Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-09
Democrats in Congress Favor
Radical Railroad Rate
Legislation.
SENATOR ELKINS' POSITION.
Relieves Present law Needs Nmend-
ntent-Rooseyclt and Political
Machines.

SUhHlHl lbIl'HlNllNAtlA'Nf
Washington, Dec. 6.--Whdt shall we
do? That lis a question that Is agltat'
ing many leaders In Congress at the
present time. To get down to actuai
facts there is a serious problem con-
fronting the Republican majority IN
both houses Of Congress. Perhaps the
majority would prefer To avoid the
ouestion OF rate regulation at this seq
sion hut the attitude Of the president
has made that impossible. railroad
BIN must be passed, II must either be
n bill in actual accordance with the
recommendation Of the president or near
enough to meet his approval The atti-
tude Of majority Of the Democrats
~ already clear. Legislation Of rad
zeal character--that ls comforting rate
making power on the interstate COM
merce commission the policy OF the
minority II this attitude should split
the majority, the Democrats would be
pleased. 1t is the intention OF the Re-
pIbicans 90 pass q party rate measure
j! possible. 1T may not be easy" re-
marked a shrewd observer but It Is
a clnch that the Republicans will find
some way to unite majority Of their
party and pass a party bill. They are
now going 10 allow a minority Of their
party and the Democrats To- frame n
measure of this kind II would be a
party defeat"
LOOKS THAT WAY.
To the casual observer Ii begins to
look that way. Fighting the president
does not seem very allurlng. 81 re-
member" said Senator Elkins. chair
man OF the senate committee on inter-
state commerce, who Is looked upon
az the head and front Of the opposition
to the presidents plan. that there was
lot Of talk about opposing the presl-
dents plan for reciprocity with Cuba
] had no interest In II save TO stand
by the tariff. but | got into that fight
and ] found the fellows sliding out
from under leaving me as the head
devil. For years they have been say
ing that | am opposing the president.
and that is what they are saying now"
This remark WAS occasloned by an In
tlmation that Elklns had Surrendered"
10 the president They have always
insisted that ! am railroad man, and
they seem surprised because | do not
come out and declare that | am FOR
whatever the railroads want The fact
IL. ! have never made any declaration
on the subject further than that the
present law needed amendment"
A SPLENDID MACHINE.
Every person Of common sense I.
aware that the Republicans have q
splendid organization / once heard 4
man remark TO secy. Root that the Re.
publican organization was the best con.
structed political machine he had ever
known, but Theodore Roosevelt il not a
machine" man. He would smash that
or anything else that smacks of ma.
chine methods II the machine stood In
the way of what le thought was right
II the machine aided him he would use
t. II fighting the machine meant a
party split, he would fight Il. II ht
could use the Democratic party and a
wing OF the Republicans to accomplish
results. he would use them. Theodore
Roosevelt Ia man who does not con.
slider party advantage when he think.
the interests OF the whole country ar,
at stake. That Is where he stands on
the rate question, and ! expect to Sc,
the Republican party. with its machin.
cry that has been so highly praised
swing into line behind him. 1t is gen
eralship to know when you are heater
and make a seeming yltory out ot
what appears TO be q defeat at the be
ginning Of the contest
THE "PRoUDEsT" MOMENT.
Senator Tilmnn and Senator Dollive
enjoy each other, but there are man,
passages between them at times Afte
a general discussion OF several pendnI
important questions, Deliver remark
ed:
II saw you during the proudest mo
ment of your life, Senator Tillman'
when was that?' asked the Soutl
Carolina senator
1T was when you were mounted OF
coal black steed,' replied Dolliyer
and pranced down the avenue az
part of the splendid cortege which es
corted Cleveland to the White Hous
when he was last inaugtlrated.
This caused q great laugh at the OK
pcnse Of Tillman. He was governor q
South Carolina az the time referred Il
10y Doliver, but IN after years he be-
came the most pronounced anti-Cleyc
land man in the country. lie made IN
most bitter speech ever heard In m
senate against cleveland,
\ CURIOUS TRIO.
That recalls remarkable circum
stance. There were at that time thrc
men Ia the senate All calling them
selves DEMOCRATS and all opposed &
cleveland. They We're German OF Mary
land. Hill of New York and Tillmau q
South Carolina. These three 'werc OF
posed to each other They did not agre
on any Of the fundamental principles O
Democracy and could not be called par
usnns I'm anything save that they calle
themselves Democrats There Is no
time 20 go into the number OF detail
where each OF these men disagree
With the other but 10 il certainly
curious fact that in spite VI their mu
tual disagreemcnts they We're all %
uosed TO Cleveland And, what IL NOR
interesting. they opposed Cleveland "a
distinctly different reasons.