New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
rF-oH The Tribune Bureau

Washington May 1e-
ROOT TO SEE RoOsEvELrlThats Sen
stor Root who sails for The Hague on sat
uroay, will see Mr.. Roosevelt before the
latter sails for this country seems now
assured. Mr.. Root is reticent regarding
the details Of the probable meeting. but he
no longer asserts that he does not expect
To meet Mr. Roosevelt, and IT is under
stood that Mr. Roosevelt's desire for &
conference with the Senator before he sails
for New York will be grstiied. It is re-
marked that II is only nights run from
The Hague 10 London There is no small
degree OF satisfaction in administration cir
cles over the expected meeting. It is felt
tnat Mr. Roosevelt has seen a number Of
the enemies Of the administration, and that,
while there is not the slightest probability
that he would espcuss tny cause against
the administration or Zz any way yield one
jot or little Of his loyalty to President
Taft 1t viii be we'll for him to have an
opportunity to discuss the situation with
as close q friend of the administration as
Mr.. Root, and with one in whose sound,
judicial judgment he reposes as much con-
hdence as he does in that of the Senator
from New York.
CHAOS IN THE sENATE.-Chaos again
reigns in the Senate The entente between
the regulars and the insurgents, arranged
at the White House conference last Sat
urday night has been disrupted The
working agreement with the Democrats,
whereby it was hoped the bill could be
put through In short order, has fallen
through and the regular leaders take a
decidedly pessimistic view Of the sttua-
ton The insurgents are confident they
will have sufficient votes to adopt the
pending Curnmins amendment requiring
the Interstate Commerce Commission TO
approve all increases in rates before they
go into operation, and they insist that
they have the popular end of the situation.
The absence Of Senators Aldrich and
Crane made IT necessary to postpone fur
Their consideration Of the interstate COM
merce bill until Monday. and 1t is hoped
that some sort of working agreement can
he patched up in the mean time, bur 1t is
difficult to perceive the basis for such a
hope The Senate insurgents insist that
if they can control majority of the
votes they will not permit the final
adoption of any such postal savings bill
as is likely to be reported TO the House,
and Senator Aldrich himself IS reluctant
to bend his energies TO passing the state
hood bill. Altogether the situation is far
from encouraging, and those who insist
that the best course for Congress to pursue
is to pass the remaining appropriation
bills and adjourn are once more having
their inning.
TAFT INDORSES SMITH-The tnsur-
gents we're greatly disturbed to-day over
report from Iowa to the effect that the
President had written 4 letter cordially
indorsing Representative Walter L Smith.
who is candidate for denomination Judge
Smith IS q regular Of regulars, and the
House insurgents were at first disposed 10
be Indignant Later. however, they came
to the conclusion that possibly they had no
grounds for complaint if Mr. Taft had
merely Endorsed Mr. Smiths course in Con-
gress, hut they Indicated that the Prest-
dent would be requested TO furnish equally
cordial Endorsements to all members OF the
House who are seeking denomination The
Indignation Of the Senators from Iowa
knows no bounds They are bitterly cp-
posed 20 Judge Smith. and hopefully pre-
dict that If he Is nominated his district will
be represented By a Democrat in the next
House Judge Smiths opponent is II. Webb
Bvers. Attorney General Of the state and
an ardent supporter Of Cumnins- Some
Of the more radical insurgents insist that