Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-11
The President Will Take Up
Case Next Winter.
Secretaries MCVeigh and Wick
ersham viii Be Heard.
They Differ on Some Poin.s-.Pres.
ident Working on Speeches.

Beverly, Sept. lg.-The papers in
the use of the National City Go. and
the National city Bank of New York,
involving the right of 4 national bank
to acquire the stock of other banking
institutions and ether nice points Of
the national bank act, were sent back
to Washington Saturday by President
Taft.
He win take the case up again next
winter with ATTY. Gen. Wickersham
and sec. of the Treasury MaeNeish,
who are understood To have divergent
opinions as 20 the legality of the re-
lations between the National City CO.
and the National City Bank.
While the New York Institution is
the only one directly concerned in this
case. unofficialle it is said that there
are close to 500 similar relationships
between banking concerns in this
country. The President desires to hear
arguments by his two advisers before
he decides the ease.
lie told visitors Saturday that the
controller of the currency had facility
permitted such relationships for about
10 wears and that a couple of months
more would be more desirable than a
hurried decision. II is probable that
Mr. Wirkersham, who is said 20 hold
the relationships Illegal and Mi Mac
Veagh. who agrees with the control
lcrs, will submit further arguments
next winter.
The papers returned 10 Washing
ton We're the first opinions Of the two
cabinet officers, bat forthcoming re-
ports may be more satisfactory to the
President in reaching conclusion.
President Taft is going west to edu-
cate the country. His 13.0)0-mile swing
around the circle that win begin next
Friday and wind up IS days later is to b.
Favored as little as possible with politics
and is to be as broadly instructive on
vital questions of government as lie can
make it.
The President intends 10 deliver per-
sonal message to thousands who Will hear
him speak, a message like those he sends
to Congress from time to time. He viii
take the government machinery apart and
tell those who hear him and those VINO
read what he SAYS Just how things are
run in Washington and what is needed
there.
He told callers at t'arramatta Satnr-
Gay tnat the tlip VIII AFFORD hltn lttie
opportunity for political speeeh-making
and that his five or six announced set
addresses viii not be delivered often.
ITO the set speeches of the trip the
President Saturday added more than a
dozen less political and more general sub
ieets and this list may be increased to
larger proportions. Two of the subjects
the President discussed saturday with
callers were uniform divorce law and
trusts, particularly with reference to Inc
supreme courts Standard Oil Co. and
American Tobacco Co decisions.
On the question of marriage and di-
vorce the President has very decided
convictions. which have been strength
ened by the numerous recent separations
between we'll known people The Presi-
dent believes that a person who has been
divorced in one state should not be al
lowed to remarry in another state. He
regards remarriages in such cases as
bigamy and is of the opinion that
through like legislation i'm all the states
they can be prevented. He pointed out
that there is practical uniformity between
the law OF the states in respect to nego-
table Instruments.
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