Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-03-24
Steering Committee Has PraCti-
Cally Agreed Upon Legislation
to Be Carried Out.
PRESIDENT NOT SATISFIED
Rumors Around the Capitol That the
Chief Executive lie Not TO Have
All He Wants--Leaders Pre-
pairing for campaien-Party
fractional Troubles.

huOWH db the steering committees Oh
the senate practically have agreed
upon what legislation shall be put on
its passage In the upper house at the
| present session. Naturally Mr. Aid
rich, being the leader of the Repub-
lican majority. is the chief member
Of the steering committee. and as
most of the other members are in
sympathy with the Rhode islanders
views. 1t goes without saying that the
committee itself comes pretty close to
being all-powerful.
President Taft has been informed
of the committees desires in the mat
ter Of legislation and it is said by
those who are close to him that he is
not altogether satisfied. At recent
meeting Of the committee only two
measures were discussed in detail, al
though sanction was given to one or
two other measures which will be
taken up for committee study some
what later.
It has been said the chances are
that the senate leaders would make
concessions to the Progressive Re-
publicans on the bill providing for
amendments to the interstate COM
merce act. 1t is now practically as
sured that some of these concessions
will be made in the hope that they
will be sufficient to make the insur-
gents yield and to join the regulars
in putting the bill through with some
thing like unanimity. AS is pretty
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think that in harmonious party action
on the chief administration measures
lies the principal hope of Republican
victory at the polls next November.
The Democrats in the senate believe
that the concessions which Mr.. Aid
rich is making and will make later to
the Republicans who are led by Sena-
tors Cummins and Clapp will not be
sufficient to make the middle and far
westerners come into the harmony
camp. Harmony was secured on the
postal savings bank bill, but now it is
being intimated that the senate lead
ers expect the house to make such
changes in that bill as will nullify the
effects of the yielding of the leaders
in the upper house.
Accused Of Playing Politics.
In other words, the Democrats are
saying that the Republican leaders in
the senate gave way in some matters
simply to get harmony in their own
ranks, believing fully that the house
would take care that the concessions
made in the senate would not be APP
parent when the bill finally becomes
a law.
It will be remembered that Senators
Cummins and Clapp in their minority
report on the interstate commerce
bill, took exception to the provision
which puts into the hands Of the at
torney generals force the government
defense of all actions taken on appeal
to the interstate commerce court The
senators in opposition to this provi-
sion say that the attorneys for the
shippers and also law officers working
under the interstate commerce COM
mission ought to represent the gov
eminent before the court, because
they are well informed as to all the
details of the commerce cases from
the time of their inception. 1t is I'M
derstood that the leaders will yield
in this matter to the insurgent de-
sires.
Seeking Public Opinion.
Representative William B. McKin-
ley of Illinois, chairman Of the Repub-
lican congressional committee, is get
ting first hand information of politi-
cal conditions throughout the coun-
try. Some time prior to Mr.. Nc
Kinley's departure from Washing
ton. Representative James T. Lloyd of
Missouri, chairman OF the Democratic
congressional committee, vent all
through the middle west trying to find
out what he could about the political
sentiment
Before he left Washington some
few days ago Mr.. Mckinley had long
conference with President Taft. OF
course no one was allowed to know
Just what the president said to the Re.
publican congressional committees
chairman, but there are hints that the
president again declared IL would be
bad policy to make any dlscrimina
tons as between Republicans who
are trying to secure reelection to the
lower house. Once on time, It Is
said with Mr.. McKinley's sanction
letters We're sent out by the Republi
can congressional committee which in
tone and temper were not to the
king of the so-called insurgent Re
publicans. This kind Of letter wri
ting has been stopped. for the presi
dent would not sanction It, and now
the material that goes out is what may
be called straight Republican" doc
trine.
Concerning New Tariff Bill.
OF course 1t will be necessary, or al
least so the ruling powers in the Re
publican party declare. to defend the
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill on the stumI
during the coming congressional cam