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Show H WILL CONFINE H THE SPECIAL TO H TARIFF ALONE H Washington March 10 President H Wilson may find a harder task boforo H him than tho Democratic leaders ex- H pocted to carry out their plan to re- H strict rongiess to tho consideration H of tho tariff alone at tho special ses- slon announced for April 1 Although tho specall sseslon still Is three weeks away tho president heard urgent pIoob today In behalf of two subjects which Domocrats of In-fluenco In-fluenco bcllovo Bhould b0 taken up and disposed of us soon bb possible. Iteprcscntlve Glass pronpectlvo chairman chair-man of the houso commlttco on banking bank-ing and currency urged tho necessity for Immediate consideration of tho currency reform, and former state chairman Hclfnar of Washington asked tho president to consider a recommendation re-commendation for tho Immediate on-actmont on-actmont of legislation looking to tho development oi Alaska. Mr (UiiBs reft tho White- house convinced con-vinced a curronc' measure might be Introduced and partly perfected at the special session though It hardly was likely to bo passed. Assured of Hearing. Mr. Helfncr was nssurcd of a further furth-er hearing at which senators and members of tho houso Interested In Alaska would oo present. Their of-fortB of-fortB will bo directed townrd having tho president support n plan proposed propos-ed by tho Alaskan railway commission com-mission for tho construction of several sever-al railroads designed to open the coal fields of that territory. Ansuranco catno from Bonnie lenders lend-ers lato today however that the tariff tar-iff only programme could be carried through successfully In that branch of congress. Any bitterness which may havo doveloped as a result of tho recent sonato caucuses and the selection select-ion of Senator Kern ns majority leader lead-er tho president was told would not Interfere with a strict ndhorenco to a programme of tariff revision and that alone. Progressive Republicans not approached as yet by Democratic leaders aro expected to fall In lino with tho domlnent party and aid In tariff revision. |