New-York tribune., 1921-01-01
| 'e1lrose Saws
Senate Will
Guide Nation
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ut has been my opinion that tariff and
revenue legislation should be consid-
cred together as a who'c after consul
tation with the Presidont-elect and
whoever may be Secretary Of the
! reasury."
Incidentally, when thr new tariff AMI
revenue bill is passed 7 ext session it
will be the Fordney- Pcnrose bill, if MI.
Penrose retains his grip as he evi.
IDENTIFY expects. He la< no intention
ST permitting his illnces to keep him
sway from active SUPERVISION of it's
writing. He intends to disappoint
agreeably the friends VI have feared
that after 50 many yeas of work upon
revenue and tariff bills which bore the
names Of others his name would never
20 down in history as co-author Of one
White protesting that he was az
st&nch high tariff man as ever. Mr..
Penrose expressed himself as abso-
.utely opposed to the 'oea Of prevent
ing Europe from sellioe, it's goods in
showed very di. gvrt view from
that expressed by recent Republican
spercANa That it would bc better for
hmerlcH TO cancel the billions Of debt
wlne TO this country than to perNit
their payment in goods.
Bedford's View Approved
"There is cons derabre in what MI
Bedford says said Mr. Penrose. when
ms ettention was called to the recent
statement Of A. G Bedford. Of the
Standard oil COMPANY, favoring per
mittinE Eur pc to sell goods here. and
also to the contention of the aUtomo-
Lille manufacturers ~ favor OF reci-
procity. We cannc. expect foreign
raticns 10 pay off their debts TO US If
We do not permit them an opportunity
10 .radc with us. | am as strong p
ta.N ma. 3s ! ever WAS. but at the
same time would NOT be willing 60
vo.e S0r a particular tariff schedule
without giving it careful consideration.
"On the broad question Of tariff ana
revenue legislation it should be under
tod trat we are facing TIE greatest
problem in lie history Of the nation,
4 problem which viii tax the ingenuity
and ability of the m6st able statesmen
nd the most competent experts In
dealing with that problem we viii re
Quire the aid Of the best brains no.
'rlv in Congress. but il the business
community"
~ to.rose Indicated that lire sol
dies bonus bin also would % over
an the extra session Of Congress
since it was inscparably tied up with
the whole question of taxation and
the condition o. the Treasury He
favored, he said doing something
which would satisfy the soldiers. bat
at the same time not cripple the Treas
Try.
Bat the feature of the whole inter
view which most impressed the news
paper men with whom the Senator
.aiked which stood out even more
., Il, Il, ILL.,
any ones memory Penrose nad actual
ly sent word to the newspaper Offices
hat he would be glad to see thp corres-
pondents at u particular time was
MS reference to Senator Jamcs + Wat
SON. Oh Indiana.
Sympathizes With Watson
"l am going tt call on Jim Watson, >"
ne said. 81 hear he is i'll. / have
the deepest sympathy with any one
Watson has called on Penrose y
dozen times since the Pennsylvania
Senator has been ILL., tie is generally
regarded as being Penrose's favorite
among the politicians of the country
But the face of .nrose for once
showed what was going on in his mind
when he made this announcement.
Senator Watson was the picture Of
heath during the days Of the Rerub-
lcan Ma onal Convention, when most
of the speculation about Pcnrcse was
whether he would live to see the Re
publican nominee chosen. 1t was with
4 sort OF triumph that MIR Penrose an
nounced that he would "call' on his
old friend in this hour Of his illness.
another evidence of Senator Pen
roses pride in his comeback was the
way he talked about going down to
mittee room. He even conyuted
friends to the advisahiiey c going
on the ncor of the Senate in wheel
chain.
lie displayed surprising vigcr to-day,
however. getting up and shaking hands
With the correspondents, aud moving
hls chair TO more convenient posi-
tlOi