Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-17
MEETS ON MARCH 10
Mr.. Taft Sets Date for Extra
Congress Session.
ANNOUNCED AT CAPITOL
Decided After Conference With
House and Senate Leaders.
HE LEAVES FOR OHIO TODAY
President-Eleet Calls at White House
and Afterward Receives Callers
at Boardman Home.

March II was the date set by President
of Congress in extraordinary session to
take up the question Of tariff revision.
An agreement upon the date was arrived
at by Mr.. Taft, Senator Hale of Maine
and Speaker Cannon when the representa-
tives of the two branches of Congress met
the incoming President at the Boardman
residence.
Formal announcement of the date was
made by Republican Floor Leader Payne
at II 80 O'Clock this morning for the in
formation of the House and in the Senate
had been authorized by Mr.. Taft to state
that the special session of the Sixty-frst
Congress would be called to convene on
March Is.
Today's conference followed one held
last night between Senator Aldrich and
Speaker Cannon, which was held at the
request of Mr. Taft, who desired that the
Senate and House should be in harmony
over the date of the convening of the
session when official announcement was
made on the floor of the House by Mr..
Payne. There was no discussion as to the
length of time tha. will be required to
enact tariff bill.
Ample Time for Rest.
Between the adjournment of the Six
tieth Congress on March 4 and the as
sembling of the Sixty-first Congress on
March 10 there will be plenty of time for
those holdover members of both branches
t1,n 1nufc c1o 10
to rest, to attend to personal business
or lay plans to get into the new admins
tration band wagon before they have to
go to work again. and the eleven days
respite will be most welcome to them.
Until today March 10 had been the date
figured on, and the extra five days Will De
gratefully received.
After disposing of the extraordinary
session question Judge Taft talked fol
some time with Senator Knox. who will
be his Secretary of State. and who is
already his closest adviser, but neither
would say anything concerning the sub
ject of their conference. Afterward he
saw Senator Curtis of Kansas. At noon
the PreSident-elect and the Secretary of
State-to-be. accompanied by Frank +.
Kellogg. official octopus hunter to the
Roosevelt administration, drove in Senator
knoXs automobile to the White House.
where they spent half an hour with the
President. Mr.. Kellogg did not participate
in the White House conference, but left
the party at the office doors.
Leaves for Ohio This Afternoon.
When he left the White House Judge
Taft drove back 10 the Boardman resi-
dence, where he will receive d few callers
during the afternoon. He leaves for Gin
cinnati at o'clock this afternoon and
will return to Washington February
II going to the Boardman residence.
where he will remain until he is inaugu-
rated. Neither Judge Taft nor Senator
Knox would discuss cabinet matters.
The members of the committee appoint
ed at the republican national convention
to notify Mr.. Taft of his nomination will
be among the first callers upon him after
he becomes President. They will call
early March >.
Senator Warner of Missouri, chairman
OF the committee. has called d meeting in
the room of the committee on The Missis-
sippi river in the Senate wing of the
Capitol at $50 m of the date mentioned
and will proceed 10 the White House.