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Show CONGRESS LEASERS SIM TAFT After Conference With President Presi-dent Reach Conclusion as to Legislative Work. TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS MADE BY OPPOSITION Sharp Lines to Be Drawn Against the Insurgents From Now On. 'WASHINGTON. March 1. After a two-hour two-hour conference with President Tnft today, to-day, leaders of congress announced they would oppose all amendments to t he several sev-eral administration- bills when it became be-came apparent that the amendments were offered in a spirit hostile, to the main purposes of the proposed legislation. Senators Sen-ators Aldrlch and Crane and Speaker Cannon were present. , Tho discussion had special reference to the Interstate coinnier.ee bill. Thc prt-si-i dent was disturbed by reports that ef-lorls ef-lorls would be pvade bi thc senate to amend the. bill in such manner as lo destroy the administration's main ideas and that there was danger of adoption in the house committee of some ot the amendments advocated by .Chairman Mann, which Attorney General Wicker-sham Wicker-sham lias said would be inimical to the measure. Fight to the Finish. It was stated positive assurances could not be yiven that no amendments would be adopted, but that a determined contest would be waged against all suggestions coming from an unfriendly source. This is taken to mean that sharp lines would be drawn against the propositions advocated by "insurgent" members and that administration senators would oppose op-pose particularly thc !dca,s advocated by Senators Cummins and Clapp. the only Uepubllcnns voting against the bill in .onimltlee. I The disposition to welsh thc purpose , of any member of congress who seeks to amend the railroad bill Is to bcv applied also to the consideration of the postal savings bank hill, the conscravtion measures meas-ures most urged by tho president and the court Injunction bill and any others of thc Taft measures. |