Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-20
President Taft Announcing In
tentions in Speeches.
WILL HAVE NO SURPRISES
Not q Line of the Document Writ.
ten Yet.
Unless His Plans Are Changed, He
Will Steer Clear Of Tariff
Altogether.

President Taft.s annual message TO
Congress in December is being robbed of
interesting material by his speeches on
his western trip. The opinion is voiced
here that the President will have discuss
ed practically everything of public i'm
portance before he gets back to Wash
ington November Q. He has already
made a beginning that indicates he will
have little left that is new to recommend
to Congress.
The President has not written a single
line Of his coming message to Congress.
He is not man to do things far ahead
of their time. When he gets back to
Washington, November 8, from his long
trip tired and worn out from long
speeches, he will rest a day or so and
then he will begin thinking of the mes
sage. He will have before him the re-
ports Of his subordinates on the questions
mentioned. and from Secretary Carpenter
he will get bundle of papers he has had
laid aside. containing subjects he proposes
to handle in his message.
After some consultation with his cabi-
net officers generally he will call in AS
stenographer. and what he will make
stenographic notes will keep that official
busy. The President dictates rapidly
and clearly, and makes few corrections in
the proofs. His thinking is done before
he writes and not afterward. The mes
sage he will prepare for Congress will
barely be ready for the assembling of
that body December 6. and not weeks in
advance. as was sometimes the case with
the messages of President Roosevelt.
Some of Mr.. Roosevelts messages were
printed and in the hands of newspapers.
subject to release, several weeks before
the statesmen of the country got here
to begin work in December.
Recommendations He Will Make.
President Taft has said in his speeches
that he will favor changes in the finan-
cial and currency laws of the country.
and that he will recommend great CEN
trail bank. In addition, he will ask Con-
gress to create postal savings banks. On
the central bank proposition he will have
much opposition and the national bank
erS of the country have come out strong
against postal savings banks, which
were advocated by President Roosevelt.
The President has also announced that
he will treat of the anti-injunction and
other labor questions in his message and
that he will recommend that Congress
give deep thought to overhauling the
criminal laws OF the country.
One thing the President will not do.
judging from his speeches and his known
attitude. That is urge further tamper-
ing with the tariff laws. The President
would have been glad had the wooden
and cotton schedules been completely
changed from what they now are, but
unless western sentiment proves stronger
than he supposed when he left the east,
he will not advocate any amendments to
the law during the coming winter. BY
with the people in all parts of
the country he will learn what they think
OF the new law and he will get what is
considered strong opposition In the west
to the measure. AS sensible leader he
will be guided largely by what he hears.