Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-12-06

WASHINGTON, Dec. b.-PreSident I
Taft will make no further effort to I
have congress reduce the tariff In .
general message 10 congress sub /
mitted today. the president clearly /
Indicated his intention OF leaving fur I
ther tariff revision to Mr.. Wilson /
and the congress just elected.
Now that a new congress has been
elected on a platform OF tariff for
revenue only rather than a protect 4
i've tariff and is to revise the tariff /
on that basis" said the president 1T
is needless for me 10 occupy the time
OF congress with arguments or rec
lamentations in favor of a protect
i've tariff.
This message. the second submit
led by the president since the pres
ent session began. will be his last
Of a general character II dealt with
every department OF the government
except the state department. recon-
mended much OF the legislation which
Mr.. Taft previously had urged upon
the attention of congress. and took
up and discussed at length several
subjects comparatively new.
Mr.. Taft came out strongly against
independence for the Philippines pro
posed he said. in bin now before
congress He deprecated the new
policy of one battleship year in
stead OF two: and indorsed again the
scheme Of currency reform proposed
by the national monetary commission
Conservation was lightly touched.
the president recommending the
amendment of bills now before con
gress so that water power companies
which dam navigable rivers will con
tribute to the Improvement OF these
streams.
He declared that no radical change
in the Sherman antitrust law was
needed, and praised the supreme court
for Its recently announced changes
In rules OF equity procedure. In this
connection the president asked con
gress TO pass legislation which would
allow the supreme court to formulate
rules OF procedure under the common
law In federal courts and predicted
that such action would facilitate JUS
tice in thofe courts and reduce the
cost of litigation 10 the public
The Panama canal was dismissed
In few words. the president prophe-
swing its opening in the latter half
OF 1913 He took occasion. however
TO declare that congress should re-
ward the work of Colonel Goethals
by an appointment as major general
with the provision that he become
chief Of engineers when the term of
the present incumbent expires He
made only a brief reference TO the
dispute with Great Britain oFer the
Panama canal act and said that when
formal protest was lodged against
that act It would be taken up by the
United States
The army the president discussed
At some length lie praised the arm,
legislation Of the last congress hu
said that provision should be mad'
by law SO that the nations foreigl
regiments may be always maintained
upon war footing and he urge'
the passage ~ the pending military
pay bill. designed 20 make service
IN the militia more entietng ant
showed that the home army will b.
nothing more than skeleton unit
congress provides that u be concer
traied IN fewer posts than are nov
maintained lle urged also the pas
sage Of another bill now before cot
gFess designed to raise quickly
volunteer army in case Of war
One Of the striking arguments
lae message was that pr0paslng a.
tonnmy for the Philippines at uuc'
and Independence in eight years.
In the Philippine islands Ne hav
embarked upon an experiment.
SEALING with dependent peoples. sal
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