The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-20
Much Depends Upon Can
non as to Extra
Session.
Statue to Frederick the Great. John
C. Dancey's 0ppOnent..-COckrelI's
n Retirement---Taft and His Tar
Biff Reduction PROPOSE. 49,
49,
BY CICERO w. HARRIS.

Especial to News and Observer
Washington, Nov. 19.-The mention
| so prominently here of Gen. Black, of
Illinois, as the coming Commissioner
of Pensions recalls the career of this
gentleman and excites research as to
his political status. John G. Black
was appointed to the Civil Service
Commission as a Democrat. But he
| supported Palmer and Buckner and is
| not regarded as a thick-andth ad-
| herent of regular Democracy. The
comment is made by some Republi-
| cans that if Black is made Commits
| sioner of Pensions it Will show that
| the President has determined to be
pretty independent during his term OF
office. A Republican who is a very in
! telligent and fair-minded man who
has served in a responsible expert po-
Sition in the Pension Bureau under
/ half dozen Commissioners. says that
J Black is perhaps the most eonSerVa-
| tive and just to all interests con-
cerned, veterans and public, of all the
heads of the office he has known.
| There has been a little talk here
of the Republican Legislature choosing
Senator Cockrell to succeed himself.
! This is all in the air and merely caps
the good opinion held in this city
! among all classes and parties of the
| distinguished Senator from Missouri.
There is general regret at the prospect
of his leaving public life. That is all
that is meant by the gossip alluded
to. A Republican far inferior to Cen
eral Cockrell will be elected Senator
and the Democrats will have to re-
deem the State in order to return
Francis NJ. Cockrell to the place he has
so much adorned and in which he has
been so useful for many years. By
that time, however, he may have be-
come superannuated and tired of life's
struggles or have passed off the stage
of action altogether.
great deal depends on what
Speaker Cannon advises as to the call
ing of an extra session of CONGRESS- to
consider the revision of the tariff
schedules. 1 am informed that bus
mess man who visited the White
House yesterday ascertained that Mr..
Roosevelt had a very decided incli-
nation to an extra session at that
time. 1t would seem, if this informa-
tion is correct, that the arguments of
! Payne and DalZell had made no deep
impression upon the executive mind
Certainly there is no doubt enter
tanned here by any well-posted person
that the President personally approves
of an early revision of the tariff. The
question is, can he resist the pressure
against revision brought by the great
body of the stand pat leaders of his
party They are the sinews of the or
|
ordnance and the munitions.
The unveiling Yesterday of statue
of Frederick the Great of Prussia, in
this city was an event of something
more than ordinary significance. The
j. President could not we'll refuse the gift
of the statue of the great conquerer,
and although he was not in any pc
culiar sense the friend of our people
in the Revolution, he was a great
military man whom the country re-
spects as the ally of England in the
seven years war with France which
the colonies waged along with Eng
land. Frederick was one of the very
greatest except Bonaparte and MARI
borough. He is to be named after
the class of military commanders in
which Epanimondas' Alexander, Han
nibal. Caesar, in ancient times, and
Gustavus, Adolphus. Torstenson.
Conde, Frederick Moreau and Moltke,
in modern, are the leading names.
1t is said strong fight is to be
made by influential Western Senator's
to dispIace John c. Dancy as register
of deeds of the District of Columbia,
in favor of Charles Cotterell. a prom
inent negro of Toledo Ohio. Nothing
is known as to the Presidents inten-
tions.
There is likely to be big row at the
approaching session of Congress over
the proposition of Secretary Taft to
reduce the tariff from rs to so per cent
of the Dingley rates. The tobacco
trusts wish the tobacco duties to re-
main as they are, that is at rs per
cent. They will decidedly oppose the
proposed reduction to so Der cent. or
less. They admit such reduction
would not be ruinous, but say it would
be harmful to them. They are not
backward in declaring that they will
fight the proposed reduction Quota
fIaa 11anI fOIN V,ear
are reprinted here at full length in the
city newspapers. 1t is likely there will
be great excitement when the subject
comes up in Congress.
Two additional city carriers have
been given by the Postmaster General
to Charlotte post office, to begin SER
vice December /.