Bisbee daily review., 1902-09-28
HENDERS0N'S ACT
 SURPRISES ALL
FRICTION IN REPUBLICAN CIR. GILES ADMITTED TO BE
 SERIOUS.
The President Promised to Suppress His Tariff Reform views.-He is Likely to Meet With Embarrass. ment in the Northwest

Washington. Sept. 27.-The report that Speaker Henderson has decided not to run for the Fifty-eighth congress proved as great surprise to the demo- cratic leaders as it did to the republi- can and numerous theories were offered in explanation. That it is a most tang ible evidence that there is friction in republican circles is admitter by all. The Iowa republicans are badly split, the Dolliver-Cummings Roberts faction favoring tariff revision, as opposed to the Allison-Henderson- Shaw Wilson combination, which opposes the slight est change in the duties which have proven of such great service to the trusts. That the former faction rep resents the majority of Iowa republi- cans, was proven by the tariff plank adopted at the recent state convention From these facts, certain democrats draw the conclusion that Speaker Henderson foresaw defeat in his ef- forts for reelection. particularly as he was likely to be opposed by SO strong a candidate as Ex-Governor Boies, and he took time by the forelock and de- clined to run. At all events, it must be conceded that he has retired under
 
 Another and more ingenious theory which is advanced in Washington Is that Senator Allison immediately tele. graphed Speaker Henderson from Oys- ter Bay to the effect that the President had agreed to suppress his tariff re- form views, out of respet to the Wall street interests and that the Speaker then declined the nomination on the %l.& T.. with the tarlh revision plank of the state convention, in order that the re- publicans of his district might renomi- nate him and thus, at least, to cer- tain extent, repudiate the plank re- ferred to, and at the same time de- liver blow to the aspirations of the Dolliver-C -Cummings-R faction. Gen, Henderson is known to be very shrewd politician, however, and it is quite possible that he sees farther in- to the future than do the majority, and that he has taken this opportunity to retire and devote himself to his law practice, which will prove more re- muneIative now than it would if he waited to be defeated
 The important conference at Oyster Bay, which was participated in by the President, Senators Hanna, Aldrich, Allison, Spooner, and Lodge and Post master General Payne, occurred on Tuesday and the outcome was in en- tire accordance with that predicted some time ago The President yielded his tariff revision views to the coun- try and advocated the already time worn issue of Cuban reciprocity and a constitutional amendment for the conrol of the trusts. He is, however, going up to Minnesota, where republi- can candidates are promising their constituents that the election of republican House will mean tariff re vision and he. is likely to have some very embarrassing questions put to him. The western republicans will i not be put of with the advocacy of a 1 constitutional amendment which it will 1 take years to effect. They have cler- | ly stated that they want such a reduc- i ton of the duties as will insure a | prompt decrease in the prices of the 1 necessities of life and when MT Roose- welt attempts to divert their attention he is likely receive some severe surprises. Every day, democratic l leaders in Washington are receiving reports to the effect that some republi- 1 can congressional nominee has declar- ed for tariff revision, but when the President gets rest, the people will | have an opportunity to learn how | much those declarations mean.