The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-22
TAFT SAYS SENATE
MUST GET BUSY
President Weary of Seeing the
Upper House Engaged in
Marking Time"
POINTS OUT MEASURES
WAITING CONSIDERATION
Sends for Two of the SOlOns.
and They Pass Word
Down the Line.

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WASHINGTON. Jan. o1.-President
Taft read in the papers today that the
senate was marking time while the
house is struggling with the various
appropriation bills. He sent for Pen.
rose Of Pennsylvania and Carter Of
Montana and asked why it would not
be good thing for the senate to 'get
| busy on some of the measures be has
| recommended.
Senator Aldrich being absent from
the city, was not included in the sum.
mons
The president broached the subject
OF tho postal savings bank bill. The
senators summoned are members of the
committee on postotlices and postroads
| MT Penrose is chairman. Senator Car"
| ter rs sponsor for the measure
But some senators, it was suggested
III reply 10 the president are not warm
advocates of postal banks. In fact, it
was said that such states AS Massachu-
setts and Pcnnsylvania-great strong
holds of savings institutious-are not
at all IN favor of the scheme. But. the
president argued, the Republican plat
form called for postal savings banks,
| and surely the senators were going TO
redeem the party pledges.
But what about the house! This was
| propounded as a poser.
Not Worried Over House
President Taft is said TO have as,
sured the senators that they need not
worry about the house 1t is said that
! there Is every reason 10 believe that
| the house is coming around all right;
that its members are coming to the
| president for the good reason that they
have no other place to go.
"lt's n case of water running down
| hill, said one of the president s callers
| today. He does not have to 90 to
! the regulars or the insurgents, either
They have got to como TO him. EvY
! cry man on capitol hill is looking for
another term and be S got to have some
thing TO 60 before the people on. Con-
F. gress bias got TO do something and all
! the Republicans, regardless of the fight
against Cannon or the rules committee
are going to vote for Mr.. Taft S meas
ures.'
So it hapeued when Senators Peu-
rose, Crane aud Carter left the White
House, the latter acting as spokesman
! for the trio, declared:
4
| ton VIII become law at this scs~
! sion. -
The postal banks. however, will not
be the first Of the Taft measures con
| sidered. The president ranks his rec
concentrations for changes III the inter
state commerce law as of first i'm
portancc and he so indicated his posi-
ton to the senators this afternoon.
More Plain Advice.
that he regarded al least one OF the
conservation bills he has recommended
TO congress as of prime Importance,
| This is the bill TO validate the with
| drawal of lands containing waterpower
sites. coal and phosphates The laws
as TO the disposition of these lands can
be worked out and tbreshed over at
the convenience of congress.
The important thing, the president
believes, is TO validate Withdrawals,
made under the former administration
and in the ten months of tbc present
administration under the shddowy pow
er Of the discretion of the secretary OF
the interior. The president wants this
power made unquestionable. The val
liable Alaska coal lands are included
in the Withdrawals which Mr.. Taft is
anxious to have validated. Senators
PenroSc, Carter and Crane took back
this word to the capitol late today and
passed it along tho line.
Anxious for Action.
President Taft believes that the sen,
ate should 90 ahead with these three
measures at once and then, ne said. |
the house can get them IN some sort of !
shape, can have The benefit of the sen
ate discussion and can put the meas
ures through in short time once the
supply bills are disposed Of.
The president is confident that SEN |
ator Aldrich will do all he can 70 fur
tber the passage of the postal savings |
bank bill, This bill. it is argued, will |
give the leader Of the senate sp OPP
portunity TO show 10 the people that
they arc 10 get their share Of benefits
of fort hcoming financial legislation, Mr..
Aldrich is anxious TO obtain thc sup
port Of the country for the new cur,
reDcy laws, and the president believes
that the best way 10 get this support
is first TO provide for the postal banks.
The argument TO tho banks and
6nanciers is that deposits IN the gov
ernmcnt bank viii permit the govern
mept to take up the S130,O0O,0 600 of
per cent government bonds issucd and
which are Il drug on thc market, Many
national banks were compelled 10 take
these bonds because they feared their
bank note circulation would be sori-
ously limited otherwise,
The banks arc said 10 have lost manv
million of dollars through the dcprecia
ton of these bonds, aud II is generally
reported they stand To lose a great deal
more when the Panama canal bonds
arc issued.
Caucus Rule i'll House.
Throughout the present congress, J.
is agreed. Inc caucus rule is 10 prevail
i'm the house of representatives This
is credited 10 efforts Of The president.
The power Of Speaker Cannon and the
rules committee has been so far impair
ed that the caucus is considered the I
hest and faircst means Of providing for
legislation.
Before each caucus is held the pur'
pose of the gathering is 10 be an ;
uounced and no other subject is TO he /
Regulars and insurgents
arc TO he invited, and in this way the {
believes 1t is assured
of the support of all Republicans.