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seven Democratic votes in order to rat
ify tho document. # s
Railroad Rates.

Railroad Rates.
rho question Of railroad rates Will
| nro,,ably CAUSE the President us much
concern as any other. Hesiwas beaten
| nv the Senutc last winter after the Iio uso
! had passed q measure recommended ny
him. nv an almost unanimous vote. Flo
Viii, need the votes Of Southern Demo-
Gratis even 10 report from the senate
| Committee on Interstate commerce ing
railroad rate bill he thinks should lul pc
enacted. M
The matter Of investigate ns. I Y. p. re-
su,irc the President TO have friends on
k tho onor Of moth houses, almost Ill the
/ time. ,S
rho most poignant worry Of the ad-
jlministrat ion ut this time Is the suDjdct
of campaign contributions, me Il sca an-
! dal as disclosed by the investigation OF
Tho affairs Of the New York Life 1rssur-
lance Company, Is likely to be transferrGd
10 Congress rs soon as that body is
called to order.
Following his move of a year ago, MT.
Roosevelt will probably endenvor to re-
move criticism from himself BY recon-.
mending that Congress pass Il law max
Ing it illegal3fory corporations to contri-
butte to the funtlsaof political parties, put
his friends will not want any nVesiga-
| ton or the subject Of campaign contrl-
buttons and this is exactly what tho
Democrats will desire.
Heretofore the Republican party, when
In power, has stood against any Interior
once with its right to get all the funds It
could In national campaigns, and rev Ike
publlcans have stood on the floor OF either
house and exposed the evils of the sys-
tom. RI E
The administration will doubtless be
kept busy killing off Investigations of
misconduct in various department. is. It is
quite likely some leading Republicans will
welcome Investigations of the Agrlcull--.
tural Department., and especially OF the
Weather Bureau.
Resolutions will be presented the first
day of the session, asking for an inYes-
ugation OF Secretary Wilson By one or
both houses of Congress-. Here will be
use for Southern Democratic votes.
Needs Democrats.
| If the administration can muster some
| Democrats it can afford to have tho In
curry sidetracked, on 1.-The ground that
| Democrats as well as Republicans voted
to do it. This was what happened last
winter, when Mr.. Livingstone, OF Georgia,
offered u resolution to investigate the
| collection OF cotton statistics and was
defeated by tho Republicans, aided by
| DCIlOCIulS lIOlllt GllllcSSCC anu Shttso.
President Roosevelt will also have q
lively fight on his hands over Panama
In the last Congress he desired to have
the Spooner law amended SO that he
could have authority to revanp the OLE
! commission and place the work In tho
| hands of about three men, Tho House
| vas willing TO give him this new law
| but the Senate, under the head of Mr.
| Allison, prevented any bill from going
| to the President. al esSat 80
Mr.. Roosevelt then "got around thu
Spooner law BY appointing three cNecu
tive members and four 'flgurehead'
members OF the commission, and undc
that mnkeshft organization q new star
has been made towards building tn
4 canal,
There will be all sorts of trouble owe
this action when Congress comes to con
slider what shall be done in reference 7
the CANAL There will be many question
asked as to the expenditure OF none
thus f',r used on the lsthmus.
The investigation OF the affairs of tn
Panama Railroad, conducted by tn
House Committee on Interstate an
Foreign Commerce last winter may .
extended to take In the whole matte
or tho canal. and once more the l'rcs
! ident will need Democratic votes.
MIR. Roosevelt will need Democratl
, votes to protect r. j. LOOMS. Assstai
! Secretary OF the State. against the II
vestlga,on which Is Threatened BY ~
friends of Herbert w. Bowen, forme
i, Minister to Venezuela, VINO declare II
dId not receive fair treatment dur'i'
the Investigation conducted By Secrt
tary Taft ana the President last sprlni
Democratic votes will be needed in
dozen other directions.
t And Democratic votes are what u
, President Will be after during his Cctc
l her trip TO the South.