The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-30
Trouble Brewing.

The hints sent out from the w Hte
House to the eoffent that the President
wished an extra session Of Congress for
the purpose Of revising. tariff schedules,
was one Of the first intimnuons Of i'm
pending trouble. These, hints came a few
days after. the election, &. They. started
tremendous discussion ut once and It
became evident III q very short time mat
the Republican party was grea w divided
over tho advsab ility3 OF B the course y ug-
gested by tho. President. 9 Some OF the
ablcst men in Congress on the Republican
side. declared ut once & in favor OF the
extra session. They were either moved
by the usual desire to stand with the
White House on every question, or they
simply voiced the sentiments of ma
jority Of their constituents, VINO are IN
favor OF tariff reductions. 1t has develop
ed even since tho election that there are
many Republicans IN the districts IN
which that party is strongest, who want
the tariff overhanind, and duties lover
cd 1t is said that In every district in
Massachusetts there is. strong sentiment
oven among Republicans in favor of re-
vision, and that every representative from
that State will probably declare in. fit-
vor Of an extra, session. for the pnrpose'
of considering tariff schedules nth 2;st
view to lowering many fsthem.S p
i a
of revision Of the tariff is far stronger
than in any OF tile Eastern States. The
Iowa idea" tho idea OF Governor Cum
minis, Of that State, that the tariff should
be made dover In many instances, Is very
strong in that State, and it is believed
that every member of Congress from out
there will endorse the position OF tho
President. In contiguous States and
throughout the West, protection is not
nearly SO strong as in the States OF the
North OF course, every Republican from
New York, and especially the Pennsyl-
vania delegation, arc bitterly opposed to
any change in schedules The wealth of
nearly every manufacturer In Pennsyl-
vania has been accumulated through the
operation of a protective tariff
Has Thrown Out Hints. u
It is assumed all the way through that
President Roosevelt wants an extra ses-.s
sion for the purpose Of revising the tariff.
Is his position. Flo has only limited at
an extra session. and probably. for the
purpose of ecting theSvtews of-thc Re-
pfblicans in Congress. He is receiving
them every day. 1t is hardly possible
that he underestimated the strength OF
the sentiment for revision, and 1t Is GER
tain that no knew an extra session for
this purpose would be strongly opposed
byiinfluential men In his own party.
If there is an extra session and the
Congress begins tho discussion ofsreyision
OF tariff schedules, and the Committee
on Ways and Means allows representa-
tlycs OF various interests 10 come before
1t, and be heard concerning propositions
to cut down their projections, there is no
telling where thes reduction, will end.
The revsionist: Republicans; and The DEM
ocrats. who wl3ifbe for. revision.
TO a man. willibe III position to lake the
bit i'll their teeth ana run. away together.
The result might be g revised tariff law
which would approximate. the. wishes Of
the Democrats in Congress. HIT,
It Is easy to see how difficult It would
be for the Republicans to so before the
country in 1905 and defend such n law,
after having so yehemently declared
against any change In tariff schedules
two years before, The declaration OF
President Roosevelt that he would not
be candidate for the nomination again,
was evidently true. It is beginning to
look already as though tho President was
taking little care whether he was making
the road 10 the White House an easy
one for the nominee of his party in 1908.