The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-03
AT NATIONAL
ICAPITAL
lmpOrtaH Week Ahead for
Congress
SPECIAL MESSAGES DUE
President Favors Constructive Legisla-
ton, Has a Progressive Program
and Expects to Put 1t
Through.

Washington D. q, Jan 3.-Ths week
viii beyond question b the most i'm.
portant to Congress- al this period Of the
year should the president, as i e0.
! pected. lombard the capitol with those
special measures he has been busy over.
and which ii is believed viii carry con.
siderable dynamite in them From all
accounts, they viii offer suggestions on.
legislation that Theodore Roosevelt
would not have dreamed Of expecting
Congress to carry out, and yet M Taft
approaches Congress with expectations
that his advice viii be needed. and The
situation is such that it would seem his
expectations are not unwarrunted The
only constructive program before Con.
gresa Is the presidents program 50 far
offered, and that Is 70 come next week
and in the days Immediately thereafter
The time Il ripe for action il relation
to the interstate commerce acts, con.
servation, editing the sherman antitrust
law, postal savings and snip subsidy. and
however much al of these may BE- o.
jectionabIe To The leaders III Congress.
who, after all afe sttl quite reactionary
taeg viii have to swallow at the least
small bites 81 them
The president IS for constructive leeis
lation, and he has IDEAS and he knows
what Id wants done, ana how he Can
do IT, and he is not minded to see his
administration so into history d nnpro-
ductive u forward results after starting
with many promises, The president can
BE- tenacious and a. unloading Al steel /
mast, As certain incidents 81 the tariff
struggle Of last year showed To thwart /
the president, Il il necessary to have
soem kind 81 foil. bnt this the leaders
in neither house have, Just to sit and
pass tbs routine bills is no program
worth the name. There arr men, too.
II Congress who want things done;
great many are on the ANXIOUS seat
about reelection. and they know that
q do-nothing Congress puts them in
serious plight before their commitments
The president, too, might b expected to
have an eye on the chances for a second
term, and pointing II nothing a having
been accomplished il his term legs
latively il no recommendation for a r..
election. So then, the administration
Is bound to have support IN Congress
Tor the realization 81 It's program, should
any concert arise among che powers On
the bin to let wen enough alone. A
strong administration group could quick.
y BE formed which would mean consid-
cradle trouble for those who would sit
around and lust grin.
1t would Gem that there i real desire
syen among tile leaders, Is hack che "a
But the proof Of the pud
ling il in the eating MI Taft Il to sup.
ply the pudding how delectable one.
he coming week wil forecast. In other
words, the real trial Of the Republican
1arty at the White House. where & IN.
Iced its real leader for better OF worse,
ind Of the sheep and the goats 1T the
apitol is now about to begin Certain
eaders have thought that the session
yonld be aneventfnl and many Thought
nj men DESTROYS Of strong program
Ave thought similarly and with disquiei !
4 does seem as if they must be mis-. /
aiken. II their fears Of wishes shall be I
ealiaed, the party in power It would
ppear, has deliberately planned suicide /
nut such has not heretofore been the
iahit Of the Republican party. It has
risen 70 Che occasion and shown Won
u ability IN constructive legisla' fan !
bility that even Democrats in Congress
ave conceded and admired The reins /
re in NJ Tafts hands II looks as if a
he horses were inclined to obey firm e
nd certain driver