Show t nSl m sars SENATORS PLAN liNE OF WORK Steering Committee Has Practically Practi-cally Agreed Upon Legislation to Be Carried Out PRESIDENT NOT SATISFIED Rumors Around the Capitol That the Chief Executive Is Not to Have All He WantsLeaders Preparing Pre-paring for CampaignParty Factional Trouble Washington Members of what Is known as the steering committee of the senate practically have agreed I upon what legislation shall be put on I Its piiBhrm1 In the tipper house at the resent session Naturally Mr Aldrich I Ald-rich being tin leader of the Republican I Repub-lican majority In the chief member I of the steering committee and as most of the other members are In sympathy with the Rhode Islanders views It goes without saying that the committee Itself comes pretty close to beIng allpowerful President Taft has been Informed of the committees desires In the matter mat-ter of legislation and It Is said by those who are close to him that he Is not altogether satisfied At a recent meeting of the committee only two measures were discussed In detail although al-though sanction was given to one or two other measures which will betaken be-taken up for committee study somewhat some-what later It has been said l the chances are that the senate leaders would make concessions to the Progressive Republicans Re-publicans on the bill providing for amendments to the Interstate com merco act It Is now practically assured as-sured that some of these concessions will bo made In the hope that they will bo sufficient to make the insurgents Insur-gents ylold and to join the regulars In putting the bill through with something some-thing like unanimity As Is pretty well known President Taft seems to think that In harmonious party action on the chief administration measures lies the principal hope of Republican victory at the polls next November The Democrats In tho senate believe that the concessions which Mr Aldrich Ald-rich Is making and will make later to the Republicans who aro led by Senators Sena-tors Cummins and Clapp will not bo sufficient to make the middle and far l westerners come Into the harmony camp Harmony was secured on the postal savings bank bill but now It Is being Intimated that the senate leaders lead-ers expect the house to make such changes In that bill as will nullify the effects of the yielding of the leaders In the upper house Accused of Playing Politics In other words the Democrats aro saying that the Republican leaders In the senate gave way In some matters simply to got harmony In their own ranks believing fully that the house would take care that the concessions mado In the senate would not bo apparent ap-parent when the bill finally becomes a law It will bo remembered l thdt Senators Cummins and Clapp In their minority report on the Interstate commerce bill took exception to the provision which puts Into the hands of the attorney at-torney generals force the government defense of all actions taken on appea to the Interstate commerce court The senators In opposition to this provIsion provI-sion say that tho attorneys for the shippers and also law officers working under the Interstate cqmmerco commission com-mission ought to represent the government gov-ernment before the court because they are well Informed as to all the details of the commerce cases from tho time of their Inception It Is understood un-derstood that tho leaders will yield I In this matter to tho Insurgent desires de-sires Seeking Public Opinion Representative William B McKln ley of Illinois chairman of the Republican Repub-lican congressional committee Is get is ting first hand Information of political politi-cal conditions throughout tho country coun-try Some time prior to Mr Me I Klnleys departure from Washington I Washing-ton Representative James T Lloyd of Missouri chairman of tho Democratic congressional committee went all through the middle west trying to find out what he could about the political 1 sentiment Before he left Washington some few days ago Mr McKinley had a long conference with President TaCt Of course no ono was allowed to know just what the president said to tho Republican Re-publican congressional committees chairman but there are hints that the president again declared It would be bad policy to make any discriminations discrimina-tions as between Republicans who are trying to secure reelection to tho lower house Once on a time it Is said with Mr McKlnloys sanction letters were sent out by the Republican Republi-can congressional committee which Intone In-tone and temper were not to the liking of tho socalled Insurgent Republicans Re-publicans This kind of letter writing wri-ting has been stopped for tho president presi-dent would riot sanction It and now the material that goes out is what maybe may-be called straight Republican doctrine doc-trine Concerning New Tariff Bill Of course It will bo necessary or at least so the ruling powers in tho Republican I Re-publican party declare to defend tho PayneAldrlcb tariff bill on tho stump during the coming congressional cam paign The members of the Repubir can congressional committee hope however that at least four admlnlstra Ion measures can be put through congress at this session with united party action back of them and then as tho officials of the committee view It i tho speakers can go before the country and say We have carried out ho promises of tho Republican platform plat-form in largo measure and wo pledge ourselves to carry out tho rest of tho recommendations before tho Sixty first congress adjourns next March Chairman Lloyd of tho Democratic congressional committee says that the Republicans all through the west and to some extent through tho east are disaffected because President Taft has not carried out In full force and effect what are known as the Roosevelt policies Mr Lloyd says that t ho Republicans who aro disappointed over what they consider lack of aggressiveness ag-gressiveness on tho part of tho present pres-ent president are bound to vote for Democratic candidates for congress In order to make their protest against tho disinclination of the party to go ahead along progressive lines Look to Roosevelt Tho Republican managers In the coming campaign as has been printed heretofore may make an attempt to get Theodore Roosevelt to take tho stump In support of his party and of tho Taft management tho progressive progres-sive policies It may be that the mighty hunter will return to America and Indorse In-dorse what Mr Taft has done but oven If ho does this there aro many officials In Washington having some reputation for wisdom who say that they doubt very much whether Mr Roosevelt will consent to go on a speechmaking tour and that ho probably prob-ably will content himself with sitting In his study at Oyster Hay or In his editorial room In New York city thereto there-to put out in written form what ho thinks about political conditions Chairman Lloyd of the minority partys campaign committee says that ho Is convinced that tho unrest among tho people will result In Democratic victory lie refers of course to tho complaints that have been made about the high cost of livIng liv-Ing and the feeling evident In somo places that the high prices are traceable trace-able to the tariff Republican Faction Troubles The Republicans In New York have boon having troubles and while In a measure they have been settled occasionally occa-sionally messenger t from the Empire state Republican camp are still being sent over to Washington to confer with President Taft and with Senators Sena-tors Root and Depew Tho feeling ol most of the Republicans seems to be that the party In New York will not get Into a definite state of peace unto un-to former President Roosevelt returns Apparently a great many people expect ex-pect that as soon as Mr Roosevelt returns I re-turns to this country ho will have something definite to say about the present administration Tho Repub Means who think that President Taft has not done his best to forward the Roosevelt policies aro seemingly con vlnced that Mr Roosevelt at once will get out his big stick and use It on tho administration of the man who during his presidency was his secretary of war and his closest friend Other Republicans believe that tho mighty hunter on coming back will say kindly kind-ly words for the administration and will Insist that Mr Taft has been alright al-right and that the only difficulty Is that his methods have been misunderstood misunder-stood The men who aro thoclosestfrlcndso Mr Roosevelt men whom ho consulted consult-ed on political matters and who In fact were members of his oflicla I household aro of the opinion that the colonel will keep silent on admluls ration affairs for n long time after h ° comes back to America and that ho I will make a close study of tho firs year of the administration and of Its outlined policies for tho future before ho says or writes n word In approva or disapproval Sees Work for President One of Mr Roosevelts close friends however a man who was nearer to him In an advisory way during his term as president than any other man In the United States Is now an officeholder office-holder In New York city Unquestlon ably this Now York man whose Iden tlty Is not hard to guess Is partlcu larly Interested In New York state po Itlcs Ho foresaw the row which recently re-cently broke out between tho Repub llcan factions In the Empire State and ho caino to the conclusion apparently for ho Is a good judge of men land political conditions that affairs In New York could l bo straightened out only by some one with a strong ham and ho had one man In mind who lit that time was far away In tho jungles of Africa The Democrats In Washington are not at all unhappy over tho troubles which are besetting tho Republican In Now York state Tho Democrat have set It down as a certainty that they are to carry the next house of representatives and they say freely that with a Democratic victory next fall another Democratic victory In tho fall two years hence Is certain to follow fol-low It Is virtually a necessity that tho party which elects a president shall carry New York state Tho Republicans have troubles also In Ohio and In Indiana In these two states they have not taken on as sharp and virulent a form as has tho quarrel In New York Tho Republicans when tnlttec about tho difficulties which they seem to have fallen into retort that his shows that the tory Republicans quarrel quar-rel as they may always get together In time to save tho day and then they ask tho Democrats who do tho twitting twit-ting whether or not this can be said as truthfully of the party that Is now In tho minority The Democrats an ewer that their party troubles aro all behind them GEORGE CLINTON tJIt |