Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-19
EXTRA SESSION BY APRIL is.
President. Elect Wilson Settles Matter
and Goes to Bermuda.

President Elect wilson oettieS matter
and Goes to Bermuda.
New York, Nov. 15.-Governor
Wilson announced tonight that i'm
mediately after his inauguration as
president he would call an extraordi-
nary session Of congress to convene
not later than April Is for the pur-
pose of revising the tariff.
The president-elect will sail for the
Bermuda islands at o'clock tomor-
return December 16. To set at rest In
the meantime speculation as to what
he would do with regard to tariff re-
vision, he has issued this statement:
IT shall call congress together In
extraordinary session not later than
April Is. I shall do this not only
because I think the pledges Of the
party ought to be redeemed as
promptly as possible, but also be-
cause I know 1t to be In the interest
of business that all uncertainty as
to what the particular items Of tariff
revision are to be, should be removed
as soon as possible.
Nothing More to Say.
Beyond this brief announcement
the governor said he had nothing fur
ther to say. Most Of the opinion he
had received from public men seemed
to be In favor Of an extra session, he
declared. The governor did not In
tend to express himself about an ex-
ira session so soon after his election.
Although he has favored the idea of
an extra session because the present
would not bring the new
congress into session until 13 months
after its election he had expected 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 were not
called, the benefits Of the tariff re-
vision would be postponed for prac-
tically two years.
Has Been Promised.
Throughout the campaign the gov
ernor reiterated that he desired an i'm
revision Of the tariff and
that the Democratic leaders knew
perfectly we'll how to proceed about
1t. The governor was impressed by
argument also that with an early an
as to an extra session.
Democratic leaders In congress could
begin to take counsel at an early date
so that much Of the preliminary de-
tail could be worked out before con-
gress convened April Is. The gov
ernor was prompted, incidentally in
making his early announcement by
the fact that many members Of con-
gress were desirous Of arranging for
in Washington for
one.
To Rest and Think.
Though the president-elect means
to rest while In Bermuda, he really
expects to give a good deal of time to
quiet thought about the problems that
face him. He will sketch his annual
message to the New Jersey legislature
and will do some extensive reading on
data on the tariff, monopolies, banking
and currency reforms. and other
issues. The governor came to New
York tonight to attend the dinner CIV
en- in his honor by his classmates,
Princeton '79. He expected to have
no political conferences while in the
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 governor
said, know his intention Of postponing
the consideration Of political subjects
until he returns.
Will be overioyed.
'I'll feel like dancing a Jig when
I get aboard that boat" said the presi-
dent-elect as he left Princeton today.
Mrs. Wilson and her three daughters
him. Oddly enough there
was a special car in the same train,
en- route from Philadelphia to New
York, carrying 16 business men, one
of whose number was paying a bet
Of $4,000 which he wagered that a
Democratic president would not be
elected this year. Charles B. Pretty
man, a real estate man Of Philadel-
phia, who won the bet was, however,
to one of the conditions,
to spend $1,500 for a dinner in New
York for a party Of 16 business
friends.
The governor smiled when he learn
ed Of the affair.
The president-elect will sail on the
steamship Bermudian, one Of the
regular boats plying between New
sides the Wilson family, a steno-
grapher and three servants. there
will be 10 newspaper correspondents
along. The party will arrive In Ber-
muda Monday. The president-electl
has leased a cottage In remote part
Of one Of the islands, where for sever
al years he has spent his vacation.
upon his arrival In Ber-
muda he will call upon the governor
Of the island and request him to con-
slider his presence In Bermuda entire
ly informal and unofficial.
I'm going to try to be incog,'"
said Gov. Wilson tonight, 80 that 1
may have no functions Of any kind