The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-05
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Platform Pledges and Taft
Policies
| Washington. Feb. 5.-Developments
in the legislative situation at the capt.
tol occurred with almost Kaleidoscope
celerity yesterday. 1t was a regular
moving picture show, and when it
was all over, President Taft would
have been perfectly justified in be-
coming the chief celebrant in a joy
| GUS carnival, for both insurgent and
stalwart factions in the house of rep
resentatfves had come across"-to
employ an effective though somewhat
inelegant colloquialism. For those
who prefer the niceties Of language.
1t may be said that both sides capitu-
lated and sw0re allegiance to him and
his legislative policies.
Attitude of Stalwarts.
Reflective of the sentiments of the
Cannon organization of the house was
the set of resolutions adopted by the
Republicans of the New York delega-
tion, numbering more than a score
who met yesterday afternoon for the
purpose of proclaiming the attitude
of the stalwarts upon legislative rec
concentrations of the president. This
IS the declaration of the empire state.
Where: 1t is the earnest desire of
the Republican delegation Of the state
Eof New York in the house of represen-
tattves to have prompt consideration
of the. legislation proposed and rec
commended by, the president, and pre-
sented to the people in the platform of
! the Republican party adopted at the
last national convention.
Therefore, he it resolved, That we
jointly endeavor to secure q caucus
Of the Republican representatives for
!! the purpose of adopting legislative
program for the session, based, by a
majority vote of such caucus, upon
the Republican national platform of
1908, and the recommendations of the
president.
And be it further resolved, That
we favor the consideration of such
proposed legislation by Republican
caucuses to. be called from time to
time as rapidly as such legislation
can be taken up
Mr.. Aldricl Approves.
But this is not all. for Senator AL
drich of Rhode Island, the Republi-
can leader of the senate, who has just
returned from a health trip to Florida,
declared his acquiescence in the
presidents desire for the passage of
legislation Strengthening the inter-
state commerce act and the passage of
the postal savings bank bill, two of
the most important measures prom
ised in the Republican national plat
form of 1908. Mr.. Aldrich has taken
no special interest in conservation
agitation. but is expected to fall in
line with some of the legislation rec
commended by the president for the
protection of natural resources.
No wonder the president wore the
proverblal smile which would not
come off, from about 4 o'clock yester-
day afternoon until the state recep-
t1on given last evening at the white
house in honor of congress, was end
ed. No wonder, also, that he felt con-
fident that the major part of his leg
islative program will get through con-
gress at this session. Although he
has urged national Incorporation act
for corporations engaged in interstate
commerce, he actually has never eX-
pected such a law to go through this
winter. His chief purpose in so pro-
posing it at this time has been to give
congress and the country something
to think about and to invite public as
we'll as congressional discussion. Next
infn I,0 xr,i1 IN
mendation and hopes congress will
act favorably upon it.
Rule Fight Sidetracked.
Not only has the legislative situa-
tion been cleared by the action of the
insurgents and the stalwarts, as al
ready described, but it was further
clarified by the decision of the insur-
gent forces not to persist in their ef-
forts to force a caucus to consider the
proposition to enlarge the committee
on rules. This plan was abandoned.
the insurgent leaders are resigned to
the inevitable-the inevitable being
the preponderance of Republican
sentiment against injecting into the
house, which already has enough
troubles, a controversy which may
we'll be deferred until next winter or
until the Sixty-second congress gets
under way.
The action of the insurgents, at
firming allegiance to the administra-
tion, was taken primarily to exoner-
ate them Of the suspicion that they
were trying to hold up the president
in order to gain recruits for their on
slaught on the Cannon organization.
AS was explained last night, they
were Withholding u formal indorse-
mcnt of the presidents program in
the hope of forcing the Republicans
on the Ohio delegation and from 9TH
er states, who deprecated the intense
factional differences in the party to
line up ON their side.