The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-27
TAFT WILL ASK
FOR MILLIONS
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ticipate in The legislation and TO do
their utmost to obtain legislation along
lines of reforms. 1t will not appeal to
Hale, who will not recognize insurgents
except in cases of dire necessity.
A ma jority Of the important sugges-
tions are made slowly to carry out the
appearance of seeking to redeem the
party pledges incorporated in the Chi
cago platform. but with no hope that
anything definite will be accomplished
in that direction. The president real
ICES that he cannot expect any tariff
Legislation at the short session.
No Change in Wool.
He does not anticipate that "pop-
gum bill. affecting either the wool or
cotton schedule, can be passed. His
only idea in making the recommends
tion will be to back up the party s reg
Iularity. His chief hope in that con.
nection is that the value Of the tariff
board in an advisory capacity may be
so impressed on congress that additional
funds will be allowed for its perpetual
tion.
The president will not insist on an
enactment amending the Sherman anti
trust law or scheme for the federal
incorporation of all Interstate corpora
itiops until after the United States SUI
preme court has handed down decisions
| in the pending Standard Oil and Ameri-
! can Tobacco trust cases. He prefers TO
| have the matter remain latent until the
matters of the highest tribunal indicate
what changes are required
| The president is quite hopeful a reel
procity treaty with Canada may be rat
| flied by the senate and acqmesced IN
by the house. Such a convention will
| be framed up by the state department
and submitted to the congress. The
concurrence of the house is needed be
cause certain changes will be made IN
tariff rates and all revenue producing &
measures must be approved by the low
er body under the constitution.
The president will make a pet of
| that feature relating to the fortitcatlon
of the Panama canal. In so doing he
will meet strenuous resistance at the
doorstep, as Representative Tawney
chairman of the house appropriations
committee. insists that the canal should
be commercial and not military
waterway. Tawney will insist that NO
money be expended in fortification eth
er now or hereafter,
Insurgents Not Placated.
The insurgent Republicans have not
been drawn back into the fold by the
president Is offer of federal patronage
They may not antagonize the presi
dents programme in its entirety, but
will consent TO such conservation leg
islation as is desired Those in the sen
ate succeeded at the last session in pre-
venting action on eight of the nine bills
prepared by Secretary Ballinger and
indorsed by the president.
The insurgents do not want any tam
pering with the Sherman antitrust law
and will fight against any suggestion
for amending it. At the same time
they will not permit any legislation by
which traffic agreements may be legal
lied. They do not approve of subsi
dies to ships and will fight to the end
against the central bank scheme.
The necessity for increased sums tc
fit the army and navy with the best
types of modern airships will probably
be allowed. All the recent experiments
and developments have shown the ne
cessity for this government keeping
pace with the times. The programmes
of foreign nations are such as to I'M
press upon congress the wisdom Of not
being outdone.
So far as the chief features of his
Legislative programme are concerned the
president has little encouragement IN
the direction of favorable considera
tion. On the contrary, he is drilling
himself to stoical resignation, feeling
assured their submission to the house
and senate will result in the ma jor por'
tion being indorsed