Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-22
TAFT WOULD HAVE
SENATE GET BUSY
Instead of Marking Time Should
Get TO Work on Measures
He Has Recommended.
CALLED PENROSE AND CAR RTER
Anxious Over Postal Savings Banks
and Withdrawal OF Water
Power Sites.

Washington. Jan. 2I.-Prcsldent Tar
read In the papers today that the sen
ate was marking time while the hous
is struggling with the various aprro
prIatlon bills. He sent for Penrose g
PennsyIvania and Carter of Montan'
and asked why il would not be gonC
thing for the senate to get busy OF
some OF the measures he has recon-
mcnded.
Senator Aidrich being absent ron
che city. was not included in the sun
mons.
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
The president broached the subject
of the postal savings bank bill Int
senators summoned are members o. thc
committee on postofflces and postrptus
MT Pcnrosc is chairman. senator Nai
ter is sponsor for the measure.
Put some senators. II WAS sugS' ste1
An reply to the president. arc not warm
ndyocntcs OF postal banks. In fact, IL
was said that such states as Massach1-
setts and Pennsylvania-srcot strong
holds OF savings instiuttions-are hot
at all in favor of the schenc. But. the
president argued. the Republican plat
and surely the senators were going TO
redeem the party pledges
But what about the house, This wes
propounded as poser.
President Taft is said to have as
surcd the senators that they need not
worry about the house. 1t Is said mat
there Is every reason to believe tnat
the house is coming around al right
that its members are coming 10 the
f.,, tho onnl that tlCy
have no other place to go.
ITS a case OF water running down
hill" said one of the presidents call
ers today He does not have TO go 10
the regulars or the insurgents, either
They have got to come to him. Every
man on Capitol hill is looking for an
other term and he's got to have some-
thing TO go before the people on Con,
ercss has got TO do something ana all
the Republicans regardless of the tight
against Cannon or the rules committee.
arc going to vote for Mr.. Tafts meas
ureS.'
So it happened. when Senators Pen
rose. Crane and Carter left the White
House. the latter acting as spokesman
for the trio. declared;
The postal savings bank PROPOSE
tion will become law at this seS-
sion"
The postal banks. however. Will not
be the first of the Taft measures con-
eidered. The president ranks his rec
concentrations for changes In the inter-
state commerce law as OF first I'M
nortance and he so indicated his posi-
ton to the senator's this afternoon.
BILL OF PRIME IMPORTANCE.
Tho prcsndent told his callers also
that he regarded at least one of the
conservation bills he has recommended
to Congress as of prime Importance.
This IL the bill to validate the With
drawal of lands containing waterpower
cites, coal and phosphates. The laws
rs TO the disposition of these lands can
be worked out and thrcshed over at
the convenience of Congress
The important thing. the president
believes is to validate Withdrawals,
made under the former administration
and in the ten months OF the present
administration under the shadowy
power of the discretion of the secrc-
tary OF the interior. The president
wants this power made unquestionabe.
The valuable Alaska coal lands are in
cludcd in the Withdrawals which Mr.
Taft is anxious to have validated. SEN
ators Pemosc, Carter and Crane took
back this word to the Capitol late to-
day and passed 1t along the line.
President Taft believes that the sem
ate should go ahead with these three
measures at once, and then, hc sad.
the house can get them in some sort of
shape. we have the benefit of the 5en-
ate discussion and can put the meas
urcs through in short time when the
supply bills are disposed Of
FAITH IN ALDRICH.
The president is confident that Sen
ator AldrIch will do all he can to fru-
ther the passage OF the postal savings
bank bill. This bill. II l. argued viii
give the header OF the senate an op-
portunity 10 show to the people that
they are To get their share OF benefits
of forthcoming financial legislation.
Mr.. Aldrlch Is anxious to obtain the
support of the country for the new
currency laws. and the president be-
lieves that the best way to get this
support Is first to provide for the pos
tul banks
The argument to the banks and
hnarcicrs Is that deposits in the gov
ornment banks Will permit the gov
ernment to take uD the $3.50, COO of .
per cent government bonds issued and
which are a drug on the market Many
national banks were compelled to take
these bonds because they feared their
bank note circulation would be seri-
ously limited otherwise.
ut pdFkS are solu To nave lost many
millions OF dollars through the dcprc-
cIation of these bonds. AMI IL Is gen.
orally reported they stand TO lose
great deal more when the Panama
canal bonds arc issued
CAUCUS RULE TO PREVAIL.
Throughout the present Congress. it
is agreed. the caucus rule is to pre-
vail In the house OF representatives.
This Is credited TO efforts of the pies
ideni. The power OF Speaker Cannon
and the rules committee has been so
far impaired that the caucus Is con-
sidcred the best and faircst nieans of
providing for legislation
Before each caucus is held tie our-
pose OF the gathering is to be an
nounced and no other subject Is to be
considered. Regulars and insurgents
are TO be invited. and in this way the
administra tion believes II is assurcd
OF the support OF all Republicans
WANT MORE WAGES.
Chicago, Jan. 92-Tnree thousand
l.