The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-24
SHOWS WHAT TAFT
DID NOT ACHIEVE
Declares That Measures Adopted
BY Congress Were Not US
Recommended.
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; BALTIMORE. June s4.--Declaring
that President TAFT VIII not he al
lowed to 90 unchanenged from one
end OF the country to the other brag-
gtng Of the adoption of his policies
10y Congress showing that the meas.
ures that passed were by no means
those recommended by the President.
since they were In most Instances so
radically changed as to become prac-
tically different measures, and point
/ ing out that even those bills retain
ing some slight germ OF Mr.. Taft'S
policies were passed only BY the con
sent OF the Democrats and Insurgents,
the Baltimore sun to-day says edito-
rally
MI. Tart set. out at the beginning
Fl az the present session OF Congress To
attain certain definite objects. The
members of his cabinet and other ad-
Visers had been AT work all summer
formulating the propositions he was
10 present They were so careful to
put them In the exact shape which
the President desired that each meas.
ure was drafted by a cabinet officer
discussed in every detail, and most of
them put in final shape by the at
/ torhey- general For the first time
! in our history IA President presented
TO Congress Il formal program of
legislation" ana had it's features In
PRODUCED frankly as administration
DIS TWO Of the most important
propositions Of the autumn were
abandoned early In the session--the
proposal to revise the Sherman anti
trust law. and that to extend the right
OF Federal charter to interstate cor
poratlons Both aroused intense op-
position.
Summary of Bills.
me other bills formally presented
and urged for passage unamended In
Guided the following:
ElIl for the Regulation of Rail-
Foads'--Jhss has been passed. but in
radically Inherent form from that In
which II was drafted by Mr. Wicker
sham. The sections allowing railroads
10 make pooling" agreements on
rates, allowing railroad which owns
81 per cent. OF the stock of a rival
road 10 absorb the rival. giving the
Federal government control over stock
ana bond issues. all have been eiimi-
mated. against the protest OF the Pres
ident The one feature upon which
, ne strongly insisted which has been
saved is the court OF commerce, Gre
ated as court of appeals frnm thu
decisions Of the Interstate Commerce
= Commission
The Bill 10 Create a System of Pos.
: tai Savings Banks, This WAS orlgl.
haliy framed SO that the savings OF
the depositors might have been used
70 buy IN the Improbable 2 per cent
| bonds and relieve the big banks which
mold them Whether "a section OF IN,
. DIN az passed does not confer upon
the President this power which wa
. denied him by specific vote, is still ,
question ot dispute.
light on Conservation.
s. Eight Bllls Relating To- "Conserva
ton, Public Landa and Water Pow
ers.-~-of these only one has been pass
{ ed. giving tn power of withdrawal o
lands to the President. instead OF tn
Secretary of the Interior. as was pro
posed IN the original bin drawn b
t3alltnger. All the other conaeryatio
measures were abandoned for the ses
sion.
is \ Note Issue of $50 zoe. 600 to Fin
a, tsh Reclamation Projects; 100000 90
~ was granted. The attempt to GU,
Direction Newell and other Pincht
Va men fro mcontrol of the Reclamatio
AZ Service seems doomed TO defeat.
"a Hills 70 limit the issue uf injun
-, tons Not passed.
an BiIl creating a bureau OF mine
- Passed
~ Statehood for Arizona and Ne
,ir Mexico. Granted. unda Limitation
T. that will delay admission To the t'nit
for nearly two years
n Blil 10 grant ship subsidies A hal
90 doncd for the session
n Campaign Expenses
he cther important measures pass,
Iel which did not bear the stamp OF Il
Ia administration include the bin con
a polling tho publication Of oampaif
mt contributions and expenditures wjit
I'd has been strongly urged by the dem
a Gratis IN the face of strong republics
opposition for nearly ten years: az
w. the bills appropriatinE millions (,
10 rivers and harbors and for publ
!, buildings.
r. The President and his friends poi
To the legislation enacted by the Col
gress now closing It's FIRST session az
wonderful record OF achievement
Upon this record they VIII go befo
r. the country ana ask Endorsement
the administration By the election
republican House or Represent
T. lives and republican Senators. II
of President and the old line regula
NJ are given all the credit for N
ne Reinforcement" vet the record sho,
ms that not single measure was PASS
r. as the President drafted II, not n b
IN Was passed without radical amen
. ment---not one went through wfhn
70 the consent of the republican insu
p" gents and confessions to the dem
llc Gratis. The program" has been ca
ad rled out by. such continual compr
ef misses, such appeals, such eNertion
re- presidential pressure as have seldo
I'M been witnessed I'm Washingto
" Though backed up by all the pow
an Of the administration. the old-lil
US regulars we're compelled TO yield maj
ne times 10 the insurgents. and the cor
bination was defeated time and agai
~, insurgcnt Victory.
10 1t Is q record OF compromise,
ne forced concessions. of insurgent VI
tr tories, as swell as Of achievement
u' 'tiaif a loaf Is better than no bread
m but IL Is by no means the whole 10
l@ that was demanded The Preside
,tf deserves and viii receive due cree
ny for ali he has accomplished; bat
'Se will not be allowed to claim unchf
lenged the credit for the good NO
III done by the democrats and the j
surgcnts in the face Of his opposite
aud against every EFFORT of the reg
lars
10 Mr.. Taft mas secured a great de