The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-28

be that Taft, as 1t Is the wish of thc.a who have other favorites to haiiavs would prefer to round out his career . . a Supreme Court Judge, eventually suc. ceeding Chief Justice Fuller, of whose retirement on account of age there is remfttent discussion.
 Philippine Policy.
 It is possible, too. that Judge Taft will 20 before Congress with his own fixed ideas about the treatment of the Philippines, notably with a recommen. dation of free trade with the archipe- lago first in his mind, and, insisting upon 1t, will so shock the standpatters that 1t will dissolve whatever soIidity the Taft following for the Presidency might have assumed. Judge Taft, be 1t remembered also,sy is from Ohio, the State of Senator Foraker Mark Hanna is no more, and Foraker Is some more, The Buckeye senior Senator, 1t strikes people hereabouts, has made the boldest kind of bid for the support of stand patters everywhere in the utterances and style of bearing he delivered and displayed at the opening of the cam paign last week. He has engaged to set himself up even against the ad- ministration in any possible clash over railway rate legislation, and if he op- poses the administration in this most cherished of its policies. 1t is adopted as foregone conclusion that he will not hesitate to attempt to lead his par ty in any other difference 1t may incur with Mir. Roosevelt.
 There IS Vice. President Fairbanks; but notwithstanding his great indus try and sacrifices of season for rest and studious reflection which his reposeful ofice affords to instruct the people to think of him as a fit man to occupy the White House. there is really no evi- dence outside of the Fairbanks family that he is taken into serious consider ation as a Presidential quality. Mir. Fairbanks is a rich man. but he lacks reputation as a spender, and he is not the kind of man to make powerful friendships such as help to advance the fortunes of Presidential candidates. There will be no Mark Hanna nor Mat thew Stanley Quay for Fairbanks.
 Fairbanl<s' Frigidity.
 The rank and file of the Republicans generally regard Fairbanks as cold proposition" If he has any consider able following 1t has not yet manifested itself
 Then there Is La Toilette who has come to the Senate from Wisconsin against the will of so doughty states man as John C. Spooner to take up the cudgels for the masses of Repuoii- cans and for the cause of the common people against all rings and monopo- lies in business as well as politics. La Toilette has his following. as he dem onstrated In his victory over Quarles and Spooner but whether he can ex- pand 1t beyond the borders of his own State is perhaps dependent upon what he will demonstrate as Senator.
 Governor Cummins has friends who think he is of presidential calibre and who believe his future Is pregnant with dark horse possibilities, but the Gov ernor is not as much in the great arena as the others, who will be useful for calculation only as he may figure in a combination.
 All in all. 1t is expected that the com ing session of Congress will witness tice. The most interesting feature Of the game will be the part or hint of part taken by the present incumbent of the White House, and in what way he will look upon the possible manifes- tations of concern in the outcome that may be furnished by his ministry. Three of the candidates mentioned are Cabi- net officers-Shaw, Root and Taft-to say nothing of the Vice-PresidanG
 Meanwhile, nobody hears anything Of any prospective Democratic candidate.
 The Western people believe in Roose- welt, and any one who does not agree with them had better look out. They will back him when no others. They are with him on everything.
 This is what Secretary of Agriculture Wilson said today. after three weeks through Northwestern and Western States when asked about the feeling of the public there. He adds that rail- road rates and tariff revision were not being discussed much, except that prac- tically everybody was ready to follow
 
 those persons who didn't agree with the people had better look out" was token to include Secretary Shaw. who halls from Mir. Wilson's own State, and Senator Foraker of Ohio.
 R, H. Watkins.