The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-11
He May Frown Down the Move.
ment to Cut Down The
South's Representation
COMPLETE MASTER
OF THE SITUATION
TRAlFF BILLS MAKE MEN "a.
NOUS - HOW UNCLE JOE
CANNON HusTLEs LEGis-
LATioN - DEMOCRATS
ON THE ALERT.

Special to the Bulletin.
i Washington, Dec 10.-There are
some Republicans in congress 50 ram.
pant In their advocacy thrift revis-
ion that they are disgruntled at the
| President because he did not come
out fat-footed in his message and de
| maDd reduction OF the DiHgley
| schedules, AS a rule, however, both
! the "revisionists" and the "stand-pat-
| ters" profess TO be well pleased with
| the Presidents course to date. There
are in each party TO the contest those
who claim that ultimately Mr.. Roose-
welt will throw the weight Of his in
auence in their particular scale. II
was not expected by the well inform
ed, either for or against revision, shat
the administrator position would
be disclosed in this weeks message.
Will Talk Later On.
The opening paragraph of the mes
sage is generally accepted as conclu-
siye that the President will have
more 20 say on the subject of tariff AT
a future day. What appears to be
the most reliable word from the
| White House Ia that Mr.. Roosevelt
| personally favors an oyerhauling of
the presnt tariff act and a lowering
| Of the rates in q considerable number
| Of specific instances, but that he will
make no attempt to force through
such program II he discovers, after
extensive conference, that his party
I I'M congress Is unwilling.
This is not at all the sort of policy
II was predicted Mr.. Roosevelt would
| follow, once he had been chosen to
the chief msgistracy by election Of
The people. Figuratively, it was ex-
pected by many that he would take
the bit la his teeth, and either bo
Caesar in party council else wreck
the party that had exalted him. 1t
now begins to appear that he is as
anxious as any other President ever
was to keep on good terms with his
majority in congress. ana that he has
no more fondness than the average
man for butting stone walls with his
unprotected head
Master Of the Situation.
1t is recognized by every ono idat
The President is master of The sit.
uation. II he convenes congress in
extraordinary session for the purpose
OF revising the tariff, congress will
have TO NEE. and do something. How
much IL would depend very largely on
how strongly the presidents call was
reinforced by public opinion. Even
here the advantage Is with the presl-
dent. Should he decide TO demand re.
vision, he can make his demand In a
ringing message that all the world
will read, No matter how many or
how strong the speeches in congress
by the champions of ''stand-patters,
they never can get the attention the
president will have received.
During the next two or three
months a titanic struggle over this
question Is going TO be waged behind
the scenes In Washington which
would be mighty interesting to watch
were itconducted before the foot.
lights. The public, however. will have
to guess a. the progress of the con-
flict by the growls and rumblings and
the occasional roaring of some partic-
ipant who has been hurt.
Little Accomplished First Week.
4 Judging by surface appearances,
the opening week OF congress has not
seen much accomplished i'm formulat.
he beginning of every session, mem
bers generally have appeared to de-
vote the major part of their time to
loafing in the cloak rooms and trading
in the latest stories.
The work of congress. however is
performed by about two score men,
and these men have been busy. They
do The work iD committee rooms and
all week long they have burned the
midnight oil Tor electricity under
the dome on Capitol Hill II is hoped
10 have at least one of the big supply
bills passed before the holiday recess
and this means that lo. of night
work must be done by the appropria.
ton subcommittee having the bill
IN charge.
How Uncle Joe Manages Things.
/ Speaker Caunon's long service as
chairman of the appropriations com.
mittee gave him an experience that
is valuable asset in .he administra.
LECTION Of the speakership. He knows
how to hurry the supply bills along
and supply bills always are the ba,
rometer by which the work of the
house is regulated. Former speakers
who lacked experience in the prepare
ton OF appropriation bills always
have been more or less at the mercy
of their appropriation chairman. Can.