The Washington times., 1911-07-14
SUTHERLAND TELLS
! TAFT Of PROGRESS
I. ON LIABILITY ACT
Entirely New Law to Be
/. Proposed BY the Com
ik mission.

Senator Sutherland of Utah, chairman
of the commission authorized by Con
gress to recommend notifications oi
the employers liability and workmen's
compensation laws, talked with Presi'
dent Taft this morning about the work
OF the body, and said a report would
be submitted for the consideration OF
the next Congress.
According to the Information brought
to the White House this commission
will propose another employers liability
law. 1t is to be effective when presented.
The law enacted two years ago, after
the Supreme Court had declared the
former unconstitutional. has never
proven satisfactory to any interest in
volved, It is said.
According to Senator Sutherland, the
report of his commission will be made
by the first of January, and will be sub
mitted TO the President by or before
that time.
In Honor of President.
John kellerman, of Aitkin, Mimi,
father of seven sons, had written to the
President saying that he was to name
the last one William Howard Taft kel-
lerman, and asks permission to so do.
This permission was granted in let
ter from the Executive today.
Fairmount, w. Va, has put in a bid
for a visit from the President at the
time he goes to MOrgantown next No
Vember TO be present at the installa-
ton Of the new president of the Uni
Versity of West Virginia. Mr.. Taft is
considering the invitation. Fairmount
is the home of Senator Watson.
Senator johnson OF Alabama will head
a committee to call upon the Executive
this afternoon and invite him TO fair
In that city on July 25. Washington
county, Pa, has also invited the EXecu-
tive to a fair on the same date, and
Mayor Crump the cotton exchange, and
the merchants exchange, of Memphis,
want him in that city on September 6.
Mr.. Taft has told the Memphis people
he will be in Kansas at that time.
The President today accepted an tnvi-
tation extended by the New York State
Bar Association to be present and ad-
dress the meeting Of the body on jan
uary 20.
The results OF a reciprocity poll among
the members of the Milwaukee Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association
were communicated to the President to-
day by Secretary Bruce Of that organi-
zanon. OF the 424 votes cast, 404 were
Canada.
Invited to Beverly.
Permission was asked today by the
American Pharmaceutical Association
which meets in Boston on August IA,
for permission TO introduce the ladies
of the association to the President and
Mrs. Taft at the Beverly summer home.
This request was granted and the Presi-
dent will receive the visitors at that
time if he is in Beverly.
New Mexican business interests have
wired to the President that the uncer-
tainty over statehood is seriously Grip
pling the business Of the territory. The
President is appealed to to use his in
f1uence to give New Mexico statehood at
once. These people claim that il is a
rank injustice to keep this one Territory
out of the Union because Congress does
not like the constitution of Arizona.
The President yesterday afternoon re-
.ceived nearly 300 Catholic sisters, men,
bers of the teaching orders of the
church who are here attending a sum-
mer school at Brookland. They were
received in the East Room and were
cordially greeted by Mr.. Taft.