The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-18
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to be reformed and nobody can fore
cast the. outcome.
Those less excitably inclined TO the
view that the president had simply
made long foreseen move essential TO
tEc "logic of the game, and that il
she opposition TO the downward revis-
ion and tho termination Of the long
fight with the bill al last IN the presi
dent S hands substantially as he has MI
along intended it should be.
Increasingly. the White House state
ment is regarded as in some sort an
Informal message TO congress at a crit
zeal suDCture. such as Mr.. Roosevelt of
ten chose for many of his directly ad
dressed messages. 1t is conceded even
by the most bitter Of the opposition
that f'y hIr attitude thus far Of "hands
off, - Mr.. Taft has attained position
OF enviable Independence and that he
has chosen an advantageous moment
when each house OF congress has fully
discussed the question and placed itself
Enthusiastically on record, and their Joint
product is in the hands of conference
committee, to present hls views not only
generally to the people, but specifically
TO those who are i'll n position TO act
decisively on the subject matter.
Far-Reaching Effect,
The general feeling today was that
the president S pronouncement would in
evitablv have "A profound effect. not
only Immediately on the conference
committee, but in tho time intervcn-
ing before final vote in the two houses
on those representing both wings, es-
pecially of the Republican majority,
whose official action now and whose po-
litical future after they go home is so
deeply involved in the outcome,
''Do YOU happen 10 know asked
one Of the senatorial tariff confcrces
on mis- way TO the meeting today,
''whether the report as TO the presi-
dent's attitude on the tariff is cor
rectly represented by the papers this
morningl
The question was addressed to u
newspaper man, who assured the scna-
tor that there could be no doubt that
The press had properly represented the
president The senator S reply might
have been forecasted from his counte-
nance. Evidently he was much de
pressed and most uncertain rs TO the
outlook.
Discouraging Outlook.
ssThen." he said, carefully weighing
hjs words. ''thc outlook is discouraging
indeed. While il is not stated IN so
many words that the president VIII de
mand free raw material, such rs the
tendency. and if such should be his de
mand, 1T looks TO me as II II, 1t would be
impossible 10 get it. The difficulty
would be in getting bill with free
raw material through the senate. For
instance. | do not believe that the sen,
ate could be induced 10 pass ball
putting hides on the free list.
No more information could be OBJ
tanned from the senator.
Tbs senator's expressions are only
slightly more extreme than those OF
othovs
The couferccs of the two houses are
adjusting their differences with rcas-
enable degree Of rapldity. They have
been in session for about week and
have made quite as much progress rs
the more conservative of them had eX-
pected they would.
The best of feeling pervades the con
ference and it has become quite cyi'
dent that if left to themselves the
members of the conference will be able
to bring about bill ct no distant date.
They have gone so far Hs to make 1t
reasonably certain that any bill which
they could report would make some
concession TO those who demand duty
on raw material.
Must Consider Taft.
The fact that the president has taken
so positive n stand as he has, has had
the effect Of shifting the controversy
OF the two branches Of congress be
tween themselves TO the president and
congress as a whole. From this time
forward it looks as if the question
would be not what the house will con
cedc TO the senate or the senate TO the
house, but how much the president will
demand and how much the conferces