The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-12-04

MS mlnd thht " ~ the only plan "a
get W. II. Andrews out or congress-
something must be done or he Is going
to bust the pension bureau, and tina,
would put business to the bad in the
national capital. Any way the Her.
ais says:
Hasty inventory of the work which
the president proposes to ugges 10
congress has convinced veteran legis
lators that its accomplishment means
they will not reach home again until
midsummer, II before the fall. With
the taste Of Than ksgiving dinner stiIl
lingering they do not relish a session
which will demand a sacrifice Of
their summer vacation, even in part.
The experiences Of the extraordinary
tarif session, which adjourned on
august .. IL too recent to have
promise Of another Washington sum
mer treated lightly.
II is already being suggested in the
capital that II President Taft would
suggest some few things from the list
" reforms enough for the administra.
ton, and let others 20 over until an.
other session Of congress, republicans
would be willing to form a dying
wedge and drive them through. But
the president Is committed to a mes.
sage which will be as wide as the
East is from the West and as broad a,
the distance from the Great Lakes
aud the st. Lawrence to the Gulf OF
Mexico, where lies his brother ranch.
Whispers Of what congress il think.
ing out loud have reached the white
House, and the president has been
long enough in Official life TO know
that the gentlemen : agreements" as
TO legislative action which used TO be
made between Theodore Roosevelt
and the republican leaders prior to
the break which made them impos.
sible were exceedingly helpful.
Aside from leaving a breach in the
wall toward which the ''in~surpeut" 3
strength Is likely to he thrown, the
proposal of the president that tn.
railroads attempt 20 agree 20 the
~ certain amendments TO the
m act is wei. reeelv.
cd This is the place where repub.
have feared a division which
would dissipate the strength Of their
majorities. They have not forgotten
the passage Of the rate bill and the
new lines which it laid down aud
would meet a compromise half way.
Statehood for Arizona and New
Mexico is conceded, but there il
slight hcsitanry as to the time when
L shall be reached, which NAV well
invite the attention Of the president,
who is for statehood, and the advo. |.
'ates OF IL who are backing up the
recommendation In his mes
age.
Postal savings banks, about which
he president has given his views with
his usual frsnkness, are not over
in the senate, and those who
ave analysed the situation closely do
lot find the new committee Of the
Iouse, TO which this recommendation
will go, as altogether favorable rs TO
he early report Of bills making two
states. The president will ask
9th Of these measures as the redemp.
ion Of party promises.
ship subsidy, or mail subsidy, which
= the more likely proposal Of the
resident, has friends as ardent as its
pponents in both houses. Mail sub.
Idly upon a limited scale was agreed
pom by the senate with comparative
ase, but went down TO defeat by n
cry narrow margin in the house, which
its Endorsement a question. I
While these are by no means all OF
legislative reform which Presi. !
ent Taft will urge, they are sufficient !
} show that, while congress and the '
resident are upon the best Of terms, !
here is need Of an understanding for !
he promotion Of smooth cooperation. '
II the president should decide TO !
rye changes in the interstate com. I
cree act, possibly an amendment or {
yo for the Sherman antitrust law. '
nd some new things in the way of I
with which he has been :
much impressed, he might have the ]
publican strength of congress !
solidly behind him. Multiplicity
strings to the bow might tend to
eaken the force Of the arrows, !
hich will oil his message culver. .
ALL STEEL PAssENoER CARS.
An additional safeguard in railway }
avel has been provided In the all steel q
'ssenger car. After many years Of .
and building cars are now be.
u made that will reduce TO the minu.
um the chance Of passenger coaches
sing telescoped or destroyed by IRE.
The arst delivery on an order for all
eel passenger coaches placed by the
oek Island Lines has just been re. !
and many Of the through trains
ave been equipped. 4,
The cars have q seating capacity Of
Ighty, the seats are handsomely uphol. /
cred in green plush, having high
aeka, and the arm rests are Of Mexi.
IN mahogany Ne are also the window I