The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-03-17
FOUR MORE GOOD YEARS.
Prospects Are Promising for I'M
broken Prosperity and Ma
tional Progress.

Inc inufsyear period OF republlcnh
sway which has Just opened promises
To he a. interesting and important ms
the our years which have just closed.
President and cabinet have had not
only ample experience In dealing with
great issues, but they have the coun
try's confidence. says the 81. Louis
Globe Democrat. In the election OF
1894 the people passed Judgment on
oablnc, n we'll rs president. aud pro-
nounccd each eminently worthy Of sup.
port. Mr.. Roosevelt has been an cs-
peciaily active and earnest president.
Few chief magistrates have taken 70
much interest In legislation a. the
present Official has shown. This In
teresi has been cvlncci from the ini-
tial stage In the preparation Of meas-
lures on to theif final enactment or de.
feat. Not even Cleveland during tho
critical extra session OF congress In
the panic days Of 1898 ave more at.
tention to legislation or had more con.
situations with prominent members OF
congress In regard to II. Than has been
seen In the past three and u half years.
Nothing which he deemed to be Of ma
tional consequence was Ia small to o..
cape the attention OF the present ex.
ecutiyc.
Many great issues will have to be
death with In the four years which
have Just opened. some OF them viii
be taken up during the lifetime Of the
congress whose oficial life has Just
started. Legislation which will bring
the great corporations under govern
mental surveillance must be had II
Is altogether possible that an extra
session viii be called for September
or October to take NJ the question OF
railway rate regulation, and To give
To the Interstate INNER commits.
sion the power In this direction which
II supposed at first II had under the
law OF 1857. on this question an over.
whelming majority of the peopl. II
the United States, democrats as well rs
republicans, are with the president.
Civil government legislation for the
United States zono at the Panama 18th.
mus must be had just as Don ~ con.
ercss meets. Legislation which was
proposed IN each Of those big aues.
tons failed In the congress which has
lust expired. The Snnto Domingo 10.
ownership question. with the vast pos.
sibilities Ringing ON II. will have To b.
settled promptly. Probably this will
be- dealt with by the senate In the pres.
ent special session. 50 far as regards
the treaty. but there are aspects Of the
question which stand a chance To re.
quire general legislation. and these
Will have To be taken up by the house
n well as by the senate.
win the republican line remain I'M
broken during the settlement of all
these perplexing problems? The
chances are that It will. Many dem.
ocratic newspapers, nearly all OF which
favor the presidents policy ON railway
legislation, the government Of the ca.
nal zone and on the Santo Domingo
rcceivership. say that u majority OF
the republicans will not be very enthu.
that he will have To rely on democratic
support Ia 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.
ident's ideas. and although these
failed TO meet the senatc's approval,
there Ia not the faintest reason to sup.
pose tho senate will In the new con.
gress 80 against the position Of tho
president and the house. Nor Is there