The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-10
CABINET DISCUSSES PLANS
When Hybrid Body Convenes
There Will Be Little Chance
for Administration.

Washington. D. c.. November 9.--Thc
election and Its lessons learned and the
the pressing forward of the adminis-
tration's Progressive program so as to
get 1t out of the way before the acces-
son Of Democratic control in Congress
next year were among the subjects
discussed at Cabinet meeting to-day
Featuring the administrative meas,
ures will be the plan for meeting sec
ond-class mail abuses by requiring
magazines-not newspapers-to pay in
creased postage on their advertising
pages sufficient to eliminate postal de.
ficits and warrant the establishment OF
1-cent postage on flrst-class matter ir
the near future. This is Postmaster
General Hitchcock's project.
The plan will be urged upon Con-
gress at the coming short session, ans
number of magazine publishers al
ready have expressed their disposition
TO cooperate. Congress will be asked
to authorize separate Weighing OF ad-
vertising and legitimate reading mat
ter, each publisher certifying to hts
local postmaster the facts necessary to
determine the postage. Action will be
urged on other measures.
d
President Taft realizes the necessity
for getting through all needed admin
istrat!on legislation in the three
months session beginning next month.
He called on members of the Cabinet
to-day for statement OF the sltua-
tion In their respective departments.
and the matter will be taken up in
detail on the Presidents return from
Panama.
Much of the proposed legislation
which will be urged upon Congress In
the Presidents forthcoming message
will be of Progressive character. and
1t is said here that the prospects are
excellent for harmony In the Rcpubll-
can ranks
Interesting as promise to be the
events of the short session. the assem-
bling of the new Congress and its con-
duct-with a Democratic House and a
Republican senate, serving under
Republican President--will attract far
wider attention The first session OF
the new Congress. which viii convene
lin little more than year hence. Is
practically committed to tariff revision
BY reason of Yesterdays results. All
through the special tariff session at
which was passed the PaSne-Aldrich
bill the Democratic minority contend-
ed that insufficient effort was hetng
made to revise the tariff downward,
The important question being asked
at the seat of the general government,
therefore. Is what will be done about
the tariff when the hybrid Congress
convenes and 1t becomes secessary TO
reconcile differences between chambers
| Of opposite, political faiths.
Cannot DC EvHded.
| 1T is not believed here that the Dem
ocrats will care to undertake to force
ftariff revision under Republican
President, Yet. tariff measures musl
horiginate In tho House, and inasmuci
as the Democrats will be In control OF
lthat branch and in charge of all ol
| its committees 1t would appear that
| the taking OF the initiative could not
be evaded, even II that should be the
desire Of Democratic leaders,
The tariff is one Of the questions on
which the Democrats arc almost as
badly divided as We're the Republicans
So many Southern States have adopt
cd the policy of protection, While "
other sections where the Democracy
lis strong there remains n sentiment II
favor OF practical free trade, espeeall,
free raw materials, that Republicans
lmay now sit hack and view With
measure OF complacency the spectacle
OF their longtime enemies locking
Horns over questions which have
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