The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-15
That is the First Thing to be
Considered
IS ANXIOUS FOR CONGRESS
To Take up Program-His New York
Speech Covers An subiects--General
Hearings Ended on the Rail
road Measure.

washington. Feb. i5.--After having
spent quiet morning IN New York city,
President Taft returned to Washington
Sunday night TO find that his speech
Saturday evening before the Republican
club al rs Lincoln day dinner had kept
the national legislators busy in discus.
sion the whole day long The president
had planned the speech a week Or more
ago. and It covered his attitude on prac.
tieally every issue which j. pending IN
Congress Or has come up since his admin
istration began. NJ. Taft pufposely
made the scope wide one, for he felt
that statement Of bis views was want
3D. Now that be has had his say, i IS
declared his purpose Is 10 get to work on
Congress in The interest Of the measures
he has recommended IN fact, il is said
that concerning his speech and his plans
for the immediate future, the president
quoted a saying BY Jowett, headmaster
Of Balliol, at Oxford, when be advised
a Young mans eDon't excuse don't
explain; get it done. let 'em yell.r So
TAR as he can. the president said he was
going to get it done and in the mean
time would 'let 'em yells
Taft Indicates Preferred List.
The fact that President Taft in his
New York speech selected for emphasis
such subjects as postal savings banks,
interstate commerce legislation, anti.in-
junction, statehood and conservation q
natural resources seems to mark these
as subjects for early consideration 81
Congress. II is remarked also that the
character Of Mr.. Taft's illusions to the
federal Incorporation bill would hardly
justify that measure being placed in the
first rank Of administration measures,
while the fact that ship subsidy was
ignored altogether makes II questionable
whether the executive win bring press
ure to bear to promote il. Ship subsidy
legislation seems almost certain to pass
the Senate, but the Democrats in the
House are preparing to line up against
tho bill, and they believe that with some
Republican assistance they will be able
10 defeat ii 1t Is not improbable that
the senate would then resort TO making
THE measure rider upon the post office
appropriation bill. in which event sec
ond contest would be preeipitated in the
House.
Postal savings banks and aprropria-
ton bills viii take up practically the
entire week IN the Senate. In the House
the rivers and harbors bin viii prob
ably occupy considerable time, and there
are other appropriation bills ready for
consideration. Among these Il Ire post
Office bill, carrying about s24o,oo0o00.
Il Is unlikely that any Of the admin
istration bills win 81 considered IN the
House Ills week.
Congress Soon to Take Up Railroad Bill
If the calculations Of members Of the
Senate and House committee On inter
state commerce do not 90 amiss, the
probabilities are that the administration
railroad measure viii be under discussion
in one or both houses Of Congress, with
in the next month Committees Of both
houses practically have completed their
general hearings, but tho members Of
tho interstate commerce commission are
still to be heard by both, and Attorney
General Wlekersham by the House com