Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
MAY DELAY ADJOURNMENT
Addition by Senate Prevents Imme-
diate Conference.
DISCUSSED AT WHITE HOUSE
Leaders See President and Will Try
to Solve Problem-Rough
Riders Here.

tlOn WITHDRAWAL Dill tndt threatens not
only to delay the adjournment of Con-
gress, but to get in the way of the final
passage of the law.
President Taft gor wind of the situation
today and sent for Speaker Cannon. Rep
resentative Payne and the republican
members of the ways and means COM
mittee. senators Carter Curtis and 9TH
ers closely connected with this particular
piece Of legislation, and urged that every
thing be done to clear the legislative
track SO that the conservation bill and
the administration program generally can
60 through.
The Senate passed the House conserva-
uon bill. just as il came from the lower
body, but added a paragraph providing
for an issue of $3O,0OO.OOO of certificates
by the United States Treasury to com
plete the irrigation projects that have
been planned by the reclamation service,
Speaker Cannon today informed the
President and Senators Carter and Curtis
that the addition of the certificate legs
lation made 1t impossible, under the rules,
to send the bill to conference. Under the
rules the bill, passed by the Senate.
containing, as 1t does. legislation involv-
ing charge upon the Treasury, must go
to committee of the House and then to
the union calendar.
Solution Is Suggested.
The only way the tangle can be got
around will be for the rules committee
of the House TO report a special rule en-
abling consideration of the bill as 1t
stands, and this is regarded as unlikely,
in view Of conditions there. II the bill
has to go to committee and be considered
there, adjournment of Congress will be
much further off than June 25. or even
July /.
Speaker Cannon today proposed that
the Senate recall the bill and strike the
certificate provision from 1t, enabling the
bill to become a law upon the signature
of the President.
The western men who favor either an
issue Of certificates or bonds to complete
the irrigation projects do not wish to
accede to this proposition, because they
fear it will mean no money for irrigation
except through the regular channels. II
the House ways and means committee
will report out the certificate bill and
out loss of time they will strike the pro-
vision from the conservation bill.
Conference Lasts an Hour.
The President sent for Representative
Payne to explain the situation and to
state that he hoped there would be no
hitch in conservation legislation or in the
extension of financial aid to the irrigation
plans already made by the government.
The President and the republican MEM
berS of the ways and means committee
went into executive session on the subject,
remaining together nearly an hour.
At the conclusion Of the conference the
ways and means members said that they
intended to get together at the Capitol
and take the subject up at once. They
reached no decision at the White House
and would not do so until further meet
ings had been held.
Information this afternoon was that the
Senate and House leaders were at work
upon the problem and hoped to solve 1t
without a long-drawn-out hitch.
Rough Riders See President
Forty Rough Riders of Roosevelt's old
Spanish war regiment saw the President
today They arrived in Washington in
two special cars. being part Of the Rough
Rider contingent which will act as Col.
Roosevelts personal escort in the recep-
ton in New York Saturday. The men
who shook hands with the President
were mostly from Texas and Oklahoma.
They were headed by Ben Colbert of
Tishomingo, Okla, one of the pets OF
Col. Roosevelt
Colbert was the smallest man in the
regiment and became an orderly to Col.
Roosevelt. He not only acted as order
ly, but as secretary. and is now secretary
Of the Rough Rider Organization.
Yes, the colonel got Things going down
in Cuba said Colbert. wore out hVe
on his orde s. 1 did TINS besides handling
the coloners correspondence.
President Roosevelt made Colbert
United States marshal of the Indian Ter
ritory before that territory was admitted
to statehood with Oklahoma.
The President shook hands with two
Chinese Baptist ministers. They were
Rev. Lee Hong. pastor of the First Chi
nese Baptist Church, Of Philadelphia. and
Rev. Gong Ting OF San Francisco, not
only a minister but bail inspector for the
Chinese criminal court of the Pacific
coast city.
Mr.. Statesman Forced Out.
lanes F. Statesman United States
minister to Bolivia, has rendered his
resignation. and his leaving the service
is said TO have teen caused by the
of Fred w. Carpenter as min
lister to Morocco. H. Percival Dodge has
been the American minister at Morocco.
If the place went TO Mr.. Carpenter, as
it did, Mr.. Dodge either had to get out
or be given another position. He was
shifted to Bolivia and Mr.. Statesman was
the man who had to get out. The minis
ter is from Indiana and was the only
man that state had in the diplomatic
service.
Representatives Ransdell. Madden. Goul-
den Davidson and Graft. representing the
national rivers and harbors congress, to-
day invited the President to be present at
the opening of that Congress in Wash-
ington December Z next. The President
accepted the invitation.
Cacroforv DickinSon who ia Tn leave
Washington tonight for San Francisco,
to depart for the Philippines. hade the
President goodbye today.
The President returned to Washington
this morning at o'clock from Marietta
Ohio. where he delivered an address yes
terday.
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