Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-05-16
1AFT'S RECORD
FOR one YEAR

railroad mileage. the present occupant
of the White House In his first years
travel has topped that of any Of his
predecessors.
Roosevelt during the year In which
he made the trip to the Panama canal
probably jouIneyed greater distance
but not so far in Pullman sleeper.
President Taft has to date been hanlel
90 G3S miles by locomotive. In adll-
ton he has set a new mark in automo-
bile mileage travelling about 5000
miles in this way. Averaged. he has
journeyed Sc miles for each day In
the year.
Made 34s Speeches.
President Taft has made 3lS
speeches. Col. Roosevelt. who gained
quite a reputation for loquacity, male
only 242 In the last and most speech.
full year of his administration.
Two important congressional inves-
LEGATIONS resulted from conditions
transpiring in the first "ear In the
Taft reglme-the conservation SQUAD
BILE and the high cost Of living.
President Zelaya of the Nicaragua
lost his job as head Of the Central
American republic. through incur
ring the displeasure of the Washing
ton administration As a result of
conditions discovered by Collector
Loeb at New York. President Tat
has weeded out those responsible for
customs frauds and obtained the III
dictment of Sugar Trust officials. He
has also ordered a new prosecution OF
the Beef Trust.
During the year. President Taft sent
is communications to Congress. Eight
OF these were legislative messages and
10 were letters transmitting depart
mental reports or other matter for the
information of the law-making body.
Fostered Tariff Bill.
To date. the only administration
measure of importance enacted has
been the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill with
the corporation tax appendix and pro.
visions for a customs court. tariff
board and maximum and minimum
rates In the discretion of the Execu.
tive. The publicity feature of the
corporation tax law Is still held in
allegiance on account of the lack of
appropriations to make II effective and
the customs court has not yet been
established.
With half the present session of Con.
gress over. the bills especially recon-.
mended this year by President Taft
are stidll strangers to the statute
books. One has passed the House;
several have been recommended for
passage by the various committees
on both sides but most of them have
been laid away until next session or
to a more distant epoch.
The House has passed the Arizona
and New Mexico Statehood bill. and
that measure is now tied up in the
Senate Commute on Territories. Tho
Federal Incorporation bill Is In charge
OF subcommittee of the Senate Ju.
dietary Committee, which Is reported
to have locked II up In a burglar.proof
safe and thrown the key away. One
conservation bill has been recommends
ed for passage. out of nine submitted.
The interstate commerce bill includ-
ing the creation OF q common court,
probably will be passed by the Senate
and House after fight.
Turbulent times have attended the
postal savings bill. but It is due to pass
the Senate probably late today. The
higher legislative body has acted IA.
vorably on the measure TO issue 500.
10000 In government certificates to
complete approved reclamation pro.
jects.
On the House side, the adminlstra-
tons amendment to the anti-injunc-
ton laws Is held up by the committee
on judiciary. II has the hearty con.
domination OF the American Federation
of Labor and since this is congress.
slonal campaign year, probably will be
quietly sidestepped by the lawmakers
The Senate judiciary Committee has
not yet taken up the question.
Another bill which apparently Is
doomed to innocuous desuetude is that
providing for a new form of govern.
ment in Alaska.
II there is time, Congress may at
tempt to carry out the reforms pro
posed by the President looking to
more speedy conduct of litigation In
the courts.
Travelled 2O,63S miles by railroad
and 5000 by automobile.
Visited 80 States and two Terri.
tories.
Made 34S speeches Roosevelt, In
his last year as Executive, made only
242).
Appointed 69l7 Federal officers.
Sent is messages to Congress.
Lost pounds weighed 326 on
March 3, 1910.
Obtained enactment OF a new tariff
law.
Took initial step looking to prose
cutiOn Of the Reef TruSt