariff. SEN
ator Aldrich subsequently, declined to
talk about the conference or to state
his own position on the subject of a
special session.
Senator Cullom proposed the crea-
ton Of "a permanent tariff commission,
whose function would be to, ascertain
which schedules ought to be reduced
and which ought to be left alone.
II do not think it would be WISE"
the senator said, ito take UP the sub
ject Of tariff revision at this time,
because it is almost certain to produce
stagnation of business. If the verdict
Of the people in the last election meant
anything 1t meant the endorsement of
the tariff policy Of the republican par
~. We therefore have the right tc
assume that protection is to be Il
permanent American institution. Such
being the case, why not remove it from
politics? We all know that tariff
schedules are outgrown by industry.
Favors Commission of Revision.
would it not be wise, therefore, to
create commission of experts who
could devote all their time to the study
of schedules and ascertain from year
to year which ones ought to be
amended and which left alone? Sucn
q commission would relieve congress
of great burden of responsibility and
sooner or later Its work would take
the tariff out of politics. President
Mckinley introduced bill to create
q tariff commission while he was IN
congress, but it was not enacted into
law. T am considering the advisability
Of introducing such a bill at this ses
sion.'
A great many members of congress,
Including number of radical stand
patters, are reaching the conclusion
that there will be tariff revision with
In year, and the standpatters are
paving the way to acceptance of the
inevitable by declaring that it Is wiser
to deal with the subject at an extraoc-
binary session of congress than at
tempt to do 50 at regular session.
Cortelyou Accepts Cabinet Post.
Chairman Cortelyou of the republic
can national committee has definitely
decided to accept the postoffice port
folio. He visited the white house yes
terday morning and at the end Of
long conference with the president it
became known that Mr.. Cortelyou will
succeed Postmaster General Payne at
the conclusion of a vacation which he
proposes to take after he has closed up.
the affairs Of the republican national
committee.
Mr.. Cortelyou is going to Europe.
He may remain two or three months.
After he returns he will very soon be-
come postmaster general, with the ex-
pectation Of remaining in President
Roosevelts cabinet until March 1909.
South May Have Cabinet Member.
It has been suggested to the presl-
dent that the appointment Of dis
tinguished southern republican as
member of his cabinet would have
salutary effect on public sentiment in
the south. The president likes the idea
It has come to his notice that thou
sands of southern voters absentee
themselves from the polls on election
day because they did not want to vote
for Parker and also because they felt
in Withholding their support from Par
ker they were giving silent assent to
the policies of the Roosevelt admins
tration.
Railroad Statistics,
Des Moines, Nov. 1.-THE following
statistics for the railways of the Uni
ted States for the fiscal years of the
different companies ending in 1903 are
taken from the introduction to Poor's
Manual for 1904, about to be issued: