PRESIDENT TAFT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9388, 6 March 1909, Page 5

PRESIDENT TAFT.

HIS TERM OPENS WITH A SNOWSTORM.

United Press Association —By Eleo- ' trio Telegraph—Copyright. Washington, March 5. A violent snowstorm at Washington necessitated the swearing in of the Preaifient to be performed iu the Senate Chambers instead of outside the Capitol. The storm moderated before Messrs Taft ami Sherman drove to the White House, which was illuminated in the evening. A thousand of the New York Republican Committee Mr Roosevelt to the station ; thence he proceeded Oyster Bay. Forty trains of sightseers from Philadephia and New York were snowed up outside Washington. The telegraph lines are broken and the newspapers are depending on trains. President Taft’s inauguration address generally endorsed Mr Roosevelt’s policies regarding Trusts, mcer-State commerce, and federal supervision of railways. A special session of Congress is convoked for March to eonsiderthe revision of the tariff. The present conditions permit of the reduction of certain schedules and the advances ment of few. if any. The expend!ture for the current year will exceed the receipts by a hundred million dollars. If the tariff revision does not meet tfie deficit,'a graduated inheritance duty will he imposed. Every precaution must be taken to prevent and punish outbursts against foreigners possessing treaty rights. In any possible international controversies with the Orient arising out of the open door and other issues, the United States would be nnable to maintain her interests without a suitable army and navy. Sympathetic references were made to the negro race.

INDIAN COUNCILS BILL,

An important debate in the House of Lords on the Indian Councils Bill resulted in the rejection, by 59 votes to 18, of danse 8, empowering the Government to appoint a Council in any province under a LieutenantGeneral This was done despite Viscount Morley’s appeal that the measure was urgent,. Lords Onrzon, Landsdowne and JMoDonnell opposed , Viscount Morley’s scheme, though they were sympathetic towards the difficulties of*the situation. Lord Northoote the Bills would take power from the British, representing a hundred million agriculturists, and give control of the Councils to middle class politicians, representing insignificant minorities.

BY ELECTION. For the South Edinburgh seat Mr Dewar, K. 0., who had to seek reelection owing to his appointment as Solicitor-General for Scotland, received 8185 votes against 5964 polled for Mr Cox, Conservative. The voting at the General election was : Dewar 8945, Smith 5985,