Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-09
He'll Discuss Tariff
LIE gislation with
Democrats at Cap
itol Today.
ANNOUNCEMENT SPRINGS
SURPRISE IN THE CAPITAL
Following So Closely on His
Personally Delivered Mes
sage, Newest Move Sets Of
ficialdom Wondering.


WASHINGTON. April 9.-President
Wilson announced early today that
he would meet the Democratic mem
bersi of the Senate finance commits
tee in the Presidents room at the
Capitol this afternoon to talk about
the tariff
Although it had been unofficiaIlv
announced before President Wilson
took office that he expected to go to
the Presidents room at the Capitol
at frequent intervals to be in close
touch with Congress, the news that
he would make the first visit today,
followed so closely upon the notable
scene of yesterday when the Pres-
dent read his message personally to
joint assembly in the hall of the
House, set official circles by the ears.
The President sent word early to-
day by Secretary Tumuty to the
members of the committee he would
like to meet them. The pivot of tariff
reform. ii is generally recognized will
be the Senate, where the Democratic
margin is small and where opposition
to certain schedules already is APP
parent. When Mr. Wilson last dis
cussed with the Senate Democrats of
the finance committee the method of
tariff reform they argued as unit
for splitting the bill into separate
schedules, assuring him that wider
"A l,x,
schedule and that unanimity OF
| opinion should prevail between the
two houses, and has declared that the
arguments advanced by both sides
were good
| w..=G.,s own Views.
The President Is said to feel that
moro nl'ogresS gan be nude by visiss-
TO Tue Catrtol, where he can confer
| with the Democratic members of the
Senate finance committee and the lat
ter can quickly get in touch with
senators reluctant to favor the bill at
present. MIR. Wilson firmly believes
in intimate debate in matters of legis-
lations, not only as time saver, but
as means Of averting misunder-
standings that might come by hav-
ing the administration views trans
mitted indirectly
The Presidents conception of the
method of securing legislation is that.
as leader of the party that selected
him, he can be a counsellor and ad-
wiser While he never has suggested
that the executive in either the State
or the nation should actually inter-
fere in the processes of legislation, he
always has maintained that the voice
of the party leader should be heard
in party councils
Intimations have come from the
White House that the President. il
defeated in the present issue of the
tariff reform, will go hefore the people
of those States whose representatives
in both houses of Congress have
thwarted the party program and ap-
peal in the primaries for the selec-
! tion of what he believes to be pros
| gressive candidates
Bnsy Day,
The President had a busy schedule
of engagements. however before his
departure for the Capitol Beginning
at O'Clock. when he devoted an hour
to his correspondence he saw q series
! of callers at fve-minute intervals
| until / o'clock, among them many
members of Congress
Al 2.20 he greeted in the east room
more than 500 school teachers, also
Bishop Collins Denny, of Rich
mond, Va. a classmate. and Bishop
e. e. Hoss, of Nashville, Tenn, of
/ the Methodist Federation Commis-
sion in session here, and Robert $.
Hyer. president of the Southern
| Methodist University, of Dallas, Tex.
The President left the White House
at 2:45. devoting the remainder of the
afternoon, if necessary. 10 the confer-
ence at the capitol.
President Wilson's visit to the
capitol was explained by members OF
the finance committee to be con-
tinuation of the conference begun
Monday at the White House. Mem
bers of the committee desired fur
ther opportunity to present their
views of changes needed in the tarln
bill
THE Democrats of the finance
! committee asked for a conferences
with the President. and we met him
at the White House Monday morn
ing, SAID senator ftOhS culltl. 4 Id
conference adjourned to meet again.
Now the President renews the con-
ference and instead of requiring the
nine Democrats of the finance COM
mittee TO come to him he has come
TO them"
! Other members commended the
action of the President in arrang-
ing to meet the finance COMMITTEES ~
point more convenient 10 senators.
Many changes in the Underwood
measure advocated by Democratic
senators will be pressed upon the
President for further consideration at
the meeting. These include not only
the question of splitting the tariff
into separate bills; but also the
change of many duties where the
Senate Democrats believe scientific
tariff making principles have not been
followed, In cases where raw ma
terials have been subjected 70 tariff
and manufactured products put on
the free list. such as wheat and flour.
the President will be urged to recou-
mend changes that will balance shs
duties.