The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-17
TAFT'S BIC FIGHT
IS YET TO COME
Agreement as TO Selection of
Ballinger-Pinchot Investiga-
ton Committee Not all.
INSURGENTS ARE STILL
CARRYING THEIR KNIVES
What the House Will Do With
Administration Bill Is Un-
settled Problem.

| WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-No matter
how satisfactory an arrangement is made
! for the selection OF the joint committee
TO investigate the Balllnger Pipchot con-
troversy. the lnsurgent fight promises to
occupy prominent place in the congress
sional situation this week
That there will be a lull in hostilties
IN tho house as soon as the Ballinger-
Pinchot committee Is appointed is con =
coded. but those who are anxious that
legislation may proceed without delay.
are not oversanguins of their efforts 10
keep the insurgont row in check They
looked Tor renewed outbreaks whenever
any question affecting the Cannon rules
Is lnterJectcd into the proceedings.
Other Phase of Battle.
Second in interest 10 the discussion
of the battle between the Republican
oreanizat ton and insurgents of the house
Is the gossip In both branches OF congress
as to what will be the fate of admins
tration bills TO put into force what arc
now known as Taft policies. These en-
brace the programme for the amendment
OF the interstate commerce laws, for the
amendment OF the Sherman antitrust
law and for the conscrva ton Of natural
resources.
Little opposition has been heard to the
administration measure for Strengthening
the Interstate commerce act. On all sides
Il seems conceded that some such meas
ure as is proposed by Mr.. Taft will DO
enacted
Insurgents OF the senate expect to hold
a conference soon TO consider their atti-
tude on the administration bills. In the
meantime the senate committee on in
terstate commerce Will take up the in
terstate commerce act on Friday.
House Rather Independent.
The message of the president bearing
upon the question OF cnactinG a volun-
tary federal incorporation law TO offset
the Interpretation placed upon the Shcr-
man antitrust law In the Standard Oil
company case and possible affirmation
by the supreme court OF that decision
has attracted little attention in the
house. Members Of the senate judi
ciary committee have read the bill which
President Taft and Attorney General
Wickersham have drafted and which will
be presented to the senate through Sen
ator Clark of Wyoming.
Comments upon the federal incorpo
ration bill have not been altogether IA
Vorable. Many lawyers have taken the
position that it intereres with the rights
OF states TO tax the property OF corpora
tions. while there are others who believe
that. If the decision in the Standard Oil
case is affirmed by the supreme court
that company would be the first to take
advantage of voluntary federal incor-
pora lon act. Opposition TO the Standard
OIL company as a monopoly inpclS these
members OF congress to be against any
measure designed to give relief TO any
trust,
Volunteer Is Wanted.
The administration bills on the conscr-
vation of natural resources are still be-
fore the house committee on public lands,
awaiting the announcement OF some vol
unteer that he Is Is wiling to o., undertake
Chairman Mondell of Wyoming 20 In
troduce the bill by request having
been declined by President Taft and by
Secretary Ballinser. attention Will be Civ
en- to the measures by individual mem
bers OF the committee and they may be
parceled out among several western rep
rcsentativeS.
traton forces made mistake in de-
clning the proffer OF Mr. Mondcll. His
opposition to the Ballineer bills is said
10 be in harmony with lukewarm support
given him in the past TO the Roosevelt
programme for the conservation OF nat
ural resources,
Mondell's Attitude,
II is pointed out that few bills with
drawing for governmental reserve any
part of the public domain that had
Mr. Mondell's support. The measures In
question were drafted by Secretary Bal
linger. and the Endorsement introduced
by request would have brought them
prominently To the attention OF the Coun-
try as administration measures.
III view OF the fact that Mt, Rallineors s
conscrva ton tendencies have been ques-
toned, St might prove advantageous TO
him To have his personal label upon them
An interesting situation VIII be raised
in the house committee on expenditures
in tho interior department by rcpresen-
Ia tive Hitchcock of Nebraska who Will
cnde3vor 10 SubStantiate his charges OF
extravaganza in the conduct of land Of
fees.
The bill giving separate statehood to
New Mexico and Arizona is on the house
calendar Hamilton Of Michigan. author
OF INC measure. says that. II it's passage
Is delayed, IT will be in the senate,