The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
FOR PARTIAL REVISION
THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO CHANGE
 TARIFF SCHEDULES.
Wants Quick Action--Is Patient and Cum Wait for the Republican
 Opposition to Him to
 Die Out.
Washington Special to New York Her

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 Many inquiries come to Washington about the attitude of the President to- ward tariff revision and they can be answered by The Herald They are prompted by the fact that the President made no reference to the tariff ques- tion in his message, which went to Congress early in December. The ex- -clusion of the tariff from the message was taken to mean that the President had abandoned all thought of having the tariff revised during the next Com gi ess. and the conference on Saturday, when a virtual agreement was reached to have revision at an extra session in October, came as a shook. |
 The President is not in favor of a complete overhauling of the tariff as has been represented, but he is in favor of a reformation of certain schedules that have outlived their usefulness, that protect articles that need no fur ther protection. He Is convinced that there Is a very general feeling through out the country that there are many schedules that should be overloaded, and he can see no reason why this work should not be approached by Congress without delay.
 The progress which he had hoped to make toward this work has been im- peded by a difference of opinion among those who were willing to undertake 1t but who differed as to when 1t should be attempted The Senate wanted an extra session held in the fall. The House wanted a session held in the spring. There was another class, headed by Speaker Cannon, that wanted no extra session. and for that matter wanted no revision at all, alleging as hal ha f,nln fya n If could not be corrected without sub jecting all the schedules to a reduc- ton.
 Some of these divergent views and suggestion of difficulties were in large measure prompted by desire to discourage the men who were urging revision. But it has not had the effect of discouraglng the President. He is young. but he has not forgotten how to wait, and he is aided by the knowl- edge that he will be in the White House for four years more from March 4.
 The President has been saying to the members of Congress:
 "Gentlemen, I do not think there Is such word as impossible In the lex icon of Congress. I think the tariff ought to be changed in some respects. So do most of you. Do you mean to tell me that Congress cannot take up these schedules without being forced to take them up? You talk of the un- settling of business. There are also ways in which that can be avoided. First get together and decide that you will do something Let me know that you will have a bill ready by any date you may select and l will call Con- gress in extra session for that date, whether it be May 1 or October L."
 The President has also suggested that Congress authorize it's Way and Means Committee to sit through the summer and If 1t will have a bill prepared by September 1 he will promise to have Congress sitting by that time. Obtec- tion has been made to this Congress meeting and acting on policy for the next Congress to carry out. Some one suggested that the Republicans in the House hold caucus and agree that only such and such, schedules should be touched and that the Ways and Means Committee be appointed commission to frame a tariff bill to be submitted to the next House. Speaker Cannon and bis friends have objected to this on the ground that this House had no right to bind the House in the Fifty-ninth Congress. To this the President re- piled:
 well. I am willing to call together the Fifty-ninth Congress in extra ses- sion immediately after the 4th of March. It can meet, organize, hold a caucus and, if that caucus decides to revise the tariff, then 1t can set It's new Ways and Means Committee to work and adjourn subject to new call. I am ready to make the call any time the House is ready to get to work" | Cannon Powerful, But. | The revolt of Uncle Joe" Cannono, the Speaker of the House, against re- vision continues in full swing. A poll of the House is in progress. If that poll should be such as to encourage 1 the stand Patters" there is little doubt that the next step will be to call a caucus of the Republican members and endeavor to pass a resolution which will declare that the party as represented in Congress is opposed to a revision of the tarifr.
 The revolt of the Speaker has not yet appealed to the President as serious He realizes that Mir. Cannon is very powerful man, but he seems to be of the opinion that when the time comes MT. Cannon will withdraw his opposi- ton and agree to approaching the sub l feet of limited revision in a way which will make Its accomplishment possi- ble.
 1 whether there win be an extra sez-