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REPUBLICANS
WILL CAUCUS
MAJORITY WILL CONFER ON ALL
IMPORTANT SUBJECTS, 1T
Is PLANNED.
TO QUIET lNsuRGENT ACTIVITIES
To Offset for Time Duties Of the
Rules Committee. - Leaders in
Both Branches Seek Agree
ment on Legislative Work.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE leaders OF
the Republican majority in both
houses will try this week to reach an
agreement upon the legislative pro-
gram for the session.
The most important step that has
been taken by the house leaders is
that which, anticipating trouble en-
suing from the insurgent movement IN
the house, was announced that the
Republican majority will hold eau
cuses on all important matters, not
ably the shipsubsidy bill, the postal
savings bank bill and railroad legis-
lation asked for in President Taft's
message
The object of this caucus arrange
ment is understood to be to do away
with the work of the rules committee
pending the efforts on the part OF the
insurgents to enlarge the membership
on the rules committee.
Another reason given by the Repub-
lican leaders for these caucuses is that
they desire known in advance whether
the legislative program, which the
president and the Republican majority
desire to have carried out, will have
the united support of the Republican
majority on every question at issue.
The Statehood Program.
Meanwhile the senate Republican
leaders have about agreed upon for
their plan for carrying through the
bill to make the states of Arizona and
New Mexico under the presidents
plan of having a constitutional conven-
ton in the territories and adopting
constitutions and submit them to the
people, afterwards sending them here
for approval of the president and con-
gress.
The postal savings bank bill is also
to be pressed as well as the legisla'
ton for Alaska and the presidents
railroad legislation.
The latest objection that has been
raised to the postal savings bank bill
is the amount of interest that should
be allowed depositors,
Some senators who object to the
general principles of the bill are will
ing to support it, because the party
is pledged to this legislation, provided
the interest rate is not made so high
as to drive large sums of money from
the legitimate channels of trade and
possibly to depreciate the values OF
low interest bearing United States
bonds.
The present rate of interest of ~
per cent suggested by the bill is high
rthan the per cent consuls of thu
United States.
Taft's Plan Hard Hit.
President Taft's plan for fedora
supervision of the interstate com
merce commission of stock and bone
Issues by the railroads has been hare
hit in the hearings before the house
Interstate commerce committee. This
is true Notwithstanding the fact tina
only those have been heard up to thi
time who favor the proposition out
lined in the presidents message t
congress.
The senate gave the greater par
of its attention Saturday to the ques
ton of constitutionality of the extra
dition of criminals from one state t
another in cases in which the prosecl
ton is according to the process OF III
formation" The subject arose in col
Deotion with bill requiring the re-
IGNITION of this system of prosecution
1t was antagonized by Senators Roc
and Hepburn and was advocated bv