Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-05-04
REGULARS IN
CONGRESS- ARE
BLAMING TAFT
Are Discoura ged Over the
Condition of Affairs--Ad-
ministratiOn Bills Cut.
LEADERS ADMIT PARTY
HAS LOST CONTROL
Special by United Press wire.

| Special by United Press Wire.
Washington, May 4:=Diseouraged
by repeated defeats, the regulars are
blaming President Taft for the dis
tressing condition of affairs in con-
gress They rage because the Presi-
dent has not only seemed Indifferent
to the situation, but also to have no
sense of responsibility for the trou-
bles that have come upon the party.
They express disapproval of the jun
kets that kept the President away
during large part of the session.
They will read the riot act to him
when he returns, telling him-if party
bills are to be passed, he must re-
main home and fight for them. They
will try to impress him with the fact
that the people hold him and the re-
gents, responsible for results.
The cabinet members and other Of
ficials of the Taft regime are disap-
pointed and chagrined today over
the emasculatios Of the administra-
tion railroad bill. They declare that
yesterdays action in congress is 3
direct violation Of Tho platform
promises
-
Republican leaders in congress have
reached the stage wnere they are will
ing to admit that the Republican party
no longer has a responsible working
majority In either house and that II Is
difficult to tell from day TO day In
what direction the weather vane of
legislation will point.
The spectacle is now presented in
the senate of organization Republicans
combining with the Democratic minor
ity to vote oHtsof - aiiaSS-- =
bill proposition pledged by the ne
publican national platform and advo-
Gated by Republican president. The
section Of the Taft railway bill which
opens the way for the making of traf-
fic agreements between railroads was
the provision thrown overheard, and
this was followed by further tight
ening of ballast in the sacrifice of sec
tIon IL which would have legalized
mergers between competing roads.
While the organization leaders In the
senate were thus engaged In yielding
on the superior strength Of the insur-
gents the house was not idle. 1t also
dropped section from the bill. Many
regular Republicans in the house join
ed with the insurgents and Democrats
In killing this section. Members Of the
house We're afraid of the cry that was
being raised that section If enacted
into law would repeal the sherman
antitrust law so far as II affects rail-
roads.
The railroad bill was the keystone of
the Taft legislative program, and ad-
ministration leaders In congress are
fearful of the effect that this routing
of the Taft forces will have on other
measures recommended by the presi-
dent. There is dissension even among
Republican regulars in the senate over
the surrender on the traffic agreement
provision. More than one Of the so
called conservatives declared emphat-
ically that they would have preferred
TO stand by their guns and 90 down to
defeat before the insurgents rather
than to have turned their backs and
Joined with the Democrats In dropping
proposition promised by the Repub-
lican national platform and advocated
by Mr.. Taft.
The indications are that the success
of the senate insurgents In killing sec
tions Z and - of the railroad bill has
only whetted their appetite and that
they are preparing to oppose the regu-
lars on other sections of the bill