Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-02-26
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 Whitehousc.

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. 21. - Telephone
bells in the executive offices and the
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 a conference
between the president and Senator
fAldrich, Saturday afternoon, have re-
suited in the decision that four of the
Taft projects win 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
mont bill, the postal savings bank bin,
the anti-injunction bill and the Arizona
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After Majority.
President Taft and the leaders are
trying to gather a 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 Snloot 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 fol-
} Arizona and New Mexico, to which
p, President Taft clings tenaciously, has
already passed the house and is now
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9 Alaskan Bill Goes.
Senator Beveridge's Alaskan civil
!, government reorganization bill wa
y handled so roughly in the senate tina
I, it has been permanently retired.
: The original railroad bill amending
the interstate commerce law Ia
/. been withdrawn and Representative
+; Townsend of the house committee oil
=; interstate commerce, has introduced
;, revised edition. Little difficulty is ex
}. pected in getting this measure through
OF the conservation measures, onl,
> the bill authorizing the president t
= withdraw from entry pending the &C
ton of congress public lands of an
character and the general classified
ton measures are being pushed wit
any vigor The coal and oil land an
i the water power site bills have bee
a lost in the shuttle.
o AS for the federal incorporation bill
it has been passed up for considerable
S, next winter.
C. Fewer political speeches and NOR
legislation is the order issued by tn
y republican leaders of the house and tn
y wheels have been set in motion to carr
= out this program.
&c General debate is to be cut short 0
at every bill and no opportunity is to
at given the democrats to talk about tn
a tariff, and the appropriation bills al
to be passed without unnecessary d.
lg bate.