Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-04-15
TEMPEST IN THE HOUSE
Speaker Cannon Took Floor and
Defied the insurgents
Senator LaFoIlette Criticised Railroad
Measure-Trust Cases Redocketed by
Supreme Court.

Washington, d. c., April 10, 1910
Especial correspondence of The Phoenix.
The United States Supreme court de-
cided Monday to redocket the trust cases
on account of the death of Justice
Brewer. This action is disappointing to
the President, who, it is said. had looked
forward to favorable verdict in the
very near future.
The Standard Oil company and the
American Tobacco trust can now breathe
easier, the re-arguments will hardly be
made till fall, and it may be that the
court will not reach a decision before
January of next year. Meantime, Attor-
ney General Wickersham proposes that
the prosecutions Of other trusts shall
go on.
Honorable John Barrett, the efficient
director of the bureau of American re-
publics, is sending out from the govern
| ing board and the director, invitations
| to the dedication of the new building
Of the bureau, on April &c. The building
| itself is one of the most attractive of
| the many public edihces here. 1t Is
| well situated on the Potomac park near
| the building Of the Daughters of the
| American Revolution. The design is
| unique and at once attractive to the
! eye, the interior appointments being
| superbly harmonious in detail. An In
| terror court set with palms and other
| tropical plants, with a sliding roof of
| glass, adds to the general effect of the
architecture, and closely initiates the
finest conception of Spanish design
| Then there are large assembly and IL
brary rooms besides the beautiful office
| room for the director. Other rooms are
! provided, all richly furnished and well
lighted. Following the dedication in the
afternoon comes the reception at $50 in
the evening with Andrew Carnegie and
! the President as guests Of honor
IN
House Monday when the insurgents, to
| the number of %, voted with the Demo-
| Gratis against an appropriation of $2500
each, for maintenance of the automo-
biles of both Vice President Sherman and
| Speaker Cannon. The items were finally
sent back to conference amid a dramatic
scene in which Speaker Cannon took the
floor and vigorously hurled defiance TO
the insurgents. 1t Is just such out
bursts as have characterized the House
proceedings for several weeks, that
make any prediction as to adjournment
unreliable. over in the Senate yester-
day Senator LAFollette took most of the
day to criticize the trainers of the rail-
road measure. The New Haven railroad
merger was cited as an attempt to defy
the law, while the attorney general and
the administration was severely criti-
cized for allowing the merger of the
New Haven & Hartford road and the
Boston & Maine to exist after proceed
ings to annul that measure had been
instituted under the Roosevelt admins
tration. The senator warned the Senate
OF the danger of the pending bill drawn
by Attorney Generay Wdckersham, in
which President Taft is deeply inter-
ested.
One day you hear that Roosevelt is
opposed to the administra tion, the next
that he will stand by it through every
emergency. The truth about the matter
Is that nobody is authorized TO speak,
as yet, for the ex-president. Pinchot's
trip to meet the distinguished hunter
has no particular significance one way
or the other, for he and the ex-president
were fast friends during the latter's ad
ministration and II was natural that the
ex-forester should wish to confide to his
former chief the story Of his dismissal
and receive from him words of sympathy
and encouragement. Then 1t is pre-
sumed that Mr.. Pinchot really thinks
that the American people are actually
hungering and thirstlng for another term
OF Roosevelt. This being So Mr. Pin
chot would be glad to have the first
assurance from Roosevelt that he was
willing TO serve again. Pinchot's friends
have never ceased to hope that Roosevelt
would come back to the White House,
when his former advisers would be re-
stored to their old-time positions, or
given other places OF prominence and
as to Roosevelt's intentions, from now
till he returns home, and yet be unad-
vised as to what Roosevelt really in
tends to do politically. When the ex-
president finds out just how the lines
are to be drawn in the fall campaien
he may conclude to take the American
people into his confidence. There are
those, clever politicians, too, who are
saying that Roosevelt will take a strong
stand for Taft, while on the other hand
others are equally positive that he will
oppose the administration and announce
himself candidate to succeed Presi-
dent Taft There you are. No one
actually knows, but all may continue to
speculate, while the newspapers concoct
all sorts OF stories for public consump-
tion.
Senator Dillin~S"Sn took two of your
townspeople wiz :. les Morrill, to the
WPite House So morning to talk
o. With the h"ndredth