The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-11

um Of previous utterances, indicates
clearly that Mr.. Taft is determined
even on the exercise Of the veto pow
or to prosecute tho pledges Of the
party.
Judge Taft dictated statement
which covered his .interview late to-
day with the Republican members of
the committee, with the exception of
Representatives, Mccall of Massa-
chusetts and Crumpacker Of Indiana.
With the latter member Mr.. Taft had
a recent satisfactory interview at Hot
Springs. 9.
After he had .hniahed his statement
he was asked the substance of the in
terview he had yesterday with the
speaker. His reply was that Mr..
Cannon had said that he was in favor
of an honest and thorough revision
of the tariff in accord with the party
promises. The question of the
speakership Of theEnext congress; Mr..
Taft said, was not discussed, but
many other matters of legislation
were, Of which he preferred not to
give details at this time. He added
that he had been somewhat misled
regarding the Interpretation of the
attitude Of the speaker by the press
reports of Mr.. Canlon's speech in
November before the Cleveland cham
Der Of commerce. The official report
of that speech, he said, had given him
an entirely different impression.
Mr.. !Taft's statement, covering both
his interview yesterday with Mr.. Can
non and that today with the Republi-
cans on the ways and means commit
tee follows:
Il had an interview with Mr.. Can
non yesterday and with his concur
renee, and, at the suggestion of a
member of the ways and means COM
mfttee, with the Republican members
of that committee this afternoon, and
from my conversation with them to-
gether with q discussion which fol-
lowed, as to the examination which
they are now conducting, and expect
to conduct, have eyGy reason to be
confident that they sare keenly alive
to their obligation . representatives
elected to represent the Republican
party, to prepare sanehonest and thor
Eongh revision of tie present tariff,
that they have taken three times sas
much evidence as has fever been tax
en- in the preparatioA Of other tariffs,
and that they are Elng to make ad-
'ditional effort and Independent effort
to get at the evidence themselves by
the nse Of s1bpoe 5and under oath,
with .; view IN rtaShing the differ
.ences IN the cost aoftproduction Of the
various articles brought within the
tariff here and abroad. .,r'i
II found. them QUITE anxious for as
much harmony as POSSIBLE, in which
l sympathized with them and prepaf-
ed for consultation on points Of DIM
Guilty that might arise at any time In
the future: The plan is:to prepare a
bill on such evidence as they have and
will have in the course oof the hear
ings, and then to call additional evil
dence as to the items whenever 1t
should seem necessary. / Not only
from conversation with the members
together, but with the members. in
dividually, am quite convinced that
they are In good faith going to pre-
pare bill which shall be a thorough
revision on the basis of the platform
Of the Republican platform.
"The >. discussion covered other
things, like the Philippine tariff. and
l am very hopeful that there will be
no difficulty in reaching an agreement
between the various people interested
in them-those representing the
Philippine islands and those repre-
senting the sugar and the tobacco in
terests, SO that there will be no dis
pute, and that the matter may be in
corporated in the new tariff bill with
out an ISSUE"
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