Bisbee daily review., 1905-11-05
FEARS HIS OWN PARTY
Presidents Reason For Post
 poning Extra Session.
REPUBLICANS OPPOSE REFORM.

Railroads and Trusts Are Rejoicing
 st Delay In Commencing LegisIa-
 tion-wiH the Mileage Graft Again
 Be Attempted by Adjournina Be-
 fore Regular Session BeEinsS
 II has been officially announced that President Roosevelt will call special session of congress to meet Nov. II. As the regular session will meet Dec. 1, the extraordinary session can only be of three weeks duration and may be less if the Republican majority are as intent this year as they were last on perpetrating an extra mileage coup. Their experience last year with con- structive recess rather damaged their regulations and branded most of them as grafters. They may decide not to run such close race with Father Time and instead of adjourriDg at 12 o'clock on the day the regular session begins and meeting at the same hour-minute, for that matter-dscide to adjourn the extraordinary session before Thanks giving day and thus have real hiatus instead of a constructive one. The double mileage of 20 cents a mile go- ing to and coming from home will be great inducement to adjourn for the Thanksgiving holidays.
 But, whether the Republican majority of congress attempts the mileage graft or not, the leaders will be very loath to begin active work, and it will not be difficult to find an excuse for wanting time. The railroads and the trusts will be urging prOcrastination, for If those corporations can only gain more time the better the chance to defeat legfsla- ton that will be brought forward to curb them. AS Speaker Cannon Is cer- tain of reelection and Is a notorious stand batter and supposed to be friend iy-at least with the railroads-it will be easy for him to postpone appointing | the committees until some days, if not weeks, have elapsed. He must of course get acquainted with the mem bers and sec what committees they are | best fitted for. It will not be difficult to have rival candidates for chairman ships, which will take time to settle, | and the extraordinary session may be waning without any committees being organized to consider the important bills on regulation of railroad rates, | tariff revision, reciprocity, Philippine | tariff and Panama canal affairs. | But when the committees are organ ized the chairmen will be inclined to do | e little procrastinating on their own ac- count, and the regular session will be
 well under way before any real work Is done. In the meantime the Christ
 mas holidays will require a long re-
 cess, and it will not be unusual for
 Jan. 15 to arrive before the work of
 congress really begins.
 | Of course President Roosevelt knew all this might happen, and yet he post | poned calling the extra session until the last possible moment. The excuse offered that if congress was in session before the fall elections were held It would injure the chances of the Repub- lican party is an acknowledgement that
 the Republican majority in congress
 would be doing something that would disgruntle the people or leaving undone
 what the people want done.
 By acceding to that reason for delay
 In calling congress together President
 Roosevelt has impeached the Repub-
 lican majority of incongruity or at
 least lack of sympathy with the as- pirations of the people for reform.
 Does President Rot welt fear the acts
 of his own party ssociates in con
 gress7 It certainly appears that he
 does,
 l It might be a good plan to turn the