The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-22
President Cancels Important
Engagement: Will Remain
in Washington.
DETERMINED TO PUSH
PET MEASURE THROUGH
Insists That House Form of Bill
Be Adopted by the
Senate.

w WASHINGTON. June 21.-On rcceiv-
ing information from the senate today
that filibuster was proposed there by
some of the insurgents against the pos
tai savings bank bill. President Taft de.
cided to abandon his projected visit to
New Haven, where he expected to see
his son graduate from Yale tomorrow.
The president said he would remain in
Washington to look after tho legislation
and that he would stay here ali summer
# necessary to take the postal bank
measure through in satisfactory form
1t Is his desire that the house bill be
adopted by the senate without amend
mcnt
Early today he sent for several of tho
recalcltrant senator's and had a long
and earnest talk with them. The presi
dent is said to be thoroughly aroused
over the situation.
Several of the so.callcd regular Re
publicans in the senate, it was said to-
day, bad been discovered off the reser-
walton III the final roundup ON the
postal savings bank bill.
Plans of Senators.
Reports which reached the white
house this morning were that while
the president was at New Haven TO-
morrow it was the intention OF the
senators so to amend the postal savings
bank bill as TO kill any chance of its
passage by congress at this session.
this plan he directed Secretary Norton
TO cancel his trip to the Yale COM
mencement and also to send for the sen
ate leaders.
The president for more than year
had been looking forward TO the New
Haven trip. He said some time ago
that he would allow nothing to inter
graduated from Yale. AT first the
president proposed spending three days
at New Haven. The legislative situa-
tion last week was such. however, that
he ordered the trip curtailed TO one day.
Now ii is abandoned altogether.
Big Fight Is On.
The postal savings bank bill is the is
sue between the White house and the
north wing OF the capitol, The president
insists that the senate adopt the house
bill Several insurgents and some OF
the regulars are strongly opposed to the
house bill and rumors of flibustcr
against the measure filled the air this
morning,
II was because of these reports that
the further predictions that the absence
OF the president from Washington to-
morrow would be taken advantage OF
to amend the bill in the senate so as
10 make ltS pUSSdSe lUlppSSlDlc In tltlltI
branch or the national Legislature that
the president decided to remain ut the
White house from now until the day OF
ad diournment,
The tight over the postal savings bank
bill has many angles. One Is the fact
that the measure which the insurgents
helped to frame and fully approved In
the house is roundy denounced by the
insurgents In the senate.
President Taft has promised TO stand
by the house measure,
II is pretty generally admitted at the
capitol that the president holds the whip
hand IN the fight and that as soon as
Il vote can be reached the senate Will
accept the house bill.
Taft Gets Busy.
Mr. Taft summoned a score of SON
ators to the White house today and
talked 10 them with directness and
forcefulness which left no doubt as to
how he feels about the matter. Tho fact
that some of the regulars in the senate
are quietly working against the measure
has particularly aroused the president,
and he IS anxious that they shall be
put on record as early possible
Opposition TO the postal bill comes
first from the country bankers of tho
middle west They have been lombard
ing their senators and representatives
with letters and kilograms ever since
the bill first came UP. The second
source OF opposition Is from the surety
bond group of guarantee companies.