The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-04-14
CONGRESS MUST
WORK RAPIDLY
Little Progress Has Been Made
with Any Measure But
Budget Bills.
ATTITUDE OF THE DEMOCRATS
They Probably VIII Support legisla-
tlon Sanctioned by the People--Re-
publlcsns Suspicious Because
Opponents Urge Nomination
Of Roosevelt.


Opponents Urge Nomination
Of Roosevelt
! Washington.-If congress wishes to
go before the country with a record
OF full accomplishment tor the SEES.
sion 1t will be necessary for II to do
a good deal of work within the next
six or eight weeks. The house and
senate have been in session since the
first Monday in December and If the
appropriation bills be eliminated the
number of measures which are well
| forward on the road to passage are
comparatively few.
II has been shown by the history of
nearly all congresses that when the
senators and the representatives
make up their minds to go to work.
and do II, they manage to get through
with a good deal of legislation in
short order, The postal savings bank
bill has passed the senate, but the
house has not yet given 1t considera-
ton except In committee. The inter
state commerce bill was introduced
into the senate and into the house at
virtually the same moment and the
two bills were identical, The house
has made many changes in the meas.
urue. The senate also has made
changes, but they are not in many
respects like those which were made
in the house.
No Conservation Bills Passed.
No conservation measures have yet
passed congress, President Taft has
been urging that at least two compre.
hensive bills shall be passed to save
the country's natural resources. Near
ly every day President Taft i'm
presses upon members OF congress
who call on MIN personally the neces
sity for legislation along conservation
lines. and 1t is apparent that he hopes
his desires will be needed. 1t will
taae some time, however, to pass the
conservation bill. for 1t appears that
there Is to be considerable debate
upon them before they can be enact
ed into law
No one yet knows definitely what
fate awaits the administration de.
sires with reference to what Is called
anti-injunction legislation Statehood
and Alaska matters are still In abey-
ance, and while to considerable ex-
tent all these matters have been fully
considered in committee and to some
extent considered in debate, there is
no telling just how long it will take
either to pass them or to deny them
passage.
1t Is getting late In the season and
great many of the members of con.
gress, both Democrats and Republi.
cans, are anxious to get back into
their districts to fix up their fences
for the coming congressional cam
paign. OF course II will be to the
| advantage of the Republicans If they
can go before the country and say,
AS party we have passed much of
the progressive legislation which the
platform sanctioned and which the
president asked for"
Attitude OF Democrats.
1t can be said without any partisan
spirit at all that 1t seems likely the
Republicans in the passage OF some
of the legislation now before con-
gress, although the Democrats may
offer amendments to some of the
pending bills.
1t is apparent from what the Demo
Gratis say that they realize the coun-
try has demanded some of the legisla.
ton which the president has asked
congress to pass. The Democrats
contend however, that the Republi-
cans will not put 1t through in the
form that the people wish, and there
fore the minority party will go on
record as in favor of amending the
present bills to some marked degree
The Democrats, however, apparently
do not care to 60 before the country
in the light of having blocked such of
the Republican legislation as appar.
emily has been sanctioned by the
country. So 1t is that the members
of both parties may get together and
put through considerable legislation
between now and the date of adjourn
ment, and it is evident. that II must
be put through quickly or that CON
gress will be obliged to sit until
Washington swelters in its usual sum
mer heat
Roosevelt Still Silent
1t seems to be certain that the
silence of Theodore Roosevelt is
vot to be broken until he reaches
this country, and the fact that
The colonel seems to prefer to keep
his own counsel is affecting Repub.
licans and Democrats in Washington
in different ways. The Democrats see
in 1t strong possibility that the for
mer president eventually may make
up his mind that at the call of the
country" he will feel it imperative to
answer here" in the year 1912.
The socalled regular Republicans in
congress still pin their faith to the
belief that when Mr. Roosevelt finally
speaks 1t will be to voice an indorse-
ment OF the Taft administration as