Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-07
In Message Presented to
Congress Today Mr.. Taft
States He Will Leave RI.
vision for Mr.. Wilson.
OPPOSES AUTONOMY
FOR PHILIPPINES
Opposed to independence
for Filipinos Under Pres
ent Plan; Would Reward
Col. Goethals.

Col. Goethals.
Washington, D. c., Dec. e.
President Taft's principal reoor-
mendations In his message TO con-
sress today:
The plan Of currency reform
outlined by the monetary commits
sion.
Amendment Of the law to lessen
the penalty when corporations In
advertently disobey the eorPora-
tlon tax law.
Congressional approval Of plan
Of any reorganization prepared by
the war college last spring.
The passage Of the militia pay
bill, Increasing compensation TO
militia In the field.
citizenship without statehoodfor
Porto Rico.
Regulation Of water power
grants 90 that navlgabIe streams
might be improved by water power
companies.
Elevation Of Colonel Goethais.
builder Of the Panama canal to a
major oeneralship.
A return to the policy o. two
bsttleshlps year by the ap-
proprIatIon for three bsttleshlps
this year.
Authosity to the United states 4
supreme court 20 nsake rules o.
procedure In common law caseS IN 4
federal court 70 expedite and les
sen the cost Of lltiqation.
He dlsapproved the foiIowino:
AUTONOMY and Independence II
elaht years for the Philippines.
Amendment Of tho Sherman anti
trust law.
THE president made no recon-
n1endations for tariff revision,
stating he would leave that sub
Ject TO the Incoming congress.
Washington, D. c.. Dec. 6.-Presi
dent Taft will make no further effort
to have congress reduce the tariff. II
a general message to congress sub
mitted today, the president clearly IN
dicated his intention of leaving further
tariff revision to Mr.. Wilson and the
congress just elected
Now that new congress has been
elected on platform Of tariff for rev
enue only rather than protective
tariff and Is to revise the tariff on
that basis" said the president. 1T II
needless for me to occupy the time ol
congress with arguments or recon-
mendations in favor of protective
tariff"
This message, the second submitted
by the president since the present
session began, will be his last Of 9
general character. 1t dealt with
every department OF the government
except the state department, recon-
much Of the legislation which
Mr.. Taft previously had urged upon
the attention OF congress, and took ur
and discussed at length several sub
jects comparatively new.
Against Independence Proposed.
Mr.. Taft came out strongly against
independence for the Philippines pro
posed, he said, In bill now before
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
He declared that no radical change
In the Sherman antitrust law waa
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 those courts and reduce thu
cost OF litigation to the public.
Would Reward Col. Goethals.
The Panama canal was dismissed II
a few words the president prophesy
Ing It's opening In the latter half oi
1913. He took occasion, however, tc
declare that congress should reward
the work Of Colonel Goethals by an
as major general with thu
provision that he become chief Of en-
gineers when the term of the present
expires. He made only 1
brief reference to the dispute with
Great Britain over the Panama cana
act and said that when a formal re
quest was lodged against that act 4
would be taken up by the Unite<
States.
The army the president discussed a
some length. He praised the army
Legislation Of the last congress bu
said that provision should be made b,
law so that the nations foreign regi
ments may be always maintained up
on war footing; and he urged tn,