The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-30
PARTIES PLEDGED
TO EXTRA SESSION
Either Taft or Bryan Will Have
congress on Hands,"
If Elected.
STARTS NEXT MARCH
TARIFF QUESTION is CAUSE OF
PROMISES MADE AND PROPER
LEGISLATION WILL BE THE
RESULT.
Especial to the Palladium

Washington, Aug. 29-The next
President of the United States is 60
Ing to have Congress on his hands"
with a vengeance. Both parties are
pledged to immediate revision of the
tariff and Judge Taft is specifically
pledged, in the event of his election
hmm ediately upon his Inauguration to
call an extraordinary session of Con-
gress to begin the work of construct
ing new tariff law.
The extra session probably would
begin not later than the goth of next
March. Even with the preliminary
work now under way, it would be well
along in the Summer and probably
Fall before the measure was ready for
the Presidents signature. Even If a
Republican President and a Republi-
can House are elected, there is such
q difference Of opinion among Repub-
ncans as to how far tariff revision
should extend that the job is going to
be a difficult one. The election of a
Democratic House or a Democratic
President or both, with the Senate re-
manning Republican, would make it all
the harder.
The session to begin the first Mon
day in December Of next year will be
the regular long session" and an &C
emulation of matters that we're
passed over last winter will make it
unusually long. AS Is always the case,
as little business as possible was done
on the even OF the presidential cleo
ton; and as there were more of them
last winter than ordinarily, there will
be unusual work for the next long ses-
sion. In addition to this accumula-
ton, the matter of currency reform
will likely be taken up at the second
session of the 61st Congress. The
commission provided for in the Aid
rich bill is now in Europe and has
interviewed the Rothschilds, the Bank
of England governors, and other old
world financiers. 1t probably will be
ready to report by December of next
year, and the legislation expected to
follow will be even more difficult than
revision of the tariff. The country
still has a fresh recollection of how
hard it was to pass the Aldrich bill
which provided only a temporary ar
rangement for giving elasticity to the
currency. When 1t comes to com
plete change in the financial system
there will be as many minds as there
are men in Congress.
Washington is keenly interested in
the selection by Iowa of a successor
Of the late Senator Allison. This inter
est is due in part to the commanding
position which Mr.. Allison occupied
in the Senate and in part to the per
sonality of Gov. Cummins, who aspires
to the vacant seat. Gov. Cummins Ii
fairly well known in Washington ant
is admired even by those who do mo-
public questions.
The belief is accepted that should
Cummins come to the Senate he would
1oin forces with Senator LaFollette O
Wisconsin, and the two of then
would be able to stir up lot of trou
BILE for the "old timers" The radi
cal camp in the Senate will be still
further reinforced when Mr.. Bristov
comes as the, successor Of Senate
Long. Senator LaFollette took a 10
of interest in Bristow and did all HI
could to aid in his campaign agains
Long.
There has been but little public
speculation lately as to what New
York Republican will succeed Senate
Thomas C. Plat, whose term expires
March next, but the matter has b.
no means been lost sight of by New
York Republicans.
The latest story on the subject Ii
that friends of George B. Cortelyo'
are quietly but earnestly at work Ii
his behalf and that they are meeting
with considerable encouragement. !
was senatorial aspirations, it is nov
stated, that deferred Mr.. Cortelyo'
from becoming a candidate agains
Gov Hughes for the gubernatorial
nomination.