Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-03-23
BEING PRESIDENT
NOT EASY TASK
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party. In the second place there was
the corporation tax. bringing with it
the enmity of everybody directly or
Indirectly Interested in more than
10000 corporations In the third
place the alleged" postal deficit
which has been charged to carrying
magazines and periodicals at cent
per pound. That was bad politics be-
cause it arrayed all the magazine per
riodicals against the administration.
In the fourth place congress only
reduced the duty on print paper thirty
per cent, instead Of putting it on the
free list. This offended the news
papers. And then the postal savings
bank bill had turned all the bankers
against the administration
Anxious for Legislation.
So, he continued, my friends
dont see just where we are coming
OUT But am confident that in the
end the measures will approve them
selves. The troubles we most fear
are those that never come"
Te resident referred to the meas.
nres he hoped congress would adopt
this session in the following order
The bill amending Interstate com
merce law. ~a~
The bill for postal savings banks
The anti-injunction bill,
The statehood bill.
The conservation bills.
After he had explained briefly the
provisions of these measures, the pres.
ident continued:
Sore PerpIexities.
zone great difficulty about being
president is that he is the titular mead
of the party and is made responsible
for the laws adopted by the party, al
though ne had nothing more to do
with them than a recommendation at
the beginning and the power of veto
at the end. He is held responsible for
all promises made by the party. And
if in his enthusiasm he desires to full
fill the party pledges-and help the
country-he goes about and consults
ali the interests so as to recommend
fair law and then makes suggestions
to congress. Some congressman diff
fer with him and he is held UP as a
tyrant, trying to force mis- views down
the threats of unwilling congressman
and unwilling senators.
''But this is a government by party.
If it were not a government by party
we might as well go out of the gov
eminent business, for We will never
get ahead without parties
On the subject of legislation, Mr..
Taft said:
year ago that the present administra
ton began. We had promised to re-
wise the tariff and did so. The opera
ton of that law is vindicating the
pledge we made for il.
eve have been trying to cut down
expenses at Washington The esti-
mates for the next fiscal year are
$4S, 100000 less than the appropria-
ton for the current year"
The president here called attention
to the legislation he hoped to get at
this session of congress, giving the
amendments to the interstate com
merce act as the most important.
Disgrace to Civilization.
THE one thing" said the president,
which disgraces our civilization to-
day is the delays of civil and criminal
justice. And these delays always
work in favor of the man with the
longest purse. Hence, they work in
favor of the railroads rather than the
shipper. The commerce court, by
avoiding the convenient delays of the
past, will be a long step toward that
regulation of the railroads which we
have been looking for
Referring to the anti-injunction bill,
the president said:
Some people ask why we should
bother to pass the bill if it does not
satisfy the labor organizations. We
did not agree to satisfy the labor or
CARNATIONS. We agreed to adopt this
law because We believed it right.
F;~rd o,.fa6 he y,,oc.