Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-02-25
TAFT PARTLY Wins
CONGRESS SELECTS FOUR OUT
OF nine BILLS TO PASS.
Postal Savings, Injunction Reform and
Statehood Bills to Be Passed-Amend-
ments to Interstate Commerce Law
Assured This Is Program Agreed
Upon at Whitehouse.

The following is the revised admin
istration program, as now planned:
To Be Insisted Upon.
Interstate commerce law amendment
Postal savings bank.
Injunction reform.
Arizona New Mexico statehood.
Abandoned.
Federal incorporation.
Alaska government reorganization.
Coal and oil land conservation.
Ship subsidy.
Increased second class postage.
Washington, Feb 81. Telephone
bells in the executive Offices and tho
senate committee rooms Saturday
tinkled the knell of the large portion
OF, President Taft's program.
Conferences at the White House and
conferences at the capitol during the
past week eliminating in conference
between the president and Senator
Aldrich, Saturday afternoon, have re-
suited in the decision that four of the
Taft projects will become laws at the
present session of congress,
Senator Aldrich and his lieutenants
recognizing that the country demands
some constructive legislation, have
agreed to push the passage of the fol.
lowing measures, sidestepping the
others:~
The interstate commerce law amend
ment bill, the postal savings bank bill
the anti-injunction bill and the Arizona
New Mevieo statehood bill.
After Majority.
President Taft and the leaders are
trying to gather majority for. the
postal savings bank bill in the senate.
They have abandoned the Root amend
ment providing for the Investment of
postal savings funds in government
bonds in order to win certain opponents
to the measure, who objected only to
the Root proposals.
Senator Smoot has been cajoled and
threatened to induce him to abandon
his scheme of forcing the deposit of
postal savings funds in local state and
national banks.
The president is willing to accept the
anti-injunction measure, introduced in
the house by Representative Moon, as
it differs from the one framed by the
administration only in that it is more
specific in limiting the use of the in
junction.
The administration statehood bill for
Arizona and New Mexico, to which
President Taft clings tenaciously, has
already passed the house and is now
in the senate committee on territories
Alaskan Bill Goes.
Senator Beveridge's Alaskan civil
government reorganization bill was
handled so roughly in the senate that
it has been permanently retired.
The original railroad bill amending
the interstate commerce law has
been withdrawn and Representative
Townsend of the house committee on
Interstate commerce, has introduced a
revised edition. Little difficulty is ex-
peeted in getting this measure through
OF the conservation measures, only
The bill authorizing the president. to
withdraw from entry pending the ac-
tion of congress public lands of any
character and the general classified
ion measures are being pushed with
fny vigor. The coal and oil land and
he water power site bills have been
|ost in the shuttle.
AS for the federal incorporation bill,
has been passed up for consideration
Pext winter.
Fewer political speeches and more
legislation is the order issued by the
republican leaders of the house and the
heels have been set in motion to carry
ut this program.
General debate is to be cut short on
very bill and no opportunity is to be
pven the democrats to talk about the
friff, and the appropriation bills are
be passed without unnecessary de-
BITE.
EN-. MAUs SETTLES DISPUTE.