Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-28
PRESIDENTS PROGRAM
FOR SHORT SESSION.
His Desire to Revise Tariff Embarrassing
to Democrats Who Now Wish to
Temporize--A Billion Dollars toBe
Appropriated at Short Term.

ocrats, with the Presidents plan for
a federal Incorporation act and for the
modification of the laws relating to in
functions and trusts. All these ques-
lions are complicated, however, and
the time is far distant when any one
can say with assurance what may be
the fate of the administration bills
along the lines contemplated. Under
the circumstances the chances are
strongly against most of them.
Among the measures to be pressed are
those providing for the fortfication Of
the Panama canal, and this, it is con
ceded, will provoke controversy; the
amendment Of the postal laws 50 as to
provide for a parcels post along rural
delivery routes and for increased post
age on the advertising portions of mag
aZines; and the granting of ship subsi-
dies the pensioning of supcranuatcd en-
ploycS of the civil service: the creation of
public land court, and the establish
ment of forest reservations in the White
mountains in the North and in the Appa-
lachians in the South. Opposition TO the
naval program for the annual addition of
two battleships to the navy may he en-
pected, but it probably will not be effec-
tive in the approaching session
Tie forest reservation bill occupies a
favorable position and probably will be-
come a law. 1t has passed the House and
d day for vote on it by the Senate has
been fixed.
The ship bill is the unfinished business
in the Senate, but some of the Demo-
at that nnrSiStpnt
effort to pass it would result in an extra
session. They are ready to talk it to
death. This bill is also expected to be
presented to the House for a vote during
the session and the chances there are
doubtful. The measure has once passed
the House and been once defeated by
that body. the majority being small in
both instances. There are enough Re-
publicans to pass the bill if they can be
prevailed upon to accept it as a party
measure. Many of the interior Republi-
cans are as strenuously opposed to the
measure as are most of the Democrats
and in case Of a vote the result would
be determined by the doubtful elements.
The present Congress will be asked to
provide for reapportionment of the
House of representatives to conform TO
the development of the 18th census, and
any measure with that end in view is liza
BILE to become the subject of sharp con-
trovcrsy. 1t is not expected now that the
monetary commission will report during
the approaching session, but there is
some pressure on it to do so. If a re-
port should be made or an effort under
taken to enact any new law affecting the
currency it would lead to prolonged de-
bate and probably failure on account of
the limited time, if for no other reason.
Many members are specializing as to
the status of "Insurgent Republicans
during the short session. There is a no
ticea bic change in the attitude of the
Stawarts toward this faction of the par
ty. Generally there seems to be a ten
dency toward accepting the result at the
polls as an expression of sentiment in
the direction of progressive action, al
though some of the defeated members of
the Old Guard combat this idea and at
tribute the overturn of the Republican
House to ''landslide'' with the variety
of meanings attached to that expression