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Show REPUBLICANS IN SERIOUS PLIGHT Washington, April 4 Administration Administra-tion senators declared 1oday that there would be no weakening In thel" fight with tho in&urgent Republicans. Tbey claimed they would win and snvo a large part of the administration administra-tion executli-e program. This announcement an-nouncement was made nt the conclusion conclu-sion of r long conference, In which It is said forty-three Republican senators sena-tors were represented. They mt In Senator Aldrlch's room to consider whether the dismantling of the railroad rail-road bill meant that the whole administration ad-ministration program had "gone to pot," or whether there was a chance to save something out of the wreckage. wreck-age. When President Taft returns to Washington he will bo told that 43 Republicans of the senate will pledge themselves to carry out this program, and he will he asked to use tho oj n 1 If necessary to bring four mor Republicans Re-publicans into line. The leaders believe, be-lieve, however, that they can got some Democratic s-jpport for mo6t nf the Taft bills. All of tho senators present today agreed that If the party measures failed, thoy wouli have, nothing except "a lonjg empty tesslon of congress un which to go before be-fore the country next fall." Party, leaders say (bid picture "sobered'" some Republicans who had wavered on mauy of the party measures. The present plans call for the striking strik-ing out of the section of the railroad bill under vbich provision would have been made for the financial operations of railroads and to. pass the measure with the commercial court feature and other sections against which no serious seri-ous objection has. been raised. |