The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-12-15

PROSPECTS FOR TARIFF REVISION
Because the Republican leaders
scem to have Impressed upcn rresi-
dent Roose, ol, the unwia ioEf. IS they
see it ~ an early extraordinary ses.
mon 10 be lev0te tp tarih rev sicn. Is
10 nlicatiam that the Republican par
tv Is to escape tie responsibility Of
toofnng this rtere stiug and more or
less intrieatr jcb at comparatively
early day.
It is rue. OF course that a good
many Republican members Of congress
who are the direct repre- sentatives OF
certain highly protected Interests
would like 10 see I've stand pat poll
~ continue inecantely The inter
ests these gentlemen represent are
elofvine in their present opportunities
70 hol1 In the purchasing pal lie un-
der the cxcpse Of necessity for giving
uid Ia struggling Industries hut the
Republican leaders generally must un-
derst9nd Nat ttoy ian MT af'0rd to so
into another campaign without having
FIRST rlafe some very radical changes
in the pres mt sch s,inles-or. at least
without having made lretonso of re.
Nision OF course. any revision The
Republican Dar,y makes will be in the
interest Of s,eoial falOrites hut from
he standpoint of practical politics. 60
have made scne SOFT Of revision viii
put the partv IN far batter losition
WIKI the masses of disconteuted voters
than to have made 10 movement at
All along these lincs
President Roosevelt is one Of those
whorrec and understand this What
ever clse az sai5 in cubcism Of
the president IL can not be said ne
Jacks politicai sense His o.i iudg
ment wold die'ate an extra session in
he srring. s., that whatever is to be
done could be gotten out of he way
far ia advance Of the next congress
sionai election but ap9arcntlS the
stand patters have l'een too strong for
hin IN this rart.cdlar. heir game is
for delay. nd they have made It work
so far as IN extra session in the
spring is concerned
Now. hey must face proi osition
for an extra session early next fall
The president hns leaned better than
to attempt 70 force theln to his views
when they are 50 stronely united
against him as hey are urcn tho
proposition Of sprlag eAtrn session.
70 he is wurk'ae ~ theu qiiety with
a view 10 calAwilthg Individuals to
sessicr next foil, beeinnipa as early as
nc firsi Of October lfhe is as sin
cere s he ore'eI Is to be, he VIII brins
hem 10 this view
lt tariff ,eyision is to g un1er'atea
by the fcpuhlican party at all Presi-
cent Rocseyc'ts original idea Of a
sprine session of tho new congress
would seem the better politics
It has been part Of the Republican
game to dcerv all talk of revision on
;he ground that talk acts as a disturb
or of business conditions: the speci
BUSINESS Of that cry is shown by the
general agr ement that The time has
come foy the tarin to be revised by
Us friends the republicans. IN other
words. Republican agitation Of the
tariff ruagffon ir - ,.ioht hint not,o
cratic agitaticn Is all wrong.
However # the Republicans have
determined to ,acl,le Il at all. the
sooner they ccpplete their work. the
better il win be- for them politically.
A long strung cut tariff discussion
leading up pretty close 70 the congress
slonal election of 1906. is full Of politi-
cal daneor 10 the party in rower