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VOLUME .9, NUMBER 5
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"lobby" hore and peace prevails. The
railroads will accept some restric
tions without opposition so long as
there Is no danger of the rate-making
power being taken out of their
hands.
For like reasons the leaders of
the majority In both senate and
house have given their assent to the
program, and legislation substan
tially upon the lines laid down in
this dispatch is expected to go
through and become a law at this
session.
The radical measure of Senator
Cummins, backed by the othor pro
gressives, taking the ratemaking
nower out of the hands of the rail
roads will not bo favored by the ad-,
ministration and can not bo paBsea
through congress unless the radicals
can make a combination with the
democrats and overthrow the reg
ulars. Anti-Trust Legislation
Although the president and his
advisers are eager to have some legis
lation that will clear up the doubt
and annoyance which now exist
through uncertainty as to the pre
cise application of the Sherman anti
trust law, it is considered doubtful,
both by the administration and the
loaders in congress, if this question
can be taken up at the present ses
sion of congress.
The Standard Oil and American
Tobacco cases must bo disposed of
by the supreme court before the
problem can be Intelligently ap
proached. The Standard Oil case has
not yet been set for hearing. The
tobacco trust case is to be argued
January 3.
In view of the Importance of these
cases the administration has been
anxious to have a fuirbench. There
is now one vacancy, ,and Justice
' Moody Ib still quite 111, unable to;
sit in court.
A decision of these cases in time
to permit the president to formulate
- recommendations and for congress
to act upon them is not expected.
Postal Savings Banks
I am able to make the authorita
tive statement that some sort of a
postal saving bill Is' likely to be
passed a,t this session. Tho facts
are:
1. President Taft, in view of tho
party platform and hlB own cam
paign pledges, and also his sincere
belief In the proposed system, recom
mended enactment of the law and
stands by the recommendation.
2. Ho did this and is doing it
against the wishes of Senator Aid
rich. 3. Senator Aldrlch believes tho
postal savings plan should wait till
it can be merged .in the general
banking and currency legislation,
which is expected to be had in this
administration.
4. But ho is willing to sacriflco
his views in part to help the admin
istration and the party, since there
Is discontent in the west and some
thing must be done to allay it.
5. Senator Aldrlch has told Sena
tor Carter, in charge of the bill, that
he will not stand in the way of pos
tal savings legislation, provided:
(a) Agreement can be reached up
on details.
(b) Execution of the law shall be
put in the treasury department or a
bureau and not in the hands of. the
postoflice department.
(c) Postal savings fund shall be
deposited in the treasury or be in
vested in government bonds and not
be redeposited In the national banks
of the neighborhood as proposed in
the pending measure. .
Whether or not such a postal sav
ings law as that which Senator Aid
rich is willing to let pass will be sat
isfactory to the advocates of the pos
tal savings system remains to be
seen. ' Some of the friends of the
plan fear Senator Aldrlch is trying
to so load .the measure that it will
not be acceptable even' to those- who
have always favored it.
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In a' speech delivered at New Ha
ven, Conn., President Taft reiterat
ed his views in favor of a civil pen
sion list, saying that the country
may yet have to come to it.
Senator Burkett of Nebraska has
introduced a bill to prohibit sending,
by interstate wires, news from race
meetings when the same is to be
used by pool rooms or other gamb
ling purposes.
The one hundred and tenth birth
day of George Washington was cele
brated by the Masons and a me
morial wreath was placed on the
tomb at Mount "Vernon.
An Associated Press dispatch
which is believed to have been in
spired follows: "One of the pro
jects for the solution of the Nicarag
uan situation which has been strong
ly urged upon the state department
is the establishment of a protector
ate, either singly by the United
States or jointly with Mexico. This
may be regarded as necessary in the
event that tho insurgents fail to
displace Zelaya by their own efforts,
and may even follow an insurgent
triumph which would leave tho
country without responsible leaders.
It is stated precedent for such action
could be found in the case of Santo
Domingo and Cuba. In the first in
stance large sums of money were
owing to American citizens, which
could not be collected front the Do-'
mingo government (then in a state of
chaos) by diplomatic means. In the
case of Nicaragua the government
has defaulted in the payment of the
agreed allotments in the Emery
claim. In the case of Cuba a state
of disorder that threatened the safety
of the lives and property of Ameri
cans and other foreigners existed
that was the warrant for interven
that a forward movement will be
adopted by this government in the
neaT future, perhaps as soon as a
sufficient number of marines have
gathered off the Nicaraguan coast.
Today's news from Managua, Indi
cating' the Imminence of rioting be
yond the control of the local govern
ment forces to suppress, might serve
as the basis of the landing of the
marines and their dispatch to Man
agua if necessary to maintain order,
just as was done on the Isthmus of
Panama a few years ago. It is not
part of the plain to maintain such
forces in Nicaragua permanently, but
only long enough to permit of a fair
and free general election, and the
establishment of a president who will
be pledged to observe the constitu
tional obligations.
General W. W. Dudley of Indiana,
formerly commissioner of pensions,
died at the national capital.
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has unanimously reported favorably
to the nomination of Judge Horace
H. Lurton to be a justice of the
United States Bupreme court.
The publication of the United
State's government's plan towards
Nicaragua evidently had its effect
for within a few days after that pub
lication Zelaya resigned as president
of Nicaragua. He has been presi
dent for sixteen years. A special
election will be held to choose his
successor and this government has
made it nlain that it will "onnnsa
any follower of Zelaya for the presidency."
ascertain what useless papers were
stored In the document rooms of tho
house was reported to the house
Representative Clark of Missouri tho
minority leader, demanded to know
when action was to be taken on im
portant resolutions. "It seems to be
easy enough," criticised Mr. Clark
"to get a resolution reported for the
disposal of the worthless documents
but when an effort Is made to get
action on the resolutions for an in
vestigation of the sugar trust frauds
to see how much money has been
stolen from the government, and
who is .-mixed up in it and for an
inquiry into the general land offlco
some kind of smothering process
goes on." The worthless paper reso
lutions were adopted. The District
of Columbia appropriation bill was
taken up for consideration of the
house soon after that body convened
today. It was agreed that general
debate on the measure should be
limited to one hour and a half. The
senate today agreed to the houso
resolution providing for the adjourn
ment of congress from December 22
to January 4, for the Christmas
holidays.
President .Taft attended tho
funeral of the Wife of his brother
in Connecticut,
When a houso resolution providing
for the appointment of a committee
of five to make an investigation to
Representative Mann ' of Illinois
aud Fitzgorald of New York attacked
Mr. Tweedale, auditor of the District
of Columbia, for criticising members
of congress, Fitzgerald said that
ex-President Roosevelt had set the
bad example
Representative Mann of Illinois
has Introduced a hill to suppress tho
white slave traffic.
Representative Taylor, of Colorado
has introduced a bill to convey to
the state of Colorado title to one
million acres of public land, This
land Is to be sold at $5 per aero in
1-60 acre lots and the proceeds are
to be used in maintaining the public
highways of the state.
Representative Hardy of Texas in
troduced a resolution demanding in
vestigation of the charge that mem
bers of congress and newspapers had
been subsidized in behalf of the ship
subsidy.
The United States ship, Buffalo,
with 700 marines on board .left
Panama' for Corinto.
Zelaya, president of Nicaragua,
cabled to President Taft that in or
der to show his good faith he had re
signed the presidency and would
leave Nicaragua.
Senators Cummins and Dolliver
are not to have a hand to any extent
in appointments in the state of Iowa.
Mrs. Horace B. Taft, wife of the
brother of the president, is dead.
Her home was at Watertown, Conn.
Twelve persons were killed in a
wreck on the Southern Railway ten
miles north of Greensboro, N. C.
Rev. D. C. Hughes, father of the
governor of New York', died at the
executive mansion in Auburn. He
was 77 years of age.
The Brazilian government is try
ing to stimulate the production or
silk In that country - by offering
bounties to producers of cocoons
and to persons establishing silk fac
torle under certain conditions. &
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