The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-08
President COnferS With
Leaders. to. CetfV Views
on Tariff Revision. n.
NO CONCL USIONS "
's. YET REACHED
If Action IS Regarded as}Neces-
sary Extra Session Will be
Called The Question of38i
Freight Rates Also 5s3
81 n q Being c,onsid
III n cred.
.lBy Assoclatotl I,ress.l !.


MA ST. NGrO o., Jan. "a Iii important
conference regarding executive questions
Ependlng before Congress WIS held at the
White louise this afternoon 4 III addi-3
StongtoH President 1ooscvelt The parties
to- the conference were Speaker Cannon,
Senators Nilsson OF Jowa {; Aldicli,$or
Rhode Island & spooner. ao WISCONSIN,, nnl,
sI''lntt,So Connecticut; sand REPRESENTATIVES,
Br'aync. o. cly & ork !; Dalsel, or I'enn-5I
$sylvnnia; iroaveiior;;3 OF Ohio. and raw;
Sney. NIinncsot II $s ISL
tsca.l be- said SonS tllG ali tllori IS Of the
president hat no cortcluslo lions were reach
led at the$ conference. Indeed Fl the state
9inent Is made that other coil erences WI
be- held before ecisions of II u definite
schalndter ara cached. 81 a the 4conclil-5
sion of the PRESIDENT d i-Y
sthorlzed the following stateme n t concern "
Slngy 1T: 3sl
Els S$$ai.Thoscs gent e1neil came here to- elis-S3
Sc,iss various matters 10 5Iioli 10y N before
Congress including the tariff and @tho In
stnrstate commerce law but NJ hey arc Il
ready yet to announce any definite con
illusions. JSS
" no SPresld don't would 20 no further thai
&thnt, but no emphasized the point T. I a T
no%deflnltc Sconcluslo ns$ lid IL been req chs
ed .s :s Il sss
I 8 Hold O therE Conf rences.i. sS$
Eli The conference was a frank Il lscussiona
5of d theSywholc sub Of tariff Sreyis on,3
each Il man present calculating Ills per-
4 sonalS views with absolute freed om.ss($I t.
was tile Presidents deslre In cal tng tho
conference to ascertain the opinion. Sofi
those whom he8 had Vitod wit ll Y lew
2to harmonic differences 81 tl,at
might develop III ord er tina tSslluanimity
Sor action mi ght 4 be greed upon II, thu
END, I t 4 Is the President $ Il ptrpos SO to
have other cont erences In the Ienr future
xvi tllsother m embers Of 4 both the 81 nate;
ana sstllo Fl olise of r cpresen tA tives, II
the arrying gu OF his poll % consult
wlth5the% entire II publi lea n Il memb ershttTS
regard Ing heir feeling toward & the SUI
8jectS 81 tariff Al reYi SION hould 4 be- q
vision III sufficlen tlyss strong to warrant
affirmative action It can be said TO boi
tho Presidents sptlrpo so to cal = les Com
gress into extrnord Ina ~ s session for the
purpose Of crys tall Ing into law y e IDEAS
81 tho party leaders. #E Isl dicnte Ted by
one of3theS parties to- to- days conference
that IL Yision5 OF the prescn tariff
should &be decided to be nee essary Z tho
session for he consld eration ". 81 !, tlle
M fplOAJe.py NY 49, - Ssii7ss
next fall 81 Ii 5i 4ts,
President Roosevelt ta to-nigh 4 conferred
With Rrepresentnt two Townsend, Of Mich
,gan ana sIIsct, = oe Nv consin. both mel1,-
3bers OF the House Intcrstat to Commerce '
Committee. Views Sof the two mem o.
bers were 4 sought las to- whether the In
terstatc Commerce Gommlss Ion should re-
tain jurisdiction over freigh rates $o y
whether a special court should be created
to deal with rate questions i5 y. 53ss BaS
Case Set :'t:5. for Hearing t';a
Tho Interstate Commerce Commission.
to-day fixed "a herring on what is known
as tho dffcrential case mt Washington
january 18th. This case involves N the
problem Of the dlfferentials In the 3r'ela-3
tive freight rates to New \ ork, 4 lila
delphia, Baltimore N export News, Nor-i
folk ana other. Atlantic sea board points.
The commission also has set hearing to
be held lin this city January 3lst' on the
question OF adoption of aHuniform bill
or ludlpg throughout the otlicial classl-
,flcatlon territory Of the railroads, s5g