Arizona republican., 1910-11-28

 |S GUESSING President and Both Parties
 Up in the Air CONVEYING OF CONGRESS It Will Bring a World of Perplexing Questions Be fore Politicians and Statesmen Generally and of All Faiths.
CONVEYING OF CONGRESS

Washington, Nov. 27.-When con- ! gress meets a week from tomorrow i it will have three months in which to perform whatever will be the de-
 mands of the republican administra- tion. After that the fate of the Taft legislative program will depend on a democratic house and a republican senate. Success or failure in the ap-
 preaching short session of congress it
 is believed will rest on the character
 of the executive message to be sent
 to the legislative bodies.
 Many republicans defeated in the
 recent election are not expected to
 carry with grace the blows so harsh
 ly administered and this gives the
 president a difficult task. Realizing
 that he will be criticised if he fails
 to demand of congress a further re-
 vision of the tariff-especially the
 wool and wOOlen schedule-and fully
 cognizant that the prospects will be
 all against the success of such a pro-
 gram if submitted, the president it
 is said, has not made up his mind
 definitely what his course will be
 The chances are he will not insist
 upon action within the approaching
 session. but that he will offer the democratic house and republican sen- ate, year hence. a program for tar riff revision which will be bolstered up by facts and figures gathered by the tariff board.
 Out of the membership of congress. comparatively few have reached the city and there has been little OppOr- tunity for an exchange of views. So far as there has been expression. the predilections of congress. are against an extended program.
 Personally. the president has made | clear to callers that he does not pro- pose to withdraw any part of his | program. although he has been com | pelled to alter his plans somewhat, | just because the democrats are about | to come into control of the house. That so short a time remains for the republican majorities in both houses. is used by some as an argument in favor of pressing forward.
 Many callers have conceded the point he makes. but being more fa- miliar than he with filibustering methods. they are not so sanguine of the feasibility of the administrations ambitions. The revolt against the Cannon rule. which the country ap- plauded only a short time ago. does not tend to heighten the chances for quick action for the administrative measures in the coming session.
 Within the short session, fourteen regular appropriation bills, carrying 1 n the aggregate a billion dollars or more, must be passed Otherwise here will be necessity for an extra session next spring. The result of , such a session would be to bring the democrats face to face with the ne- ,essity of doing something nine months in advance of the time they would ordinarily be called upon to assume responsibility. For many easons neither the democrats nor epublicans want to precipitate that : ituation if possible to avoid it.
 So far as the appropriation bills re concerned, it is not thought here fill be a lack of cooperation Q facilitate their passage.
 Leaving the appropriation bills out f consideration the democrats are isposed to take the broad position hat legislation of a general charac- s CT should be postponed until they C ome in. Contending that the last b lection was an expression of pop lar will they urge that it should be f. eeded to the extent of permitting he democracy to take the initiative I whatever new action may be con- idered. |
 But while so cOntending the dem c cratic leaders are much embarrassed f. y the position which favOrs the be- inning of the revision of the tar f schedules. They go even further ~ nan Taft in their denunciation of le woolen schedule and while pre- - ,rring themselves to designate the ay of its revision. they admit ,r ley will find it difficult to resist T ny effort at reduction whensoever nd by whomsoever it might be un- ertaken Such also is the case !. ith reference - to other schedules hey could scarcely do less than to ,-operate for reduction at any time
 There is sympathy among the dem rats for the presidents plan for the deral incorporation act. for the of laws relating to in melton and trusts. All these ques- ons are complicated however and e time is far distant when anyone
 m say with assurance what may } the fate of the administration Ills along these lines. Under the