The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-24
REPUBLICANS REVOLT
CONGRESSIONAL OPPOSITION TO
 THE ADMINISTRATIONS
Leaders of the Majority Regard Secretary Root as Menace to the Party-Appointments
 Not Satisfactory.

New Orleans, April 23.-A Washington special to The Times-Democrat says; The action of the House-en the Cuban relief measure has brought prominently to the front the strong opposition to the administration that exists in both the branches of Congress. It has frequen.ly nent Senators were secretly opposing the President. and that an effort was being made to conceal this hostility until the administration had disposed of most or the patronage. the time has come when those who are with the President will be forced 10 oo- clare themselves
 The vigorous protest made by Senators Hoar, Allison and several others against the removal of General Miles seems to have had the desired effect. It also call ed attention to the bitter feeling enter tained toward the Secretary or War py several of these Republican Senators. The liable authority that Senator Hoar in hts talk with the President in regard to Gen. eral Miles referred to Secretary Root as menace to the Republican party. The gossip of the. cloakroom od the Senate Is all against the admlnistration. Here the Senators meet after their all most daily visits to the White House ana discuss their experiences. One or these Senators. when asked today to explain why 1t was that the late President Mo Kinley managed to keep on such friend- ly relations with the Senate, said:
 President, Mckinley listened to many but talked to few. President Roosevelt talks to many but listens to few" This significant remark means a great deal 1t means that President Roosevelt has hurt the amour propre of many Sem ators. They do not think he has treated them with the dignified consideration to which they have been accustomed. and which they claim as their right His hearty, bluff manner and habit of ad- dressing Senatorsc in loud voice from the opposite side of the room while oth- CTS are present is not soothing to the feelings of the solons of the Senate. Then, again, many of President Roose- velt's appointments have given dissatis- faction to the Republican machines rep resented by the different Senators. This Is glaringly the case in Kansas, New York and West Virginia.
 It Is only necessary to glance over the proceedings of Congress to see the result of this antagonism to the administration. The refusal of the Senate to confirm the appointment of Captain Crozier, the turn ing down of Secretary Roots army bill, ] the black eye received by the adaninis- tration in connection with the Cuban re- lief bill and. the present almost urprece- dented condition of things In the Senate are all indications of this opposition.
 II IS predicted today that Congress VIII adjourn some time between the first and middle of June, without acting on any legislation of importance except the Phil ippine government bill and the appropri- alton measures.
 The Senate gave an illustration yester- day of what 1t could do when it gets down to serious business by passing the rivers and harbors bill seventy minutes after the reading clerk called of its title. This is probably a record-breaker for expedlting legislative business. The Sem ate can do it again if the conditions de- mand it. If this program should be car ried out 1t means the defeat of the Me aragua Canal bill and the ship subsidy measure to both of which the admins. tration is supposed to be friendly.