The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-20
PRESIDENT CONFERS WITH DEM.
OcRATS OF HOUSE AND SEN
ATE REGARDING TARIFF.
CAMPAIGN MAPPED OUT
Beth Houses Of Congress Practically
Will Be Agreed Upon General Re-
vision Plan Before Special Session
Beeins-Leaders Plan to Rush Bill
Through at Once.

Washington, March 19.-The house,
the senate and the president came to-
gether informally today for the first
time, on the "preliminaries" Of tariff
revision. A short conference between
the president and Senator Simmons
of the senate finance committee fol-
lowed by long conference by SEN
ate sub committee and Chairman I'm
derwood of the house ways and means
committee laid the groundwork for a
series of three -cornered conferences
that are to follow before the tariff re-
vision bills are presented to the house
in April.
AS result of the discussion, it was
said by Mr.. Underwood and. Senator
Simmons tonight that the hduses of
congress practically will be agreed on
the details of the tariff revision be-
fore the bills reach the house, and
that the opinions and desires of Presi-
dent Wilson also will have been fully
considered.
The fight over free wool decided by
the committee on ways and means
yesterday in favor of a Is per cent
duty will recur in the senate and the
reduction of the sugar tariff will also
be stumbling block there. While
few individual items of the tariff re-
vision bills We're considered by the
leaders of the two houses today, these
subjects We're canvassed and plans
made to attempt to reconcile the vari-
ous factions in both bodies before the
beginning of actual debates in the
house and senate The senate
finance committee will work inform
ally with the house committee on
ways and means, and both will be in
close touch with President Wilson up
to the time the bills are completed for
the house caucus.
The senate committee will begin
consideration of the complete revision
bill as soon as it is passd upon by the
democratic caucus in the house and
without waiting for the house to act
upon it. The sentiment in both
houses has developed strongly in favor
of single tariff revision bill en-
bracing the whole revision instead of
a separate bill for each schedule.
Should the house adopt this plan, SEN
ate leaders declare the tariff bill will
be passed quickly in the senate.
Representative Payne of New York,
ranking republican of the ways and
means committee, said today that
while there would be minority report
on the tariff bill by the republican
members of the committee, there
would be no time to present a repub-
lican measure.
The question as to when the tariff
law shall go into effect has not been
taken up, but the opinion was ex-
pressed tonight that it would take eff
feet Immediately upon approval or the
following day.
Frequent Conferences.
President Wilson will confer fire.
quently with the members Of the
house and senate in the president s
room at the capitol in the extra ses-
sion of congress. This was an
nounced at the White House late to-
day.
The president intends to make him
self as accessible as possible. to mem
bers of congress on those days Wher
tariff legislation will have reached its
most important development.
The president will go to the capitol
it was said at the White House, in {
spirit of friendly cooperation, there
to consult with democrats and repub.
licans alike on the progress of legis.