The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-11
QUESTION OF AN EXTRA
 SESSION 0F CONGRESS
MUST BE DECIDED BY PRESI-
 DENT AND ROUSE.

Senators Contend That the Responsibil-
 ity of Tariff Revision Must be Borne
 by the Lower House of Congress- Senate Will Join In Perfecting such
 Legislation as May be Provided if an
 Extra Session is Called. : Washington, Jan. 10.-Whether there will be an extra session of congress for the revision of the tariff is question. in the expressed opinion or number of leaders Of the senate, that must be de- termined by the president and the house. In other words, several senators contend steadfastly that the responsi- bility of tariff revision agitation must be borne by the house. while the senate will join in perfecting such legislation, as may be provided If an extra session is called by the president and a bill be passed by the house. The senators holding this view are not confined to those who, with certain house leaders, attended the conference held at the White house to sound the. sentiment of congress. Yet they as- sume, without any public confirmation Of the fact, that the&attitude Of the sen- ate, as represented by the senate con-. ferees, was not in opposition to the tar if revision, if that programme should be decided on by the president. It is declared, therefore, that the senate does not stand in the way of an early de- cision as to the necessity or advisability of action by congress before the next regular session of congress. Senators who plan to place on the house the burden of an extra session argue that certain house members, in discussing the relative positions of the two legislative branches of congress, have not refrained from advancing the charge that the senate does not repre- sent the people as does the house, and say that if, opposition to an extra ses- sion is made effective it will not be the senate that erects the barrier.
 Few senators are to be found who are willing to discuss the matter for publi- cation beyond saying that if a tariff session is called 1t should not be held before autumn, to be convened in Octo- Der preferably. The argument in favor of a late session is that the members of the ways and means committee of the house and the finance committee of the senate would have an opportunity to investigate the demands for revision and thus arrive at a better understand ing of legislative needs before the ses- sion is assembled.
 There is a lively exchange of views and gossip regarding tariff revision go- ing on in the house. While no direct or organized poll of it's members is be- ing made and caucuses by state delega- tions are not being held, it is known that the speaker, as well as prominent members of the ways and means com mittee, are collating the views of mem bers personally.
 The only approach to poll of mem- bers on the subject is that which was completed by Representative Tawney, of Minnesota, the republican whip" before the holiday recess. Mir. Tawney found a decided sentiment in favor of an investigation by the proper commit tee of the house regarding changes in industrial conditions which may have taken place since the enactment of the Dingley tariff, with a view to ascertain ing the necessity or otherwise of the changes in the schedules.
 The result of this inquiry was placed in possession of the president at the re- cent conference on the subject of tariff revision and undoubtedly had it's weight in the discussion.
 Whi1a ;eI, ing to make a statement on the subject, affirm that their discussions with their colleagues reveal decided sentiment in favor of no action whatever regarding the tariff. The situation since the White house conference has taken no definite form, nor has any particular phase of the agitation developed into anything tangible.
 Returns to Consolidated.