The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-17
TROUBLE-MAKERS
ADMINISTRATION CONFRONTED BY
 UNFRIENDLY FACTION.
Outlining Next Cabinet-The President Wfll Have Several Places to Ffll-Foraker Unyielding to Opposition Ohio
 Faction.
Washington Dispatch to The Baltimore

Washington Dispatch to The Baltimore
 Sun
 It is apparent that President Roose- welt has still some trouble makers to deal with In his own party. There was a certain element of mere politicians E whose influence was exerted to the ut most to prevent his nomination and who In the fight against him involved him in the negro question and at the Chicago convention cast chill over his nomination. though 1t had to be unanimous.
 This was the partisan, stand-pat. po- litical element of the party devoted to special element of the party devoted to special interests and skilled in the sort of politics which counts only com mercial advantage. The men who are leaders in this political thought are now bent upon involving Congress and the Administration in a party conten- tion for the purpose of defeating prac- tical propositions.
 The only way to increase the reve- nues Of the Government so as to meet the increase of expenditure without re- sorting to the unpopular and almost Impossible increase of internal reve- nue taxes, will be through a reduction Of prohibitive tariff schedules to rev enue basis The champions of prohib-
 
 revenue will have to be raised, if ex- penditures are not to be reduced. and they are seriously alarmed at the pros pect of reduction of tariff rates to a point which will admit of importation and expansion of trade and a conse- Quent increase of customs revenues. Representative Babcock of Wisconsin. the chairman of the Republican Con- gressional Committee. has called atten- krs ,.F the tariff rate with reduction of duty on articles on which the duty now is higher than warranted by the pro tective principle" He says that such reduction is favored by large mum Der of Republicans as being necessary and suggests an extra session of Con- gress for that purpose.
 The a-protectionists, represent ing the special interests to which ex- cessive profits are secured through pro- hibitive duty, are greatly alarmedb at the suggestions that representatives of their own party are disposed to take this view of the question. They want to distract attention from this practi- cal economic question by exciting par 1isanship and involving Congress in a political contention over the question of Southern representation in Congress even if 1t shall involve a sacrifice, of the administration.
 The Star this evening, in an article which there Is warrant to regard as inspired, represents Republican Party leaders as determined to affect a re- auction of the Southern representation h proportion to the restriction of suf- frage by constitutional amendments in Southern States, and says that if an extraordinary session of the Fifty-ninth Congress be assembled this subject will probably be taken up.
 This. of course, is a foil to the prop osition of an extraordinary session for the purpose of reducing the tariff to a revenue basis. There Is no pretense dent. but the expectation Is expressed that Mir. Roosevelt will come around to that way of thinking.
 President Roosevelt Is already plan. ming for his cabinet for theNfo years beginning on March 4. The slate, 1t is understood. has nearly been completed only one or two changes still being un- decided. It has been announced by the President himself that John Hay will remain as Secretary of State.
 For the present at least William H Taft will remain Secretary of War. It is an open secret that the President would like to appoint Secretary Taft Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and 1t has been hinted that some sort of an arrangement has been made whereby Chief Justice Fuller will ap- ply for retirement during the coming administration The retirement of Chief Justice Fuller is not looked for immediately, and there are many in