The Washington times., 1910-12-03
By JOHN SNURE.


Senator A B. Cummins. the Iasda-
u tie progressives IN the Senate. ar
rived In Washington late fas4 nigb-
and today was invited 70 rbe yy--r,.
house hy Private Secretary Norton Ar
3 o'clock this afternoon. senator Cur--
IllIlss responding TO the invitation
called at the White House OFFICES AM
ne and the President had z confereues
the details Of which are not disclose
out the general import OF which is n
where questioned
President Taft has made his frs rf-
move siIlce the elections, November $.
70 reach out and pIacate the progres
sIve forces OF the nation
Ihe ball has been set rolling. bevor6
any question, 10 bring about the aor7f-
nation and election Of President Taft in
M The first great step 70 Be taken II
achieve this result IS 10 smooth over
tne relations between the President and
the insurgents or prOgressives. As
everybody knows those relations
throughout mast OF the earlier uart 0f
the Taft Administration bav. Free-
troubled The President has been 49,
geTed at the progressive Ieadeu and rra
progressives have been Incense5 Al f4,..
PRESIDENT for lining up, as they declare
with the reactionaries-
Bears Out the Forecast.
II has been forecast for soma -5,..,
that President Taft 4vo71Id 7775s-,.1..
this winter z radically different r,olf,.
from the one ne pursued last winter
when he cut OF the prOgressives iron
patronage and otherwise showed IN,
olspleaSJITe toward them The summon
ing OF Senator Cummins 20 The Whine
House tins afternoon bears out tn
forecast IN striking and emphatic fash
ion Senator CumminS has not been q
White House visitor until today since
last December Just about a year hes
gone by since he entered the White
House offices
That the President at this time with 2
session o. congress about 10 Open.
should take the initiative IN q movement
TO bring about better relations with The
ProSreSslves oy having the leader Of tht.
Senate prOSressives asked TO C0ufFr
with him. after a breach Of relations
OF one year, viii be accepted BY poll
tlclaLS the country over as q fs-4 f,ier
with political significance.
II VIII not be accepted that the con
ference has 70 DO merely with IegisIa-
ton TO be achieved at the coming sts-
sion II VIII be taken as the drSf great
step Of the White House 10 make he
harmony movement about which 50
much has been heard. amount to some
thing
Senator Curln-ins today discussed the
outlook as 10 IL He had no comment
TO make on his visit 10 the Whftl
House he made Il plain that the pro-
sTessives in the Senate were going
ahead, straight or the lines which the
have followed IN the past
Progressives In Conference.
The Iowa Senator had barely arrivel.
IN Washington when leading progress
c-a--s
the Arlington Among them was Sena-
tor Bristow. Senators Borah and
Bourne were present The situation
that confrOnts the progressives in Con-
gress this winter was discussed.
II is made perfectly plain bv Senator
Cummins that he is not out to make
trouble for the sake OF trouble with
snybody- He Is not fighting President
Taft or anything Of the sort He says
he Is simply going ahead 10 fight Cor
the same policies he has fought for IN
the past
He viii support the President when he
is for progressive policies, and viii not
support EITn when he Is for things not
progressive This IS doubtless the posi-
tion that VIII be taken by the progress
sives IN Congress generally.
Immediately, conferences viii be held
by the progressive Senators and sons
thing ike program for Ssis winter
E1tA LEDlA CElaNDI ALLI4nlUS pre-
dicted that while this session would
see little legislation there would be dis
cussion in the Senate OF numerous i'm
pOTtauI subjects He looks for the
prOgressives 10 push the question OF
control railroad capitalization and in
addition 20 that control Of CaDitaliza-
ton Of Industrial corporations general
ly- He expects to discuss this Ques-
ton in its legal phases before the Sen
ate at no distant date
For Tariff Commission.
The progressives, in Senator Cum
Minis opinion. VIII also fight for a real
tariff commission, for direct election
Of Senator's, and for those things gen
orally for which they are recognized -