Evening star., 1909-06-18
Presidents Tax Message
Meets Popular Favor.
MANY APPROVING LETTERS
White House Mail Flooded With
Commendatory Epistles.
ACCEPTABLE TO THE HOUSE
Speaker Cannon and Representative
Dwight Among This Mornings
Callers to So Tell President.

Speaker Cannon and Representative
John Dwight. republican whip of the
+! House, were visitors to President Taft
today.
| The calls were short There was Moth
ing like an extended confereiAe
Mr.. Dwight. usually reticent is willing
| to go on record that the House will ac-
ceot the corporation tax and income
amendment program of the President
| The President is now SO fully committed
| to the plan that party leaders consider
! that he must be sustained
No influence. however is necessary to
| bring this about. they assert. The ma
jority of the members of the House are
pleased with the program. The more
they hear from their constituents the
more earnest they become in support of
the President
! Whatever trouble there is ahead is with
the ways and means committee of the
| House. That body. it is learned. voted
down this Identical proposition at the be-
gining of the extra session
| Moreover, member of the committee
today said that the vote against the plan
was nearly unanimous from both republ-
cans and democrats. The committee will
gracefully fall into line according to
present expectations.
| When the committee considered the
! Presidents plans before the sentiment
among the members was strongly toward
| an inheritance tax. which has also been
proposed by Mr.. Taft as one method of
raising revenue in addition to the customs
and internal revenue.
Had IL been necessary. in the view of
the committee. to vote extra taxes the In
heritance tax would have been imposed,
| 1t is said. in spite of the fact that the
committee knew that the corporation tax
| had the backing of the President. who
/ had talked the question over with Speaker
| Cannon and found the Speaker in agree
ment with him. The understanding is that
| the Speaker would have used his influence
with the committee at the time had not
| the tariff bill been nearly ready to report.
He also knew that the scheme could be
put through just well by getting the
Endorsement of the Senate first
Pleased With Sentiment.
/ President Taft is pleased with the SEN
timent developed in favor of his program
| both in Congress and throughout the
country. Simultaneously lie is hearing
| from both Friends and admirers through
out the country are writing hundreds of
| letters commencing the chief executive
| for his message and telling him that the
masses are with him These letters are
50 numerous as to remind the White
/ f1buSG tltIhS Oh Tie ora roosevelt utiN :.
when every important act of the former
President was followed by bushels of
/ letters. The Taft message. according to
! the tone Of the letters. struck keynote.
Naturally the President is gratitied. Sena-
| tors and representatives are dropping in
to pledge their allegiance and to report
the crumbling away of opposition.
! Representative Mckinney of Illinois.
who was at the White House today. said
| that people coming in from the west
reported public sentiment with the Pres
ident Il think the plan is going through
without difficulty. said Mr.. Mckinney.
| 'WhateNer Is popular with the majority
| of the people will be enacted into law,
and this proposition seems to have their
| strong support
| EX Representative Lacey of Iowa. an
other visitor today. expressed similar
| views. The Presidents proposition has
| been well received so far as | can learn
said Mr.. Lacey
| Economy in Departments
Todays cabinet meeting at the White
House was an extended one continuing
for more than two hours and a half At
! its conclusion il was announced that
economy of administration III the various
government departments was the princ-
pal topic of discussion. The President
believes that the practice of economy in
administering federal affairs is one of the
surest ways of wiping out the Treasury
deficit.
| He will have comparatively few oppor-
tunities to confer with his entire cabi-
lnet between now and the beginning of
his summer vacation, and is anxious to
get the estimates Of the various depart
ments well in hand before he leaves
Washington. The war budget occupied
most Of the time of the cabinet today.
| President Taft this afternoon is enjoy
ing another golf game at Chevy Chase.
! His play yesterday was interrupted by a
! miniature cloudburSt. With the eXcep-
tion of the afternoon he spent in prepar-