The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

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president standing like rock Of ada
mant on his original ground and invit-
ing attack. The most that can come
out of it will be the stirring up of much
bad blood among the negroes and a
postponing of the time when the negro
problem can be considered soberly with
a view to its ultimate solution Should
the senate order an investigation, the
commlttee's report would come so near
March as to prevent action. The most
that Foraker and his supporters are
striving after is moral victory.
Court Public Opinion.
they want the agitation of the ques-
ton to cause public opinion to convict
the president of having done something
he had no right to do, either in law or
will rest content.
In some form or other the car short
age question is to come before the
present session The interstate COM
merce commission is to make report
to the president with conclusions and
recommendations, and that report is to
20 to congress. Whatever may be done
will depend entirely upon the character
of the commission s Recommendations
Should those recommendations embrace
the further enlargement of the commits
sion $ power by amendment of the new
rate law, 1T is almost certain that moth
ing can be done until the long session
OF the new congress, next December, by
which time the railroads, thru fear of
such legislation, probably will have
done all that they can to ward off the
evil They probably will oppose action
OF a hasty character, which alone is
possible between now and March 4.
The Interstate commerce commission
expects to have it's findings of fact
with regard to the car shortage ques-
ton written up by the middle of next
week, Jan. 10.
These reports. both as to fact and as
to findings, will be turned over to the
president who will transmit them to
congress, with such comment as he NAV
deem necessary.
Will Form Conclusions.
The commission already knows what
its findings of fact will be, but it's
members have not yet had any discus
sions regarding the conclusions it will
draw from the findings These discus
sions will take place early in the COM
ing week.
The commission having made the car
shortage investigation on its own in
ftiatiye, its report will be made to it.
self, but, as already stated, copy Of
IL Will De given the president, at his re-
quest, for transmission to congress.
1t is still undecided whether the
president, in transmitting the report to
congress, will write special message,
or merely formal note of transmits
sion. He was at first inclined that a
strong special message would be in
order. Later on, however, after the
hearings had begun, he thought there
would be no need for a message. Now.
1t is understood that he will be guided
regarding a message by the commits
sion 3 report.
The fight is still on between the big
navy on the one hand and the river and
harbor. appropriation on the other.
There is not enough money in the treas
ury for both. The president already has
tried to accommodate himself to the
treasury situation by saying that he
will be satisfied with having only part
of his naval program for this session
carried out. This modified program
leaves out the monster ship of the
Dreadnough class. Thus has the pres
ident been compelled to take to the
woods when the pork barrel comes in
sight,
Ship Subsidy Puzzle.
Whether there will be ship subsidy
legislation this session is very uncer-
tain. The house committee has the bill
which passed the senate last session,
and thus far has been unable to report
It. The speaker also is somewhat 3D.
posed to the bill. and if it should be re-
ported, it is likely that it will be con-
fined to mail vessels sailing to South