Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-17
FAvORS SENATE BILL
President Discusses State
hood With Mr.. Hamilton.
LATTER YIELDS TOREQUEST
Will Join in Efforts for Legislation
at This Session.
TAFT'S LEADERSHIP GRANTED
Apparently Smooth Sailing for the
Congressional Measures Desired =,
by the White House. 4
LATTER YIELDST0REQUEST
TAFTS LEADERSHIP GRANTED

Trying TO complete the finishing details
OF important legislative bills in dispute
between Senate and House occupied the
greater part of President Taft's time TO-
day He and Secretary Norton were de-
cidedly active from O'Clock In the morn
ing until O'Clock i'm the afternoon. Tho
President held numerous conferences and
regular cabinet meeting during that
time.
Inc situation as to the stated God bill
was gone over with a number of congress
slonal callers. Representative Hamilton.
chairman of the House committee on ter
rltories, was engaged for some time with
the President and Postmaster General
hitchcock, who has shown deep interest
in statehood since the beginning OF the
fight.
Will Press the Senate Bill.
Mr.. Hamilton decided. upon request OF
the President, and after investigation Of
the situation. to urge the acceptance by
the House of the Senate bill
This Is to be done to avoid the posi-
b1Dty or dJournment without statehood
being given to Arizona and New Mexico.
The President was informed that II the
Dill went to conference there would be
many doubts as to its getting through.
have the House take the Senate bill as IL
stands. The President is as deeply con-
cerned about statehood as about the rail-
road bill. postal savings bank or con-
servation- Strong influence will be used
to carry out the acceptance OF the Sem
ate bill by the House. and the belief
around the White House today was that
statehood would be a certainty within
the next few days.
President Having His Way.
With apparently smooth sailing for the
railroad bill, postal savings and state
hood. the only hitch is now over the con-
servation bill and the s30.000.0o0 certii-
cate proposition attached to it in the
Senate Conservation promises to be the
last of the administration measures to
receive approval. The feeling of con-
gressional callers today was that the par
liamentary tangle concerning the bill
would be untangled by the middle of next
week.
1t is asserted that President Taft is
having his way in the legislation he
wants, and that but for him statehood
would have been dead, with practically
everything else Of Importance pigeon
holed Senator'S and representatives are
now working with the administration
who have held aloof from the White
House for months and weeks. The eX-
PLANTATION is that there has been big
change in sentiment In the west and
middle west and that this has compell-
ed tardy recognition OF the leadership
of Mr.. Taft by some of those long dis
posed to hang back. At any rate there
has been within a week a big change
in the atmosphere around the White
House so far as it concerns the attitude
OF certain senator's and representatives
toward the President.
A M. Stevenson, one OF the leading
republicans OF Colorado, called on Presi-
q a e
eral Hitchcock. Mr.. Stevenson COM
mented upon She general outlook along
these lines: Congress is doing we'll to
follow the program of the President at
this time. There has been a tremendous
change of sentiment in the west as 10
the chief executive in the last month.
and the people would take il out on those
failing to stand by him."
Gompers on Labor Legislation.
Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor was In
consultation with the President as TO
various bills OF interest to the labor
creation Of a Department of Labor The
President favors a goodly portion of the
legislation wished for by the labor world.
but sees no chance for ii to get through
this late in the session.
Rev. James L. White, colored, who has
been working for years to have the
depositors of the defunct Freedmen's
Bank reimbursed by the government saw
the President today The President said
that the regular bill for reimbursement
would not get through. but that he would
urge Senator Hale and Representative
Tawney to put i'm the general deficiency
bill an item Of 1921, 900 to Meet the
claims.
The President is also trying to have
put in the deficiency bill an item cover
ing the awards made by the Court or
Claims in the last few years. These
awards are Of just claims against the
government They have been neglected
by the appropriation committee Of Con-
RreSS.