Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-12-06

Washington, D. c., Dec. 6.-Presi
dents Taft principal recommenda
tions in his message to congress to
day:
The plan of currency reform out
lined by the monetary commission
Amendment OF the law to lessen the
penalty when corporations inadvert
emily dsobey the corporation tax law
Congressional approval of plan Of
army reorganization prepared by the
war college last spring.
The passage of the milita-pay bill
increasing compensation to militia in
the EeId.
Citizenship without statehood, for
Porto Rico.
Regulation of water power grants SO
that navigabIe streams might be i'm
proved by water power companies.
Elevation of Colonel GoethaIs,
builder of the Panama canal to a
major generalship.
A return to the policy of two battle
ships year by the appropriation for
three battIesi1ips this year.
Authority to the United States su-
preme court to make rules of proceed
ure in common law cases in federal
court to expedite and lessen the cost
OF litigation.
He dlsapproved the foIIowing
Autonomy and independence in
eight years for the Philippines.
Amendment Of the Sherman anti
trust law.
The president made no recommen-
dation for tariff revision. stating he
would leave that subject to the in
coming congress.
effort to have congress reduce the
tariff IN a general message to con-
gress submitted today, the president
clearly indicated his intention of leav-
ing further tariff revision to Mr.. Will
son and the congress just elected.
Nov that new congress has been
elected on platform of tariff revenue
only rather thana protective tariff and
is to revise the tariff on that basis,
said the president, "it is needless for
me to occupy the time of congress
with arguments or recommendations
in favor of protective tariff
This message, the second submitted
by the president since the present
session began, will be his last of a
general character 1t dealt with every
department of the government except
the state department, recommended
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 !
posed, he said, in bill now before
congress. He deprecated the new pol
icy OF one battleship a year instead OF I
two; and indorsed again the scheme !
of currency reform proposed by the .
National Monetary commission
Conservation was lightly touched, I
the president recommending the .
amendment of bills now before cor
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 con-
nection the president asked congress
to pass legislation which would allow
the supreme court to formulate rules
of procedure under the common law
in federal courts and perdicted that
such action would facilitate justice
in those courts and reduce the cost of
litigation to the public.
The Panama canal was dismissed in
a few words, the president prophecy
ing it's opening in the latter half of
1915. He TOOK occasion. however, 10
declare that Congress should reward
the work of Colonel Goethals by an
as major general with
the provision that he become chief
of engineers when the term of the I
present incumbent expires. He made
only brief reference to the dispute
with Great Britain over the Panama
canal act and said that when a form
al protest was lodged against that
act it would be taken up by the Unit
ed States.
The army the president discussed
at some length. He praised the army
legislation of the last congress, but
said that provision should be made
by law so that the nations foreign
regiments may be always maintained
upon fair footing: and he urged the
passage of the pending militia-pay |
bill. designed to make service in the
militia more enticing. and showed {
that the home army will be nothing {
more than a skeleton" until con-
gress provides that it be concen-.