The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-05-13
PRESIDENT WORKING HARD
FOR ADMINISTRATION BILLS
Trying to Induce Congress to Stop Politics
and Carry Through important
Legislation.

60 before the people with the state
ment that he had made substantial
progress toward the fulfllment of party
pledges. The long pull and the hard
pull is generally to push measure Of
general legislation through the senate
and the house. Then the opposition
yields in good part.
Tariff Investigation.
He realizes there are contentious in
other matters which properly can occu
Ply tho time of congress to degree.
He is insisting upon an appropriation
for his tariff board That apparently
means hard fight, but a successful
fight He wants a thorough investiga
ton of the tariff law. The leaders are
disposed to grant that but there must
be debate and elaboration over it.
There is naval legislation, which the
President regards as indispensable. he
win not want congress to adjourn till
that is settled. And he is well aware
that it is unreasonable to ask too much
of congress at one session.
Big Stick Ready.
During the last week the President
has talked things over with practically
all the leaders of senate and house and
arrived at a fresh understanding. Where
there was unwillingness to acquiesce,
he showed willingness to swing the
| big stick. The Postal Savings Bank
Bill, for instance, has stuck hard
| aground in the house postoflice commit
tee. Sect it out of committee and
through the house, said the President,
cor l will call in the insurgents and
treat with them. am trying to work
through the instrumentalities regularly
authorized, but if can t get in that
way what the people want, must try
other expedients.
Two or three times this winter the
President has stimulated fresh legisla.
tive activities through the cooperation
of his Ohio delegation in the house. 1t
has come to be a sign of something
doing" when the Ohio Republicans of
! the house receive invitations to the
White House for conference at night.
There are staunch administration sup
! porters in that delegation, including
Representative Nicholas Longworth, of
| Cincinnati, the son-in-law Of ex-Presi.
| dent Roosevelt. After the President
has talked things over with these Buck
eye congressman they go back to the
house and stir actively around in the
President s behalf. This is what they
are doing this week.
Too Much Politics.
The work that the President wants
done would have been much further
advanced at this stage, had there not
beer so much tumultuous politics this
winter. The insurgents of senate AMI
house are undoubtedly responsible in
some part for this condition. The
house was diverted from the ordinary
procedure for mere than week by the
fight to remove Speaker Cannon from
the rules committee. That was the
biggest of numerous like incidents,
which have been strewn along through
the session. Such largo body as the
house is easily upset by political agita-
ton. Congress accomplishes most when
its members are able to concentrate
their minds upon the bills under CON
sideration and when there is no I'M
usual discussion throughout the coun.
TRY Under the circumstances it is note
worthy that senate and house have
done as much as they have, consider
ing the disorganizing influences that
have been constantly brought to bear.
During. the trying period, however,
the Republican leaders have sought to
keep their hold on the situation. The
President has steadily cooperated with
them to that end, but he has not lost
sight of the objects in mind for his ad.
ministration. He has kept out of the
muddles of politics as much as he pos
sibly could. Whenever there has been
la lull in political interest he has re-
turned to the legislative fray with new
energy. This has done much to con
vince congress that the President could
not be diverted by his political enemies
and that he had abundant courage to
stick it out.
The slogan now is adjournment by
June /. Four or five weeks more Of
congress are all the President thinks
should be necessary. But he wants
those bills passed in the meantime.
There will be discouraging days but
the prospects are all excellent that he
will have his way.