Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-06-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our Regular CORES pondenl.,


Washington, ID. c.. June 3.-Presi
dent Roosevelt has capitulated to the
stand patters y He has agreed not
to call Congress in special session I'M
til after the fall elections, although
they are few and unimportant and it
| Is OBVIOUS that they are put forth as q
reason for postponing the session only
for effect. According to the President s
own announcement be has agreed net
TO summon Congress to WashingtOn
until November 10. precisely three
! weeks before the date set by law for
| The beginning of the regular session.
Those who have heard the Presidents
emphatic assertions that nothing would
prevent his calling Congress in session
on October 16, now believe that there
will be no special session whatever.
The stand patters' are moreover con
vlnced, and with reason, that the
President has himself delivered DEATH
blow to tariff revision In The next seS
sion OF Congress.
Having persuaded the President to
postpone the special session until No
vember IL, the stand patters' will
now proceed to show him that that
leaves only three weeks before the
regular session. They will add that
nothing Can dissuade Congress from
adjournlng the special session at least
week before the date for the regular
meeting, Decem Der 4, and that means
that the extraordinary session would
last just two weeks, ridiculously short
time, as everyone admits. The reason
that Congress would insist on adjourn.
ing week before the date OF the reg
II lar session rh 1T 10 mn hor xryo1ll6 |
be determined to secure their extra |
mileage. 1t will be recalled that when |
Congress last permitted. special SEES
sion they lost their extra mileage. Now
the President will be asked if, in his |
estimation. the two weeks of special |
session Is worth to the people the
$lo0 900 for mileage which it is certain
TO cost. That he will be compelled to
reply in the negative seems almost
ass ured. 1t may, therefore, be safely
predicted that there will be no special
session of Congress next fall, which is
what the opponents of tariff
revision and railway rate legislation
want.
Senator German, speaking for the
Democrats in the Senate, promised
Senator Aldrich, the Republican man
|,
Democrats would permit any tariff bill
'ent over by the House during the spe
,ial session tOacOme to Il vote before
he beginning of the regular session
out that was when the President had
ION for October Is. Now that the
President has gone back on that agree :
nent at the beheSt of the stand pat ::
arc31 no | 1
sked TO agree to vote at the curtail :
I'd special session, even If the House
ould frame and send over tariff bill
Which it could not.
With the tariff disposed of SO far as :
be special session is concerned, the
louise will claim that it is impractical
lie to send over to the Senate tariff
{ all for fear the discussion might be
the business of the country
as too little time to become adjusted i,
0 the new schedules before the fall
Iections and the Republican members b
the House suffer at the polls as a re- v
llt of the unsettled condition of bust e
ess, during the fall of 1906. This ar "
ument will doubtless prove quite suf-
Gent for the President and the tariff I
svision policy of the administration
lay now be laid away On the shelf as I
ne of the policies killed by the presi
ent's vaclllatiOn.
But the President regards railway
ate legislation as even more important
ian tariff REIMBURSEMENT. it may be
aid, and this is doubtless true, but is
OF the pOsrpGnement OF the special =
,ssion yielding Oh this important is. f.
lie? 1t may not be. 1t is possible g
1at the President will yet win out on
lat policy and will refuse further to
eld to the influence of the leaders Of :
is party but unOse who fully appre 4
late the magnitude of the struggle he
as undertaken in this direction fear
lat he will have to content himself
ith very little remedial railway legis-
,tion. A meanwhile, 1.-The tariff hogs
ill have all four feet IN the trough
, use his own expressive METAPHOR,
lille the consumers will be absolutely
nable to secure that beautiful square
eal." He himself has said that they
ann0t get a square deal in the absence
the adjustment of the tariff sched-
les to the changed conditions.
The Presidents selection of Charles
Bonaparte is proving an even great
shock to the Republican politicians
Ian was at first anticipated. Mr..
onaparte is confirmed reformer, too
d to change his ways and absolutely
tOlerent of the methods whereby SO
lany Repub lican politicians attain
lccess. He is a Determined enemy of
le spoils system and the Republican
who comes to seek his ipfiu
nee in behalf OF this, that or the other
,ntractor who has always voted '
,raight and contributed generously
, the Repu 0lican campaign fund" will
nd little comfort i'll a rigid Bonaparte.
he politicians seem TO appreciate this
ct an they are giving vent to their
rath in unvarnIshed terms. M ore
yer. it is pointed out that Mr.. Bona
lrte has quarrelled with both of the
epubllcan factions in Maryland and i.
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