New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-29
THEDAVIN WASHINGTON
From The Tribune Bureau
Narhingtnn. Juno,

From The Tribune Bureau'l
Washington. June, y.
TAFT AND THE VETO.-Wih Presideht
Taft veto the Canadian RECIPROCITY pii'
IL il is amended by the addition OF genera
,.riN revision features? Will the Presi-
dent veto other tariff revision measures
such as the Farmers Free List DILL '"e
wool bill. etc? These questions are oei"s
asked in the Senate with every appearance
IF gravity but with n total lack OF SIN
ceritv AS told In this column as long ago
a. last Friday, every fnsurgent senator
l,nows full we'll that the President VIII
veto any general tariff revision measure
I'm whatever form il comes 10 hlih an"
that he will veto even tho reciprocity Dill
~ II is 60 amended These questions are
nharisaical They are not put win
view 10 eliciting information, but because
II ,s desired TO place the President IN sh
unfortunate light before the country py
inducing him to answer that he Will TO
,bose who have a right TO know his views
io the friends Of Canadian reciprocity he
ras made his position perfectly clear
and they have told the insurgents where
he stands. precisely as Senator Stohe' ,'0
leading advocate of reciprocity on Inc
Democratic side, has been lniornieu anu
has communicated his Information 10 MS
Democratic association. But the iIesi
dent will not threaten the senate WIN
veto. Neither Is he likely to take iur'ne'
stems 10 make his position clear, althoush
I. is posslble he Will, deal pretty lfahniS
with this situation I'm his speech AT ii'u'"'
anolis on Independence Day. But there II
No need for further information on the
mar, Of the members Of the Senate. WHAT
sreers them is that the President does
not do something which might inJure
him with the country. In so far as generai
r.v,s,on 70 concerned. in his message ex-
r1o,r;no that the Tariff Board was not
r..d, IN ranort on the wool Industry, Mr.
Taft made his position quite clear ehoush
to satisfy those who sincerely desired IN
formation. In fact. his position IS so wei
understood in the Senate that the Demo-
Gratis will not run sny risk OF VETO oF
lacking general revision amendments on
the reciprocity hill.-a fact which Is heart-
breaking 10 its insurgent opponents
TRI-ST PROSECUT1ONS-T prosecu-
tions Of the Department OF Justice nave
hoen referred to as "the mills or the soos'
Tb. reference is n good one. In the case
NJ tho Standard Oil Company and the TO-
hacco Trust and others they nave grouho
! "exceeding small" In the case or other
.rrs,s they will he found to be decidedly
Glow Great legal prosecutions are not
u,,,orr which may be safely hurried
T.oro uo,,ld he fewer convictions II the
,,.ornev General allowed himself 10 De
invited In the course of few days the
10 bo INF that the
A+tornev General has decided on whole
sale prosecution Of the United states "tee'
cor,o,a,ion that he is beginning by pick
ing off the subsidiary companies. ana tha'
,bis "a merely the diminishing preliminary
| 70 an attack all along the line But such
inflammation will he unfounded. NO eenera'
prosecution OF the Steel Corporation 10
| contemplated at this time 1nls uoes ho'
mean that certain of It's SUBSIDIARY cori-
panies are not under investigation that
their acts have not been submitted 10
grand Jury, and that indictments Tor crlni-
nal violations OF the Sherman law nave not
been PRAYED for. But il does mean that
these things do not indicate any Senerai
attack Such an attack may be maze IN
the course of time. but for the present the
decisions Of the Supreme Court in the TWO
/ great trust cases have hardly been uI-
gested. and until they are no general cam
paign against the trusts will be undertaken.
But every specific violation OF the Sher-
man law which comes 10 the attention OF
the administration will be prosecuted with
vlgor and impartialty. regardless OF per-
| sonalties or influence.
| ARBITRATION.-Mat progress has
been made on the general arbitration
! treaty with Great Britain, and while the
work Of perfectng the text is being
pressed the administration Will quietly
sound Senators with the hope of securing
their cordial approval, even before the con-
| vention is submitted to the Senate. The
changes suggested by Great Britain were
| of A minor character. and practically all
have met with the entire approval OF Sec