Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-27
40 DEMONSTRATION BILL WILL NOT
HAVE SMOOTH SAILING IN
EITHER HOUSE.
FUR EXPECTED TO FLY.
WHEN DEBATE BEGINS
Opposition to Postal Savings, Interstate
Commerce and Conservation Meas
ures as at Present FormuIated-Ef-
forts to Be Made to Secure Amend
ments.
Especial Correspondence

Washington, Jan. 2I.-Any idea that
peace and harmony are brooding over
the capitol and that the legislation
which President Taft is proposing is
going to be passed without storm and
stress and controversy will probably
be dispelled in a short time when the
legislative wheels get fairly in mo-
ton.
The president is now hoping to get
congress to enact his railroad bill.
postal savings measure and a part of
the administration conservation bills.
a good deal of talk is heard that the
ways are now smoothed for this leg
islation to be put thru without serious
trouble. As a matter of fact, it is like
ly the fur will soon begin to fly in the
house and senate and that it will con-
tinue to fly for the rest of the session.
The Postal Bank Bill.
Especially in the senate are the signs
of trouble multiplying. The senate
postoffices committee met yesterday to
take up the postal savings bank bill.
Numerous amendments will be offered.
1t will be urged on the one hand. es-
pecially by western senators, that the
funds in the postal savings banks must
be SO disposed of that they will not
leave the communities where deposited
and will not be fed into the big bus
mess centers and ultimately find their
way into the eastern money market On
the other hand, Senator Aldrich, it is
well understood, does not want postal
savings bill put thru unless it is an adj
junct of his central bank plan. 1t is
going to be difficult to adjust the diff
ferences of opinion on this question.
Another Clash Promised.
| The senate interstate commerce COM
mittee will meet Friday and take up
the administration railroad bill. Here
again. there will be a clash. In the
first place, there will be a sharp collis-
| ion in the committee, when Senators
/ Cummins, Clapp and some of the dem
! ocrats will insist that the bill be made
more stringent in some of its features.
Then. after the bill gets to the floor, 1t
will be attacked on many points unless
it is materially changed in the COM
mittee. The probabilities are that the
insurgent republicans and the dem
ocrats will be found working pretty
|
as to number of particulars.
Some UnreIished Provisions.
The provisions of the bill as to traffic
agreements are not relished by a NUM-
Der of the senators. This is the case
especially because such agreements
would NOT be supervised adequately by
the interstate commerce commission,
according to some of the bills critics.
They assert that the bill would open
wide the door to traffic agreements and
this would not be relished by shippers.
The capitalization features OF the Dill
and others will be most closely dis
sected.
Despite the talk of harmony on a
legislative program, the feeling IS pro-
nounced about the capitol that If there
is railroad legislation, it will only be
latter long debate and many changes
in the bill prepared by Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham.
Conservation Trouble Looms.
When II comes to conservation, there
too trouble is looming up. A fight has
begun over the administration bill tc
hermit the withdrawal of mineral lands
from entry by the secretary OF the IN
terror pending disposition by congress
This bill was lately taken up In the
public lands committee and a revolt
broke loose. in which Senators Nelson
Flint and Smoot and Newlands ano
Chamberlain joined.
Nor is there harmony on ship SUBJ