The Washington times., 1909-06-08
President Determined That
Prediction Promises
Shall Be Fulfilled.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
HAS UPPER HAND
Real Downward Revision of Ding
ley Tariff Rates viii Be
Insisted Upon.
BY JAMES HAY, Jr.

If the Aldrich bill is sent to
the White House by the
House and Senate conferees
it will meet the Presidents S
veto, unless changes, which
might be considered. almost
drastic, are made in the bill.
The President is as deter
mined now as he was in the
campaign and in the pre-in-
auguration period to give the
country a bill which will re-
suit in general and sincere
downward revision.
TAFT IS DETERMINED.
There can be no doubt of these
statements. Recently there has been
a didocation on the part of some
Senators and members of the House
to say that Mr.. Taft will sign any
tariff bill which may be laid before
him.
The complaint has been made
| from other sources that Mr.. Taft
has Kept out of the tariff fight too
| long to be OF any service in it even
/ if he should nov take a hand in
/ the matter.
| His answering determination to
| do all in his power to secure a meas
ure which shall epbody the things
he promised for it in his campaign
speeches is as strong now as it was
when he made the speeches. This
comes from men to whom the
President has talked within the last
! few days
His Mind Is Unchanged.
! Even if he had not renewed his as
fsurances of his desire to have good
bill. it would be almost absurd to sup
pose that he has changed his mind on
the subject Those Senators who be-
lieve they can get him to sign any bill
they put through Congress are not well
acquainted with their man. The Presi-
dent believes in keeping his promises,
and he follows this line of thought
with more than the usual vigor of ac-
ton when the time comes to aet.
The promises he made in tho cam
paign and in several speeches after his
election, but before his inauguration,
were that there should be genuine
land downward revision Of tha tariff,
and that this would be done by the
Republican party-always, however,
with the end in view of not disturbing
the general principles of protection.
This. by the way, was the identical
promise he received from the Speaker
of the House and from the Republican
members Of the House Cominittee on
Ways and Means.
Must Keep Promises.
Just as he believes in keeping his own
/ PROMISES. he has decided views that
= -lotber gentlemen who make pronaises
should keep theirs. This leads TO the
. conclusion that the House eonferees IN
: the bill will be expected to redeem their
pledges and to stand against the Senate
d conferees until the lower schedules ara
!, written into the bill. Unless they do
: this. their promises on the subject viii
! not be worth i've cents thousand
5 But there is a stiu stronger weapon
$ IN the Presidents hands. It is true
that ever since he went into the White
= House MIR. Taft has followed the die
X tates of the Constitution and has left to
IConaress the work of forming and COM
4 pletiag the bill That is not his bust
e ness. The bill ordinarily does not be-
: come his business until It is presented
- him for his approval or veto.
TIE Presidents Weapon.
But his weapon is given to hiTn by TIA
fact that the Senate and the House, ID
the last analysis. do not want to rur
g the risk of submitting TO him measur'
d which will be in danger of his veto
ie The coxferees. therefore. according Il
" what is said by several Senators an
/ Representatives. wifi 90 to the Presi
:. dent and ask hing what he wants IN
r conferees to do, what changes had bes
Il be made and what kind Of 3 bin he WI
sign. II the con6erees nave dispute