New-York tribune., 1911-03-02
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From The Tribune Bureau.l
Washington. March Those prom
inent Republican Senators who delib-
erstcly permitted the only available op-
portunity to secure a vote on the Cana
dian reciprocity agreement at this ses-
sion TO slip 10y without turning hand
10 carry out the Presidents policy are
now bosecchine the Chief Executive TO
defer tho special session Of Congress
until autumn.
The persistence with which the Repub-
licsr insure,ut Senators place personal
political advantage before party welfare,
or even economic good. is strikingly
illustrated 10y their determination to
have Senator Bcveridge take charge Of
the Tariff Board bill on the floor OF the
Senate. a proceeding which in itself
must seriously j,opardize the success of
the measure.
The hope Of avoiding a special session.
which famed W. after the compromise
on the Lorimer case had been re bed
has gradually died down. and it is i'm
possible this evening 10 find any Senator
so rash as to predict that vote can be
had this week on the reciprocity agree
ment
II is confidently predicted that all the
appropriation bills will bc enacted be
fore noon next Saturday. The Presi-
dents willingness to have his friends
abandon Tho effort to increase the postal
rates ON magazines and the Naval Af-
fairs Committees action in adopting
substantially the eight-hour provision OF
the House have gone far to make this
possible.
At a late hour the fate Of the Tariff
Board bin still hangs in the balance.
Some OF its friends insist that it will be
passed Others. especially among the
Insurgents. declare that they were gold
bricked" by the Lorimerites
Want Session Pos5poned Until Fall.
Convinced OF the utility of attempt
ing 90 secure vote on the reciprocity
agreement at this session, and equally
convinced that a special session called
this sprinc. and which would undoubted-
Is last far into the summer spells dis
dstcr to tho Republican party. leading
Republican Senators have to-day devot-
Cd their energies TO an effort To convince
the President that despite all he has
said regarding special session. he can
consistently defer such session until the
middle of October or the first Of NOvem-
b.r This, they urge, would at least
avert protractcd efforts by the Demo-
Gratis 90 amend the Payne tariff law.
efforts prompted as is generally realized
by tine dual desire Il cmbarrass the
Republican administration and make po-
litIcal capital for the Democracy. Those
Senators who from the first have sup
ported the reciprocity agreement-al-
lDt they have not done 50 with such
enthusiasm as to incur the slightest
cr icism from its Opponents-are appeal
ing 20 the gcutler side of Mr.. Taft's
nature. urging him that by conyening
Congress this spring he will be punish
ing his friends along with his foes, as
suring him OF their great need Of vaca-
tiou and rest, and seeking to convince
him that the desired postponement Of
The special session can in no way be
construed as a failure on his part to
make good his promise 10 Canada or TO
The CONSUMING public.
So far as can be ascertained these ar
ocin ut
the White House. Mr.. Taft stands to-
night as determined as ever to call Con
gross i'm special session Immediately al
ways provided the Senate does not ap-
prove the reciprocity agreement at this
session.
Beveridqe Arouses Antagorisnn.
No sooner did Mr.. BeVeridge undertake
the charge of the tariff board bill on the
floor Of the Senate which he did imme-
diatCy after the vote on the Lorimcr
resolution. than the folly of intrustinG
this important measure TO lis guidance
became obvious Not being member
OF the Finance Committee. he did not
know even its parliamentary status. ID
he promptly aroused the antagonism OF
Senator Hepburn. which Mr. Hale was
quick 30 promote.
When Mr.. Bevcridgc called up the bll
again this evening, after the passage ol
the agricultural appropriation bil hl'
right 10 direct its course Oh the floor o'
the senate was Immediately challenger
Mission 10 White House Fails
y little band of Senator'S. having th"r'
ouehly canvasscd the situation in tE'
Anteoiluyian Whiskey f. Of al age thal
lhAurcs It's mellow iipeness ana gives ,o y
srrpassing flavor. Luytics Brothers, - J.