El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-19
TAFT DISCUSSES
THE CANAL BILL
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leaving out the provision to limit the
! tenure of officers of the civil service
/ to seven years to which the president
| had also objected
| said senator Warren. that If this bill
| goes to the president with this clause
| left in we will get another veto. II
| is just a question of whether we want
! to get through and get home, or stay
| here and pass bills and get vetoes ad
Senator Clapp of Minnesota leaped to
Mr.. President" he said, this is not
a question OF getting through and get
! ting home. This is q question OF dong
Senator OVerman also protested
Both the house and senate nave
{ voted by large majorities, to aoollsn
this court; the people of the United
States have signified their desire that
the court should be abolished; the
( president is now lined up against
the people, he said
I rise TO a point of order" exclaimed
senator Bacon, of Georgia i beIleVe
that it is out of order to attempt to in
fluenee the votes of senators by
threatening them with what the persi-
dent will, or, will not do.
Senator Warren protested that he
had only stated facts.
Senator Oyerman's substitute con-
tanning a provision to abolish the
court was adopted, So to %. The Re
pubHcans who voted with the Demo
Bourne, BristOw, ClapP, Crawford.
Cummins Hepburn, LaFollette, Nelson,
POindeXter and Works
Senator Thornton, of Louisianan, was
the Ouly Democrat who voted not 10
abolish the court
Taft Discusses Canal Bill.
Over the white house coffee cups
president Taft and his cabinet dis
cussed the Panama canal bill and the
question of a possible presidential veto
of the measure.
The presidents inclination it was
said, is TO approve the bill, but he is
anxious TO have provision made for q
legal test of the matter of free tolls
for American ships. The cabinet was
understood to agree with him that
there is basis for believing the bill
with the free tolls clause in it is not
in conformity with the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty.
He will confer with senate and house
leaders in the next few days and will
devote most of his own time to pom
Republican leaders in both houses and
probably some of the leading Demo-
Gratis viii be called into consultation
and the bill will be gone over with
care.
The president was told that it is
probably too late to amend the bill
and that any action he may take must
be in the form of a veto, unless he can
get Republican and Democratic lead
ers to agree on a joint resolution to
be passed later that would show that
the United States had no intention of
abrogating the existing treaty with
Great Britain.
Such a resolution would permit for
eign steamship companies to test the
acts validity under the Hay-Paunce- !
fOte treaty in the United States courts. f,
Important Legislation.
Important legislation that must be |
cted on before congress adjourns fol- !
I-anama bill, before the president.
Legislative. executive and judicial |
appropriation bill approved by the /
house and now before the senate, with /
provision abolishing commerce court.
Naval. sundry civil and army appro- !
priation bills, in conference.
General deficiency appropriation bill, |
before senate committee on appropri |
ations.
Indian appropriation bill, conference
report pending in the senate.
While adjournment is expected this |
week the date is generally conceded !
to depend upon the presidents attitude /
legislative, executive, judicial appro-
priation bill. His veto of the latter
measure vas based upon its provisions
for the adjustment of the commerce
court and the establishment of a seven !
year tenure in the civil service; and
the house has again risked the veto by
passing the measure with the commerce
court provision in it. The senate will
determine whether it will endorse the
in this form.
Leaders of both houses are confident
the remaining work on the overdue ap-
bills could be disposed of /
in three days, were the contingencies
Of the presidential veto removed. The
president has made il clear to members
of both houses that he does not favor
the free toll provision of the Panama
canal bin. but he has not asserted
purpose to veto that measure
Can Not Override Veto.
Thus far congress has not succeeded
in overriding any of the presidents
vetoes. and it is not considered likely
that either the legislative appropriation
or the Panama canal Dill could be re-
passed by a tWo-thirds vote if vetoed.
Those tariff and appropriation meas
1reS which the house has repaSSed over
the veto have feiled in the senate; and
he single bill which the senate repassed
that affecting claims on the Corbett ir-
-igation tunnel, failed by six votes Of
in the house
The sundTy civil appropriation bill, |
n which the appropriation of 1925, 600
for the tariff board is at issue, is ap-
preaching settlement in conference
out of 259 items in the
S116,00O,OO0 bill. upon which the two
houses disagreed, all but about so have
been settled; and an agreement on
these is expected.
The house has asked the senate to
the naval fight on a one
oattleship basis and an agreement on
he naval bill is expected Immediately. |
other measures Will not take much