Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-06
SENATE WAR NEARS TARIFF PLANS MADE
Democrats Prepare to Block From agate to Znc 1t to
Taft's Nominations. Be Revised.
REPUBLICANS LINE UP UNDERWO so ANNOUNCES
Declare Repra Will Be Possible Committee Will Begin Hearings
in Next Four Years All in January
OLD RECORDS ARE CITED HAVE DONE OF WORK
Pointed Ways and Means Chairman
dreds Appointments With President the White
No Up House-others
UNDERWOOD so ANNOUNCES
Committee Will Begin Hearings to
ALI in January.
HAVE DONE BULK OF WORK
Ways and Means Chairman Confers
With President at the White
House-Others There.

We will revise the tariff from agate
to zinc" Representative Underwood told
the newspaper men at the White House
To-Day. Mr.. Underwood had been in con-
ference with the President, upon request
or Mr.. Taft. and talked briefly about tho
democratic tariff program as he left the
executive Offices. Mr.. Underwood thought
1t probable that the ways and means
committee will begin tariff hearings in
January. SO as to be fully prepared to
report and have passed a tariff bill or
bills at the extra session
Il think the committee will hear every
pody who wants to be heard said Mr..
Underwood. The doors will be thrown
wide open. as We want all the informa-
ton We can get. Nobody genuinely in
terested in the tariff will be refused q
hearing
Has Done Bulk of Work.
Mr.. Underwood and his associates have
not determined whether they will put the
entire revision in one bin or in a number
OF bills. each containing a schedule. 1t
is the feeling of Mr.. Underwood that the
committee has done the bulk OF the work
necessary i'm the hearings II gave last
winter on the tariff bills that were then
reported.
There is every evidence that the ways
and means committee will stand back OF
its former work and that the tariff on
the schedules heretofore reported upon
VIII remain at substantially the same
rates fixed. The committee, however, is
open-minded as to changing any rate IL
ii obtains information showing that the
rate ought to be changed.
Optimistic About Business.
Mr. Underwood is decidedly optimistic
as to business activity continuing in spite
of the coming revision. His correspondence
shows that business men are willing to
accept, In good faith, the democratic
promise that business is not to be de-
stroyed or harmed by the tariff work OF
the democrats in extra session.
T. j. Dolan, general SECRETARY -treasur-
er of the International Brotherhood OF
Steam Shovel and Dredge Men, conferred
with the President today as to the selec-
ton of representatives OF labor on the in
dustrial commission. Mr.. Dolan has been
strongly mentioned for one of these places
but he told the President he prefers to re-
main with his organization and was in
terested only i'm seeing real representa-
tives of labor placed on the commission.
Presiednt Discusses Nominations.
At today's cabinet meeting the Presi-
dent talked with his cabinet officers about
a number of nominations that aust be
disposed of, the Industrial commission IN
cluded.
President Taft has had much expert
ence with wireless telegraphy during his
extensive travels and as President but
never until a few days ago did he ever
use this method Of accepting the resie-
nation of an official who was presumably
trying to get beyond the reach of such
acceptance.
The story concerns Sloan Simpson, post
master at Dallas, Tex, who had been ex-
ceedingly active in behalf of Cecil Lyons
political plans In the last presidential
campaign. When Simpson heard that the
regular republicans were after his scalp
for pernicious activity he wrote the Presi-
dent saying that If his resignation was
desired he would send it in. Before the
President had time to answer the letter
absence from the Post Office Department
and sailed last Saturday on the Adriatic.
When the President got wind of this fact
he sent a wireless to Simpson accepting
his resignation and then appointed an
other man.
Cabinet Officer by Wireless.
President Taft did get cabinet officer
by wireless. however. Mr.. Taft sent
Charles u. Hilles to New York to offer
the post of Secretary of War to Henry
l.. Stimson. The latter wanted the ad-
vice of two people before deciding upon
the offer These were Col. Roosevelt and
Mr.. Stimson's father, who was at sea.
A wireless message was sent to the elder
Stimson asking what he thought Of the
proposition. The answer, also by wire
less, must have been satisfactory, be-
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