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Show PRESIDENT is stro:;ger, says Ml Declares Spedal Session Has Strengthened Taft; Democrats Weakened. REPUBLICAN LEADER ROASTS THE MAJORITY Tried to Put President In . a Hole," bat Failed : Signally. WASHXXOTOir, Ai. 22. Bepabli-can Bepabli-can Xieadsr liana, of the hone, la a otaaamant leaned today glriag the minority mi-nority Tlew of the work of, tha extra aeaetoa of the Domoeratta aoeae, dacUred da-cUred thai the sat result waa to atrenftaoB the president and weaken the Democracy, and that aba Democrats, Demo-crats, - "trying to pat the president la a hole" la tariff re rial oa laglala-ou, laglala-ou, had been "hot by their own petard." pe-tard." "The . special - aeaaion,'' said Mr. U JMgWriAWIt . . , v Maaa, "waa called by the president u th 'fulfillment of tb obligation at kis agio incut wrfk Canada" to eeasldsr aad pass oa th Caaadiaa reciprocity bill. That -bill passed and hss become a law. - i- t . Democrats Proved Basilar. . "Tbe Democ rate-in the house would have been wise if tbey kad confined the special sessioa to the consideration of th reciprocity bill. Instead of that tbey set out ta show bow tbey could buagls legislation. .Thev. preveoted the pass-ags pass-ags of 1 the constitutions! amendment for direct election -of -senator by insisting in-sisting on coupling with-it another amendment to the constitutioa to deprive de-prive the general government f sc of its necesssrv powers. ' "Tbey fought '. against publicity f primary election -expenses until we strangled -them into yielding.- They nearly defeated' ststehood for Arisons by insisting thst congress give practical approval to ths recall of judge. They prepared tariff bills without knowledge either of form or 'substaace. Tbey brought in tariff bills in great form, with a plaia avowal that they sever knew or eared what the effect might tte oa the industries of ths country, ahd plsnted themselves squarely oa a platform sgsinst protection and la favor of a tariff Tor revenue only, without with-out knowing what the effect oa the revreoe would be. They have declared in favor of larger importations from abroad, regardless of whether we have idle factoriee adflle men who might produce eimilar good. Keg lacteal Important Matters. "Whil entering oa th domain of tariff legislation tbey have refused to consider ether seeded legislation. They declined to consider a bill fixing ths tolls on the Panama canal, a matter of urgent Importance. We were unable un-able to force them to take up ronser-vstios ronser-vstios legislation, especially bills to protect aad atlliae th resources of Alsaka. "Whil they have attempted to cast odium oa the tariff board and have denounced thnt board ia unmeasured language, they have taken no steps to preride themselves informatioa for the much needed tariff legislation: "The priaeinel legislstioa which this session hss eaaesed ia tb provision In tli Canadian reciprocity bill admitting wood pulp and paper free from Canada. Can-ada. That provision In the law ws drafted bv me and ennrted exactly as! I had drafted it. Thoir acceptance of I thnt provision wss the wisest thing the Democrats bsv doae. The special sessioa ses-sioa hss developed the broadness of President Tsft's statesmanship, and i also the incompetency ef the Democrats Demo-crats when it comes to legislstioa. Thev have tried to pot the president in a hole; they have been hoist by their own petard. The act result of the extra ex-tra eeesioa has been te strengthen the president and wea ken tke Democrats before tke country." WA8HIXOTON. Aug. M. The report of the house committee which has been Investigating In-vestigating the slleged conspiracy In he department of ajcrlculttire to oust Ir, H. W. Wiley from his poaittnn as head of ths bureau of chemistry will not bs made until next ecembcr. . WAHHI.VOTON, Aug. ft. A tost session ses-sion of Prt-ildent Tsft's cabinet for Serena Ser-ena months to corns was held at ihe white houee today. Th eesalon lasted eeveral boura. The president s westara trip waa among Blatters considered. I WAfHINOTON. Aug. If. The house ec.mmlttee en expenditure In the department depart-ment of commerce and labor which has been Innuliina Into charges made by Representative Rep-resentative Townsend of New Jersey that the once great eeal herd of the Prtblloff i latonda Is being destroyed through Ikiioc t snce or oonnlvaiM-e of government aarnts. adjourned today to resume Ivs tnvssttea-l Uon In lesccsBber. |