Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-05-15 | Page 1 | Long Conference of Party Leaders

lONG CONFERENCE I Or OF PARTY j I Western Senators Called to the fhe White WhiteHouse House to Meet MeetS S the President Washington May Hay 14 A decided step in the direction of assuring the e adoption by Congress of practically all of the administrative legislative pro program program gram was w S taken at the White house tonight From 1030 until long after fter 1 President Taft Tatt dis discussed discussed discussed cussed the situation with a large ma majority majority majority of the western Republican sen senators senators senators and five of ot the party leaders from eastern states There were pres present present present ent Flint California Gug Guggenheim Guggenheim Guggenheim genheim Colorado Corrado Heyburn Reyburn and Bo Borah Borah Borah rah Idaho Curtiss Kansas Nelson Minnesota Carter and Dixon Montana Mon Montana Montana tana Burkett and Brown Nebraska Nixon Nevada Gamble and Crawford South Dakota Smoot and Sutherland Utah and Piles PlIes and renes Washing Washington ton representing states west of the Mississippi river and Aldrich Rhode Island Elkins West Virginia Crane Massachusetts Root NewYork New NewYork York Tork and Brandegee Connecticut representing the east Taft Tart Talked Freely Freels President Taft talked with great freedom about the situation He e said he did not nots care about criticisms of ot himself but that he believed every everything everythIng everything thing possible should be he done to prevent pre prevent vent ent attacks upon the tiro party In that connection lIe he referred incidentally to the statement of Frederick M lL Kerby the interior department stenographer who put out a story against officials in connection with the preparation of the Taft letter dismissing ing Glavis from the government service The President simply cited this Instance to show the thes sort s rt of attacks being made against the administration He thought that the administration senators should help out in dissipating the effect of ot such attacks All AU Present Pledged l lEve Every Eve man present agreed to stand standby standby standby by the President Certain Cerain amendments to the railroad bill were agreed a eed upon and through I these It Is planned to get the support I of some of the Insurgent Republicans This statement Is regarded as very significant and looks to the avoidance of ot clashes between party factions wherever they san an n be he avoided voided The railroad bill the matter the statehood bill If it possible and the public and land withdrawal bill 1 were agreed upon as a revised legis legislative legislative I slate and a d all of the senators i present pledged themselves to vote for those measures It Is 15 not believed however that the statehood bill will get through It was agreed that if it filibustering methods were used against this program pro program program gram those present tonight and the regulars represented by them would stand together and vote to lay time killing amendments on the table