New-York tribune., 1910-12-08
THE DAyINWA SHINGTON

ever that nothing more will come of the
entire matter So far as the general pub
lie is concerned. it is believed that the
high standing of the men who signed the
majority as compared with that Of the
men who signed the minority report VIII
go far TO carry conviction.
TAFT AND THE JUDGES.-With tnat
gratitude which some assert is their dofnl-
nant chara cteristic. the Insurgents are
lending encoura cement TO the report tnat
the President has invited their advice re-
garding his selections for the supreme
Court because he fears that II they are not
consulted his nominations will fail OK con
fimation in the Senate Nothing could be
further from the truth Were the eresioeA'
so disposed. he need only send TO the Sen
ate those nominations dictated by his 1uos
ment and. if the insurgents hold up thelr
confirmation point out to the country th''
by their course they were postpcning action
on The sp,.s brought to dissolve the Stand
ard Oil and the Tobacco trusts ana 'he
Insurgents would be compelled to run 10
cover. The real purpose of the fresioe.'I
is to ,e.r, tbe views of the insurgents IN
order that SO far possible he may hoiiii-
nate mon for the highest tribunal IN the
land who will command the respect anu
confidence of all alike The mlsrepreSeh'a-
tiop of b;S ,,urrose is at least trying to the
Fxecutive although he takes q phllosop'h-
ca, Wow and even intimatcS that ne is pe-
coming accustomed to misrepresentation ny
members of his own party. The SITUATION
is one where the insurgents can rehoer ser
vica IN the country II they VIII TOT once
forget themselves and their aspirations ana
mhitions and rise to the plane Oh WHICH
the President has sought to place therh.
MILD SI-RSIDY-Senator Frye has oe-
vised a pIan for lending a modicum Oh eu-
co,rra cement to the merchant marine WIFI
ont he believes incurring the cnarge OIL
violating the commercial neutraiity Oh the
Panama Canal The Maine statesman IN
trod,1ce5 q bill today which proVldeS thd'
the tolls and transit charges imposed oii
vessels passing through the Canai shaii III
the case of publicly and privately o" he'.
vessels of the United States be pald out u
the Treasury of the United states, troih
any funds not otherwise appropriated anu
that this provision shall be considered
permanent annual appropriation IL Is d7
serted that there is precedent Tor Suci' eil-
couraeement TO vessels of American regis
ter in law passed in the Cleveland ao-
ministration by which certain port charges
are paid for American vessels out OF 1he
Treasury. The bill was referred TO the
Committee on Commerce, in which MI
Frye is chairman, and which is on record
as decidedly favorable to any and all en-
couragement to the merchant marine
NAVAL AFFA1ES-Secretary Meyer Sc
cured authority to-day from Chairman
Tawney of the House Committee on Ap-
propriations to order the continuance OF
the work on Dry Dock No. 4, in the Brook
lyn Navy Yard despite the fact that the
appropriation for the current year has been
exhausted. The necessary funds for the
work to be performed during the remainder
of this fiscal year will be provided in the
urgent deficiency bill. Mr.. Meyer has also
bsen Informed that on examination of the
estimates for his department a clerical
error vas discovered which makes possipie
the further reduction of s31s000. The sum
needed for the pay of clerks in the ray I'e-
partmtnt was accidentally inserted twice
.o that that sum may now be deducted
from the total. A fact less pleasing mas
come 10 the knowledge of the naval an-
tborities and that is that Representative
padpett who expects to be chairman OF the
naval committee of the next House, is on
-a.ord as opposed to the authorization OF
,,ore than one new battleship each year
Whether or not Mr. Padgett's views Oh
Naval construction will broaden with In
creased responsibility remains to be SEEN
G. G. H