The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21
So Democrats and Insurgents
Point Out In Reviewing
's' Work of Congress
RAILROAD BILL WAS
NOT WHAT HE WANTED
Expenses This Year Are Greater
81 Than Ever Before-Economy
Driven to Woods by Re
publieans,

WASHINGTON. June 2i.-Claims
made on behalf of President Taft that
Il = deserves credit for practically all
aha legislation of the session were
Z strcngly denied to-day by a progress
xire ana democratic contingent in con-
gress. sssAs to the railroad bill they
xontena that IL is more al insurgent
than an administration measure. All
that the president saved from the bin
/, fsr. f,ared under his direction by At
aers,ey General WiCkershsm, oppon-
ents contend, was the commerce court
and it's powers were changed In many
Il "a rileuIars In a statement with which
ne closed the debate Senator La Fol
wtsite named ~ important changes
made IN the bill after II came to the
senate Sections providing for rate
agreements among railroads and the
merger Of railroads, twu OF the i'm
pertant features of the original nill
xha the provisions most eagerly
sought by the railroads. were climb
mated
In the entire list" said a progress
sise leader to-day, the president
really won only one victory. that was
in securing the nasy increase. We
thought the navy was big enough and
THAT one additional battleship woulu
be plenty.
..The appropriation OF 100000 for
the payment OF a board to devise
saonomics in government departments
Is money thrown away Cabinet Of
fcers should devise economics.
Statehood was republican anu
democratic measure"
ID 4. 10 fk txFV ttxst Ia
!. p.0gr essives claiming that they had
strong influence in Keeping out bad
legislation and placing meritorious
bills on the law books. They point
!. TO the bill for the issue of government
bonds 10 help the reclamation service
rs Western measure and say they
faavored the withdrawal and agricul-
4 tural-eoal lands bills, two of Tafts
nine conservation measures that sur
|. yived.
y Tariff Board.
The increased power and liberal
appropriation given the tariff board
~are regarded with satisfaction by the
prngressives and II is asserted that
4Eenators La Toilette and Beverage
N1frged at the tariff session that the
tariff board should be given the
money and power that WAS withheld
| until this session
II Democrats charge that the Repub-
hcans drove economy to the woods al
m early stage of the session. The APP
made for government ex
3nditures this year are the iarges
n NJ thu history Of the county, They viii
n exceed tho appropriations of last yea
sb yaboat s4o,o00,000 The increas
I'M due 10 the fact that the two grea
pork barrels If legislation. the rive
y and harhor and public building bills
Mere both packed and distributed a
this year among the hungry states
men. In the past the customs ha
been to open the barrels" in alter
nate years. The river ana harbor bill
Sfor some time. however, has beef
" awaiting the presidents signatures
ssa There have been reports that he ha
refrained from singing II pending tn
performance of congress in the clos
Mtng days of the session. After no
Y days work. the house sat up until
81 xssriock this morning, when ami
scenes OF noisy rejoining all opposi
II Aion being howled down and deride
III the public building measure carryin
n 2p.o6o,601 was passed with only TIL
Following five democrats recorded j
FL the negative: Sims, Tennessee; Su
l3 3Ar and Fitzgerald, New York; Sabatl
sAl2inois, and kerby. Indiana. The bl
will reach the president before az
Z t0urnment and when II has receive
niz @. X. the nations rulers will 9
"a home happy. The combined amour
MI IN the two big measures will be ovs
W 10, 100000. The total of the appr,
priations will be over $1,000, 600, 0e
\ ~ compared with sf,o44. 600. 900 Ia
4 Il 4aar. Comparatively there Is a sa,
ing Of over 10000 600 in the ord
A8nary appropriations but owing 10 til
pork barrels" the grand total is til
biggest of them all.