The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-13
TAFT FOR LESS TALK
AND MORE BUSINESS
President Believes Quar-.
rels Will Cease if
Lawmakers Will
But Get Down
to Work.

Washington. u. Gu January H.,
Get busy and stop quarrclinS. Is the
White House alogan at this time. The
President agrees with some OF his adj
visers that IL the committees of Con-
grcgg will get TO work and put his
recommendations into tile Snaps OF bills
the situation In Congress will change
from one OF insurgent and stand-pat
warfare to discussion and considera-
tion of the details of proposed laws.
Right now Congress has practically
nothing to do. and the party differences
are in daily process OF airing. With a
legislative program In process Of con-
struction into real laws there will be
something definite to engage attention,
and the warfare will he postponed.
The President proposes to facilitate
matters In that direction as much as
possible by sending to Congress Fri
day his recommendations for laws for
conservation OF natural resources. The
administration has several bills already
drawn up placing the Presidents ideas
In concrete form.
The proposed changes in the inter
Congress. end the committees are pre-
pairing to work. Other subjects of
lesislation are getting in shape for
committee consideration. and the out
No List of "Eneniies.s
The President, 1t is positively known,
is IN no haste to prepare list OF enc
mics OF the administration of his own
ling of the kind SO far in the action he
has taken in holding up certain pa.
tronage. lie is perfectly willing that
the list shall be held in allegiance until
the end OF Congress- has clearly shown
who has been wilfully lighting the
head of the party as to legislation
/ and Republican policies and VINO Is
seeking to make factional strife within TIM
4 the party. There are abundant ind!Ga-
tions that the President has no idea
OF permitting himself to o. X. the pro-
er insurgents or regulars. His test q OF
party loyalty Is TO be the lsss mo Q
1 thinks the people demand--prosressiV siVe
/ legislation that will suit the coun5ry:
much harm, and y can be obli,eratea a,l.,. ter
| in shoulder-to shoulder. hgnt ior
i progressive. effective legislation. II
! Congress makes u record OF good leg
Z These can be settled within the part;
! prior to the November elections, and
the party. as a whole remain Y
Il healthy condition TO fight the common
i enemy, the Democrats.
4 The President has not drawn any
4 lines as to regulars or supposed IN !
i surgents in his White. itouss cohlsi
" enceS. lie sees All ahAe-s. ilC1 ~. 20
conferred with Senator Brown. OF Ne:
braska, Senator gurtfs.sof Kansas: afle
Representative Campbell OF Kansas
4 all from a section OF the West sup.
posed to be in,bued with certain ideas
that do not exist in the East.
Calls Them Anarchists.
!. Senator Brown is with the President
on LEGISLATION. but he is bitter towarc
!, certain men of Congress.
Il I'VE are going to get those anar.
chists yet" he said with some vehe'
mence when asked about matters II
who do you mean by anarchists?'
- u mean the Aldrich crew" he de-
4 clared.
said that II Congress would get C
work most Of the differsnces wouic
] he forgotten. tW'ha; we should DO,
he declared. "is to carry out the party
1 pledges and the. Recommendations o.
President Taft and stop insurglng o.
] Illambasting Insurgents. The peoP!.
/ sent us here to do things, and sWe
q want to do them and adjourn Ihere
Z is not as much in all this taik az
appears on the surface. but as thefe
is nothing else to do. attention
drawn to factional disturbances.