New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-24
WILL CALL CONGRESS
/. TO REVISE TARIFF ONLY
Wilson Learns Party Leaders
Look Upon Any Other Action
as a BIunder.
FINAL WORD FROM M'COMBS
Reports to President. Elect
Currency and Trust Questions
Not for Special Session,
According to Plans.

Despite the fact that President =
Wilson has made no announcement of
his plans for the coming special session
OF Congress. it became known yesterday
that tariff reform would he the only
subject of Importance that would he TAX
en- up by the Democrats. Currency leg
lslation and the trust question would be
left for consideration at the regular
session later on in the year.
The President-clect. according to re-
ports from Trenton. is keeping his own
counsel on the subject. He is finding
out what the prominent Democrats
throughout the country think should hc
done, 80 that he might guide his course.
He has found that almost without eX-
ception the opinion prevails among the
leaders in his party that TO take up any
other subject than the tariff at the spe-
cial session would be a tactical blunder.
Since Mr. Wilson's return from Ber-
muda he has conferred with every Dem
ocrat in the United States Senate and
the House whose opinion he conside rs
worth while. He has also. of course,
conferred with william j. Bryan. one
of the first men that the Presdent-elect
met after his return from the balmy air
of Bermuda was Colonel William f. Nc
National Committee.
They met at the Waldorf i'm ,he af-
ternoon of the day the steamship Ber-
mudian arrived here. and for more than
four hours they went over the entire
situation in the Democratic party at
that time Since then the President
elect and Colonel McCombs have not
met. and ii was learned yesterday that
the National Chairman had spent the
last five weeks going through the coun-
try in an effort To find ont what the
thoughtful Democrats of the nation be-
lieved should be done at the special
session. ard had found that with hardly
an exception. the opinion prevailed that
the ,arn shOuld be the only subject that
the special session should be asked TO
consider.
Primed with this Information. gathered
from all parts OF the country. Mr.. Me-
Combs went to Trenton yesterday 10 re-
port TO President elect Wilson what was
the almost unanimous opinion or the
Democratic leaders throughout the coun-
try. He had not arrived home at late
boar last night. but those who know the
President, elect and the high regard he
has for the national chairman believe that
the lat;er's visit yesterday constitutes the
final word 10 Mr.. Wilson before he finally
makes M his mind. and that when he
does do so that the President-elect VIII
respect the opinion Of thoughtful Demo-
Gratis Of the nation
80 FAR as the date of the special ses-
sion il concerned. II seems pretty well
agreed that either March l. or Is VIII
be the day on which the new Congress
will be brought to Washington. Presi-
dent-elect Wilson has not said So be-
cause be has habit OF keeping these
things 10 himself. but il was learned on
excellent authority yesterday that every
prominent Democrat who has talked TO
him on the subject has come away with
the firm belief that Congress VIII be
called together I'm special session some
time i'm the middle OF March. not later
than the dates mentioned above.