The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-11
DELAY CURRENCY BILL.
Senate Leaders Decide That Finan-
 cial Legislation Must Wait.

 Walter Wellman's Washington special to Chicago Record-Herald.
 Alter holding several conferences among
 themselves and one with President Roose- ate Finance Committee make no conceal-
 ment of their conclusion not to make an enort to pass general currency piii during the coming winter. Financial re- form, like many other important meas ureS Is to go over ''till after the Presi-
 dentiai election" An effort, is to be made. however. to enact legislation that will be of value to the banking and brsf- ness world in one particular.
 Financial legislation during the com ing winter will be confined to the pas ty that may be accepted for government deposits with national banks, said member of the Senate Finance Committee today. Secretary Shaw construes, ana also. that the existing law gives the Sec retary of the Treasury authority to ac- cept other than government oonds us security. but there is question whether 1t does. This uncertainty will be re- moved. Just how liberal the interpre tation will be is uncertain. but l expect the position taken by Secretary shaw t9 be sustained and d amthoTity ypds nf ans5p ss nol- lateral"
 Uncle Mark Hanna arrived today with a broad smile on his face. He is ap- parently one of the happiest men in town: The moment he appeared in the loppy or the Arlington Hotel he was surrounded py a group of Senators. Representatives ana others, eager to shake his hand ana anx-
 ious to congratulate him on the remarka-. ble political victory he won in ono
 Things are coming Hanna's way at
 great rate these days: Before long he will be asked to dine at the White House, and by the time the cigars are reached he will be listening to
 an earnest appeal from the President to
 remain four years longer at the head Of the national committee and manage MT Roosevelt's campaign next year. 1T he refuses, former Governor Murray Crane of Massachusetts will be the man. President Roosevelt and Senator Hanna are very fond of one another. When they | meet they put their arms on one another shoulders, just as Mckinley and Hanna | used to do. The President sometimes calls the Senator forgets sand says Teddy" /" The President likes that from his intimate | friends, but he does not like 1t from any, one else.
 It is generally conceded that if he wants
 to do so Senator Hanna may name the candidate for Vice-President next year.
 He and President Roosevelt will have a
 Mark" is not worrying about anything
 these days. He is fixed for a seat in the [ Senate till March 3, 1911, and after that
 he says he does not expect to want any |
 MT. Hanna laughs at the many friends
 who talk to him about running for Presi- dent. The impression he makes upon | those who know him well is that he likes
 this sort of talk, but that he has not the
 slightest notion of letting 1t go any | further. He Is for Roosevelt, though
 he may decline to manage the campaign of 1904
 The Ohio Senator wants to rest and to
 enjoy life. He has brought his cook with | him from Cleveland, and at the Arlington
 Hotel, where he Is to live this winter, he has a suite of rooms with private din | ing-room. His cook is to go down into l the hotel kitchen and prepare the Sena- tors meals and send them up to him. | MT. Hanna does not like fancy cooking He prefers plain dishes. such as the | famous "Hanna corned beef hash" and
 corn pone and baked sweet potatoes a | la Hanna"
 | ed exactly to his taste, and for that
 reason has brought his own cook and in- | stalled him in the Arlington kitchen. | A year or two ago wrote a paragraph | in which 1t was said that Mark Hanna | had a larger personal acquaintance. a
 greater number of warm friends, than | any other man in America, and that his | personal friends were from all walks of | fife and scattered throughout the country
 Senator Hanna told me today that since
 last weeks election in Ohio he has re- | ceived more than 5000 telegrams and let
 ters of congratulations. The cost tc
 the senders was more than $1.200. This
 breaks all records in the congratulatlor l line It is a larger number than Me ] Ki1ley received after his eection to the
 Presidency in 1896.