Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1912 — CONFERENCE WITH WILSON. [ARTICLE]

CONFERENCE WITH WILSON.

To Set Date of Extra Session, Is Planned By House I leaders. Washington, D .C. December 22, — Speaker Champ Clark, of the Houso, and possibly either democratic leaders .here will journey to New Jersey some time daring the next week for a conference with President-elect Woodrow Wilson on the date for the convening of the extra session of the new Congress. Majority Leader Oscar Underwood, who has been ill for the past several days with a threatened! attack of pneumonia, has so far recovered that he may be able to make title trip, but it is hardly thought that he will attempt it before next; week.

Ph« principal clamor for an earlier session that on April 15, the date suggested by President-elect Willson, is coming from the new Congressmen, who are anxious to get into the harness as soon as possible. The older heads are counselling waiting until the middle of April, or until the new President and h'ls cabinet have had time to become acclimated. They figure that it will take that time at least for t'ho working out of a proper sort of program, Ihe oiling of the new machinery, they figure, will occupy the greater l>art of the month of March. The argument is being used , that the Democratic party's tariff pledge demands immediate action by the new Administration, but this Is being met with the reasoning that the country will be so interested in. setting in ■motion of the new governmental &p_ paratns that little attention will bo paid to platform pledges for a month or eo. Not much criticism will be stirred up by a few week’ delay, it 1h figured. It looks now as If the counsel of the older heads will prevail.