The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-23
THE MESSAGE
EXPLAINED
Leaders will Try To Help
Garry it Out
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RIVAL POLITICAL CAMPS
Taft Manager Claims $50 Delegates
The Protest From the Labor
Leaders May Hurt the
Secretary.

Washington, March 23.- Exaggerated
reports are in cirulation that the con.
gressional leaders Saturday reached an
agreement with President Roosevelt to
adopt his legislative program recently
outlined. All that has actually been
reached is a mutual understanding OF
the situation The president will send
IN his temperate message, probably on
Wednesday, and the leaders will then
try to secure certain limited proper
ton Of the legislation which ne urges.
II is now understood that be viii rec.
ommend a parcels post bill in addition
TO the six features previously described.
But owing to the opposition Of Speaker
Cannon, it is thought that there Is no
chance for such measure and that the
president realizes il.
The outlook for the employers liabil-
ity bill, the currency bin and the coll
lection Of tariH statistics, remains good /;
for the Sherman law amendment and
the anti-child labor bill the outlook is
doubtful; and for the snti.iniunction
bin there is at present no outlook at
ALL
The statement given out Friday night
by Mr.. Hitchcock, manager Of the Taft
campaign, in which he claimed 552 dele
gates for the secretary Of war, was held
up to scorn in the camp Of the "allies. .
Ii a statement which they issued the
following assertion was made: Con
eeding to Secretary Taft every delegate
OF which he has even the most remote
prospect, there cannot be mustered for
Mr.. Taft in xeess Of $50 Of the 49l votes
necessary to a nomination. The cam
paign methods employed BIZ the friends
Of Secretary Taft are 80 solidifying the
opposition and SO widely disseminating
the belief that Mr. Taft as candidate
would be lacking in the elements essen
tlal to a harmonious condition in the
party and the polling Of all the available
party strength, that this figure would,
under the most favorable conditions,
represent the high water mark OF the
Taft strength The Hitchcock figures
have been taken with certain amount
Of salt, but the comment is made that
the statement Of he allies Is mere
negation and makes little positive claim
for the allied candidates Therefore be.
tween the two statements. each 81
which is doubtless exaggerated. Wash.
ington i inclined to regard that Of Mr.
Hitchcock as having the greater weight
Of the two.
The protest issued Saturday night by
the labor leaders as result If their
conferences during the past few days
is considered As more dangerous TO Mr..
Taft than the deniaIs az the allies"
Il was rumored during the day that
this protest would be strongly eanti-
Taft in explicit terms. This proves
not to be the case. though IL said
that an effort was made TO name Tart
as an enemy Of labor. But 1t i felt
that the mere labor protests against the
alleged tyrannies Of the judiciary the
more it win initiate against The Repub-
lieans and particularly against Secretary
Taft. in view Of his record on the bench.
It is understood here that Congress.
men keliher and Peters, who left for
Boston Saturday, are engaged IN organ
ling the movement for Coy. johnson of
Minnesota in the Massachusetts, democ.
racy There il talk Of johnson on All
sides and Washington is settling into
the belief that the johnson OF anti.
Bryan workers have at least chance
for success.
The Senate has passed the legislative
bin after providing that
a fund Of Sl95500 should Be used to
mine disasters not merely IN
the territories but throughout the Tn
ion.
The House passed the Notifications
after lively party fight
on amendments relating to the tariff.