New-York tribune., 1911-02-14
THEDAyIN WASHINGTON

' as lnueiensipie' duu so. or course, ne cdH-
not veto bill which both approves the
reciprocity agreement and revises the wool
schedule. At least, that is what leading
Democrats term their dope" 1t Is. 1t
must be admitted, a beautiful scheme. Its
only defect is that. like the majority OF
the inventions In the Patent Office. 1t won't
work. The President has taken the posi-
bIlity OF such a course into consideration
had taken IL into consideration long before
the Democrats had 'doped it out" to bor-
row their phraseology-and lie is fully pre-
rared for II. II does not frighten him In
the least. How will he get around 1t? All,
that il for him to tell; but tell he VIII Ill
due time II the Democrats do their part.
Probably, however, they will get some INK
ling Of his purpose before the time comes
and will promptly abandon the scheme
which looks so alluring to them just now
! THE TARIFF BOARD.-The prospects OF
the Tariff Board bill considerably improved
in the last three DAYS. and there now ap-
pears 10 he a possibility that It VIII De
pa ssed at this session Senator Lodge. VINO
has this measure I'm charge. made clever
move to-day. Taking advantage or a iuil
I'm Senate proceedings. he secured the adopt
ion of all but one of the committee amend
ments IF he can secure another ten min
nutes he can effect the adoption Of the last
Of these amendments and the second read
ing Of the hill, 50 that its passage can be
pressed at any and all appropriate tunes
OF course the threat OF the Senator from
Texas. Mr. Bailey. to fllibuster against the
bill still hangs over il, but some OF the
Texans colleagues believe he can he dis
sladcd from that course. and some there
are who win work earnestly TO that end
Meanwhile, The President VIII do every
thing possible To secure vote on this
mes sure. which he regards as Of the ut
most importance, and Senator Lodge will
permit no opportunity to advance IT in the
Senate TO escape With this combination
working for II. IL may be successful after
all.
PAN-AMEEICAN CONFERENC E.--The
Pan-Americau Commercial Conference
opened with blare Of trumpets to-day.
and the enthusiasm OF the delegates augurs
we'll for its success. The President. the
Secretary of state. Champ Clark, the
Speaker-des'gnatc. and others addressed
the conference, and the Presidents declara-
ton that he vas for reciprocity with All
nations in which, he said. he agreed with
Representative Clark, who had spoken
earlier, created something 81 sensation
until Mr. Taft explained his attitude some
what moro fully. Mr.. TAFT added that, ot
course, every one was for honesty and
courage and bravery aud all the other vir
tues with unanimty. but when it came to
determining Just what were wise measures
there arose difference Of opinion In
other words. tho President iptinated he
would be for reciprocity with all nations II
ii could be secured on terms favorable to
the United States, but that there might ne
some grave differences between himself
and tho Democratic Spcaker-desigrste re
garding what constituted terms favorable
10 the United States. The President closed
with the prediction that the pan-American
union and the Hague tribunal would form
a combination that would 20 far TO pro-
mote universal rescs--a sentiment which
vas duly cheered bv thc large audience.
PENSION LEGISLATION.-Ths action
Of the Senate COMMITTEES on Pensions In re-
porting the sullovsy pension bill VAS not
greeted with any great demonstration Of
JOY at the White House The Senate COM
Iitll't' u y 'thf, ri'StlliN cit'hNT' AIc h'i.
so that instead Of adding 100000 10 the
pension list It viii not add more than the
psltry sum Of $i5. $4,000 The sponsors for
the bill say that the amount called for the
first year will he considerably less than
| this but they admit that by the second
year the increase will be so great as 70 call
| for considerably more than S0.o0o.r)1 50
that A5."0.oc' average Is probably a safe
prediction. II would, perhaps, be rash To
predict AT this time what the fate Of this
measure will he when n reaches the White
House. bYt unless the President experiences
a very Beat change Of heart between now
and the time when the measure cUmes be-
fore him for approval it will not fare any
| too wollf G. g. n.