New-York tribune., 1910-06-21
from The Tribune Bureau
WASHINGTON II

Washington June 20
ANOTHER VICTORY FOR TAFT.-Vic-
tories for the President are becoming in
cidents of daily occurrence in these closing
hours OF the session In other words,
things are coming the Presidents way. To-
day the Senate passed the conservation bill,
popularity known as the withdrawal bill,
first reconsidering its former vote and
striking out the provision for an issue of
bonds to increase temporarily the reclama-
ton fund This action was taken pursuant
to an agreement with the House leaders
that the lower body would pass it's meas
ure providing for a bond issue of $4,000 900
which is now on the House calendar. This
morning the President sent for Senator
Burrows, and urged him to press the
campaign publicity bill, which the Senator
from Michigan promised to do While
there seems to be little interest in this bill,
there does not appear to be much opposi-
ton to it, so that it is quite likely Mr..
Burrows will be successful in his effort
to carry out his promise. Much as the
President would like to see the Moon anti
injunction law enacted at this session, he
will not make an issue of it. He is so
grateful for all the excellent legislation
which has been and will be passed that
he is content to leave that measure for the
next session.
A REMARKABLE CHANGING moro
sudden or remarkable change of sentiment
has been witnessed at the national capt
tai within the memory of the oldest Iegis-
lators than that which has occurred during
the last two weeks. The listlessness which
has characterized the entire session and
which has been broken occasionally only
by facrinnaI differencac cyi, roIa
to an earnest determination to enact meri
torious legislation and to support the Presi-
dent at every point. Some of the insur-
gents are not q little dfsgruntled over the
success of the regular organization and
the Democrats are sorey disheartened.
They have been gloating over the prospect
OF do-nothing session, with the Repubi-
cans going into the campaign without
credit. Suddenly. however with that re-
markably recuperative power which Is es-
sentially characteristic of Inc Republican
party, the Republicans have pulled them
selves together and are establishing a rec
ord which many insist was never before
eQualled for legislation enacted during the
first regular session of an administra-
ton The gentle, conciliatory methods of
the President, which the Democrats and
even some of tre insurgents have mistaken
for weakness have proven to be actually
elements of strength, and in the coming
campaign the Republicans need only appeal
TO the record Of this session as evidence of
their capacity as constructive legislators.
STICKING TO HIS I.AST-Time and
again sincere friends have appealed TO
President Taft during this session, urging
him to lay aside diplomacy and suavity and
Il ,I,<k-
as to insist that his good nature was being
taken advantage of. and many have insist
ed that he would win nothing by the meth
DDS he was pursuing. To these he has in
variably replied that the shoemaker should
stick to his last. He has cheerfully az
corded credit to his predecessor for the sue
cess with which he welded the big stick,
but has consistently insisted that he himself
could succeed only by the methods to
which he was accustomed. and that he was
no adept with any others. There have been
many skeptics. and to some OF his greatest
admirers his continued optimism has
seemed unwarranted, but no one can gainsay
that he knew whereof he spoke and that
recent events have proved the efficacy of
his methods. BY a iudicious' compliment to
Mr.. Aldrich, a smile which dissipated even
the depression of Senator Hale, an occa-
sional smooth word to Speaker Cannon, and
no little encouragement to the more rea-
sonalble of the House insurgents, he has
won the support of all of them, as clearly
evidenced by the determination with which
they are now carrying his legislative pro-
gramne TO q successful issue. There are,
indeed, few to-day who question the ability
Of President Taft as a leader of men and
of the great party which has chosen him
for its head.
UNWRITTEN HISTORY-Only the un-