Show I 1 TO 8 IG plans of secretary meyer are not generally regarded with favor TAWNEY IS CHIEF OBJECTOR claim claims md made phi that it means n immense expenditure of money and is merely an am experiment flight over amendment to inter state tt commerce act NN i hington artar Sr tar nf of ip 1 p naj adv I 1 M if v 1 it plan plait for a 12 ton fort arf driad all nonnet to b bt antho authorized authorised for the anier amer ian war or fleet at he tile next religion of la Is ting with strong op position POSH ion friends of the plan ar or alist ae as energetic an as are lire HR its and 1 it ie Is likely that there ill be a light worthy 0 or the traditions of the 1 navy flavy when the bill for the ship milli gets before ingress next de d ller lo 10 r tawney who 1 cli ell domall of the houie house committee on it 1 copt lotions objects to he the dread noi 1 ht firm on the gre growl in I 1 of ite its cost and wild second on lie the ground that I 1 u li it a egiert teasel will be largely N an ani it might not be feind to md arlly semI ceable after it ie lis built in he the contentions content lone that the slip not move 1100 all fill that might inight le ile expected nun line 11 of of the nay hive a pirt it Is ba b imn mill of the oil 01 I 1 limera of the service that the ep hence of the years which ha have passed sine the first modern was milli built goes to show thit there Is a limit of effi efficiency elney which Is markta b a limit of ale sire ahr arc are I 1 11 I 1 rn rs alfo also ft ho arc opposed to the I 1 aam in ili the tile caliber of the great guns which tire on warships somo sonic of them say that tho lie 12 inch gun la Is just as ier vicer ie le as its the 14 inch or the IG 16 inch run gun and that any increate of willber from the 12 inch model ie Is a virte maste v of mony and tends in no ua vm tn to improve the qualities of the ship that carries the big lle weapons apons roosevelt Roosevel ts 8 naval program it aas as thiodore idia ida that at bast two battleships I 1 1 ie added to the mi imil each ear the former president wanted the united states to keep pace bilth foreign na ions in the mitter of battleship building and to retain its rel relative atle rank in nani natal strength in order to insure that two battleships at tit least v auld be authorized in one year mr roose elt risked for four of the ships kno ing that in nil all human probability con gress would compromise the matter and gle glie him lie tile two to ships that he really wanted it was mas eald said at the time that if it mr air roosevelt had naked asked fur for two ships he would mould have hae been glien glen only one for borne some reason or other congress did lid not rive gine the former president the support tint thit apparently the countr was as giving him in his various fields of administrative endeavor ende ator 1 hen lien the Ilana nii canal Is opened the long from the atlantic coast of the united at its to tile pacific boist will mill be a short one and there fore it will mill not be difficult in cases of emergency einer genc to send a huge fleet to the western estern fraters As things are no of course the voyage ins ims to be avide around cape horn fol following loing the track which the battleship fleet took two ears pars ago in making the first part of its journey around the world some cakl navil officers say that it might be a good plan to build a 32 ton dreadnought and put into Us its tur rete guns of the largest caliber for the purpose of testing the balling sailing qualities and the fighting efficiency of such a boat it if a of the size planned by the secretary of the navy should be built along the most cartful lines and should prove lo 10 be inefficient the legron lesson might be worth the it 11 or 15 million dollars that it would mould coat to construct it tor for if it were shown that such a vessel were merti impracticable there would mould be no more experimenting and all the energies of the department would mould be exerted to perfect vessels of the size that it wn known knon could be built and oper tied safely and with high offensive talcie ncy dispute over elk ir sit bill the senate has hold in fit ear nest of the bill introduced by sena tor for dkins and which provides ldes for amendments to the interstate corn com merce act one feature of the bill as la a vell ell known knon Is that providing for an interstate corn bierce court whose hosp duty it shall be to hear cases that are car ried on appeal from the decision of uie interstate commerce commeT ce commission one of tile lie main reasons advanced for the cre creation aaion of the interstate Inter corn marce court was mas that it would elpe dite final decisions in cases in which the great carrier of the country were interested of course appeals will mill lie ile from the interstate commerce court to the supreme court of the united states but it I 1 is urfred by friends of the tie new court plin that parties to litigation will mill be enU fled in many instances with the decision de clelon of the tile lower court and that an anyta a in as it has only one cine cia cla of f cases to hear bear the nevi DR court cour ts s work k will ill be dune done richly inu that the route to justice will be much than the pt there to 1 it has been in strong wo to uie the intestate interstate commerce court amendment ano dment among tome of the tile republicans 1 0 of f the senate and among a considerable it tile hanife ito twe u of son agurs ort ami and clapp are art fighting tilt it provision prok ision for a uw ve court it in Is s alid fd b the ill opponent opponents of 0 the plan t lat ht thi hup ile hae hale out been 26 call Ps III ken oil appeal from the interstate I 1 rep within the time of leeral 1 year years and that there adeine to be no immediate chance abat tile ie number of cases aill increase TUP mv sav therefore that the court ie ili not inedea on the other hund hand the mend friends of the court As a that lecausi becat of t ohp long litigation thai that war ao sure to tit be bit attend of part parties lea to a ault suit in a thi past appeal appeals have hale nut not been token taken anil and that injustice therefore altas aa don done provisions objected to the tie court tn la to not the 1 toll I one to hekli hit it ion ton 1 in made by some of the republican senators natora re moat of horn are art what lint la Is known a as insurgents in he the main the ame same etien were opposed to many of the broil ismons of tin tile haiie tariff aw the i barge Is 1 hindi that flint power i la Is bakon away olly frum from the tile int tiBe it ate I 1 eom merte lu to pass judg monton on all raffle traffic ments bettit en the fifth ai nit allowed by la Is 1111 it aa one of Pits dent ident blits ideas that theae these raft agreement agreements should be al allowed lovied but the aen sen boie stole who are in opposition eay say that mr intended to give gie the interstate anti inti commission the I 1 power to deride decide on an theae these agreements I 1 and to reject them if hey they ere not considered i roper and within the spirit of the statutes tatu tea I 1 the art frt frand nde of the court provision in the bill sa hat that it he aaril agne niente I 1 betetta the railroad railroads aie ate of the kind I 1 to fix rates at loo high a figure the interstate commerce commission can art act just ae as it always baa has tutu the op ponente ut 4 f he the bill declare I 1 lio ver over that ma be made blikh are tn in effect readi to compe ami and net et llie nw nim not eem seem to fix high rates want wants legislation pushed president taft it au beginning to show dill fill inore more ot of lu spur spurring rini of theodore lie la is lel mill tie coni inra pira fitly progress pro Aress lilyh lit tilt icsis latiola that lie lias has recommended I 1 li making in ili angress on gress and he iii seems to arte bien khat ills b tile reports that the conn coun tl ti la Is taking more interest in ili hie the anat tra nonn no under by con grass than it Is in fit the tile progressive pol POI ides of ol m aih occupied nil all it its attention during the nd ad ministration Ile centi reloris were mere published tc the it effect that mr nir taft had practical ly giden over mer all att attempts emits to induce congress to pus the of hit his recommendations at tilt tilt I 1 session to bis his political frit frands ads ahl he prea lent x as quick to make denial dental 0 of an such intention lie has let it be known that he not only wante ants postal savings binks banks ch in the inter state commerce liw and conse conservation mation laws las but an antt anti injunction bt st itule and all le commendations that he bai hat male put through nn greas in law lam for form before the session closes and the be congressional campaign camp campi agn ign opens the leader leaders in house and senate have hale tried to talk the president out ol 01 giving bublic expression to hia his desire that a legis legislative laffie pro pra gram grant daill be put through the lead era ers seem to be of theof that it three or four bills which have hale attract ed public attention anil anti public support are enacted into law at session it t will mill be rough in the way may 0 of accod ment to the country the art adent is telling the lenders that the country wont mont be ile Billet led fied with three quarters of a it coif and tb tint lt it ni mist be given glen a ii whole hole loaf lil bethel or not attention will mill be given glen by con cou grehs grets to what hat the administration Is IF urging ail not be b e gnoun for a fort night prof ably the president presidents e contentions the of the president eay say that ill through the tariff debate mr taft was firm in his belief that by gentle men measures which bich were ere in con tra st to those of lil ili Immedi immediate ite predecessor de cessor he could get more 0 it of con gresa gress than could be obtained by lilg hig stick methods lie professed satis fac ion tion with the tariff hw but it Is wild s ild by those who ho seem to know his in ward ard feelings ellige fe that he lie would have ex pressed a much stronger strong cr and deeper satisfaction if the bill had gone furth cr r thin it did lid in the cutting of custori duties it has been bern kald inina times recent ly y th bit thit it the contra coi stems senis to be more interested in the tile 13 illing r in and in fit the matter of the high cost of living than it 1 is in the legisla tase program of the president it ie to lj ile d that mr tatt taft hold that the lack of interest in legislation Is due to the he belief on the he I 1 lart art of the country that the organization aro fire not going to do very ery much with fill leisla ion tion and so na the ill interest to a considerable consi dorable ruble extent IJAN subsided the al embers of both houses are fire still getting scores of letters from heir their constituents weekly meekly expressing the deepest concern over the high cost of living and also expressing a feat fear that the committee on now sitting Is bent on giving secre tar ballenge ba llinge r a clean bill of health the president nt Is concerned over oser the feeling tint thit th it he the committee intends to clear the interior department officials ind to 0 o clear them as all matter ol 01 course tind politics mr taft eald said at the outset that be he wanted anted the truth and gull nothing ele else and he dil not care whom it 11 hit provided arold ed it was the lie ile la Is a good enough politician to inow ino hat that anything an thing that wae as apparently patently ly in the nature nf of a whitewash white mash would mould do mr li allinger Halll nger no good and that if he be had acted in a wa we tin be should bot have acted it would be juat just aa as ariti tor for him hip to hare that fact in the report an it would be to har bar it unnoted but till still perfectly plain to the people at lane large ceorge CLINTON |