Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-11-24
NO TARIFF tEG-
ISLATION IN
SIGHT
Republicans Have Put Il OF
Unul After tho ProSldon-
ual Election

WINIIu.IUN. NHN IN" M NNM INN
Wi0u OH iho rolnalicla rafiy get
together if washington. % docan
iaku LONG t0 bring ahcrt a cFyHitlira
iun of sentiment na any subject fur
Instance. ll was only o. few days aEu
shot the matter uf lnfin roYlalp Wa
lI nu Boz lho Rir Prominent rrna
tors aud representative. who had felt
the pulse uf publiF sentiment dur-
inE the rnmpaiFn. arrived 81 Wash
iuEton nrimod for . tariff hgbt They
wanted the question opened up rleht
away and assurances we're giFen that
when tho beth Congress died iia con
stliulinnal death un March Z nost m
extraordinary session or the e0lh Coae-
grCsg would Immediately cunYcnp ana
start 90 work on a trim hlli fhey
we're very sure that failure a. 40 ~
would spell disaster Tor the ropuhli.
can party
Nov step IN the pacincers and al
iuaigrs. and that marvellous dlscinilRa
which makes tho republican party TIE
most remarkable political Organlna-
tio1 IN history maniicala itself frUnn
some Buurcc. authoritative bat indCf-
mite, word haa gone forth that en-
iaria % not IA b. touched at an an.
ul after the presidential cicciatu az
\ 1905, but that the national plnform
az that year shall contain plank
plcdglur the party 90 revision of taa
tariff immediately following the clor.
/ ilun. This solution 0l tho ufnhl0m
appears 90 bo acceptable io oYrryunF.
Senators and representatives Whuan
constituents are inHlaiont on roylaio1
think such platform declaration
would satisfy. and the stand palteFa.
realizing that tariff revision has Fot
To come so0ner on later. are woli pleas.
cd 20 have it pot on until 1908
The program Is understood TO have
the approval Of President Roosevelt.
and u the president makes appsaeR
tho fact that ho approves of L re-
puhlicans are conyiacod the country
viii hc satisfied and that we shall
hear no moro 81 tarlh from ropuhIi
can Fourcoa Until tho appointed time
arrives Democrats Of course. will
talk tariff and will charge the rUpub.
llcane with lnslncority. but 10 Hlr0nr
arc the Republican leaders Ia their
confidence OF continued power that
they will not let democratic opposition
worry them.
II the tariff O. thus disposed If Ia
me satisfaction ~ an republicans. lhc
coming session Oi congress ~ not like.
I ly 20 bq q sensational one. President
hooscyclts inheritance tax pfQg0gi
ton no doubt WI cause something
~ q Hurry, but enc Ol the phenomena
Of present day politics Is inst renubil-
cans generally seem disposed 90 ne-
oopi the Wow Of tie PRECEDENT a. cor.
rect A few years $50 such q propoHi-
lion would have been rank treason IN
ihe republican camp, but tlmes have
changed end one Of the chief secrets
Of continued republican ascendecy ~
that The party o. over ready 10 change
with the times. q would not By at ail
an occasion for surprise " che neat
national republican platform should
contain planks advocating tagiH rows
Ton. an Inheritance TAX aud an income
Tax. A good many prominent fepuhii-
cant already have expressed tnem-
selves as inclined % favor the latter
proposition, declaring u so b. tho
twin sister Of tho prosldente lnhcri
ienco tax proposition,
o.
Oue of the remarkable features az
ihe recent clectlon Is what happonod
90 the house committee on c0lnage.
I
ten republican members 90 The com
mltgeo and Eve 81 them will not BE-
members % thg Goth Congress. Thn
chairman. James a. Southland. at
, Ohio. failed uf denomination, and inc
four ranking republicans -BoWefaoch.
Of Kansas. Hedge, Of Iowa. Cromor. ~
, Indiana. and Dresser. 0f pounHylvRaia
failed io reinra Mr.. Hedge Wss
not a candidate for reelection, ana
, tho Others either failed Of nomination
or were beaten at che polls. This
. leaves lea A. wood. ~ Nnw Jersey.
. who ranks sixth, as che man ia tiRe
for the chairmanahip, r. rapldity a.
! promotion that does rot often fan tn
the lot Of a mombgg % che house.
|. When the resulis Of the election
i are summed up. q o. gol1 that SPEAK
! az Cannon viii have au unusual num.
{. hor OF ehaifmanahipa 90 hll when the
4 Goth Congress D. organized. Chaifaen
apparently having been the aYuTlla
Z targets 81 the opposition. Am0nG
y those who went down vas Joseph W
4 ha0cock, az the committee of TIRE uia
I. tFel eg Coigmhia, which Chairman
4 ahlp viii 30 % Samuel vi Smith. 81
4 Michigan. Tails ~ one of che muEf
important AZ tho house committees
4 ana ifa chalrmanahip o. reEarded AZ
a ufl1o. the committee NEXT IN I'M
a porianco which lost 60 chairman n
Il that on merchant marine and hsaos
q ief, at which tho veteran Charles N
!. QroHvonor, ~ Ohl8. had long hecn
4 No tho head OGn. 0rOeycnor. aa d
\ known, faliod % reconciliation. TIE
4 chalrmanahip OF the committee 81
4 foreign Affairs ia vacant tnruUe tfe
I. death % Robert n HIT. Of Illinois.
and Robert Adams, % Pennsylvania
who was ranking republican member.
also iH dead. having committed nui
7 eide Ia WaahiaEion last winter This
J, leaves the chalfmanahiD iur Robert
q q Cousins, Of Iowa. and aH che place
q ID regarded aa ono 81 chs most doalf
q allo Within the giil OF tho fQcaher
D Mr Cousins "a looked enou VI tia
" colleagues with more or leaa OF envy.
a. The other c0aifm1nahipa vacant afp
b MOSTLY on minor comm. .to0g. BIOS me
3 important place on tho rules commit
d iec which win ~ made vacant by the
" raiiremont of Ocn. 0fUsVenof. viii he
. coveted hy numerous aspiring alaioe-
5 men. Chairman "jlm Tawney oi ihe
q commitioe on appropriations. b. ~.
b Rardod or the man most likely to D.
4 selected though Chaifman huFiQn oi
the rivers and hafhoga committed Anl
have consideration
!. Had q Ciota Can.
!. "A IuuNnfuua surgical unIFnIluu iu