Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-22
"GET BUSY IS
TAFT'S MESSAGE
TO SENATORS
WANTS HIS MEASURES RUSHED
THROUGH
is ASSURED OF POSTAL SAVINGS
BANK LEGISLATION
Penrose, Crane and Carter Called by
President and Told to Arouse
Solons to Action-Party
Pledge lmperIed
ASSOCIATED Pressl

HT ASHINGTO1J, Jan. 21.-President
| w Taft read in the papers today
that the senate was marking
time while the house is struggling with
the various appropriation bills. So he
sent for Senators Penrose of Pennsyl-
vania, Crane Of Massachusetts and
Carter of Montana, and asked why
it wound not be a good thing for the
senate to get busy on some of the
measures he has recommended.
Senator Aldrich, being absent from
the city, was not included in the sum
mons.
The president broached the subject
of the postal savings bank bill The
senators summoned are members of the
committee on postoffices and post roads
Mr.. Penrose is chairman, Senator
Carter is sponsor for the measurer.
But some senators, it was suggested
in reply to the president, are not warm
advocates of postal banks In fact,
il was said that such states as Mas
sachusetts and PennsylVania-grea
strongholds of savings institutions-are
not at all in favor of the scheme. But,
the president argued, the Republican
platform called for postal savings
banks, and surely the senators were
going to redeem the party pledges.
But what about the house? This was
propounded as a poser.
House Acts Rightly
President Taft is said to have as
sured the senators that they need not
worry about the house. 1t is said that
there is every reason to believe that the
house is intending to do all right; that
its members are coming to the presi-
dent for the good reason that they
have no other place to go.
ITS a case of water running down
hill" said one of the presidents call
ers today. He does not have to come
to the regulars or the insurgents
either.
"They have got to come to him.
every man on Capitol hill is looking
for another term, and he's got to have
something to go before the people on.
Congress has got to do something and
all the Republicans, regardless of the
fight against Cannon or the rules COM
mittee, are going to vote for Mr.. Taft's
measures"
SO it happened when Senators Pen
rose, Crane and Carter left the White
House, the latter, acting as spokes-
man, declared:
1.-THE postal savings bank PROPOSE
ton. will become law at this session.
The postal banks, however, will not
! be the first of the Taft measures con-
sidered. The president ranks his
recommendations for congress in the
interstate commerce law as of first
Importance, and he so indicated his
position to the senators this afternoon.
One Is Important
The president told his callers also
that he regarded at least one of the
conservation bills he has recommend
ed to congress as a prime Importance.
This is the bill to validate the with
drawal of lands containing water
power sites, coal and phosphates. The
laws as to the disposition Of these
lands can be worked out and threShed
over at the convenience of congress.
The important thing, the president
believes, is to validate Withdrawals
made under the former administra-
ton and in the ten months of the
present administration, under the shad-
owy power of the discretion of the
secretary of the interior. The presi-
dent wants this power made unques-
tionable.
The valuable Alaska coal lands are
included in the withdrawal which MIR.
Taft is anxious to have validated.
Senators Penrose, Carter and Crane
took back this word to the capitol late
today and passed it along the line
President Taft believes the senate
should go ahead with these three meas
ures at once. and then, he said, the
house can get them in some sort of
shape, can have the benefit OF the sem
ate discussion, and can put the meas
ures through In short time once the
supply bills are disposed Of