Mexico Missouri message., 1910-01-27
IDEA NOT LIKED
BY THE LEADERS
Federal License Of Corporations
Is Opposed by Many in
Congress.
UNLIKELY TO BE MADE LAW
Pension Bills introduced Providing for
Volunteer Retired LIst"-Two Cit
les Want Exposition Marking the
Canal Opening.

Washington.--The Republican lead
ers in congress practically have
| agreed that If It can be accomplished
the majority of the Presidents recon-
mendations shall be enacted into law
at this session, but there Is growing
evidence that among the minority Of
the recommendations which are to be
overlooked, the Presidents wish that
law legalizlng the federal licensing
OF interpretations may not be fulfilled
at this session.
In telling Mr.. Taft that 1t is unlikely
that his federal license law is to go
through the leaders have made tao
1t promise that at future date, prob
ably at the next session, the recon-
mendations shall be taken up and put
through in some form. 1t seems that
the plan for the licensing of corpora
tions by the federal government has
aroused antagonism among some of
the Republicans and among a major
ity of the Democrats. 1t Is understood
also that the leading Republicans,
men who ordinarily can get the rest
are not over-zealous in their desire
that this bill shall become a law, GER
tainly not at the present time. 1t is
impossible in the absence of any d.
rect statement of the reasons for their
objections to tell why 1t is that the
leaders apparently are determined to
postpone action upon this particular
piece Of legislation, but it seems to be
assured that consideration of 1t is to
be postponed until "a more convent
ent season"
1t has been pretty generally under
stood that ship subsidy was to have
hard sailing through the waters of the
lower house of congress, and not very
easy sailing through those of the up
per house. 1t is impossible of course,
to foretell just what the fate of sub
sidy will be, but it seems that one
senator who in the past has been the
champion of subsidy this year is not
inclined to look with favor upon it.
The senator in question is Mr.. Frye
of Maine, who apparently does not
think that the measure recommended
by the President and already intro
duced into the house goes anywhere
near far enough to suit the shipping
interests. President Taft has recon-
mended legislation of this kind, but
the feeling is in Washington that he
will not be particularly disappointed If
1t does not go through, although of
course its passage would add one
more to the administration victories.
Postal Savings Banks.
One of the most peculiar situations
is that in regard to postal savings
banks. Much has been written about
this matter and, in the main, former
opinion was that the postal savings
bank bill might have great trouble in
getting sanction for itself from the
leaders of both houses. AS everybody
knows, the members of the national
monetary commission would prefer
that consideration of the postal saw.
ings bank bill should be put off until
after the commission has made its re-
port. President Taft, however, is in
sistent that postal savings bank legis-
lation shall be enacted this winter
and it is believed to-day that the
leaders have agreed to accede to his
wishes, as they have also agreed to
do what he wants them to do in the
matter of amendments to the inter-
state commerce law and of laws
which will safeguard the interests of
the nations natural resources.
Bills for Veterans.
Before the military committee of
the house of representatives there
are eight principal bills intended to
benefit the veterans of the civil war.
In several of them there is a specific
provision for the creation of what is
called a volunteer retired list for
the civil war officers, who are still
living.
In the Sixteenth congress Repre-
sentative Beeman G. Dawes of Ohio
introduced bill which If it had be-
come a law would have put all the
commissioned officers of the civil
war on the retired list with month
ly pay Of one-half that which they
received while they we're wearing
swords in the field. There is a re-
tired list for regular officers. and the
idea of Representative Dawes was to
give to the volunteer officers in their
old age a recognition In part at least
of the value of their services as com
missioned officers. The question
seemed to be. If the regulars are paid
after retirement, why not do the same
thing for the volunteers?
Representative Dawes is not now in
Congress. but the provision in his
bill which was intended to care for
the volunteer oficers has been incor-
porated in several Of the bills which
are now before the military commit
| tee for action. It seems probable
that before long congress will pass
one of these measures and that every
man who wore bar. leaf, an eagle
or star on his shoulder during the
civil war and who is alive to-day, viii
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