The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-11

raised Cain with the long time end
self-satisfied leaders OF legislation in
congress. The net results of the con-
sultation yesterday are these:
Speaker Cannon is up in the air. .
He has beon unable TO get from Mr.
Taft, any assurance either tnat the
president-elect will support him for
reelection or that he will not oppose
him. The speaker expected to at
tend the meeting of the Republican
members of the ways and means COM
mittee this afternoon, but the meet
ing was by invitation at the home of
Representative Dongworth and MIR.
| Cannon was not invited.
! MIR. Taft, after a two-hour talk
witt" the Republican members of the
commftt5e,, impressed upon tlienfo the
! fact chat they must ait not only as a
lbpdiciaf body, receivlng such eSideiite
Jas is offered but that they, II III SYM
pathy With the Republican, PLATFORM
to get 'eviderfte and 10 put those Who
otget evidence and to put tn5s9'wb3
have 8the evidence 'iihderc oath. inTHs
committee agreed to2 do nhiS!Dpb ~hpi
M" Taft arranged With the fRepdBl
.litah mofnbcrs Of the Committee fof
4 system of reports to be made TO
him from time to time as the hear
lngs progress and also arranged that
any problem that puzzles the com
mittee should be submitted to him.
When it was suggested to MIR. Taft
that the senate might block all the
good that he could accomplish in the
house committee and some one said,
alt Is up to senate" Mr.. Taft said,
eyes, and it is up to some one else
Indicating what he has said before,
his purpose TO veto any tariff bill
that is not what he believes to be
an earnest effort to revise the tariff.
Mr.. Taft said after issuing the
statement that follows that he was
sure the next tariff would be in a..i
cord with present conditions. He
said, however, that the new bill
would have 70 speak for itself. Mr.
Taft's formal statement after return
ing from his conference with the ways
and means committee members, was
this: ~,
81 had an interview with Mr.. Cans
non yesterday and with his concur
renee, and, at the suggestion OF a
member of the ways and means com.
mittee, with the Republican members
of that committee, this afternoon and
from my conversation with them and
the discussion which followed as to
the examination which they are new
conducting and expect to conduct, |
have every reason 10 be confident
that thcy are keenly alive to the cD-
legation which is on them as repre-
sentaitves elected to represent the
Republican party, TO prepare an hon
est and thorough revision OF the pres
ent tariff; that they have taken three
times as much evidence as has ever |
been taken III thS3 3prepapatiopl OF qtpsr |
tafiffs, and tha6nt they arenl going 70 !,
make additional toffOrts and ,irihepe1ndl7T Al
ent effort to get at theievidence theemII71n theemII1n
selves by the use of srDpepa and egniI
der oath, Cwithuta view afto reaching, I'd
the dlfferefice in the cost of prpduc7r
ton OF the1various articles brought
within the tariff here, and abroad no.
~ found them quite anSious fpE1 ~,
much harmony as possible, h whiGh !
sympathized with them and prepared
for consultation on points OF dhh- II
Guilty that might arise at any time III
lie future The plan Is to prepare
bill on such evidence as they nave
and will have in the course OF the
hearings and thon cali additional evil
lence to the items whenever 1t should '
,eem necessary. Not only from con-
yersation with the members, to-
yether but with the members indiyld- 4
tally, | am quite convinced that they !
ire in good faith going to preTare G
ill which shall be a thorough re- |
,ision on the basis of the platform g
# the Republican party
"The discussion covered oVher
hngs liks the Philippine tarin' ana q
am iVefy@HOptAuf .ul%tS e'iiN' - ' sT1Eftfl :
10 difflcultynips Esaehiagg an agree
nent between the various people lh-
crested in thomAAthose representing
he Phliippfhe islands andqthose rep 2
esentipg the sugar and the tobacco 2
10 that there will apel no
ispute ana that the inattGr7will be :
Incorporated III the new tariff bill 7
Tithout ah issde. "9lga1 iH1l "
When asked about MIR. Cannon, the .
resident elect said that he had not :
one into the question OF the 'fouse y
rganization yet. He said that he had :
aked with the speaker and with =
ther leaders about a lot more sub Y
ects than tariff revision but that no !"
efnlte conclusion had been reached " /"
The truth Is that the chances are y
ven ip Washington that Mr.. Can !.
on win not be reelected speaker " !
the next house. Mr.. Cannon him !,