Show TAFT AND CONGRESS Continued from page 1 have made quite as much progress a athe as the more conservative of them had expected expected ex ex- they would The best of feeling pervades the conference conference conference con con- ference and find it has become became quite evident eident evi ei- ei dent that if left to themselves th the members of the conference will b bable be beable beable able to bring out a bill at no distant distan date They have gone so BO far as to tomake tomake tomake make it reasonably certain that any bill which the they could report would malie make mak some tome some concession to those who demand demanda a duty on raw material Taft Against Congress The fact that the president has taken takei so positive a stand as he has has had hac the effect of shifting the controversy of the two branches of congress between between between be be- tween themselves to the president anc and congress as a whole From this this' time forward it looks as if the question would be not what the house will concede concede concede con con- cede to the senate or the s senate nate to the house but how bow much the president will d demand mand and how much the conferees conferees con con- can concede and sure of the acceptance of the tho conference re report report re- re port by the two houses of congress It is a good natured fight but it is isa a fight The great difficulty of meeting the presidents president's demands if they are as extreme in the direction of free raw material as is feared by those interested inter ested will be encountered in the sea sen senate ate where the raw material states have hav bett better Detter er proportionate representation anc and where there is no cloture rule In Inthe Inthe the house as a whole the tendency is toward the presidents president's s 's position but bu several of the house conferees lean toward the senatorial view No one goes so far as to predict that thai thata thaia a feasible way will not be opened up for or escape from froin the situation Nor does anyone anone especially condemn the president presS presS- dent for holding out for the future ful ful- of his campaign pled pledges es Western Senators Oppose On the other hand the senators from the he raw material sections urge the vital importance to these sections of the he acceptance of their views While the he best beat of personal good feel feeling ng between between be- be tween the white house and the capitol capi- capi tol ol exists the interests involved are so large arge ro that it is evident that congress will not yield readily and it is very doubtful whether hether the president could get et free raw material if he should denand de de- nand mand it it |