The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20
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nouncement es
From White House.
is NOT
LIKELY TO G
Failure to Vote on Reciprocity
Agreement Means That Legis-
lators Must Stay in Wash
ington After March 4-Ul-
timatum Is Delivered
Through Mccall.

Washington, D. c.. February 10
Ihe first authoritative announcement
that President Taft will call an extra
session OF Congress If the Senate fails
70 act on the Mccall bill. carrying into
ehect the Canadian reciprocity agree
hent, came today from Mccall him
sell, following an interview with the
PRESIDENT at the White House.
According to Mr.. McCall's
ment, the President feels that he Is
under an obligation to summon az
extra session il il be necessary to Sc
cure action on the reciprocity agree
lhent. Ihe session will be called linz
mediately following the ADJOURNMENT
OF at noon on March /.
while It is the evident purpoae Of
the PRESIDENT in permitting the an
nouncement of Mr.. Mccall, to avoid :.
an extra session by inducing Senators
10 act upon the agreement, it is the,
opinlon OF many about the Capitol that
in all probability the statement has
come too late. Few Senators are san :
su!ne enough TO predict that action
VIII be taken on the agreement in tha
upper branch or Congress at this ses-
SION. while some insist that there VIII
be n vote.
BADLY ConEcstcd.
With appropriation bills in a badly
conGested condition, with the Lorimer
case pendi 6, with the perrnanent
tariff board bill PRESSING for consider
alton, with the general service pen
sion Dill being urged hy many Sena-
tors, and with the resolution for thc
popular election OF senators coming
up daily as the unfinished business IL
seems that the chances for action uno,
the Canadian reciprocity agreement
are slight. but, OF course. conditions
may change.
There g some prospect that the Lor-
amer case may be disposed of on We'd
nesday. following n speech which Sen
ator Lorlmer Will make in his own be-
nai', put there Is no apparent likeli-
mood Of early votes on any OF tie
other Important measures mentioned.
OF the reciprocity agree
inent IN the Senate are viewinE with
cornplacency, not to say satisfaction.
the conEested conditions existing In
That body. The demands Of the pub
lie business are such that a vote on
reciprocity can he avoided easily With
out the appearance OF n fDibustor. The
biii carrying the agreement into Of.
feet probably will notlbe reported out
Of the Finance Committee before
Thursday next at the earliest. AT that
time. thcre Will remain only seven and
a half legislative days OF the present
session.
Holding Club AIoft.
Following his Interview with Mr..
tart, MI. Mccall also made the inter
esting announcements that the Presi.
ucnt would veto any tariff legislation
passed by the Democratic House and
approved by 4 nearly Democratic SEN
ate II that should be necessary to
maintnin IN. Republican party's pro-
tective principles.
Mr.. McC,all'S statements, which ia
generally understood to have been y
proved formally by the President 10
in part, as follows:
II believe Republican Senators are
gradually coming 10 realize that, with
tle certain prospect of an extra ses-
sion unless they bring the rcciprocitS
Dill 70 n vote, there VIII be very se-5
rious Inconvenience and embnrrass-
ment. if not danger, 10 the business
and Industrial enterprises that. ara
really entitled to protection. The
President feels thai he is under an in
ternational obligation to summon ali
extra session. He will do this reiuct-
antly because 1T is bringing into power
q Democratic House and senate much
more nearly Democratic than the pres
cnt Senate. But if the senate should
fail to act the President feels that UNI
der his agreement With the Canadian
government to use his utmost en-
deavor 70 have the reciprocity agree
ment confirmed he Will be compelled
10 call tile session immediately. I i'm az
aSlne the Democrats are no. anxious
for an extra session. They would
naturally feel. that they cannot ex.
temporize a revision OF the tariff
schedules. TIC light remark that you
can prepare a ,arIff bill over night OF
in two weeks. or n month. every onA
knows to be utterly ~unfounded.
Constant Agitation.
But what all extra session is like
" to mean is a constant agitation
and a continuous Investigation into the
industries that are made possible By
protection and interference with their
business that BODIES no good for bus
mess at large. The consequence IS
that ii any one should prevent actor.
on the reciprocity bill, no would be In
the position of helping 10 bring about
q condition most Injurious TO those In,
dustrics which really need protection.
What follows In an extra session Will
not lie the Presidents fault. The Press
iuent Is a protectionist and expecta 81
10 use the veto power. SO far as no
properly may, 10 maintain the party,s
protective principles, But It would lie
Il misfortune to have this Inevitable
conflict come nine months ahead Of
the tin,o when it is due.
Tho President Is Impressed With
the extreme Importance TO the country
oc the, ratification o! the agreements,
and also With the SOLEMN oSliEation he
has undertaken 10 use his ltfnfs3 n
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