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IN TAFT'S MESSAGE
THERE ARE FOURTEEN THINGS
WHICH PRESIDENT WILL 6
PRESENT TO CONGRESS
In DECEMBER.
Beverly, Mass.-President Taft's

Beverly, Mass.-President Taft's
message to the coming session of con.
gress will cover fourteen principal
subjects. How eacn of these will be
treated has not been settled in de-
tail, but in a general way the presi-
dent has made up his mind on most
Of them. The subjects are:
L. Conservation. Recommends
tons will be guided by reports from
Interior Department experts now in
yestigating and from Congressman,
each of whom will report for his own
district. The only official information
is that the recommendations will be
constructive and progressive. but
within the law.
Q. Economy in Government. This
subject has progressed no further at
present than pruning in the depart
ments. A commission is investigating
and the administration is trying to
find some way of large saving with
out touching armp and navy appro-
priations.
3. 1t is hoped the railroad stocks
and bonds commission, though not
yet appointed, will report in time to
get into the message.
To Remedy Laws Delays.
4. AS Mr.. Aldrich has announced
his intention of retiring March 3 next
it is expected that he will submit the
report of the Monetary Commission
to the coming session and that the
president will base recommendations
on it. Both this item and the preced-
ing one may be covered in special
messages.
5. Reform in federal, civil and
criminal court practice is a subject on
which the president feels earnestly.
He vas unable to get any action at
the last session and will lay the SUBJ
ject again before Congress.
6. Ship subsidy, or the subsidiz-
ing of mail carrying steamers, will
be urged again.
z. An act fixing employers liabil-
ity and supervising employees COM
pensation will be urged. This subject
too, is under commission investiga-
ton.
s. A centralized bureau of health.
Despite all opposition hat was de-
veloped to the plan the president
believes that all government officials
who look after sanitation and public
health should be in one bureau.
Battleship Program Unchanged.
g.. A new form of government for
Alaska. What the recommendation
will be will depend largely on the re-
port of Attorney-General Wicker
sham and Secretary Nagel now in
that Territory. The probability is that
it will favor a commission form of
government rather than anything like
a representative form.
10. The previous recommends
ton that injuncticns do not issue
without hearing except in emergen-
cies, and that in all cases hearing be
held at the earliest possible date will
be repeated.
II. An appropriation to carry out
the Postal Savings Bank law will be
asked, and it will have to be a large
one.
IL. Two battleships will be urged.
The president has said he will ask two
battleships a yea until the Panama
Canal is completed.
13. 1t is probable that the Pres
dent will ask an appropriation to forti
fly the canal at the coming session.
is one of the things he will con-
slider when he visits the Isthmus.
Eight justices to be Named.
IA. Probably a part Of the report
Of the Tariff Board will be submitted.
Emery of the board will
have a report in MI. Taft's hands
soon. In addition, the President
will appoint a Chief Justice and two
Justices of the Supreme
Court and five Justices CT the newly
Commerce Court. No chaneel