Evening star., 1909-07-17
HIS STAND PRAISED
President Taft Overwhelmed
With Congratulations.
COUNTRY SEEMS WITH HIM
General Confidence Expressed and
Approval Accorded.
EFFECT UPON ADJOURNMENT
Variance of Opinions as to Whether
Delay Will Be Caused
or Lessened.
effect UPON ADJOURNMENT

Oral and epistolary congratulations
poured in on President Taft today re-
garding his statement, issued yesterday
afternoon, explaining with timely en-
phasis his attitude on tariff revision. The
President, judging from the many favor
able expressions reaching him. has done
or said nothing during his administration
that has been so heartily approved. What
the effect will be, If any, In prolonging
the session of Congress. can be judged
from opinions OF visitors 10 the White
House. Many think that the statement
will bring things to a focus without de-
lay, while others believe that 1t will
widen the tariff differences. Senator
Bradley OF Kentucky expressed the belief
that Congress would not adjourn before
September l. but this prediction was not
In relation to the influence OF the presi-
Dental attitude, officially made public for
the first time.
The position of the President has been
made known through every important pa
per in the country for weeks and there
has been no doubt among the well in
formed as to how he stood. The coun-
try, so used to White House statements.
wanted to know officially, however; want
ed it direct from the President. Having
heard 1t, the country, according to the
kilograms and letters rolling in and
from the expressions Of Representatives.
commends the President and expresses
confidence in him.
Callers From Capitol Hill.
With almost spontaneous unanimity
congressional callers at the White House
today heartily congratulated the Presi-
dent. Most of them went to the White
House to personally commend the Presi-
dent and had no other business. Repre-
sentative Tawney, most cordial in his
approval. said: 1T was a most timely
statement and, In view of the situation,
the President was fully justified in MAX
ing it. Tine people have the utmost con-
fidence in the Presidents sincere purpose
to use his influence to secure genuine
tariff revision. and nobody need rush
to The conclusion that there will be any
other sort of bill. The conferees of both
Senate and House are sensible men. They
are not going to embarrass the President
by presenting him bill he will have to
veto. They would not jeopardize the
chandes of the party throughout the counSi
try by putting up bill that will not
have the approval of the country at large.
They know the situation, political and
otherwise, as well as others, and they
will act for the best interests Of all con-
cerned."
representative Douglas Of the Chillicothe
district Of Ohio, the successor of Gen.
Grosvenor in the House. was particularly
emphatic In his commendation of the
Presidents officially announced attitude.
He talked fifteen minutes with the Pres
ident this morning. I approve most heart
lily OF the statement of the chief exec
utive," said Mr.. Douglas. HE told mo
that he greatly disliked resorting to pub
licity, but that the congressional visitors
who saw him yesterday had called upon
him for his views and he felt that he
should say something. He has been dis
Greet with Congress and has not resorted
to the beating of drums. l think that
his attitude was properly made known at
the proper time.
The Psychological Moment.
Representative Longworth, another
Ohio man, son-in-law of eX-Pdesident
Roosevelt, added his warm praise. 1T
was an excellent statement at the psyche
logical moment" said Mr.. Longworth,
land will be well received in all direc-
tions."
Representative Gronna OF North Da-
kota: II am greatly pleased with the
President. What he says will ill the bill
with my people. They have asked for
genuine downward revision and expected
to get 1t. They have believed. too, that
the President would force his party to
stand by its pledges, If force was neces-
sary'
Representatives Miller of Kansas and
Prince of Illinois called together to add
CONGRATULATIONS. l.
dent that the solid Kansas delegation
| was with him in insistence upon carrying
out party platform pledges" said Mr..
Miller. "I told him we wanted the low
est rates of the House bill and the lowest
of the Senate bill and that we would
back him up in getting these"
"And I told the President" said Mr..
Prince that the country looked upon
him as one of the conferees and believed
that he would urge the right sort of a
| biIl-revision downward all along the line.
The President assured me that he hoped
and believed the bill would meet the
| wishes of the people at large when IL
finally reaches him."
Representative Foster of Vermont Joined
IN the congratulations of the day. Il
took great pleasure in congratulating the
President upon the clearness and en-
phasis of his statement" said Mr.. Foster.
All in all, 1t was apparent from the
Views of the callers that in Senate and
House there will be strong rallying to
the presidential standard. with the attend
ant influence upon the conferees.
Because Representative Richardson of
Alabama was at the White House yester-
day trying to induce President Taft to
visit Florence, Ala, when he goes south
next fall, and happened to mingle few
minutes with the twenty-three republic
cans who called on the President to op-
pose free raw materials in the new tariff
bill. his name went to the country as n
member OF this delegation. Mr.. Richard
son mas SOME VIEWS OH raw udlcIidiSs
but he said today that he would present
these views from a democratic point OF
view, and not from republican. Il am a
democrat" said Mr.. Richardson, "and /
had no thought Of going to the President
with a republican delegation on any ques-
ton of the tariff. 1t just happened that
went to see the President prior TO this
delegation, talking with him, and shook
hands with a few of them while they
were waiting to get audience with him.
slInpose this accounts for my name
being used with the others who were
there"
Not Going to Virginia.
Senator Daniel of Virginia had to recall
s invitation to President Taft to go to
FISHERS Hill, Va, next Saturday to at
tend Confederate reunion. The senator
toIu the President today that the Southern
ral.way had announced it's inability 10
handle the crowds that were expected at
the gathering, and that the meeting had
been postponed to another time. The
President had promised to make the trip
if Congress was still in session, and ar
rangements had been made for the
journey.
: Representatives Mcguire, Morgan, Car
ter and Creager of Oklahoma called on
the President today to tell him they
hoped he would not overlook Oklahoma
in his western trip. The President said
he had not fully made up his itinerary
and that when he got down to doing
this he would see IL he could mt OKLA
homa into the program.