Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-27
CONGRESS-, HOWEVER, MAY SEE
TO 1T THAT SOME OF THE
MEAT sPoILs.
NOT MUCH is EXPECTED
FROM FORTHCOMING SESSION
AIdrich Will Manipulate Affairs and be
In Entire Standardization to Pre-
sent Corporate Control and Capital.
cation as Important Issue = Other
Political Gossip.
Especial Correspondence


Taft's message to congress is still in
large part to be written, according to
authority which is referred to the
White House, but the president knows
pretty accurately what he wants to
say, and just what he is going to talk
about.
1t is expected that the message will
contain more matter in less space than
any like message in many years. 1t
is to be short; that is, short in proper
ton to the number of recommends
tons and their great Importance; and
it is the understanding that it will not
attempt to outline anything like de-
tails of legislation, leaving all that for
congress in its wisdom
Further than this, the paramount is
sue, the great issue on which greatest
emphasis will be laid, will be, it is de-
clared, the establishment of control
over capitalization of great corpora
tons. This subject the president re-
CARDS as of prime Importance, and
members OF congress who are arriving
in town understand that it will be CIV
en- the place of honor and command in
the program
Subordinate Questions.
Subordinate to this will be the vari-
Gus other matters with which the mes
sage will deal, such as conservation,
reorganization OF the interstate COM
merce law, amendment of the Sherman
Ia
cense for interstate corporations, econ
omy in national expenditure, currency
reform, and numerous other issues of
the, first class. The president has
vast program to lay before congress;
and 1t is an impressive fact that al
most none of the arriving statesmen
expects any important accom- plishment
this session
Various reasons are advanced for
this depressed feeling. The fact that
the dominating organizations in both
houses of congress will be opposed to
effective accomplishment. is most COM
monty stated as the reason for hope
less feeling The success with which
the senate leadership held its grip of
the tariff session has discouraged many
pro-ressives. They think the long SEES
sion will be like the tariff session; 1t
will be controlled so firmly that it will
do no more than the leaders want
Committee An.asonistio.
In the first place, everybody is fig
uring on the committees of house and
senate. The one committee which is
regarded as a mystery is that of the
house on interstate commerce. Headed
II a Mon -
prove a good deal more independent
than has been expected. But the fact
that Speaker Cannon placed Mann in
command is widely regarded as the
guarantee that Cannon knew no very
progressive measures would come out
of 1t. The belief is expressed by MANY.
that the proposal for new court of
interstate commerce appeals may be
formulated into law and passed. But
beyond this, not much of importance
is expected at the coming session The
success of measure for control OF
capitalization is anticipated by almost
nobody Neither the house nor the SEN
ate committees are regarded as at all
likely to report such a measure, and
while La Toilette, Dolliver and others
are credited with bills to carry out the
project. it Is feared that they will be
referred TO committees in which they
will die
Trouble to Come Early.
By way of encouraging the easy
asphyxiation of menacing legislation Of
progressive character, there is prom
Use Of ample troubles from the very be-
ginning of the session. Investigations,
inquiries. politics, the insurgent fight
for control of the house. and the pro-
gressive struggle for more power in the
senate-these are all expected to de-
velop situations which will become so
spectacular and sensational as hope
lessly to distract attention from the
legislative issues. The whole session
will be as full of politics as an egg of
meat. The dear old constitution will
provide inspiration for endless CONVEX
sation 1t will be brought forward as
the argument against almost every
thing that may be proposed, and it will
furnish pretext for votes against all
kinds of proposals.
Recognition of this situation gives
the color of encouragement and de-
preston to the expressions Of almost
all the public men who would really
like to see accom- lishment. They do
not believe that anything less deter
mined than a breach between the
White House and the republican lead
ers o. Canitel Hill will ACCOMPLISH
results; and they do not believe that
will happen. The Big Stick is looked
upon as a back number; and nothing
less than the Big Stick is expected by
anybody to accomplish results.
| Aldrich Holds the Brakes.
| Until Senator Aldrich permits his
program to be known however, nobody
will be able to do more than guess
how the sessions time is to be spent
1t is the great function Of Aldrich to
provide themes Of harmless converse
for the senator's, and to engineer those
themes into such position OF vantage
that they may consume just as much
time as seems necessary to prevent
anything being done. The ship subsidy
is looked upon as very likely stop
gap for the session, in the senate Ev-
erybody thinks 1T is going to become
law this time, even It's bitterest oppon-
ents. The progressives, indeed, are
already predicting that the administra :