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likely to be able to make locations in
the meantime to the detriment of the
people. He knew that many of these
power sites had been acquired in the
Sierras, but realized that in some
states, like Colorado, the development
of such properties by capitalists was
popular. He satisfied himself that it
was unlikely the public interests would
suffer by the delay of surveys and ac
cordingly is holding up the hands OF
his Secretary of the Interior, because
he thinks his Secretary of the Interior
had been acting within the law. In
the meantime he has put the geological
survey to locating mineral lands and
water power sites on the unsettled
public domain. When such mineral
lands and water power sites are deter
mined they will be withdrawn prompt
ly from entry.
There can be no question whatever
about the difference between the Taft
and Roosevelt policies with Congress.
They are not the same and in all prob
ability viii lead to different ends. The
President will not swing a big stick
over the Senate or the House. He in
sists on making his wishes known to
those two legislative bodies Then Sen
ate and House must go ahead with
their duties, legislate in their wisdom
and the President will thereupon exer-
else his Judgment about approving or
vetoing their work. Time and again
during the eight tempestuous weeks OF,
the extra session, the President has
been appealed to to help out in some
insurgent movement. He has steadily
declined. In such cases President
Roosevelt often helped out the insur-
gents and aided in kindling a fire
under the House and Senate leaders.
That was what caused so many and
fierce quarrels between the President
and Congress, during the Roosevelt ad
ministrations. Mr.. Roosevelt was able
to win out over Congress, because he
was constantly waging campaigns be-
| fore the people for their approval of
what he was doing.
President Taft is anxious for down
| ward revision of the tariff. He stands
pledged to it, according to the popular
view, although the Senate leaders, head
ed by Senator Aldrieh, announce that
there is no pledge to revise downward.
Mr.. Taft instituted a vigorous cam
paign for revision in the interests of
the consumer, before he was inaugural
ed He met with Ways and Means
Republicans in the early winter, dur
ing brief trip to Washington. But
he ultimately made peace with Speaker
Cannon and the House bill was not
altogether satisfactory to revision ad-
vocates. Beyond question, the Presi-
dent could have forced a measure of
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House and Senate have accomplished,
if he had kept laundering at their
leaders. He has made it plain that
when the bill is through Senate and
House he intends to have a few plain
words with the conferees and to in
sist upon the retention of the reduced
rates voted by the House and also by
the Senate. He feels that, there being
but few men on the conference, he
can work more effeetually with them.
The President probably will be able to
accomplish much in that direction. The
fact remains. however, that very many
| items will be out of the jurisdiction
| of the conferees altogether, because
| Senate and House will have adopted
| the Identical figures. Then it will be
| difficult to control conferees, once the
| bill has passed the Senate, where the
great ordeal of high or low rates was
inevitably to come.
/ The President has gathered about
| him as a rule, quite a different class
of men than President Roosevelt had.
He is appointing men to office, better
known for ability. They have not al
ways been the men that the radical
west. as the term is used this side of
the Mississippi River, altogether APP
proves. The radical men say these APP
pointees, those, for instance, who have
| been in the employ of corporations,
have been associated with corporations
and will expect to return to corpora
tion employ after they are through
with the government. Secretary OF
| State Knox was a great Attorney Gen
| era1 under Roosevelt, although, a cor
poration attorney 1t has been said
| that he became great Attorney Gen
eral because Roosevelt kept constantly
after him, insisting that he should do
things. Mr.. Wickersham, the present
| Attorney General, is also a big corpora
ton lawyer There are evidences, that,
while President Taft has not been
prodding him as vigorously as Mr.
/ Roosevelt prodded Mr.. Knox, President
| Taft has been insisting that the law
should be enforced and that if "the
| dear old trusts will not be good with
out being prosecuted, there will be
vigorous and intelligent prosecutions
President Taft expects to go west
on long tour this summer and during
that tour the West will have oppor-
tunity to judge him better than it can
now BY the time his special train
begins whizzing toward the setting
sun, his course with the tariff will have
| been determined. If he wins anything
from Congress, by his new policy OF
non interference-which was the estao-
lished policy by the way up to the
time of the Roosevelt administrations
the President will gain something IN
prestige and will be stronger when he
undertakes his program of corporation
| legislation next winter. If he loses on
/ tariff, as there is danger he will do,
it viii be all the more difficult for
| him to ''get by with amendments to
| the Sherman antitrust law and the
Hepburn act next winter For Con
! gress viii be more disposed to follow
| the advise of the old leaders.
The President s methods of transact
ing business are plainly those of the
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