Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-05-13
Congress Likely to Vote the Ap-
preparation For the Com
mission.
FORMER OPPOSITION DYING
President Does Not Want to Postpone
Action on His Measures-Future
Leadership of Senate Is Topic
of Lively Speculation
Root a Puzzle.

what very properly may be called 1.-The
presidents tariff board" are certain
that money enough will be provided
to enable them to broaden the scope
OF their work they will at once begin
an investigation which is likely, 1t is
said, to bring to the surface some real
facts concerning the relation or lack
of relation of high prices to the tariff
MT Taft asked for $25O.000 to en-
able the tariff inquiry work to go on.
and 1t Is possible that IN addition to
granting the money congress, possibly
for political reasons, will also enact
legislation which will give specific au-
thority to the experts to collect mate
rial which may be Of advantage for
use In future tariff legislation.
Money Likely to BE Granted.
In the earlier days of the present
session several of the standpat Repub-
licans said openly that they would op-
pose any measure which would give
the tariff experts any greater author
ity than was conferred on them un-
der the Payne-Aldrich law. Since
these words of intended antagonism
to additional powers for the experts,
the Republicans who spoke them have
had change of heart which Demo-
Gratis say is due almost entirely to the
recent congressional elections in which
the party met defeat. The chances
are therefore that $250,00O will be
granted for further investigation into
business conditions with a view to the
rn1utfnn hoA
The Democrats declare that the Re-
publicans are insincere and they say
their change of position is due wholly
to the fact that they are frightened
The work which the tariff board will
do when the money is forthcoming
to enable them to do it, will be to col
lect information after a manner d.
rectly suggested by the president of
the United States when he said that
1t should be collected without regard
Ito the effect which the facts may
the rates of duty"
Position of High Tariff Men.
The high tariff men in congress be-
lieve that Ravens (Dem.) was elected
in the Rochester district over Aid
ridge tRepO because of the tariff is
sue. They do not say this openly, but
they believe it, nevertheless, and now
they realize that with a tariff board
working along lines mapped out by
the president in his annual message
the country may come to the conclu
sion that the Republican administra-
ton and the Republican congress
finally may get into a mood to revise
the tariff downward.
These politicians of the dominant
party say that IL the people knew
they were actually to get it they would
prefer to have downward revision Civ.
en- to them by the Republicans rather
than by the Democrats. who. as these
high tariff men say, when once start.
ed on the downward scale of the SEIZED.
ules would not know where to stop"
President Against Delay.
Suggestion has been made to Presi-
dent Taft by some of the leading Re-
publicans that 1t might be just as we'll
to postpone full consideration of one
or two of his chief measures until the
next session. These Republicans, the
president apparently thinks, do not
realize that IL the legislation is post.
poned how great an effect the putting
off may have on the elections.
1t Is understood that at some of the
White House conferences the presi-
dent has said plainly to those who
urge postponement that the party will
have a hard enough fight at the best
to carry the next house and that. IL
the administrators recommendations
are not acted on the effect will be to
add to the handicap It is shrewdly
suspected by observers In Washington
that the Republicans who are suggest
ing postponement are afraid that the
debate on one or two measures will
be so long continued that they will not
be able to get back in their districts
in season to make full preparation for
the coming fight.
Some of the men who are credited
with being wise politicians are telling
the Republicans who have the post
ponement fever that II they stay In
Washington and enact the presidents
recommendations into law they will
gain more than they would by having
them put over and putting the add.
tional time gained into the campaign
Democrats see Advantage.
1t is perfectly clear that the Demo
Gratis, from a political standpoint, will
be very willing to have the Republic
ans postpone action on some of the
presidents measures. for the minority
party believes that If only part of
the administrations program is car
ried out the Republicans will lose Just
SO much ammunition for use in the
campaign during the months pre-
ceding the election. The Democrats.
however, are not giving this advice
to the Republicans. for they are will
ing that the enemy should make the
mistake which they seem to think
would be vital. and IT must be said