The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-10
WILL JAM THE
 BILL THROUGH Republicans 5 ln to Pass
 ReciTs city. DEMOCRAT : ARE DIVIDED Some for Id Some Against
 the Iaoan Measure. Some Gossip As to Committee As- signmsnts-Underwooi Will Probably Retire From Rules
 and go on Appropriations.

| Washingon, D. C., Nov. s.-(special. l. l The Republicans of the House. according | to current reports, have already formu- | lated a plan by which ratification of the l Cuban reciprocity treaty is to be put l through without delay. The hand Of the | administration in this matter, 1t Is said l by the Democrats to be clearly apparent | and under the pressure on this influence | the friends of the domestic sugar indus ] try entertain very little hope of being | able to make more than a perfunctory op- | position.
 | Another circumstance, which will oper- ate against the efforts of the anti-recip- rocity advocates is the fact that Speaker Cannon, who has the naming of the com
 mittee, is working hand in hand with the administration, and 1t goes without saying that he will only bestow his favors upon those who will give him assurances that they will support the administra- tion's policy with regard to Cuba. Of the two score or more Republican in- surgents who opposed the treaty at the l late session, only handful will now | 1t is said, be found arrayed against It. The leaders of this Republican opposition | have practically already thrown up their l hands. though privately they are as much | opposed as ever to the principle involved
  regard it as an assault upon the doctrine of protection. without compensatory re- turns and but for the thumb screws of | the administration would openly give ex- precision of their opposition and vigorous | ly assail the measure. Such Is said to be | the attitude of the consistent Republicans | of the House, who do not bear the Roosevelt tag but whose loyalty to the party compels them to fall in line so as mt tn And fhaYuSplyea outside the hrea works.
 Sentiment among the Democrats Is also
 being much divided The Gulf States will in part oppose the treaty, but the States,
 such as Georgia. North Carolina, South
 Carolina. Alabama, will, 1t Is believed, generally support 1t.
 Free Trade in Spots.
 ''ft is free trade in spots. : remarked < prominent member of the Georgia deIeEa- ton. to your correspondent today when asked what his delegation would do. about the treaty, and for this reason all good | Democrats will and should support it.
 1t was a little dificult to get an ex-
 pfession of opinion favorable to the treaty from either the Mississippi or Alabama
 delegations. They would not speak for publication and 1t was apparent that the
 lukewarm support which 1t is said 1t will receive from the minority leader, MT. Williams, will greatly shape their course when the matter comes up for consider ation.
 The members of the Louisiana delegl- tion are all at sea, and realize the tre-
 mendous odds against which they will
 have to contend in their fight to save the
 industry of their people They have prac- tically abandoned all hope of being able
 to defeat the measure. Knowing that they
 will have to oppose not only a solid or
 nearly solid Republican majority, but
 divided Democratic, vote as well.
 They are now exercising their efforts to-
 wards having an amendment engraftcd
 on the bill by which the proposed reduc-
 tion on Cuban raw sugars will apply as
 well to refined sugars coming from the
 island This would deprive the trust of
 the manifest advantage which it will en-
 joy under the present terms of the treaty
 and will take away from them the cudgel
 which they are certain to employ i'm beat
 ing down the price of the domestic sugars
 when the Cuban sugar is ripe and ready
 for the market. The last effort of the
 Louisianians in this direction was it will
 be remembered. without avail. as the
 amendment on the differential was voted
 down. They are none too sanguine now
 that their efforts in this same line will
 not meet with a similar fate
 Committee Assignments.
 In view of the fact that most of the standing committees will not be appoint
 ed until the regular session, there is no agitation among the Alabama members as to what committee places they want.
 For the most part, they will be assigned just as they were in the last Congress
 Mir. Underwood will be shifted very like
 ly. It is the understa nding that he will
 go off the Rules Committee. he and Mir.
 Richardson of Tennessee giving place to
 Messrs Williams. the minority leader. and
 De Armond of Missouri. MT. Underwood
 has been discussed for a place on the Ways and Means Committee, which he
 held several years ago. but unless the Democrats are accorded an increase in representation the two vacancies on that committee will go according to custom | 10 the minority leader. and his principal | opponent for that office, which would give | the two vacancies left by Richardson.
 who voluntarily retires from a leading
 post in the House. and by MT. Newlands,
 who was elected to the Senate, to Messrs. | Williams and Champ Clark.
 Representative Mcclellan, who will re- | tire from Congress January 1st, to be | Mayor of New York. will leave vacancy | on the committee to which it Is possible Mir Underwood will be assigned. At all | events it is not unlikely the Birmingham district representative will be given a
  notwithstanding the fact that Represen-
 tativeTaylor will not be disturbed in his place on the same committee. The chances are that the others will retain their former committee.
 The Drawing of Seats. Tn the lottery for seats in the House today. the luck of the nine Alabama
 members was quite checkered About
 half were among the very last whose names were shaken out of the box to make choice of desk places. The first
 Alabamian to draw drize was Repre-
 sentative Wiley. who, waiving inherent
 modesty for convenience and possible usefulness to his constituents, chose a
 vacant place right under the Speakers
 eye in the first row He had not long
 sat smiling over his good luck before an
 other name was called out which elicited
 considerable applause. It was the name of George E Mcclellan. the Mayor-el