New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-18
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! washington. june H.
| Mr.. TAFT WINS AGAIN.-President
| Taft won anothee victory to-day when the
| Ways and Means Committee reported the
| conservation measure, known as the WIFI
drawaI bill. with an amendment authoriz-
ing an issue of so0.000,oo0 OF bonds for the
use of the Reclamation Service. This is
100000 less than was authorized by the
4 Senate, but will go far to enable the gov
eminent to carry to- prompt completion the
reclamation projects already under wa!
and is a decided victory for the President
AS reported, the amendment limits the use
| of the money to projects already begun
There was only one dissenting vote IN the
committee, despite the fact that consfo-
cradle majority was opposed to the lee1s-
| lation, the members having yielded to the
persuasive powers of Mr.. Taft and TO the
desire to see his legislative programme
complete Tf1es one negative vote was cast
by Democrat, Oscar Underwood, OF Ala
bama. The bill provides that the authorized
bonds shall be paid out of the receipts OF
the reclamation fund, the assets of winch
are the receipts from public lands sofa
and the repayment. by settlers OF sums al
ready expended for irrigation. Another sec
ton repeats that provision of the irrigation
act which requires that the reclamation
fund shall be expended in the several states
in proportion to the receipts from land sales
in those states. This is one of the serious
defects of the act, and more than any
thing else has contributed to injudicious
use of the fund and the undertaking OF
projects where conditions did not warrant
them. The House leaders will now ask the
President to exert his influence TO induce
the Senate to,accept the House bill, instead
of sending it to conference. There will be
opposition to 'that plan in the Senate, large
IL for the reason that the apportionment
provision of the irrigation act is repealed
by the House measure, but II Senators can
be induced to rise above local considera-
t1ions and deal with the measure on its mer-
.its it will be accepted.
PRESIDENT AND STATEHooD.-The
President sent for Representative Hamll-
ton, chairman of the Committee on Terri
tories, this morning and urged him to use
his influence to induce the House TO ac-
soept the Senate statehood measure. This
Mr. Hamilton promised TO do. The Sen
ate has not yet accepted the House postal
avings bank bill, but the President be-
Iieves ii win, and that will facilitate the
acceptance by the House of the Senate
statehood bill. The differences between
the two hills, which have already been de-
scrfbed In these dispatches, are SO mate
rial THAT the acceptance by the House OF
the Senate bin will constitute another tri-
umpha,for the President, but it is one which
the House leaders are disposed to believe
he will enjoy There are. in fact, many
membersg-of the House who admit the su-
periority Of the Senate bill
WILL KNOX. RESIGN?-Rumors that
Secretary Knox will resign the portfolio of
State and accept the nomination for Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania continue to interest
Washington, although they are wholly
lacking In confirmation Mr.. Knox insists
that he has heard nothing Of such step
except from the newspapers, although
some Of the politicians of his state insist
there is some ground for the reports.
Much is being printed, however. in this
connection which is wholly without foun-
dation, as, for instance, that Mr.. Knox is
dissatisfied with this administration, that
he is not in. harmony with the President
and so on. There are certain fractional
reasons why some of Mr.. Knox's fellow
Pennsylvanians would greatly like to see
him nominated but 1t is doubtless safe
assertion that nothing but conviction
that he ought to sacrifice his personal
preferences to thergood Of the party would
induce Mr. Knox to forego the entirely
oongeniaf work of the Department of State
to accept the nomination for Governor.
So far as can be learned in Washington
conditions in Pennsylvania are not such
as to necessitate such q sacrifice on the
part Of the Secretary. and therefore those
who know him best believe nothing will
come of the ruIlor that he will be nomi-
mated
aIADRIZ PROTESTS.-Sefor Madriz..
the de facto President OF Nicaragua has
submitted TO Secretary Knox an eloquent
but not convincing protest against the
course of Commander Gilmer IN prohibit
ing the Smelling of Bfuefelds. in refusing