Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12
HIS "STREN" is OFF.
THE PRESIDENT is" cONSERvA-
TIVE" IN RECOMMENDATIONS.

II Is Predicted There Will Be No Attempt t.
Amend Tariff. but the Ship Subsidy Bill vii
Be on Its Legs Democrats Confident o
Victory in 1904 Department Of Commerce
Proposed-Senator Cullom Says Sherman
Law Is Ample to Curb Trusts.
tFrom our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. l, 1902.
From the remarks made at the
White House and among the Cabine,
officers it appears that the vested in
terests OF the country have succeeded
in soaring the President out of making
any important recommendations in
his annual message and in preventing
him from expressing in his usual forci
BILE style his convictions that the tariff
needs revising and the trusts need
drastic measures to effect their con.
troll. ga conservative communica.
tion," is the description heard on all
sides, which means that it will be q
milk and water communication, Of
might be anticipated from a man
whose chief aim is the Presidential
nomination two years hence.
There will be no attempt to amend
the present tariff law at the short ses.
sion. Even the tariff on anthracite
coal, which the Secretary of the Navy
has pronounced infamous" will be
allowed to stand, the plea being that
the time is too short to permit OF in.
telligent action. The time will not be
too short, however, for the considers.
ton and passage OF the ship subsidy
bill, according 10 leading Republicans.
The lobby which will come to Wash
ington to secure the passage of that
measure will far outweigh, in the eyes
of Republican members, the interests
Of the people At large.
Notwithstanding the short time at
the disposal of the Fifty.seventh Con.
gress an earnest effort will be made 10
pass the Fowler currency bill, a meas
ure 60 Ubiquitous that the Republicans
dared not consider it when an election
was pending. The Anti.Anarchy bill
will also be taken up and, it lie pre-.
dicted, passed. Appropriations on the
usual extravagant scale of Republican
msjorities will be made and, with de.
pleted treasury, the members of the
Fifty-seventh Congress will seek Their
homes with the knowledge of having
performed the duties for which they
we're elected.
There is q great feeling OF confidence
among the Democratic members and
Senators who are assembling in Wash
ington this week. They all believe
that the Republican party Is shout te
demonstrate to the people the inabil
ity to legislate for the interests of any
but q comparatively few capitalists
and they are confident that the ,gooc
sense Of the American people will
cause them to revolt and will result,
in . Democratic landslide in 1904
There is no little anxiety among the
Republicans themselves and particu
larly on the part OF the President
They appreciate that they stand be
tween the people and the trusts ant
protected manufacturers but they dart
not abandon the latter and trust them
selves to the mercies of the former.
Representative Richardson of Ala
bama, who succeeded to the district
represented by General Joe Wheeler
says, "It appears to me that the Dem
ocrats have a great opportunity now
if they only behave themselves anG
don't get foolish. I believe they viii
make the most of the position. True
we have no great leader but l believ,
We will eventually select a good man
Great opportunities always bring GU
men of the proper caliber. We mus
be careful, however, not TO brighten
the business interests"
! A new department of the poyeu
ment, the Department of Commerce
with Secretary Cortelyou as its chief
Is the end to which Representativ,
Hepburn of Iowa is now working ant
in his efforts he has the earnest co
operation OF the President. MI. Hep
burn is drawing the bill which vii
provide for the new department ant
will introduce it as soon as Congress,
convenes. He believes it will b,
favorably reported before the Christ
mas holidays and hopes to see it be
come law, even during the earl,
winter.
Apropos of antitrust legislation
Senator Cullom il seeking interviewer,
and informing them that, after a care
iul investigation of the Sherman law
he has found that it is all-sufficient e
prevent trust evils and that with it tn,
Attorney General needs no new lepis
latlon TO effect the control of tn,
trusts. Senator Cullom announce,
this as though it was . new and oriri
nal discovery, Notwithstanding the fac
that the same assertion has been reit
Grated by every Democratic Senate,
and Representative and by the Demo
cratic press throughout the country
all OF whom have repeatedly asserted
that it was not new legislation but ,
firm and fearless Attorney Genera
that was needed to effect the contro
OF the trusts, in 90 far as law can con.
'foi 'nem. Dem.