The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-12
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withheld from publication. He is Will
Ing, however. that it shall become
known should Ambassador Chinda 80
desire.
The president does not consider
that there will be any difficulty in
eventually reconciling all parties 70
the situation. So far as the Webb bill
now in the hands OF Governor john
son, Is concerned, the fact that there
was Incorporated in it the flat declar-
alton that its provisions shall In no
way be construed as in violation OF
existing treaties, indicated that the
intent OF the trainers was to obviate
any litigation along this line. John
Bassett Moore, counsellor OF the
state department. and one of Amerca's
greatest experts on international law,
is understood to have held that the
bill is ambiguous and contradictory
In certain sections, but in just what
manner it Is open to attack In the
courts no one here In Washington is
prepared to say at this time. Presi-
dent Wilson positively refuses to pass
on the question OF the eligibility OF
the Japanese to naturalization. Meth
er will he say whether this govern
ment, In view OF California's insist
ence that the Webb bill does not yio-
late the treaty provisions, will uphold
the state from the time the bill be.
comes law, should there be an at
tempt to send the issue to arbitration
at The Hague. The administration
position is now. and has been from
the start that the entire question was
unfortunately raised, but that 1t is do
ing everything 1t can in an honorable
way to meet the Japanese objections,
while at the same time unfolding the
general doctrine OF states rights in
the matter of domestic legislation.
Tariff Matters.
President Wilson does not believe
that there is the slightest danger Of
the matter getting to point where
it cannot and will not be settled
through diplomacy. He made this
very plain today when an attempt
was made to eliminate any reference
to it as serious in the usual accept
onna - hof word
There has been no change in the
administrations attitude on the tariff
bill. The reports which declare that
a coalition has been affected between
the anti-free sugar and wool sena-
tors and the republican minority
whereby the bill is to be amended SO
that fifteen percent duty shall be
provided on raw wool and the tree
sugar clause stricken from the bill,
are not accepted by the administra-
ton. Instead, the president was new
er more confident than today, on the
eve Of the opening of the battle in the
senate, that the bill will pass that
body substantially as it was enacted
by the house. When told that certain
senators had fatheraG this story, the
presidents jaws came together with
"a characteristic snap. and he declared
that he was just as hopeful today as
he had been. He intimated that he
believed the stories were being print
ed for public consumption and in the
hope that they might brighten the
friends OF the bill, but that they would
defeat their own object.
The president sees no need for
further public hearings and he ex-
poets that the Penrose resolution call
ing for them, which would delay final
action on the bill at least six weeks,
will be defeated when the vote is
reached in the senate. The bill will
then be taken up in committee, and
will go through schedule by schedule
with only such changes in phraseol-
ogy as may be found necessary to
standardize it. There is to be no re-
opening OF the pottery or similar
schedules, If the wishes OF the white
house have the weight they are ex-
pected to have.
It is the intention of the president
to make available as soon as possible
the 100000 appropriation needed by
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce for its investigation of the
cost OF production to manufacturers
who allege their business is ruined
by the new tariff. He declared again
today that he is in full sympathy with
the operation of the bureau, and that
if 100000 is not enough money for
its needs, he will see that 1t gets
more.
The president hopes to make a
definite statement Of the administra-
TONS attitude on the currency re-
form during the present week, but
viii not send any message to con-