The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-03-03
Taft |NS|STENT
THESE HE WANTS PASSED DUR.
ING PRESENT SESSION
OF CONGRESS.
FIVE BILLS ARE ESSENTIAL
Date Set for Vote on the Postal Saw,
ings Measures.-Plsn for Annual
Rivers and Harbors Bill Is
Gaining.

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Washington, Feb. 26.-Following his
return from a two days trip 70 New
York and Newark. President Taft had
several conferences with members OF
the two houses of congress regard
ing the legislative program.
The bills which the president de-
clared that he looked for congress
to pass in redemption of party pledg'
es, are these:
Establishing postal savings banks;
amending and strengthening the inter
state commerce law; the conservation
measures, giving the president the
right to withdraw public lands from
entry and to continue the withdrawal
until revoked by himself or by an act
of congress and providing for q re-
classification of the lands; (these two
bills may be consolidated); the anti
injunction bill; statehood for New
Mexico and Arizona. In addition TO
these the president has recommended
several other matters OF Legislation,
including the bill for a new form OF
government in Alaska, the bill for led
eral interpretations and the bill Great
ing a public health bureau.
Mr.. Taft let it be known hat While
he would urge only the five measures
set forth as party pledges he has, by
no means, abandoned the other meas
ures he has recommended and viii
call the attention Of congress to them
again at the beginning of the next ses-
sion.
March 8 for Postal Savings Bill.
Decided progress was made in the
senate towards the disposition of the
postal savings bank bill. In addition
to a striking speech by Senator Bail
ey and an amendment offered by Sen.
ator Burton, which is offered as 2
compromise of the various differences
on the question of the disposal of the
funds arising from the postal deposits,
Senator Carter succeeded after many
previous futile efforts, in getting next
Thursday, March 3, fixed for a vote on
the bill.
After Mr.. Bailey had concluded
many expressed the opinion that he
had thrown much light upon constitu-
tional question involved in the sub.
iect. He had a splendid audience,
both on the door of the senate and in
the galleries, and his speech was re-
ceived with general favor.
Mr.. Owen gave notice that he would
speak on his proposed amendment
substituting a government guarantee
of bank deposits for the suggested pos
tai banks.
Annual Rivers-Harbors Bill.
Information comes from the senate
committee on commerce that this COM
mittee agrees with the house members
in the plan for an annual rivers and
harbors bill. The plan is expected to
be adopted.
! While the senate committee has not
progressed far with it's consideration
of the rivers and harbors bill, it has
gone far enough to indicate that on
siderable money will have to be add
ed to it if all the projects now planned
are provided for.
Uniform Measures Conference.
Participating for the first time in the
conferences annually held by the fed
eral and state officials interested in
standards of weights and measures,
officials of Minnesota have come here
to attend the conference this year,
which begins on Friday. The Mime
sofa men who have arrived here are
State Treasurer G. c. Dinehart, State
Inspector of Scales Charles c.. Neale,
State Weighmaster P. p. Quist and
City Sealer of Weights and Measures
Ed Salther.
Peary's Proofs Asked For.
Peary's proofs that he reached the
north pole we're called for by the nav
al committee of the house. A sub
committee having under consideration
the several bills introduced for the
purpose of comforting various rewards
upon Commander Peary for his expedi-
lions and discoveries adopted a resolu-
ton calling on the cecretary of COM
merce and labor for an official reports
or proofs from Peary concerning the
latter's discovery of the north pole.
Second Homestead Entries.
The McCumber bill to provide for
second homestead entries was ordered
favorably reported by the senate com,
mittee on public lands. II enacted, it
would allow second entries under the
homestead laws to be made by any per.
son whose first entry had been for
feited or abandoned, or lost for any
reason except cancellation for fraud,
or relinquished for a valuable consid-
Grafton.
iMPERSoNATED ARMY OFFICER