Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-22
FOUR MORE GOOD YEARS.
Prospects Are Promising for I'm
broken Prosperity and Ma
tional Progress.

Inc four-year period of republican
sway which has just opened promises
TO be as interesting and important rs
the four years which have just closed.
President and cabinet have had not
only ample experience in dealing with
great issues, but they have the coun-
trys confidence, says the St Louis
Globe Democrat In the election OF
1904 the people passed Judgment on
cabinet rs well as president. and pro-
nounced each eminently worthy OF sup
port. Mr.. Roosevelt has been an es-
pecially active and earnest president
Few chief magistrates have taken so
much interest in legislation as the
present official has shown. This in
terest has been evinced from the mi
tlal stage In the preparation OF meas
ureS on TO their final enactment or de-
feat. Not even Cleveland during the
critical extra session of congress in
the panic days of 1893 gave more at
tention TO legislation or had more con
situations with prominent members of
congress in regard TO 1t, than has been
seen in the past three and a half years.
Nothing which he deemed to he of M
tional consequence was To small to es-
cape the attention of the present ex-
ecutive.
Many great issues will have to he
Death with in the four years which
have just opened. Some of them will
be taken up during the lifetime of the
congress whose official life has lust
started. Legislation which will bring
the great corporations under govern
mental surveillance must be had. It
is altogether possible that an extra
session will be called for September
or October to take up the question OF
railway rate regulation. and To give
TO the interstate commerce commits
sion the power in this direction which
1t supposed at first it had under the
law of 1887. On this question an over
whelming majority of the people of
the united States, democrats as well as
republicans. are with the president
civil government legislation for the
United States zone at the Panama 18th.
mus must be had Just as soon as con.
gress meets. Legislation which was
proposed on each of those big cues
tons failed in the congress which has
Just expired The Santo Domingo re-
ownership question, with the vast DOS
sibilities Ringing on IT. will have To he
settled promptly. Probably this will
be dealt with by the senate i'm the pres-
ent special session. so far as regards
the treaty. but there are aspects of the
question which stand chance to re-
quire general legislation. and these
will have to be taken mp by the house
as well as by the senate
VIII the republican line remain IN
broken during the settlement of all
these perplexing problems? The
chances are that II will Many dem.
ocratic newspapers. nearly all of which
favor the presidents policy on railway
legislation. the government or 1.-The ca
nal zone and on the Santo Domingo
receivership. say that n majority OF
che republicans will not be very entbu.
siastics on any Of those issues. and
that he will have to rely on democratic
support to carry them through. These
papers are probably mistaken. On the
railway rate issue and the canal gov.
eminent question the house passed
bills in complete accord with the pres
idents Ideas, and although these
failed TO meet the senate's approval.
there is not the faiDtest reason TO SUP.
pose the senate will in the new con.
gTess go against the position OF the
president and the house. Nor is there
any reason 10 suppose that the senate
will reject the Ssnto Domingo project !
The senate will probably debate the ]