Evening star., 1914-02-11
Amendments Considered,

Amendments Considered.
Amendment of the interstate trade com
mission bill to extend the powers of th.
proposed body somewhat. but without
conferrlnS any administrative authority
also to exclude from publicity trade Sc
crets and lists of customers required to
be furnished by corporations
Amendment to the trade relations bill to
regulate holding companies and to pre-
vent holding companies from restricting
competition.
Amendment to the tentative bills de-
signed to prevent interlocking directorates
and defining restraints OF trade under the
Sherman act.
1t was said by those present that the
President had expressed pieasu at the
purpose of republicans to participate in
the preparation Of the trust bills, and
was given To Understand that Senators
ch'er ana Lippltt. republicans, VINO at
tended the conference, would joIn with
the democrats In attempting 70 frame
biils that would be accepLaUie to all eie-
ments IN Congress, and mat at least two
other republican senators would reguiar-
~ attend tne sessions OF the committee
and oner amendments.
Todays conference was largely one of
phraSeology of bills before the commit
Tee, all present giving their ideas One
concrete problem was that OF requiring
the proposed interstate trade commission
to take all testimony according to the
que processes of law, so that Ine testl-
monE couIu be used aIIerWaru IN one
courts
Democrats present were Senators New
lands, Meyers Lewis, salisbury and
Pomerene.
President Pleased by Election.
Iowa democrats We're so jubilant owe.
the election Of Nollmer to Congress from
the second Iowa congressional district
yesterday that they sent number OF
kilograms to President Wilson and Secre-
tary Tumulty telling of the plurality
which some of them place as high as
700. The kilograms state that there
We're many staE-at-home democrats VINO
felt so sure OF the outcome that they did
not bother TO go to the poiis. fne Presi-
dnt has sent tctegrams OF coneratuiarIon
to Representative-eIecu Nollmer and those
who managed his campaign
Representative Rucker of Missouri,
chairman OF the House committee on
election OF President. Vice President
and representatives. conferred for half
an hour with President Wilson today
about the framing of a bill providing
for presidential primary elections. IL
is the hope of Mr.. Rucker and his COM
m1ttee to get good bill ready within
a short time and obtain a vote upon it
in the House. There is little idea among
democrats that the bill can become law
at this. session. but if passed by the
at this sssion. but if passed by the
place the measure in position for
passage in the Senate and House when
the new Congress comes in, and pos
sibly at the short session he.inninp
next December.
The President would like to see :, presi-
DENTAL primary law ready for 1916; The
only thihs DEFINITE agreed upon in the
committee Is that the congressional dis
trict shall be the unit of renresent.tion
in the nationa! conventions thai will
ratify the primaries and put forth plat
forms.
Big New Jersey Reception.
The White House has about completed
arrangements for the big reception Presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson will give Friday
night next to their New Jersey friends
ana admirers. As the reception takes
place on the 18th Of the month. and
a Friday night at that. New Jersey peo-
pie predict 4 most pleasant occasion.
the President having been lucky All his
life on combinations of Friday and the
Eth About Gto people have been invited
The hist has been confined to democrats
in official positions in the democratic or
Sanization, including presidential electors
and alternates in 1312 delegates 10 the
national convention. members of the state
and county committees. etc The mem
bers of the democratic national commit
tee and their families have also been
invited. The New Jerseyites will reach
Washington. with their wives and dauch-
ters. i'll special trains.
Representative HamiI of New Jersey
author OF, a bill to pension superannuated
employees OF the government. has AN en-
2agement to discuss this problem with
the President next Monday. The Presi-
dent is greatly interested in the subject
and Will study it from many angles be-
fore the administration approves a plan
for pensions.
Future of the Filipinos.
Representative Jones of Virginia talked
with President Wilson for half AN hour
today about prospective legislation look
ing toward giving the Filipinos the even
tual independence ii is proposed by the
democratic party they should hav. Mr
Jones. whose health has been bad for
some time, will call IA meeting OF his COM
mittee and go over the situation
Mr.. Jones commented favorably today
on the recent work of the Filipino legis-
lature in making appropriations on a
| sensible basis for the operation of the
! islands and took this as an indication of
what the people are capable of in self
government The probable next step
| will be territorial form of government
with larger measures of self-government
(, for the islanders.
| Joseph +. Mikulec. a Croatian who has
twice walked around the world. appeared
at the White House today with a re-