The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-16
ANNOUNCES THAT HE WILL CALL SPECIAL SESSION OF
 CONGRESS ON TARIFF.
WILL TAKE VACATION SOON
Before Leaving For Bermuda He Makes Announcement so Coun- try Will Know What to Expect
 From Business Viewpoint.

New York, Nov 15.-The presi dent-elect will sail for Bermuda at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, for a vacation and will return Dec 16. To set at rest in the meantime specula- ton as to what he is to do with re- gard to tariff revision, he issued the following statement:
 T shall call congress together in extraordinary session not later than April IS. l shall do this not only because l think the pledges of the party ought to be as promptly met as possible but also because l know it to be in the interest of busness that ali uncertainty as to what particular items of the tariff revision are to be, should be removed as soon as possi- ble"
 Beyond uhis brief announcement, the governor said he had nothing fur ther to say.
 Most of the opinions he had re- ceived from public men seemed to be In favor of an extra session, he de- clared. The governor did not intend to express himself about an extra session so soon after his election. AL though he has favored the idea Of an extra session because the extra arrangement would not bring the new congress until 13 months after it's election. he had expected to ex pend more time in searching public opinion.
 The governor felt that if an extra session were not called the benefits of tariff rivision would be postponed for practically two years. Through out the campaign he reiterated that he desired an immediate revision oi the tariff and that the democratic leaders knew perfectly well how to proceed about it.
 Tlte govbrnor was impressed by the argument also that with an early announcement as to an extra session democratic leaders in congress could begin to take counsel at. an early date Sc that much of the prelimin- ary details could be worked out be- fore congress convened on April 15.
 The governor was prompted incl. dentally in making his ,early an nouncement by the fact that many members of congress were desirous of arranging for accommodations in Washington for the extra session if tbere were to be one.
 Though the president-elect means to rest while in Bermuda, he really expects to give a good deal of time to quiet thought about lhe problems that face him. He will sketch his annual message to the New Jersey legislature and will do some exten- size reading to procure data on the tariff on monopolies, on banking and current reforms and other issues.
 The governor came to New Tork tonight to attend the dinner given in his honor by his class mates, Pripc; ton'79. He expected to have no poll , tical conferences while in the Me tropilis and seemed fully confident that he would not be disturbed by any political callers while resting in Bermuda All the prominent men in the campaign just closed. the gover- nor said, know his intention of post poning the consideration of politi- cal subjects until his return
 I'll feel like dancing a jig when l get aboard that boat" said the pTesl dent-elect. as he left Princeton to- day. Mrs. Wilson and her three daugh. ters accompanied him. Oddly enough there was a special car on the same train, enroute from Philadelphia to New York carrying sixteen business men, one of whose number was pay ing bet of $5,000 which he wagered year ago that democratic presi dent would not be elected this year. Chas. B. Prettyman, a real estate man of Philadelphia, who won the bet was however. according to one Of it's conditions, to spend $1,500 for a dinner in New York, for a party of sixteen business friends. Tine gov ernor smiled when he learned of the affair
 The president-elect will sail on the steamship Bermudan, one of the boa g plying between New York and Ham iiton, Bermuda. Besides the Wilson family, a stenographer, and three servants, there will be ten news papermen. They will arrive in Be;~ muda Monday. The president has leased a cottage on a remote part of the islands where many a season heretofore he has spent his svaca- tion. Upon his arrival he will call upon the governor of Bermuda and request him to consider his presence unofficial.