New-York tribune., 1911-01-12
IFrom The Tribune Bureau.
Washington. JanuaI

Washington, January H.
TAFT'S GREAT VICTORY Members OF
the House are ready to acknowledge 'o-
night that there is no limit 10 the wonners
which may be achieved by the President
diplomatic methods. Representative Dai-
zell. the arch standpatter OF them ALL IN
troduced to-day "A bill providing Tor
permanent tariff commission. Mr.. Daizeh
calls il a tariff board. but. as the Presloeh'
has repeatedly remarked. "a rose by an!
other name' etc. When the members OF '''e
House learned that John Dalzell. ~hose
opposition 10 anybody outside OF CoheIes'
which would do anything whatever IN co"-
nection with the tariff has been so intense
that the mere suggestion has auos'
thrown him into an apoplectic ht mao III
troduced such a bill they simply 6aspeu
Then when they had recovered 'heh
breath. they declared that William Ho"aru
Taft could do anything. \ few undertoon
TO point out that MIR. Dalzell had seen the
handwriting on the wall and had delei-
mined TO relegate consistency 10 the rear
along W In other hobgOblins, but most o'
the Republicans would have none OK sue"
an explanation. and insisted that the ao-
ton of the member from Pennsylvania "Ss
conclusive evidence that the present occu-
pant of the White House was Wohue'
worker and that his diplomacy was PROV
ing quite a. effective as the big SUCK
The course OF Mr. Dalzell seems 10 anoro
a striking confirmation OF the assurance
which Representative LonSworth gave 10
the President to-day that his tariff comipis-
sion bid will be reported favorably by the
Committee on Ways and Means III the
course OF a few days. Mr.. Dalzens Dill
provides for a board Of three members IN
stead oe five. the term of Office TO be SIN
years. except that members shall III 'nc
first instance he appointed for two, four
and six years, respectively, so that theIe-
aft,r the term of one member shall expire
every TWO years. and 1t defines the duueS
NJ the board as the collection Of all inlor-
nation needed by the President in the en-
forcemcnt of the maximum and minimum
tariff and all possible information regaru-
inc costs Of production at home and abroad
such information to be furnished 10 the
President or TO the Ways and Means oo''-
mttee on demand.
IN THE SUPREME COURT'--lhe Al,
torney General to-day closed the areuiii'"'
Of the government against the AiheI 'c"i'
Tobacco Company and tomorrow VIII oe-
gin the argument i'm the case OF the gov
eminent against the Standard OIL Com
many II is not expected that any decisions
I'm these cases will be handed down DeIoIe
April. The argument of the corporation
tax case will follow Immediately after that
I'm the STANDARD Oil case. II is of interest
10 note that John c. Johnson, OF Phlla-
delphia. is not expected TO appear again
against the corporation tax, but mat hls
ulace will be taken by Richard Oiney' eX-
Attorney General OF the United states
While speculation on decisions OF the Su-
preme Court is hazardous, there is some
reason TO believe that the court VIII up
hold the corporation tax, but VIII READ INTO
the law certain exemptions not specincaHy .
mentioned in the text. as, for instance
The income from real estate, from unlteu
States bonds ETC. the court making an
effort not too far to deviate from the views
expressed IN the Pollock or income TAX
.cose As soon as the argument in the
corporation tax case is closed the court is
exnected 20 take recess OF a month or
more. after which It will probably be ready
10 hand down its decisions in these three
highly important cases.
MAJORITY OR TWO-THIRDS.-Consd-
cradle interest attaches TO the question or
whether Senator LOrimer can be unseated
by a majority vote Of the Senate or
whether it will require two-thirds vote.
Should the larger vote he required the proc
ess Of unseating the Senator from Illinois
would be much more difficult, and the
question IS being actively discussed in
cloak and committee rooms. In the esti-
nation Of some Of the ablest lawyers in
the Senate the case of Albert Gallatin af-
fords clear precedent for the unseating
Of the Senator from Illinois by majority
vote. Albert Gallatin, it will be recalled,
was elected Senator from PENNSYLVANIA
i'm February. 1893, and took the oath of
Office in December OF that year Immedi-
ately there was filed a protest against his
eligibility based on the allegation that he
had not been FOR nine years a citizen of
the United States, as is required by the
Constitution. MIR Gallatin was a native Of
Geneva. and had lived in the United States
since 1850, but he had frequently changed
his place of residence, and the question
arose over his actual citizenship during the