Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-08
Limited TO TARIFF
Present Plan of Presidents
Message to Congress.
EXTRA SESSION PROGRAM
Revision Regarded as Vital Issue Of
the Recent Campaign.
LEADERS YIELD APPROVAL
Settled, Also, That No Appropriation
Bills Shall Garry Other Leg
islative Enactments.
EXTRA SESSION PROGRAM
RS YIELD APPROVAL

President Wilson's message to the spe-
cial session of Congress will deal with
the one subject of the tariff, according
to his present plans, intimations as to
which are coming through congressional
and other visitors to the White House.
The President has not begun work on
the message. Far from it. He barely
has time to sleep and eat. Even his
luncheon hours are interfered with by
visitors. But the President has gen.
eral idea what he will say. This idea
is, of course, subject to change after
conferences he will have as soon as
possible with the congressional leaders
of his party. y
be pointed 1t will likewise point the
way for the democrats. The President. 1t
is said. proposes to suggest that the vital
issue of the last campaign, next to that
of the more direct rule of the people and
their closer participation in the affairs
of the country, was the tariff, Every
public servant taking part in that rev1-
sion should stand fatty where the coun-
try can place him and everything should
be done in the broad daylight. That there
may be broad open anair OF tarln rev.
sion the message will indicate that the
extra session of Congress should be de-
voted to that one subject and the passage
of the two appropriation bills that failed
to get through-nothing else.
In Accord With Leaders.
That the President and the demo-
cratic leaders are in thorough accord on
this continued to be in evidence today In
the talks of the leaders as they went IN
and out of the White House.
AS also indicated in The Star in the
past few days, the appropriation bills
will contain no legislation. They Will
simply carry money for the running or
the government. There will be no pro-
visions exempting labor and farmers or
CARNATIONS from certain laws. The at
tempt to do this which caused President
Taft to apply a veto to the sundry civil
bill will not be made again. Democratic
callers on the President do not profess to
quote him on this question. but they con-
fidently predict that appropriations only
must go In appropriation bills to get
the approval of Mr.. Wilson.
Representative Sherley of Kentucky. an
influential member of the House commit
tee on appropriations, was in conference
with the President today. Mr. Sherley
felt that it would be improper for him to
repeat anything the President said to
him, but declared that he favored appro-
priation bills without legislation and that
the entire membership of the committee
felt the same way.
President Gees Many Visitors.
President Wilson began work at S:3o
o'clock this morning: and began seeing
visitors before O. o'clock. His program
was a pretty lively one. IA o'clock this
afternoon he will stop, adhering to his pur-
pose to shut off steam at that hour for
little recreation He has been going on
automobile rides each afternoon lately,
seeing Washington from the same auto
mobile Mr.. Taft used. A new automobile
is being made ready for the. President.
service man, who was with him at Tren-
ton and Princeton, the President yesLer-
day had a long ride through the city. Ine
two motor cycle men who foiioWed Presi-
dent Taft now ride behind President WILL
son. but they no longer wear uniforms.
They are In citizens clothes.
President Wilson today finally decided
that he would not be accompanied IN
public by uniformed aids. The latter
will be with him only on state occasions
functions. The President Is not fond
of ceremony or quasf-regal appearances
which he thinks the presence OF UNI
formed aids invariably gives. There
are twelve aids at the White House now,
but the number probably will be greatly
reduced.
The President is marvel as worker
in the executive offices. He is not given
10 long conferences with anybody. he
leads his visitors into talking directly and
to the point, and when they are through
he turns to other visitors. He dispatches
business with the ease of veteran ana
absorbs what is said to him with rapidity
and understanding. His secretaries 40
not hesitate to make many engaeements
for him, feeling confident that ne VIII
80 <hror,Uh with them time.
The Supreme Courts visit was unusu-
ally brief. due to the fact that the aids
at the White House benefited by their ex-
perience on the last occasion when the
court paid its formal respects. An en-
ha IRA ssing situation was created then, as
neither the members OF the Supreme
Court nor Mr.. Taft were sure VINO should
leave the blue room first. In the uncer-
tainty, the courts visit was prolonged
nearly an hour Today President Wilson
was informed he was to depart ahead OF
the court. He did so after chatting
briefly with the justices and hurried back
to the executive offices to meet long
line of callers.
Prompt in Keeping Engagements.
The President keeps his engagements
to the minute. He Insists that Others
shall do likewise. He gets uneasy II ne
finds himself about to be blocked from
Keeping an engagement right on the dot
and invariably finds way to be pune
tual going with0lt meal II necessary
to do so. The visitor who does not keep
an engagement is likely to hnd himself
out of the program, according to those
who know the President.
Col. r. NJ. House, intimate friend OF
President Wilson, led the list of callers
at the executive offices. It was Col.
Houses last talk with the President be-
fore departing for his home in Texas.
Ex-Representative Pujo OF Louisiana,
who presided over the money trust IN
vestigation in that body; Representative
Moon Of Tennessee, Senator Pomerene OF
Ohio, Senator Hoke Smith OF Georgia,
Senator Stone Of Missouri, Representa-
tives Page, Adamson, Bartlett, johnson.
Beaks and Hamill saw the President.
Reception Of Congratulations.
Congratulations of the Philippine people
to President Wilson were presented by
Manuel Quezon, resident commissioner.
Mr. Quezon left with the President a
cablegram from Speaker Sergio Osmena
of the Philippine assembly, expressing
the hope that the new administration
would further the move for Philippine in
dependence and saying: