The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-06

| the rolls aof dead ducks" The dem |
ocratic members think they have a |
chance to capture the house, and while I
the republicans are not unduly fearful. !.
they are not going to take any chances |
| with important legislation which might
prove unpopular.
1t is not likely that anything sur
prising will develop in President Taft's
message. In his recent tour he outlined
his policies quite thoroughly, and these
policies may be described in word as
Rooseveltian, tempered by the wide
| difference in temperament between the
present and former presidents.
| One of his most important room
mendations to "clinch the Roosevelt pol |
| icies" will be for the establishment of
a ocurt of five members to expedite
| litigation over the decisions of the in
| the new recommendation the president
will seek to establish court of ex-
perts. When the interstate commerce
1
commission holds that rate is unrea-
sonable, this court may decide upon a
reasonable rate without delay with no
appeal on the part of the railroads ex- /
also be a recommendation in the mes
sage that the Interstate commerce
commission have supervisory power
over the issuing of stock and bonds by
interstate railroads. Mr. Taft will sug-
gest reorganization of the bureau of
corporations, the interstate commerce
justice.
| The narrowing of the scope of the |
recommendation that will be charged
with the possibility of trouble in con-
gress. Mr.. Taft will recommend that !
its application be limited to combina- !
tions and ocnspiracies to suppress COM ;
petition and establish monopolies.
The message also will contain rec
ommendation for legislation relating
to the issuing of injunctions. The !
president will make several definite
extension of the administrations con-
| servation and reclamation policy. He !
will urge the establishment of postal
savings banks but there will be no
definite recommendation in this mes
sage for momentary legislation.
The president will recommend ship |
| ment of lines on the Pacific and on i
the Atlantic between American and
South American ports. A reorganiza- /
ton of the Alaska government will be |
another in the logn list of recommen
dations .
In his message President Taft will
recommend the enactment of such laws
as will make it impossible for white
slave" trade to exist in the United ;,
States. Representative Mann will in
troduce a bill having for it's purpose |
the prevention of the traffic through |
the exercise of the power of the gov
eminent and foreign commerce.
The bill as drafted by Representa-
tive Mann makes the white slave"
traffic a crime punishable by a fine
of not more than $4,000 or imprison- |
ment of not more than five years or
botb in the, discretion of the court. 1t
also makes a similar offense to procure
or aid in procuring ticket to be used i
by a woman or girl in interstate or
foreign commerce in going from one I
place to another in furtherance of a
purpose of immortality.
The cleaning up of the customs
congress is asked, to wrestle. The
democrats have seized upon the recent
Iexposures of sugar trust" tactics as ,
Egood campaign material, and they are
gnot willing to "let sleeping dogs lie."
But when all is said and done Uncle
Joe Cannon is the principal issue be- |
| the nation, republicans as well as dem
ocrats, the speaker has come to rep
resent a system more or ISIS dvilish,
to which has been given the name of
."Cannonism' While insisting that
Uncle Joe is not nearly so black as
painted, and, in fact, is not black at |
all, the regular republicans find them
| selves unable to convince thousands |
of their constituents as to that as
sertion And these constituents have
votes, and an election is coming on
and so many western members find |
themselves in what might be described |
as "a deuce of fix" With conditions |
as they are, there is no doubt that the |