Show I TAFTS TRAVELING EXPENSES The Th visit Iett of President Taft to th the I Grand Army Arm encampment in Salt I Lake the Alaska expo exposition at Seattle and to the northern country itself is hi dependent upon an ap appropriation appropriation by b congress co The salary sahar lal of the president has just ju t been boosted from SM 6 JM to LS but the mem members members memI I bers hers of oC both houses have also ao shared hi tn a SU n raise ral e and are inclined to be liberal with the tho executive e Regarding the effort to obtain the 5 NS for traveling expenses desired by b Mr Taft th the New Xe York Toek Sun has thus to say 8 St Mr I Tails Tafts salary salar as president is 16 Th a year and he has ha served sen notice m en tt numerous organizations o hi ha states stats I far tar distant from Washington that he I cannot afford doni to accept their invitations Invitations because of the expense of travel traveling traveling ing log Mr Ir R salary was MOM MOMa I a year and nd in the Ute latter part of 0 his 1118 administration he had 5 a year to pay his Ids railroad fares It is now no proposed by Mr lr Tawney Tawne chairman of the house committee on ot appropriations that an amendment be le made to the census bill bUi pro vim Ing a fund of LI to t pay Pa the ui ax ox of the president pr while on his travels Am AI the people want to see flee th t the president such a provision would ouid be likely to receive general support Thus this thit popular appropriation which Is te wanted by Mr Ir Taft would become heoe h a part of the census bill bUl and here kere an interesting situation would be beI created treated In its present pres nt form fonn this meas mona measure measure I I ure tire does not please pleaM Mr Ir Taft It con confers conf fers f rs too much power OR on the director of ot C 1 the i enaus en making that official practical i independent of or the president pre It ItI I lias nas been predicted freely that unless the 1 he bill should be amended to curtail t th t direr v s po powers f Mr Ir T ft I c t eio yelO it It has even been said that Mr North must walk the plank But Mr lr North is popular with the in congress c g Who ho want to have hae him hold his job and who do not want his power reduced Would the additon to the census bill of a clause appropriating for the presidents traveling expenses cause CRUe Mr Ir Taft to overlook the provisions pro provisions ro visions to which he now objects and load hoed him to approve It Or would he be disregard this entirely irrelevant sec section section tion and treat the bill as if no such appropriation n were wore Contained in It |