The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-04
DIFFERE.sl SToPx1s TOLD White P lse Visitors Have
 Divers Ideas.
REVISION A HOT QUESTION
The Stand-Patters are Losing
 Their Confidence.
Lawrence of Massachu- setts Thinks an Extra SessiOn of the Congress Should be Called and the Schedules Amen
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Washington, Dec. 3.-(Special. )- Numerous callers streamed into the White House today and as usual came away with divers views as to what President Roosevelt has in mind with respect to the tarfff.
 Stand pat sentiment, 1t was notica- ble, was not as pronounced today as it has been during the first of the week following the utterances of Speaker Cannon and Senator Hale.
 The most interesting comment of those who talked after they came away from the executive presence was Representative Lawrence.
 Mir. Lawrence knows what intelli- gent revision sentiment is, as he comes from a Republican State which elected Democratic Governor in W. L. Douglas on that sort of issue.
 Said MT. Lawrence: There is un- doubtedly a strong and growing sem timent throughout this country in fav- or tariff revision.
 T interpret the recent election so far as it expressed the wish of 9he people with reference to this question. to mean that the tariff should be re- vised by those who believe In tine prin- cipie of protection and are pledged to maintain that principle; that it was
 
 stand pat policy.
 T suppose it is no where claimed that the Dingley bill was perfect even at the time of its enactment. 1t was necessarily more or less the result of compromise. Seven years have passed and the conditions upon which 1t was based have changed.
 Tt Is the duty of the party In power to make the notifications demanded by these changed conditions. should like to see the work entered upon promptly and an extra session called for that purpose.
 If the matter Is postponed for U year, the old argument will be heard again that we must not revise the tariff on the eve of Congressional election. It will be better for our bus mess interests to have this matter act ed upon promptly.
 'I do not believe that business is so sensitive that 1t cannot tolerate con sideration of this problem by a party pledged to maintain the protection principle.
 Everybody might just as well under stand first as last that the demand for tariff revision will not down and that 1t will grow more earnest with delay"
 ROOsevelt's Southern Trip.
 
 Roosevelt's mind Is not a little diverted just now by an extensive trip which he proposes to take South. He has been receiving not a few visits from South erners lately, not to say invitations to visit Southern communities, and the kindly expressions which he has re- ceived from that quarter seem agree ably to accord with his mood.
 Although no definite itinerary has been fixed, he some time ago deter mined to attend the reunion of his old Rough Rider Regiment at San Antonio Texas, the date of which has not yet been set, but Is presumed to be con- templated for some time in April or May. The projectors of that occasion appear to be waiting upon his personal convenience and that 1t is to be fixed after he has sized up what he can do with Congress and ascertain what is the disposition relative to handling the tariff revision emergency. For there Is now no doubt that President Roose- welt regards the tariff situation as pre- senting an emergency which merits handling without delay.
 So far Knoxville, Nashville and Chat tanooga in Tennessee have invited President Roosevelt to visit them, and he has been cordially asked to come to
  ton and other places south. Represen- tatives of these cities have sent to the President the invitations either direct ly or informally, but no definite re- sponse has been made, for the reason stated already. There is no doubt that President Roosevelt is looking forward to his Southern visit with more than usual animation of expectancy, nor Is there any question either that he means to make 1t plain that he feels he has been misunderstood by many good Southern people, of whose good will and respect he is not unmindful.
 The White House Turkey Story. There was at the outset something lIike popular sympathy with the Presi- dent when. in a bulletin from the White House, unusual as 1t was, he expressed indignation that representatives of The Boston Herald had published story which he claimed was entirely fictitious, representing his children as torturing a Thanksgiving turkey, but when over jealous subordinates began to attempt to deprive the newspaper of informa- tion belonging to the public under the law, 1t was easy to see the ukase had gone too far. That was the way with the weather bureau chiefs denial of the weather report to The Boston Her