The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-02
ROCK AHEAD OF
BILL
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Due TO the Cantanker0uS In
SurgentS
ADDITION TO STATUARY
Message from the President The Regu-
lars Think They Have Caught
MI. Foss Voting with
Them.
ADDITION TO STATUARY

Washington. May 2-House Repubii
can leaders ii charge Of the interstate
commerce bin say that they have no ex-
peetation that the Bin viii Be passed By
the House by May II. If then, and they
are afraid that By that time it may
have met with such changes through
amendments that unless the Senate Is
able 70 effect their elision or ameliorati0n
the president may not care 70 give bis
assent to the bill. And the House may
even obstiuRtely refuse 20 entertain the
revisions Of the Senate, and thus the
bill fell. So il Is confessed that there
are rocks ahead indeed for the hill At
though the commerce court has been re
tanned in the bill, more important are
believed to be the sections that relate
70 capitalization, the long.and .short.h haul
clause, mergers and traffic agreements.
Nobody Is willing TO forecast what the
House may do to any and al Of these
sections. OF course, il there existed
regular Republican majority In the
House, matters would be different, but
il reality the control lies with the Dem
oorats and the insurgents. and they can
effect their will whenever they have
votes enough. and they have shown en-
ability to swing very perilous blocks Of
them.
The regulars say that It t. their under
standing that II is the wish, the purpose
and the plan Of the Democrats, with the
aid 81 The insurgents, 70 make the bin
20 obnoxious that it cannot Be made law
ultimately. They can do this By offering
amendments aud voting them IN, with
the aid Of the insurgents In the end
they will vote against the bill and IN
the campaign blame the Republicans for
failure TO pass the legislation.
II is believed that certain oil the House
insurgents are at last acting ii concert
with the Senate insurgents. II is said
that they are operating under advice
from Senator Ia Toilette AT an events,
not a small segment OF them are con-
stAnty acting with the Democrats no
matter how trivial the amendment Is.
The regulars declare ii to be also their
understanding that the insurgents like
wise want the interstate commerce legis-
lation to fail, realizing that the failure
Of the bill would put the administration
in a hole. They want, it Is believed. the
administration 70 come out Of the small
end Of the horn IN this years congress
sional legislation. On the ruins Of the
Taft administration. the Ia Foliettes
hope to become great The success IF
tie Taft administration would mean
some eclipse Is themselves.
The esntankerous insurgents say that
they are simply striving 10 make the
Din acceptable 10 the president. "a the
reaetionaries have worked changes Ia Il
theY are sure che president cannot ap-
prove. May be; but It has been noticed
that they were very entefprisina in vot
ing to strike ont The court Of commerce,
which was pet administration idea. AZ
heretofore pointed out, their sincerity Is
being put to hard test
II was practically q day on for Con
gress. The House considered private
bills with scarcely more than A score or
40 ot members to pass upon Thorn. IN
the Senate. there were exercises in honor
81 the reception In StatuaTy ball Of a.
ghostlv efiigy Of Francis Harrison Pier
pent, who was war governor Of West
Virginia, The census 81 the iIlustrious
obscure, to use Senator Lodges phrase
has thus been increased one mere.
Although the president was ia Buffalo
Congress heard from him IN q special
message, urging action for defense Of the
isthmian canal The formal estimates
for the fortincations have already been
submitted by the secretary Of war.
IT is claimed by regular Republicans
that they have discovered Congressman
Foss Of Massachusetts voting with their
side Of the House on some amendments
proposed to the interstate commerce
bills hut that the congressman las not
had sufficient courage 70 stand Up with
the Republicans when the voting was
done BIZ tellers. So they profess to Be
much amused, and account for Mr.. Foss
attempts To be with them as due 10 tho
fact that he cannot, an at once. shakes
of the attachments Of his previous po-
litical affiliations.
IT n expected that the general dam
bill will Be passed By the House today.
1t carries with it a provision that ain
dams that are authorized ia the bin ana
all future dams to be authorized when
they generate power Ia naviaable streams
shali compensate the government there
for. IL appears that this provision is
not to be given an ex-post facto effect.
as had been desired II was found that
such a provision would have have been
Unconstitutional.