The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-03
A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT
Republicans and Democrats
 Alike Surprised.
"Generalities That are Not Even Glittering" is the Verdict of Washington on MT. Roose-
 velt's Effort.

state the case mlloly, the Ffesiucnt hieS sage is a grievous disappointment to both sides in Congress- The message is held to be bare of constructive statesmanship Even upon his favorite- theme of the trusts the President Is singulariy and ut terly lacking in initiative and there be those who mechanically insinuate that the message Is framed in a-spirit of do-noth- ingness which looks to a unanimous nomination in 1904. This is as much as to say the message is extremely dis appointing.
 The President virtually abandons his hitherto sensational demands that the government be given by constitutional amendment greater power to deal with private property as represented by com binations of capital.
 The message in short, is held to be one of negation and evasion, wholly unchar- isteric of MT. Roosevelt in normal condl- tions.
 Close partisans of the administration confess surprise and regret
 The President makes the mildest and weakest of outcries against the monstrous trust evil, and practically throws him. self and Congress back upon the Demo- cratic antitrust measure of 1S96 which was rendered abortive by Republican Senators.
 Somewhat inaneley he / animadverts against this evil, but offers no remedy because of lack of space" as a country editor might write.
 From first to last there is no plea for l constitutional amendment which he has before expected of a Presidential mes- sage. Less was never ralized.
 "Generalities that are not even glitter ing Is the final verdict here tonight
 Especially disappointing because entire ly non-communicative of actual informa- ton is the Presidents reference to tariff revision, and the isthmian canal.
 He merely suggests obscurely a tariff revision commission of experts outside of Congress and fails to so much as report progress in the canal negotiations.
 Milk Greatly Overwatered.
 Upon these three great issues Congress and the public had expected decsiv e statements. but are given milk exasperat- ingly over watered. But despite the Presidential short-coming, the House pro- ceeded to business that has the appear ance of being antagonistic to the Presi- dents views oi nly white Republicans in the South and against the folly of Crum- packerism.
 House Committee No. 1 on Elections, unanimously reported adversely on the resolution offered yesterday denying Rep resentative Glass of Virginia the right to the seat made vacant by the death of Mir. Otey. and to which MT. Glass was elected November 1. The real issue was that none of the recently elected Con- gressmen from Virginia was entitled to membership of the House owing to it's new Constitution, which. like that of Alabama. operated to disfranchise the negro. and is in violation of the Federal Constitution.
 In effect. the Committee today declined to deny MT. Glass his seat. as such &C., ton now would operate to the preiudg- ment of the titles of the entire Virginia delegation to seats in the next Congress. In the main. however. and in view of Chief Justice Fuller's decision of nom jurisdiction of the Federal Court in the Virginia suffrage case rendered in Rich mond last Saturday, the action of the
 
 morally in opposition to the Presidents 8 anti-lily white views and to Crumpack- erism in general. of which the President is assumed to be mechanically an expon- ent.
 In the House. the Judiciary Committee referred to a subcommittee of three, of which Congressman Clayton of Alabama Is the Democratic member. the biH pre- stunned to embody the Presidents wishes regarding antitrust legislation.
 MT. Clayton doubts if the bill can be reported to the House before the holi- days, and doubts if 1t will reach a vote this session.
 Congressman Tawney of Minnesota or ganizer and leader of the beet sugar forces In tho House said tonight;
 You may repeat to The Advertiser my unchanged opinion that there will be no Cuban reciprocity legislation this session. Certainly not any that would tend to de- stroy the beet sugar industry.
 The President promises to send to the Senate a reciprocity treaty with Cuba. but do not believe any treaty curtailing the revenues of the government can be made operative without the consent of the House."
 Lucien Julien Walker.