Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-20
Taft Wants Publicity Measure
Passed This Session.
ENCOURAGED BY SUCCESS
Everybody at White House Happy
Over Congress Legislation.
GOES TO YALE TOMORROW
President Feels That He Is En-
titled to See Son Graduate.
Today's Callers. = !

Encouraged by the success that has at
tended his legislative program up to this
time, President Taft decided today to
make an issue of the passage by Con-
gress before the adjournment of the
present session of the bill providing for
the publicity of campaign contributions in
all campaigns affecting federal offices.
This was satisfaction day at the White
House. Everybody was delighted and
everybody loved everybody else. Nothing
went wrong. Insurgents forgot their
grievances and regulars rejoiced in the
general good feeling that prevailed.
President Taf. was the best pleased
man of all. and his spirit passed along
the line. In no day since his administra-
ton began has the chief executive shown
more optimism and more good cheer. He
had right TO be that way, 90. Con-
gress, on the point of adjournng, was
dong practically everything he asked
Animosities engendered among republi-
cans during the session We're passing
away ana good feeling was prevailing all
along the party line. From away from
Washington encouraging words were
coming, and foremost among these was
a long letter from Col Theodore Roose-
Welt, besides personal words of warm
greeting from returning statesmen.
If the President did not feel the buoy
ancy OF the minute as much as he might
have his friends and admirers did.
Things are coming our way Just
humping themselves to get to u.s." was
the way one man put il.
The President is we'll satisfied with
the congressional situation that he will
leave town tomorrow night for New
Haven to see his Robert graduate
from Yale. He will spend Wednesday
at Yale and be at his desk again Thurs
day morning.
The Injunction Bill.
AS 10 legislation of the administration
stamp going through Congress, a man
asked the President today if he was push
ing the injunction bill The President
intimated that while he would like TO get
this measure through, he did not wish to
gobble everything in sight
While many of the republican leaders
thought today that adjournment would
take place by Thursday. and not later
than Saturday, President Taft himself
will not be disappointed if the time is
around the :t0th.
The President will remain In Washing
ton three or four days after adjournment
to see and talk with republicans who
wished on political matters in their re-
spective states. He may be here until
July 3, but he has an engagement at
Cambridge, Mass, July 4, and will not
return here after that If he can help It.
The President will make some ap-
pointments before leaving, but tie inn
portant appointments provided in some
of the bills that have become law and
will become law will go over until next
fall. The President, for instance, will
not appoint the interstate commerce
court, provided in the railroad bill which
the chief executive signed Saturday
night until next December. His policy
is not to make big judicial appointments
until Congress is in session To act, SO
that the judges or justices cen assume
their duties without quibble or question,
such as might arise from between-ses-
sion appointment
If Justice Moody retires from the Su-
creme Court, he is expected to do TX
the special retirement bill goes through
Congress, his successor Will not be named
until next December, which makes II GER
tain that the big tobacco and STANDARD
Oil cases must be settled by bench or
eight and not the full bench OF nine, as
had been hoped. These big cases have
been set for argument next November
River Bill Ready.
The river and harbor bill is upon the
Presidents desk ready for signature and
he wants to go over it before appending
his signature. 1t is not regarded as prob
able that he will withhold his signature
from the bill. but he is at least deter
mined to know what is in ii before he
does make it law.
The President signed the railroad bill
without reading il over. He was. how
ever, fully informed as to its contents
and felt sure that measure whlch
had been so closely Scrutinized as tflS
would have no serious errors or
lockers"
Attorney General Wickersham and
Representative Mann, who had SO
much to do with framing the measure.
met in the Presidents offices this
morning and swapped congratulations.
The Attorney General was. like the Presi-
dent, greatly pleased with the DRIFT or
matters Just felicitating the President
over the railroad BILL said the Attorney
General.
Did Wilson Bring MessageP
Secretary Wilson, who returned from
the Roosevelt homecoming celebration
dropped in on the President today to
tell him what he had heard and OBJ
served in New York. Many believe that
Mr.. Wilson. who served throughout the
Roosevelt administration in his present
position. brought back from New YORK
some significant utterance OF the former
President as to the Taft administration.
But pressing the farmer or the caplnet
did not get anything.
But 4 tell you that Roosevelt did not
talk politics" he reiterated
But isn't the colonel going to get into
the game?' was asked
II don't know what he is going % do.
tell you he did not talk politics..
What is your personal opinion as to the
probable future of the colonel in politics."
We'll, | am pretty sure he VIII not go
to bed and sleep too long" was the most
Tama Jim would say.
President Taft had a long and init
mately couched letter from Col Roose-
Welt Saturday night The letter was
mailed abroad and il had evidently been
the wish of the writer that IL should get
to this country ahead OF him. The letter
is supposed to have come on the same
steamer with Col. Roosevelt.
No idea of the contents of the letter
is to be had, the President refusing 10
discuss it,
Sherman Wants a Few Things.
Vice President Sherman, always a well
come visitor to the White House. ran
into newspaper men as he started out OF
the executive Offices What am 1 here
for?" he repeated. Trying to have a
chaplain named in the army, postmaster
appointed in my old home district fan in
structor named at West Point and three
or four little things like that"
We'll. you'll get what you want" was