The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-08-26
WILL. DRIVE CONGRESS.
Legislation Muat b Passed Or Rail-
road Rates and Tariff.

road Rates and Tariff.
Washington, Aug. 22.~-In abandon
isT tho idea OF calling an extra session
OF congress In November, President
Roosevelt has handed nut no tncour-
agemens to the men who aru fighting
railroad rate legislation, or 10 the
stand-pat Republicans who disagree
with him on the tariff question. The
abandonment of an extra session In
November will have little effect upon
the actual work oil the next congress-
II simply means that, instead OF get
ting toguther and organizing In Novem-
Der, congress win meet on the hrst
Monday In December. will organize In
the days preceding the holiday recess,
and will be ready for work soon after
the first of January, instead OF the
firt Of December. But congress will
not shorten the session, for the time
that is taken OIL vt the beginning will
DO tackled ON st the end, and IL In now
probable that the first session OF the
Fifty-nInth congress, instead OF adj
journing In April next, will run well
into the summer.
President Roosevelt has not ahan.
doned hope OF securing the passage OF
railroad rate bill. nor has he given
mp hope OF securing reimbursement OF
the tariff to inset new conditions. And
II may be SIT down MA an absolute fact
that, Ii the president makes clear his
position and In message to congress
insists upon railroad rate legislation az
we'll a. tariff legislation, the house of
representatives will pass bills very
closely Ia line with his ideas, and
won't waste much time about it.
The people Of the United States, es-
pecially the voters. have become pretty
thourghiy imbued with the idea that
there ought to be legislation ON the
railroad rate question. They believe
the president would not have taken his
firm stand without eanse, and the peo-
Pile are with the chief executive.
great many Of them, undoubtedly a
large majority, agree with him that the
time has come when there should be
readjnstment OF tariff rates, especially
the rates thet affect industries no long
err needing protection behind tariff
wall, but which are taking advantage
OF the protection afforded by the Ding
ley law TO sell their products abroad at
less price than they command in this
III the president wins his fight for
railroad Iegialation he may have to sac
rifice the tariff bill at the coming SEES
sion, but Ii Is known he regards the
railroad question as the more import
ant OF the two at this time, and would
probably be willing to compromise on
these grounds, II he can get salts
factory rate bill. The discussion of
the railroad question. OF rather the dis-
russion OF the railroad question coupled
with the discussion OF subjects injected
for flibustering purposes, will occupy
40 much time that there will be little
to consider tariff bill In
the senate.
The house, which must originate tar
III legislation, may frame and pass
tariff bill, while the senate is wrestling
with the rate problem, but the chances
are that the senate will not be obliged
to surrender to the president on the
tariff question at the coming session,
provided II passes the rate bill favored
by the president. There Is hardly
time In single session to dispose OF
two such great questions. but there Is
no telling what President Roosevelt
may be able to do.