Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-16
Members Of the House at the
Capitol.
SOME EXPRESS VIEWS
BoUTELL SAYS PEOPLE ARE WITH
THE PRESIDENT.
Brownlow Feels Good Over the Pros
perity Of His Section and Of the
South Generally.


With the converting of the first session of
the Ftfty-ninth Congress only little more
than two weeks away the members of both
houses are turning their steps towardWash
tngton. Very few senators have reached
the city as yet, but quite a number of rep
resentatives are already here settling them
selves for the winter, and the ante-sessiOn
rush of arrivals will begin before very long.
Almost all the old members have some
chores to do before the Congress session be-
gins and most Of the new members will
want a chance to look about them bit be-
fore they take their seats under the dome
and prepare to settle the fate of the nation.
There was a little accidental gathering
of members In the House appropriations
committee room this morning, and some
Misunderstanding, back-patting and general
conversation resulted. The fate Of the ma
ton didn't seem to be worrying the gentle
men present, however, to any appreciable
degree, and the subject of railroad-rate Leg
fslation and the revision of the tariff were
avoided with joyful unanimity.
People Are With the President.
Representative Boutelle Of Illinois was one
of those who wandered in Just for look
and stopped long enough to tell Of republi-
can majorities and to describe a certain
recent burning local issue as whether the
people of Chicago would drink the sewage
Of their own city or send 1t along for the
people of st. Louis to drink" And accord
ing to Mr.. Boutelle, one Of the chief argu-
ments made in favor OF the latter PROPOSE
ton was based on the assertion that water
wasn't a popular beverage in st. Louis
anyhow. and that consequently the sewage
infected output from the Windy City would
not do any HARM
Mr.. Boutele reluctantly descended from
this frivilOllS elevation long oh N
a Star man that the people out his way
were with the President for the govern
ment regulation OF railroad rates. THAT
is" said Mr. Boutelle, "they are with Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and with him strong They
have confidence in the President, in the
sincerity and good faith Of his position on
this and other matters. and In his ability
to carry out what he has undertaken. We
are waiting now for the Presidents mes
sage, and when we have read 1t and d.
gested 1t we will be ready to talk. The
people out my way are with the President
and will support him energetically."
Representative Littauer of New York was
one of the group in the appropriations COM
mittee room. Mr.. Littauer is as wide of
girth and as pink and white of countenance
as of old. His reply to a question concern
ing the coming session Of Congress indi-
Gated that the battle not yet having begun,
he didn't care to sound his clarion tones in
call to arms.
The Overturn in California,
Former Representative Loud of California,
who was chairman of the House post office
committee, wandered into the committee
room during the morning. He said he
hadn't stopped shaking his head over what
had happened out in San Francisco.
According to all arrangements of the op-
position the union labor ticket should have
been showed under, but instead of that It
had come out on top by something like 49,
coo. One thing would be demonstrated as
a result of the election, however, Mr.. Loud
asserted. The union labor mayor had
claimed during the last administration that
his hands were tied because he was given
no support by his immediate subordinates
In the city government, who were not of
his political faith This time however the
union labor party had made practically a
clean sweep, and no such excuse could be
put forward for anything that might go
wrong Mr.. Loud thought that things out
In San Francisco would be worth watching
for some time to come.
Representative Browniow Of Tennessee
was another of those who was around the
Capitol this morning, and he was feeling SO
good over things down in Tennessee that
conversation came easy. Yes sir" said
Mr.. Brownlow to a Star man, things are
in splendid shape In my section. The peo-
pie are working hard and not only paying
their way as they go, but laying up a little
something for rainy day besides They
are not paying great deal of attention to
politics. but on some Of the big questions
with which the coming Congress Will have
to deal they have decided views. The ship
pers in my section are incensed agains. the
railroads. claiming that there has been
much unjust discrimination between locaIi-
ties. They want railroad rate reguia ton.
and are backing up the President in his
views on this question.
Brownlow for High Tariff.
LAS for the tariff, suppose there Is not
a higher protectionist in Congress than
am and my constituents justify me in my
position Some years age we southern re-
publicans voted for high protection TO
help New England. Now we want high
protection to help ourselves, and 1t is New
England that DOESN'T want ton raw ma
terials, at least Every mill and factroy
and manufacturing plant that Is built In the
south makes new converts to the high pro-
lection idea. And. Of course. the more Of
these establishments that are started UP
the more decided will be New Englands
leaning the other way.
AT present the New England mills cannot
buy their raw materials in the south, ship
them north. turn out the manufactured ar
ticles, and, after shipping them south again
manufactured on the spot from our own
raw materials The change of front on the
part of that section of the country can be
easily accounted for.
'All over the south the conditions are
changing, and the drift this way is less than
ten years old. All over the south factories
ana mills ana manufacturing establish
ments are being built, and with their
growth in number the sentiment against
free trade and In favor of protection is
growing as well. 1t Is beyond anybodys
power just now to say what will be done
on the tariff question at the present session
Of Congress. There will be talk, of course,
and a great deal of 1t, but whether not
the question must be taken up seriously re-
mains to be seen. But the people down my
way are chiefly interested In these two
questions-the government regulation OF
railroad rates and the high protective tar