New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-09
From The Tribune Bureau
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PRESIDENT DETERMINED The state
ment has been made moro than once III
these dispatches that there was point pc
yond which It was not safe TO trihe with
the President. because he was unwilling
to veto tho Payne tariff bill and thus cause,
as he believed such action would, hard
times and untold suffering 10 tho country.
Some of the members of his party-in fact.
some Of the leaders-have been disposed to
take the statement with numerous grains
Of allowance Not so with the two Sena-
tors for whom he sent to-day. and TO whom
he expressed. I'm language more torcefui
than diplomatic. his views regarding inc
Canadian reciprocity agreement. Senators
Crane and Carter came away from the
White House with their eyes opened o
their colleagues in the Senate they SAID
frankly that it was a grounding case.
They thought the President was angry. ana
they described his attitude in graphic
terms but they said that, whether MI
Taft was actuated by anger or by deter
mination. there was no doubt in their
minds that he was terribly IN earnest; that
they had tried all the time honored OK
cuses and he had brushed them aside Ike
ne had not said so in so many words. he
would call Congress IN special session II
the Senate did not act on the reciprocity
agreement before March 1. They added
that they hoped, merely as matter OF
humanity, that their colleagues would pro-
vide some better news for them 10 take
with them the next time they were called
to the White House They even intimated
that rather than so back and tell the
President there was no hope for his two
pet measures, they would take to their beds
and summon doctors and trained nurses.
GOOD POLITICS.-After years OF blum
doring the Democrats appear TO have risen
10 tho possibilities OF their position. Their
determination 10 hold a conference on the
Canadian agreement, with the purpose OF
presenting a solid front on that popular
question before tho country, Is realized to
be a striking evidence of their sagacity.
Then, too some Of them, al least, believe
they perceive chance TO harmonic the
differences between Champ Clark, their
leader IN the House, and Senator Bailey.
their would-be leader in the Senate. by this
course The Democrats N the House. led
n,
lii Senator Bailey will have none of ii.
His colleagues therefore, have suggested
10 him the advisabilty OF coming out for
the reciprocity agreement. and promised
that they will stand by him in opposition
10 the tariff board THIS will make IL ex-
tremely difficult for the Republicans. with
ali the good intentions in the world, to
pass the tariff board blu, while 1t also
makes all the more untenabIe Republican
Senator's Carter and Crane were not the
only Republicans sent for ny the President
to-day Senator Smoot had his turn He,
Il will be recalled. attempted to emasculate
the tariff board bill in committee on Mon
day. What the President thinks OF his
course he learned from Mr.. Tafts own
lips to-day. and he found that the Pres-
dents opinion was not precisely fiattering
However, the Utah Senator promised 10
abandon his efforts in that direction.
PARCELS POST.-After years OF fighting
the friends Of parcels post won a mate
rial victory to-day. They succeeded in in
ducing the Senate committee to put in the
postoffice appropriation bill clause setting
apart $4,000 TO be used to establish an ex-
perimental parcels post service. The Post
master General spent almost the entire day
with the committee, urging this and other
important recommendations. The House
committee refused to take any action along
this line, and it may be difficult to retain
the provision In conference, but the adyo-