Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-01-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.

From Our Regular Correspondent
Washington, d. O., Jan. 10 The
President has once more sent conster-
nation broadcast among the conserya.
tive members Of his party by assuring
members OF Congress that there will
be an extra session Of the Fiity.Ninth
Congress before next December, de-
spite the frantic efforts OF the stand :
patters TO prevent any changes in the
previous schedules which Represent
alive DiDgley made, according 70 his
own statement, unduly high with a
view 70 permitting OF virtual reduc-
tion through reciprocity treaties,
No sooner had the word gone forth
shat the President and some OF the
Congressional leaders had determined
TO call a special session in the autumn
for the purpose OF revising tho tariff
than the representatives OF the pro-
tected interests began to arrive In
Washington, lead by Wilbut + Wake
man, secretary OF the American Pro-
tectlve Tariff League. kilograms be-
gan 10 pour In from all directions,
some pleading, some threatening, but
oil declaring that not one jot or title
OF the protection now enjoyed by the
favored interests should be nbated.
Representative Dalgell from what
someone has cleverly called "the Steel
Trust district OF Pennsylvania" aud
that grand old statesman-"g grand"
sounds 80 much better than notorious
General GrosyonoF OF Ohio, began an
active campaign IN the House 70
demonstrate TO the President and to
the country that the tariff revision sen.
timent IN The Republican party was
iniinitesimal
MeanNh bile President Roosevelt was
sending Tor members OF Congress and
reminding them Of the express prom.
ises made ny Republican orators on
the stump. that the tariff should and
would be revised by lbs friends"
that the Republican party WAS com.
mitted 10 no particular schedules aud
stood merely Tor the doctrine OF pro.
lection on a broad scale, The Presi-
dent warned his brethren that IL
would be dangerous for them to go
into the next campaign without hay-
ing redeemed their pledges, bat an 70
no purpose, apparently, for now the
stand-patters maintain that they have
l6S members Of the House out OF 60.
tai Republican membership OF 2lO, |
committed against iara revision aud
an extra session. Il Is probable that
this claim is exaggerated. bat there
seems 90 be Little doubt that large
majority are opposed 10 any movement
looking TO che lowering Of the sehe.
dulles
Just as The. radical proiectiouists
thought, however that they had out
witted che President, he executed
coup which has lett DIS Republican
friends gaspinR lie declares that De
VIII cali special session oi Congress, /
anyway nos 10 revise ttc 3auI prI. 4
maFlly ifa majority OF Ceuruss is |
opposed 20 revision, bus chiefly to- tu-
act satisfactory railway rate legsa- |
zion. The President Ssys, moreover
that he Uill 60 word bic esll as 60 per.
mis- Of tarld re6djOstmeut 40 tht extra
session and be- has no doubt tba, whom
che new Congress eOnyenes Ca spa.
elal session it win see che wisdom oi
following h.s adyioe and making tho
necessary changes Ia che schedule
IA remains % be seen what will be-
she next move OF che radical prytee.
lionisis, iho patriotic servants % che I
steel trust. the beef trust che stand I