The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-11-21
CLERKS ALREADY
BUSY ON TARIFF
REVISION MEASURE
Ways and MeansC Com
miltee Planning
Session.
USING OLD BILLS
USING OLD BILLS
LIKELY Wool, Cotton, Iron
and Steel Schedules Will
Be Re-passed.

Washington, ID, C.-Thc clerks oil
the House Ways and Means commit.
tee already are at work on tariff re
vision bills for the special session of
congress, which Wilson has stated
he will summon to meet next April
The democratic leaders have been
confident for some time that the in
coming administration would force
the tariff issue TO an immediate trial
and much of the detail of the work
of preparing the bills is under way,
Whlle Wilson is resting at Ber-
muda during the next few weeks, the
democrats OF the two houses will en-
deavor to settle tn general program
to be followed at the extra session.
1t has not been determined whether
II general bill will be introduced
embracing the wool, cotton, iron and
steel revisions which the democratic
house mas previously passed, or
whether each of these tariff sched-
ules viii again be brought up in the
FORM OF Il separate bill. Little time
VIII be necessary, ii is believed, to
perfect the wool, cotton, metal and
chemical division bills because of the
OH done by the democratic WAYS
and Means committee in preparing
similar bills passed in the last two
sessions and which were vetoed bv
Taft.
Democratic leaders are not agreed.
however, over the sugar tariff, and
THIS situation is pulling the manae-
ers OF The party in both houses. The
House Tree sugar bill passed at the
iast session did not meet the approval
or the democrats in The Senate and it
sui rests IN the conference commit
tee of the two houses.
Wilson'S determination to cali an
extra session perfects a record of
pruclleally continuous work upon the
larllI since the special session called
by Taft in 1909.
Wilson'S Announcement.
New York City. Coy. Woodrow
Wilson announced last night thnt Inn.
mediately after his Inauguration rs
president of tho United ts5atcs he
would call an extra session Of ON.
Sress to convene not later than Apri2
40 lor the purpose Of revising the
tariff.
The president-eleot Will sail for
bermuda AT 2 o'clock this afternoon
ior u vacation and vii return Deccm-
ner ~. lie set ut rest in the mean
time speculation as to what he would
40 With regard to tariff revision and
issued the following statement:
VIII Convene April 10
/ shall call congress together in
extraordinary session not later than
April 10. shail do this not only be
cause ] think that the pledges of the
party ought to be redeemed as
promptly as possible, but also be-
cause ] know 1T to be in the interest.
OF business that all uncertainty as to
what particular items of tariff are &c.
be considered, should be removed u.
soon as possible
Beyond this brief announcement the.
governor said that he had nothing
further to say. Most of the opinions
he had received from public men
seemed to be in favor of an extra
session, he declared.
The governor did not intend to en-
press himself about an extra session
SO soon after his election. Although
he has favored the idea of an extra
session because the present arrange
ment would not bring the new con-
gress into session until l3 months
after its election, he had promised to
spend more time in ascertaining pub.
lie opinion. With the time to be
consumed in discussion the governor
felt that II an extra session ere wnct
called the benefits of a tariff revision
would be postponed for practica y
two years. Throughout the cam
paign he reiterated that he desired
an immediate revision of the tariff
and that democratic leaders knew
perfectly well how to proceed about
it.
Democrats Are Pleased.
Washington, ID. Ca general ar
prevail was voiced in democratic Giro
les over President-elect Wilson'S de-
clslon TO call an extra session OF con-