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Show I he Is attempting no concealment or modification of Tils intention to make the decision of the supreme court the guide of the government's further action ac-tion In regard to corporations charged with violations of the Sherman antitrust anti-trust law. He makes It plain to a!l lnquliers that be . has In no wise changed his view of what. In his message to congress, con-gress, he described as his duly to Investigate In-vestigate tho conduct of all trusts. Mr. Taft says he will not be swerved therefrom by rumors or flurries or other manifestations In Wall street. The general Impression here Is that the federal incorporation bill will not be passed at this session. All the talk Is unfavorable to its substantia I progress and Mr Taft recemly disclaimed dis-claimed any Intention of attempting to force Its passage. Hut even if it were enacted In its present, furm, it offers, in the opinion of members of congress and of corporation cor-poration men, no material relief from the condition that bancs upon the decision de-cision In the antl-tnist cases. SSI Washington. Feb 10 A conference held at tho White House last night between be-tween President Taft and Sennror Al-drich Al-drich is only the forerunner of others in the near future, the outcome of which probably will he the issue of a statement dealing with the situation that in discr.sar-d here wherever two or three are gathered together, yd which apparently nobody thus far has deemed It prudent to moke the subject of public utterance. That situation relates to the possible possi-ble consequences, financial. Industrial and political, hanginr upon the decision de-cision of the supreme court of tho United States In tho cases of the American Tobacco company and the Standard Oil company. The Immediate subject of last nicht's conference between the president presi-dent and Mr. Aldrich was the administration's admin-istration's proposed amendments to the intei-staie commerce law, but the effect cf the supreme court decisions in the tobacco and oil cases were di-cused di-cused also and will be further dis-c-utised on Monday. Meanwhile the president will speak In New York Saturday night on the subject. It is faid. of "Party Pledges and How They Should Be Kepi." and |