Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-21
STRIKERS QUIET
DURING VISIT OF
TAFT IN OMAHA
CARS ORDERED STOPPED TO
AVOID TROUBLE
LARGE CROWDS CHEER NATIONS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Children Join in Welcome to Chief
Executive, Who Discusses Rail-
road Rate Law Passed
by Congress
rRv Associated Press. ]

leaving the insurgents OF Mime
" sofa and Iowa behind him.
stopped in omaha this afternoon and
erc. on his way to the Paclttc
coas..
The president found omaha in the
midst of a street car strike. 10 aVpLu
the possibility of trouble, Mayor DaIil-
man ordered all attempts to run cars
during the presidents stay calleu OIL
The strike did not prevent the gam
ering of a great crowd in the uoWh-
town districts, and there were tunes
when the presidents automobile had
difficulty in making its way through
the cheering throng.
The president was taken for an
hours ride through the streets anu
parks He passed nearly every scnool
buildine in Omaha and received joy
Gus greeting from the children VINO
stood in front, waved flags and cheered
their loudest.
Tonight the president was guest
of the knights of Ak 1r-Ben at
quiet dinner at the Omaha CLUB ana
afterWard was taken to the deh ot
the organization, where he witnessed
one of the famous initiation festivals.
Makes Brief Speech
Afterward he made a brief address,
In which he expressed his gratlHcatlon
for the RTeeLlQS ne lldO 4CSSA' ~ $3.50
his enjoyment of the entertainment
arranged in his honor.
At Des Moines today the president
delivered the second of the important
declarations of policy he had outlined
for his trip.
He addressed himself to the inter-
state commerce and antitrust laws
an. detailed at length the plans for
amendments to the statutes that ne
will make to congress in his message
of Decemb-r next.
At Denver tomorrow night Mr. TaIt
probably will discuss the subject OF
the conservation of natural resources
President Taft spent little more
than four hours in DeS MONIES To-Day,
and during that time breakfasted with
United States Senator Cummins, one
of thet "insurgent" leaders in con-
gress; reviewed an imposing parade
of nearly 5000 federal troops engaged
in a military tournament there, and
made an open-air address to an i'm
mense crowd gathered from the sur
rounding country, in which he dis
cussed in detail the changes he will
recommend in the interstate commerce
and antitrust laws.
To Consider Appeals
The president announced he would
urge the establishment OF an interstate
commerce court of five members to
consider appeals from rates fixed by
the Interstate Commerce commission
He will also recommend legislation to
prevent interstate railway companies
owning stock in competing line and
compelling railroads thus owning stock
to dispose of their holdings within a
given time.
Legislation to prevent the over-issue
of stocks and bonds and the watering
of stocks will be strongly recon-
mended.
The giving to shippers of the choice
of routes in the shipment of freight
is another important provision which
the president favors
In taking up the antitrust law, the
president declared he knew of no way
in which distinction could be maze
between good and bad" trusts, for he
regarded all combinations to suppress
competition and to maintain monop-
oly to be in the same category, whether
the terms of the illegal contract should
be regarded in some instances as
reasonable" or unreasonable"
The president also discussed the
proposition to except labor unions and
farmers organizations from the oper-
alton of the antitrust law. Specif-
ically to except these organizations, he
declared, would be vicious legislation
but he pointed a way in which they
could be relieved of some of the oner-
GUS TeSIIlCLlOIlS now pldSSu upOll LIlSlll
but at the same time be held amenable
to iniunctions, which form of pro-
cedure he believes adequate to deal
with any violations by the unions.
Presidents Address
The president said:
"FelloW Citizens of Iowa: l have
great pleasure in meeting such con-
course of citizens of one of the most
purely agricultural states in the Union
-one which has enjoyed to the full
the prosperity which has come to the
man who has invested his money and
his labor in the farm for the last dec
ade.
"Iowa has come to be a state in
which there is great independence of
view and in which the voters exercise
intelligent discrimination with refer
ence to candidates and policies that
keeps those who are looking for polit-
ical victories in a constant state of
doubt and anxiety.
"The last general election was held
in November of 1908 and resulted in
the success of the Republican party in
the national contest In both chambers
of congress the Republicans have a
majority and they have the president.
Looking forward to the legislation
that ought to be expected from that
party, we must refer back to the plat
form upon which the party was elected.
In IHe 6XlId SeSSlOH RECENTLY CLOSED IL
tariff bill was passed as was promised
in the platform. 1 do not intend to
dwell upon the much disputed question
whether that bill complied with the
bill promised for I have considered
that at another time eEd at another
place.
what I wish to invite your atten-
tion to this morning-with the tariff
bill out of the way for the present
time at least-is what there is for the
Republican party in congress under
the promises of its platform to do in
the coming regular session"
Outlines Position
The president then outlined briefly
his we'll known position with regard to
labor unions and dwelt upon the neces-
sity of passing at the earliest possible
moment legislation to carry out plat
form pledges as to injunctions.
He said, also, that he would recon-
mend that congress require the rail-
roads to adopt additional safety de-
vices to guard the lives of their en-
ployes.
"But the legislation with respect to
the laborer," continued the president,
"is not all the legislation that the Re-
publican party is pledged to. Indeed
when l look forward to the next ses-
sion and realize how much there is TO
be considered 1 tremble lest the ses-