New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-15
COUNTRY WAITS AS
JAMES SEEKS HONOR
Tariff Legislation Is Held Up
Pending Kentucky State
Convention.
SENATE NOMINATION PRIZE
President Ready to Veto Wool
Bill, Ending Tinkering OF
Session, but Demo
Gratis Delay.
Iron The Tribune Bureau. ]

IFrorn The Tribune Bureaul
Washington, Aug. 1i-As Nero f1ddled
while Rome burned. so the President and
Congress and the business interests Of
the country will burn while Ollie James
| 1ddles. The kentucky Democracy VIII
begin its state convention tomorrow,
and Of course Representative James had
TO be there. for is he not the primary
nominee for Senator and the titular boss
Of the Kentucky Democracy. and is there
not danger OF an elusive primary nomi-
nation slipping away when Democratic
convention meets?
And. therefore. Representative oscar
Underwood Democratic leader of the
House. had promised Mr.. James and his
Democratic brethren that while they are
away from Washington attending their
convention the wheels Of progress in the
House of Representatives will remain at
standstill and that there shall be no
/ Presidents veto of the statehood bill or
of the wool bill in their absence.
| 1t is, Of course. little trying to the
| President and TO those members Of Con-
gress who are anxious to wind up this
session and go home. and 1t may be a
little trying to the business interests OF
the country TO have this wholly unnec-
essary delay; but then, Mr.. Underwood
recently told in open debate the absolute
truth about the way in which Mr.. James
/ had fiim1ammed the Kentucky voters.
and he had to make the amende honor
able in some manner. Accordingly, when
the friends Of Mr. James told the Demo-
cratic leader OF the necessity OF going
to Kentucky which confronted the
would-be Kentucky Senator and certain
others Of the Bluegrass delegation Mr..
Underwood promptly promised TO put
the brakes on the legislative mill
Delays the Adjournment.
So, in the estimation of the Democratic
leaders adjournment is bound to be de-
lGyed until the middle or latter part or
next week. Speaker Clark says 1t can
not be reached before September l.
President Taft has promised to go to
Ocean Grove TO speak Tomorrow, but
he would have cancelled the engagement
10 write his veto of the wool Dill H.
thereby, he could have expedited the
adjournment. But he was informed by
Representative Mann, the Republican
leader of the House, this evening that IN
view OF Mr. Underwoods promise moth
ing would be accomplished by his re-
manning in Washington tomorrow, and
so he will go Il, Ocean Grove as he had
planned, returning Wednesday morn
ing.
II was hoped that the conference on
the wool bill could be acted on by the
Senate this afternoon, but Senator Cum
nins's determination TO discuss the iron
and steel schedule soon emptied the
Senate. and ii was seen that it woulo
be impossible to hold quorum. The
report will be made probably tomorrow
but as several Senators have announced
their determination TO talk on the sub
! iect. il is feared the bill cannot be sent
IN rho President before Wednesday. If
il reaches him on that day he will. ac-
cording to his plans, return his veto
message on Thursday. The message Will
GO 10 the House, however, and as that
hody will not take il up before Friday
II seems unlikely that it will reach the
Senate, should the House have sufficient
votes 10 pass it over the PRECEDENT
veto before Monday.
May Amend Statehood Bill.
An earnest plea has reached both the
White House and the leaders OF Con-
gress 10 amend the statehood bill by
adding the Nelson amendment and then
passing it, Some Of the leaders predict
that this will be done, and if it is I'M
dartaken It will still further delay adj
journment.
While the President does not care act
ually to write his veto message until the
wool bill is finally before him and while
he now expects to point out some OF It's
most serious Inconsistencies, It is prob
able that when the bill is before him he
will not do so. Instead, he will confne
himself 10 pointing out the folly OF at
tempting any tariff revision in the dark
J when the report Of the Tariff Board will
! be before Congress as soon as December
/ Thus. If Congress is really in earnest
il can revise the wool schedule on a
scientific basis by January !, the date
at which IL was provided that the new
schedule should go into effect. That
date was changed only when Senator
Bailey pointed ont and Senator La Fol-
lette realized that as passed by the two
houses the bill furnished such an excel
| lent argument to the President for veto
! ing the measure.
! The Presidents veto Of the statehood
bill is complete and in type. and will be
| ssnt to the House tomorrow or the next
| day. in accordance with the advice OF
/ the Republican leaders
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