The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19
President is Confident.

President Roosevelt. believing Tn nlm- self more than ever, having occasion for renewed self-confidence from the daily uaeons of praise that are poured into bis ears having it iterated and re- iterated that the elections of November 7th demonstrated that the people were entirely with him in everything ne
 wants, is confident that he will emerge from the coming conflict in triumph and stronger than ever for new conquests
 of decency over moral decrepitude. He does not believe that more than few Republican Senaters will dare to
 oppose his will, which Is the peoples
 will as was demonstrated at ballot box.
 particularIy in Ohio. It is. therefore
 to be anticipated that President Roose-
 welt will bring every particle Of innu-
 ence and power his position affords to
 force the passage of a railway rate reg
 ulating bill.
 worth weighing. one is that popular
 opinion appears to be on the side of
 the President; at least that is the evi-
 dence in the case as 1t shows here in
 Washington. Another is that the
 party of the administration Is far less
 ardent in the cause than the adminis-
 tration which seeks to lead 1t, spur it
 and force it. Republican President,
 chcrishing a policy, never appealed for
 support to [. more reluctant Congress
 controlled by his own party.
 Spesker Canncn has 5et the example
 of caution to his followers. The in-
 ference Is palpable that the Speaker
 and the Republican Legislative leaders
 are feeling their way with most un-
 usual care It seems to follow from that conclusion that in their efforts ostensibly to reach wise solution of the difficulty a great deal of time will be consumed. Delay will then likely mark the tactics of the Republican House leaders. They will allow more debate than ever. The standpatters are willing enough for the railroad ques- tion to be debated.
 They have succeeded very well here tofore in warding off tarin tinkering, and the railroad agitation will serve that purpose better than any other for | the time being
 When a railroad bill has been passed bv the House and gets to the Senate. there will be another period of delay and yoluminous speech-making. There | Ia no way of stopping Senators. Sena- | tors will agree to everything else, but | to stop talking as long as they please. There will have to be numerous fu- nerals of Senators before they will mart with the precious privilege of de- hate The inevitable logic of the un- hammered use of that privilege is that | m railway rate regulating bill will be
 passed at the coming session of Con- | gress.
 since Speaker Cannon arrived in Washington, and. along with him sev- oral leading Republicans, he has been at work revising the committee lists and casting about for members to i'll inc vacancies that appear in the com rittee quotas of the last Congress. As he has been in prOtracted conferences with Mir. McCIeary of Minnesota, one | | of the ranking Republicans of the Com l mittee on Appropriations, 1t is inferred | | that the Speaker has about decided | | that McCleary shall have the chairman | | shin of that committee. About the most interesting commit | | toe gossip is that which displaces the | | robustous Serene Payne as chairman | | af the Committee on Ways and Means | and gives that eminent post to Taw- 1 av of Minnesota. Mir. Tawney is a | hrirht. aggressive. weli-informed mem- Sar who creditably takes care of him. soIf in parliamentary fray. He does 1 ot shrink from the thick of it.
 As to MT. Payne. he is chiefly re-
 ,,embered for his impressive motions
 to adjourn and for sardonic ponder ositv and an unacountable flourish of | esif-conscious corpulence, relieved only bv an occasional smile of compassion for those who are less fat than he.