Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-28
Members Express the Hope
That There Will Be Moth
ing Timid in War Message
to Be Delivered Tuesday.
WANT PRESIDENT TO
OUTLINE A PROGRAM
Feared Disastrous Delay
Will Come Unless Specific
Request Is Made Colonel
House Pays a Visit to the
White House.
BY ROBERT J. BENDER,
United Press Staff Correspondent.


United Press Staff Correspondent.
Washington, March 28.-
President Wilson will have
to be positive, definite and
specific in detail to get what
he wants from congress.
This is the impression today
ION the hill"
A vast majority of the 40
per cent of the new congress
here ready for the Monday
opening, feel that way about
it. They say that if the
president shows any inclina-
ton in his coming "war mes
sage" to be too general, or
timidly suggestive" of
what he wants, wide differ
ence of opinion will result
and perhaps, disastrous de-
lay in a real program.
PLAIN STATEMENT WANTED.
Congress leaders and the men in the
ranks say fatty that right now the
temper of congress wants to be told
why he called them into extraordinary
session and what he wants them to do
about 1t.
With all pre- congress preparedness
stops now practically taken, the big
question of voluntarily censored Wash
ington hinged today on what the presi-
dent will say next Tuesday when he
addresses the joint session.
The congressional temper evident
among early arrivals was forged back
home" They all say they are return
ing with a completely renovated set of
ideas especially grown in the back
home garden plots.
While this temper described pre-
dominates, there is also evidence that
some western members brought a
slight cooling of the war spirit with
them. Certain representatives and
some senators, who have strongly and
openly opposed war with or without
warlike actions toward Germany, all
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the people don't want war" They are
ready, however, to do the presidents
bidding.
ATTITUDE OF STONE.
Speculation is rife as to what will be
the attitude of Senator Stone on any
war like move asked of congress.
Stone, chairman of the foreign rela-
tions committee, is really more of an
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coming message, which remains to be
completed. Reports here today are
that Stone will fight openly and bit
| terly against any more war-like move
than has already been taken against
Germany. Whether he will go so far
| as he did in regard to the armed ship
resolution and abandon his committee
| leadership to Senator Hitchcock Is
producing a lot of speculation. Talk
today is that the house will show it.
self more ready to do the presidents
bidding than the senate.
Meantime. the house foreign affairs
| committee is working on a state of
war; resolution which 1t plans to in
troduce Immediately after President
Wilson concludes his message to the
| joint session.
MESSAGE WILL BE LONG.
With the arrival of Colonel E. NJ.
House at the White House. the belief
was general today that President
Wilson is rapidly whipping his mes
sage into shape and has called in his
personal friend and adviser to go over
some of the details of it. 1t promises
to be the longest address the presi-
dent has delivered to congress.
In addition to outlining the course
of events which has led up to the pre-
sent situation with Germany, the presi-
dent will recommend for immediate
passage, legislation which failed to get
through the last session.
REVENUE LEGISLATION.
The revenue legislation will occupy
an important part of his address
along with the militant measures ne
cessitated by the crisis.
The army appropriation bill will
probably be re-introduced in the form
that it passed the last house and new
provisions necessitated by eventuali-
| ties which have arisen since adjourn
ment will be tackled on as supple
ments.
This bill probably will be introduced
| in the house as soon as the lower
branch is organized and will be rush.
ed through in order to meet the dis
tress caused by the war department
fund shortage.
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