The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-08
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. HAS CONVENED
CHAMP CLARK THINKS ADJOURN.
MENT WON'T COME UNTIL Az
TER THE CONVENTIONS.
PRESIDENT TAFT'S MESSAGE
Chief Executives Message to Con-
eress Dealt With Only One
uhject-Trusts.

Washington.-The first regular SEES
sion of the Sixty-second congress
convened. Legislative machinery is
ready for a long session. Speaker
Clark and other leaders having pre-
dicted that adjournment may not
come until after the national conven'
tons Of the two big political parties
have been held. This has not hap
pened since 1883.
The opening was not only the start
of congress in which party leaders
will struggle for party vantage at the
polls next November in dealing with
tariff, trust and other big problems,
but it will initiate the brilliant win
ter social season at the nations cap
tai
when you contemplate all the i'm
portant legislation to be considered y
said Speaker Clark, you are forced
to the conclusion that congress will
be in session until well into the sum-
mer, if not until fall"
while no definite program as to
tariff bills in the house has yet been
framed" said Democratic Leader I'm
| derwiod, 1T is certain that the Dem
ocratic caucus will unanimously ap'
prove immediate action by the ways
and means committee The commit
tee will welcome the report of the
tariff board on the textile schedules,
but it will not delay action for any
great length of time if the boards
report is held back.
Upon the attitude of the Insurgent
Republicans will depend the legisla-
tive accomplishments of the senate.
They hold the balance of power as
between the regular Republicans and
the Democrats, and without their &C
quiescence nothing can be done by
either of the regular parties.
President Taft's third annual mes
sage was devoted to the trust ques-
ton" The message contains from
5000 to 5000 words, and, with the
exception of a few references in a
general way to other related subjects,
deal with the question of industrial
combinations alone.
Federal incorporation as outlined
by Mr. Taft two years ago was sug'
gested again as a method for solution
of the problem. The president indi-
Gated his aversion to amendment of
the Sherman antitrust act, and there
is no suggestion of such amendment
in the message.
I've put all my eggs in one bas-
ket,' the president said to callers. The
president has done something that
has not been done since 1887, when
President Cleveland devoted his mes
sage entirely to the tariff. 1t is usual
for the chief executive to point out
the need of all sorts of legislation,
and to give in brief form the history
of the past year so far as the gov
eminent is concerned. This will be
done away with in the present mes
sage and later on Mr.. Taft will send
special messages to congress dealing
with important subjects.
Conservation, including the develop
ment of Alaska, will be dealt with
either in a separate message or in
one that takes in many subjects ex-
elusive of the trusts and the tariff
In addition to these suggestions to
congress, Mr.. Taft hopes to send in
reports of the postal commission, the
railway cimmission and possibly 9TH
ers, before the holiday adjournment