New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
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Washington. June 8
TIE TURNING or THE TIDE.-Keen
observers OF political events ~ Washington
are Convinced that the tide has turned in
TIE affairs OF the Taft administrs lion and
that from now on it viii gain the popu-
iarity to which It IS properly entitled The
evidences os the popularity Of the suit
which the administrator brought against
tie Western Treesc Association, 70 which
reference has already been made in this
column. continue to multiply. and every
mail brings % the Senators and Repre-
senfatives from the Middle West ass1r-
ances Of the enthusiasm in that section OF
the country ehich has been aroused by the
evidence Of the determination of the admin
is;raticr TO protect, so far as Hes within its
rover. the interests Of the shippers When
he news Of the complete surrender of the
railroad executives TO the demand Of the
President that they defer all increases In
rates until the Interstate Commerce Com
mission has had time TO investigate their
rea soma nleness reaches the West the
friends OF the administration believe that
the enthusiasm aroused by the injunction
PROCEEDINGS will receive still greater i'm
pet1Ie. and that IL like success crowns Che
Presidents efforts with the executives Of
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laritv Of this administration viii assume
proportions far beyond the expectations of
! the most sarguine. The Developments Of the
last few davs of the Ballinger- -Pincrot in
restigation brought great number Of citi-
zers - z realization Of the character IF the
+ attacks which had been made On the ad-
/ rninistration erld. when this was followed
/ by the extraordinarily weak argument Of
The attorney for the prosecution a large
number of citizens awakened to the fact
! that they had beer hoodvinkec-a reali9a-
I tiou not welcomed by any one, and one
/ which tends 70 a complete reversior Of sen
timer Altogethe~ the prospects forf the
| future Of the Taft administration are
brighter than any one could possibly have
foreseer 9 few weeks ago.
/ NORTON. CPETARY-Arotrer devel-
| opnent which promises 10 make greatly for
| the popularity IF the Taft administration is
the installation OF Charles y. Norton as
secretary TO the Presifnnf which took place
| to-day. II IS no exaEgera ton 70 say that
! the whole atmosphere Of the White House
| changed with the appearance Of Mr.. Nor
/ ton on the scene Thcse who had appoint
ments with the President found that they
were received on time. Newspaper oorre-
/ spondents had no difficulty in obtaining
/ satisfactory information regarding the news
( of the White House and this evening. fol
/ lowing the conference with the railroad
/ presidents. = larger number saw the Presi-
J dent than al any previous time since his in
! augUration. Everything moved with 2 snap
/ and an order which augur vel FOR the
ffture. and predictions Of the success Of
the new secretary were heard on all sides
! r is betraying no confidence TO say that
one of the weak spots of this adninistra-
ton has been the conveying Of news 10 the
7ress-not. ~ course. those matters which
should MOI be made public but those which
Should Mr.. Norton begins his work with
realization Of the Importance Of this phase
of his numerous duties. and there IS reason
tc believe that he will he successful in the
! performance Of this delicate and highly I'm
! portant task.
/ THE RAILROAD LEGISLATION. -
Whether the House viii accept the railroad
bill passed by the Senate or wifi refuse to
! concur and send il to conference remains
a problem. although il is one which will
proba bly, he settled tomorrow. There are
not less than twenty-five Republican in
! surgents who viii vote 10 accept the Sen
ate bill. and under these circumstances the
/ decision rests practically with the Demo
Gratis. There are q number Of minority
/ members who favor accepting the Senate
bill, although their leader. Representative
Champ Clark, is not Of that number. and
! Representative Underwood. of Alabama,
has not decided what his course VIII be
/ If these two determine TO vote for a con-
I ference they viii proba bly, carry with them
q sufficient number Of Democrats to insure
a conference On the other hand, II they
decide 30 accept the Senate bill, that will
probably settle the question and the Sen
ate bill will become Law. The insurgents
do not regard the Senate bill as entirely
satisfactory. They would like to retain the
provision for physical valuation OF the
railroads for instance, but they fear the
measure viii be made still less to their lik-