Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07
CORMAN'S BOOST.
His Election Yesterday Puts Him
 in Line For Presidency.
THE DEMOCRATS LOOK TO HIM

To Unite the Party and Bring Waver- ing Factions Together-R Republicans
 Also Expect He Will Take Stand on
 Several Bills Now Before Congress
 Which Will Be for Their Interest.
 Washington, March 7.-It will be the work of Senator Arthur F. German to bring together the various factions ill the minority and outline a policy for his party which will have guiding control over the senators who yester- day selected him for their leader. It is l understood that Mir German will out line his policy with view to shaping 1 the policy of the party in the campaign of 1904, when he may be the candidate for president. But whether he shall l be the candidate or not, his friends in the east expect him to so unify the party ill the senate as to make 1t pos sible for the conservative democrats to control the next national convention 1 and shape the democratic issues for that campaign.
 l MT German is not hostile to either of the two great treaties now before the senate for ratification. He recognizes that it Is suicidal for the democrats to oppose or delay the ratification of the canal treaty, and 1t is said that he will use his influence to curtail the debate on that treaty and bring it to a vote as early as possible. The one demo- crat who is openly opposing the treaty is MT Morgan, and while MT German has little sympathy with that opposi- tion he will insist that the Alabama senator shall have ample opportunity to express his views and not be put to 1 the inconvenience of speaking in con- I tinuous session. The republicans are not disposed to force MT Morgan to a test of physical endurance, as they now l have ample time to consider the treaty and will allow him to speak as long as he desires. The treaty will be ratified when Mir Morgan has concluded his speech and is satisfied to allow vote.
 Senator German Is said to be in favor of the ratification of the Cuban reci- procity treaty, or at least of placing no embarrassment in it's way but of al- lowing the republican administration to carry out its policy and accept full re sponsibility for it. He realizes that | senators regarding this treaty, and it is said he will counsel the democrats to withdraw their opposition and allow the republicans to settle their own quarrel over reciprocity in their own way and accept whatever embarrass-, ment may follow the ratification of this treaty. Some of the democrats are not disposed to follow MT Germans advice but having chosen him for leader they will no doubt allow him to outline the policy of the minority in the senate. The republican leaders are, therefore, | satisfied that the Cuban reciprocity treaty will be ratified after a reason | able debate and that those republicans who have secretly aided the democrats in delaying it will now come into the open and stand with the administration l in favor of ratification. Senator Aldrich maintains that the treaty is stronger in the new senate than it was in the old and that it will have the necessary two thirds vote for ratification and several votes to spare. The only embarrassment to the Cuban treaty is that the time l for it's ratification expires March 31 and l the time may have to be extended. 1 That, however, can easily be done by the state department, as Cuba is now | as anxious for the ratification of this treaty as is this government.
 The steering committee named con- sists of Senators German. Maryland; Cockrell. Missouri; Matrin. Virginia; Bacon, Georgia; Money, Mississippi; Bailey, Texas; Blackburn, Kentucky; and Tillman, South Carolina. The new members are Messrs German, Blackburn and Tillman.