Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01
TAFT STEAM|NG UP
Making Time to Complete
Message to Congress.
RECEIVES NO VISITORS
Even Speaker Cannon Unable to Get
Presidents Ear.
sHERLEY FIGURES CANAL COST
$500, 100000 When Completed, His
Estimate-Would Garry on Work
of Fertilization at Once.
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President Taft continues to pound away
on his message.
He did not go to his offices during the
usual work hours. remaining in the pri-
vate apartments Of the White House. Sec
rotary Carpenter hung up. the mo WIS.,
itors'' sign for the benefit Of congressional
and other callers who walked into the ex-
ecutive offices.
This sign applied even to the ever active
and virulent Speaker Of the House. Mr..
in the automobile Of Representative
Dwight, republican whip" of the House.
and went away in the same vehicle.
He was so full of red blood that he hus-
tied into the executive offices with a
springy, swift walk, rapidly surveying the
new quarters put up for the executive
during the summer. Then he blew into
the offices of Secretary Carpenter, looked
around and said. Fine, fine
His black felt hat. brought over from
last winter. and crumpled up at the
back as If he had failed to smooth 1t
out after sitting on 1t, sat jauntily on
the side of his head His face shovel
plenty of color and his active left hand
swept a wide area when he began talk
ing.
A number of newspaper men who hap
pened to be in Secretary Carpenters
Office when he blew in joShed him with
some questions. Somebody brought in
the word Murdoch, which happens to be
the name of the Kansas representative
who is saying many uncOmplimentary
| things about Uncle joe
| Let me see" said Uncle Joe, as he
scratched his head and unused in an
absent minded way. Murdoch? Muir
dock? 1t seems to be have heard that
name. Why. yes, he was an actor fellow
| long ago and he's been dead a long
! time
story of his resigning.
The black cat said to the monkey.
| hurrahw commented the Speaker, and
| that was all.
Fighting Corporation Tax.
Secretary Carpenter would make no APP
| pointments with the President for to-
morrow. He does not know whether the
| President will have his message COM
pleted at that time.
| One exception was in favor of an Hi
nois delegation that has been here sew
eral days trying to get in touch with the
| President and his Attorney General The
| delegation is headed by LaVerne Moves,
president of the Illinois Manufacturers
| Association.
| The Illinoisans are leading the big pro-
cession of corporation officials to enter
| an objection to the new corporation tax.
| They are not only trying to have the
| administration suspend the operation Of
the tax until a test case can be brought
| in the courts and settled. but they also
! object to the inquistorial features that
are found in the blanks that have been
prepared by the commissioner of internal
revenue and will soon be in the hands of
| the corporations upon which to make an
| swer to the government.
/ They say that it is going to be diff
| cult to answer the questions prOpounded
| in the government blanks.
| 1t has been claimed by auditing COM
panies throughout the country that II
the corporations are required to answer
as proposed in the law. that the entire
| system of auditing Of American business
| concerns will have to be overturned
| Attorney General Wickersham has held
! that this theory is inaccurate and that
there will be no difficulty in giving the
proper answers.
There seems to be no probability that
the administration will consent to sus.
pend enforcement OF the provisions Of the
law pending the settlement of test suits
that may be brought. Attorney General
Wickersham is confident that the gov.
to the courts.
Against Cotton Gambling.
/ Representative Burleson Of Texas, who
called at the White House, expressed
opinion that another effort will be made
at the coming session of Congress ia
suppress gambling In cotton futures. He
said that he understood that Representa-.
tive Scott of Kansas would again put be-
fore the House a bill on this subject.
Mr.. Burleson said that the cotton grow
ers and manufacturers Of the country
are interested in suppressing the arti'
fetal manipulation OF the price OF cot