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Show Taft's Steel Bill Veto. The president Is distinctly dlsi spectful to the house of represeni lives In vetoing the ste'l bill on t ground that, in the absence of a 1 n port from the tariff board, It did n 50 have enough Information for actl e- The house has the constitutional rt to Initiate revenue legislation. a there la no provision in the con nil " tlon for a tariff board, and congr I la under no obllgatlona to esercise I functions only In accordance with t J recommendatlona of such a body. O gresBman Itedfleld and Profeai nd Taussig of Harvard t'nlverslty ha thoroughly riddled the reporta of t nd board, though It has undoubte( done some useful work. Put, evrn )W Its work were of the most conrlnel sort, the ways and means eonimiti an la not unfamiliar with the aubjct steel duties, nor Is the house Inmm ur tent to act upon Its own JudRin-nt. be Of course, the president acted me ly aa a protectlonim In vetoing t rm bill, and ho waa probably making ia- bid for the surport of the protertli Ists whom Mr. Hooevelt Is trying ro- draw away from the Republican par nd The hous was entirely Justified promptly pssslng the bill over t for veto. Philadelphia Record. |