The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-09
PROBLEMS bEfO2E
THE next CONGRESS
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necessary for the future maintenance OF
their party In power. Naturally m at
tempt at revision would arouse fierce
md unyieidinE resistance from the tartn
men. who stand ready to resort to the
.x,remest measures before ioosening their
grip on the tax payers OF the country.
rhe Western Republicans are IN favor
az reduction Of the tartn along pro-.
tection lines. but those OF the East are
dead against IL The probabilities are
| ,hat thx mater Of actual reduction VIII
be STAYED OF until the presidential eiee-
ton. - !.
The Republicans realize that = II Is
go stirred IN II will never be stopped.
And vet come 1t must. for the peopte -
ia morine for It all over the country.
The ssnailness Of the Republican Maori
ties at the past elections tn the Ivy
eighth Congress contains menace. lug
,a.,1rs are warned that the Dingley act
r,,st be rev:sed-that the duties are
ecandalously high all along the line-oue
thav will not attempt to stem the Tue
:, This session They will lei things DRIFT
n the nope l1ldS LIZ eAaAA1AoSASs -
tariff will wear away.
CUBAN RECIPROCITY.
,o,,chS. FOR. rhe consideration OF tariff
..duction itself. President Roosevelt has
declared his intention to bring up the
cuban reciprocity question during the
cnn,Iny session and also the question Of
trust IegIslation Taking 1t for granted
that he is sincere in this. and there IS
| every evidence that he Is. there VIII De
| lively times when they come up for dis
c,,ssion. His Cuban reciprocity bill OF
| last year is still sIumberins in the Sem
! STE Committee on Insular AHA re.
| Whether he will try to make the Senate
1 enter into treaty arrangements WI n
/ Cuba or whether he will try. as he did
/ last session. to have reduction IN the
/ tariff itself remains to be seen IN either
! case there will be a bitter fight Senator
xAldrich, who is the guard an ange! OF the
/ sugar trust in the Senate VIII @hsht
1 treaty for all he is worth. He Is power
full man and crafty one ana q so .oa
! f.hter in the Senate He prevented the
! House bill! from coming to a vote IN the
/ Serate last session and he may be count
| ed on to wage bitter warfare along the
y SAM lines this time. II the matter comes
up in the House again all sorts OF a
] fight may be looked for. But Roosevelt
i may be counted on not to force matters
! too severely He will be anxious not
| to offend too many Republicans on &C
| count Of his hopes for denomination. ana
{ NAV hack down II the fight gets toe
i hot. He tried to force the Senate last
spring. but the little engagement ended
i in a back down on the part Of Mr.. Roose-
4 welt
/ THE TRUSTS.
AS TO the trusts no one seems to know
t>actly what Will happen. The bitter
! ness of the masses against the trusts
are not lessening In Intensity or dura-
ton. The most intelligent method OF
4 reading the trusts is throuf:, the t ain.
FL taking the duty from certa n highly
q fevored items 1t Is suggested that
! the power OF trusts for evil can be great
ly reduced. But there is the red rig
4 again. Any effort to touch the taf'1'
for any purpose immediate and direct OF
die,ant ana COLA .eral will 4r,eet With ar
4 angry. savage resistance from the ma jor-
& !tv Of the Ffty-seventh Congress- The
| ohseouiousne=s OF the Republicans to cor
porations Will be Haunted without blush
II of shame The real leaders OF tina t party
q do not pretend to have won Repuh't-
can victory list Tuesday. They feel the'
Il thev have merely esca-ed defeat and
scampered ba OK to camp with loss OF
guns and prisoners captured by the
d.
I mon enemy. as characterized by Prest,
t dent Roosevelt. They feel that the,
ought. for po'icy's sake. to do something
III about lne trusts. but they feel for thefl
ia rockets sake that they are not ready
to dn 1t. The pocket callis the loudes
and that IS the one they will answer.
In an interview given here In Wash
,rston some time ago Renresentativ.
!, w. A. Jones noked good deal of fri
at President Roosevelt's attitude on tn.
!. trust question as evidenced in his cam
ID,ien sranchas. FIe showed how Teddy
II vas switching from one view to another
saving ore dav that the trusts were *
be controlled through the ta~fr. an the
~ davsttlat re-iela ton was n -coesary and an
other That there were good trusts ant
bad trusts and that the two classes
should be dealt with separately. Which
: view he will force upon Congress re
mains to be seen.
TrrF; sPEAKERsF4IP.
Another nlattar that is sure to Great
! discussion among the Republicans IS th,
race for the Spoake~ship The success
sor to General Henderson will not b,
elected unti' a year from now. hut ther
| Will he loads of wire pnl'rE on the sub
tect all during the corning session. az
nersonaI a~nos'ties viii be famed lrts
fame Uncle joe. Cannon. the mos
| prominent candidate for tie position. i
/ unpopular with the Younger eeman
among the party. and Is sure OF opnost
. + ton from them. fIe viii probably vii
. out in the end though because he wi
, be the first choice of a good many ant
the second choice Of the majority. Blu
, before he Is elected there will be MUM
her of ouarre's stirred up that will stan'
, the Democrats n good stead.
$50 In addition to all these nnomentor
questions there will be the regular ap
, preparation bills to be considered. TIL
| departments must be appropriated for an