Show REDUCING W ARTAXES Congressman Grosvenor After a Conference With the President Talks of f Probable Action by Congress Besides Cutting Down Taxation the Nicaraguan Canal Bi the Ship Subsidy Bill the Army Reorganization Bill and the Spoonei Philippines Bill Will Become LawsTalk of Reducing Congressional Congres-sional 1 Representation in States that Have Restricted Su f rage TRIBUNE BUREAU 501 Fourteenth Street Street Washington D C Nov 19 1000 Washlnlon Gen Grosvenor of Ohio who Is regarded re-garded as the personal representative of the President in the House of Representatives Rep-resentatives Is here to attend the meeting meet-Ing tomorrow of the Republican members mem-bers of the Ways and Means committee commit-tee He called on the President after which he talked about the probable action ac-tion of Congress at the coming session i He said he thought war taxes would be reduced and the Nicaraguan canal bill the ship subsidy bill an army reorganization re-organization bill and the Spooner Philippines Phil-ippines bill become Jaws REDUCING REPRESENTATION Referrlns to the proposition otd reducing re-ducing the Congressional representation of the States that have restricted suffrage suf-frage he said he thought nothing would be done at this session As to the Southern States which are the worst offenders In this regard he said The South will herself get the worst ot disfranchising voters and I do not think It will be necessary for Congress to take action as punishment Senator Lodge who was at the White II House today for tho first time In months referring to this talkedof curtailment cur-tailment of Congressional representation representa-tion said he thought It was at least doubtful whether I would be made n feature ot the reapportionment bill to be passed this wjnter WOULD HURT BAY STATE It Js Interesting to note that while reduction of representation In accordance accord-ance with the Fourteenth amendment would bear most heavily upon certain Southern States It would probably deprive dE-prive Massachusetts of at least ona representative In Congress and one I Presidential elector because that State Imposes an educational qualification asa as-a condition of suffrage the same as Mississippi Louisiana and North Carolina Caro-lina This fact may account for Senator j Sena-tor Lodges doubts iii STEWARTS VIEW OF ELECTION f Senator Stewart Sllverlte of Nevada f Who supported the Republican ticket this year was also at the White House today Speaking of tht election ho said 1The party wouldnt stand for both rebellion and anarchy at once Bryan embraced the Philippine rebels and preached anarchy but he could not unload both Aguinaldo and Herr Most stand on the it country The people wouldnt |