Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-25
Steering Committee Has Practl-
calIy Agreed Upon Legislation
to Be Carried Out.
PRESIDENT NOT SATISFIED?
Rumors Around the Capitol That the
Chief Executive Is Not to Have
All He Wants-Leaders Pre-
pairing for campalgn-Party
Factional Troubles.

WaShington.-Membe of what Is
known as the steering committee Of
the senate practically have agreed
upon what legislation shall be put on
its passage in the upper house at the
present session. Naturally Mr.. Aid
rich, being the leader of the Repub-
lican majority, is the chief member
of the steering committee. and as
most of the other members are in
sympathy with the Rhode islanders
views, 1t goes without saying that the
committee itself comes pretty close to
being all-powerful.
of the committees desires in the mat
ter OF legislation and 1t Is said by
those who are close to him that he is
not altogether satisfied. At recent
meeting of the committee only two
measures were discussed in detail, al
though sanction was given to one or
two other measures which will be
taken up for committee study some
what later.
It has been said the chances are
that the senate leaders would make
concessions to the Progressive Re-
publicans on the bill providing for
amendments to the interstate COM
merce act. 1t is now practically as
sured that some of these concessions
will be made in the hope that they
viii be sufficient to make the insur-
gents yield and to join the regulars
in putting the bill through with some
thing like unanimity. AS is pretty
well known President Taft seems to
think that in harmonious party action
on the chief administration measures
lies the principal hope of Republican
victory at the polls next November.
The Democrats in the senate believe
that the concessions which Mr.. Aid
rich Is making and will make later to
the Republicans who are led by Sena-
tors Cummins and Clapp will not be
sufficient to make the middle and far
camp. Harmony was secured on the
postal savings bank bill, but now it is
being intimated that the senate lead
ers expect the house to make such
changes in that bill as will nullify the
effects of the yielding of the leaders
in the upper house.
Accused of Playing Politics.
In other words, the Democrats are
saying that the Republican leaders in
the senate gave way in some matters
simply to get harmony in their own
ranks, believing fully that the house
falr hot 70
made in the senate would not be ap-
parent when the bill finally becomes
law
1t will be remembered that Senators
Cummins and Clapp, in their minority
report on the interstate commerce
bill. took exception to the provision
which puts into the hands of the at.
torney generals force the government
defense of all actions taken on appeal
to the interstate commerce court. The
senators in opposition to this provi
sion say that the attorneys for the
shippers and also law officers working
under the interstate commerce com
mission ought to represent the gov
ernment before the court, because
they are we'll informed as to all the
details of the commerce cases from
the time of their inception 1t is un
derstood that the leaders will yield
III this matter to the insurgent de
sires.
Seeking Public Opinion.
Representative William B. McKin
ley of Illinois, chairman Of the Repub
lican congressional committee, is get
ting first hand information of politi
cal conditions throughout the coun
try. Some time prior to Mr.. Nc
Z Kinloy's departure from Washing
ton, Representative James T. Lloyd o.
Missouri, chairman of the Democratic
congressional committee. went al
through the middle west trying to fine
out what he could about the politica
sentiment
Before he left Washington some
few days ago Mr.. Mckinley had loni
conference with President Taft o
coorse no one was allowed to know
just what the president said to the Re
publican congressional committee
chairman, but there are hints that th'
president again declared 1t would b,
bad policy to make any discrimina
tions as between Republicans VIII
are trying to secure reelection to thu
lower house. Once on time, 1t
said with Mr.. McKinley's sanction
letters were sent out by the Republl
can congressional committee which II
tone and temper were not to tn,
liking of the so-called insurgent Re
publicans. This kind of letter wr
ting has been stopped, for the presi
dent would not sanction 1t. and nov
the material that goes out is what ma
be called straight Republican" doc
trine.
Concerning New Tariff Bill.
OF course It will be necessary, or a
least SO the ruling powers in the Re
publican party declare, to defend tn
Payne-Aldrich tariff bin on the stumI
during the coming congressional cam