The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-26
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ny AshOfO Ss esOs~ss Washington. April 25.- Especial l-. Senator Pettus expresses the opinion that the Alabama coal industry will pc | greatly benefited when the Mopile the improvemcnts authorized by the bill passed this session. It will be re- membered that the company proposes to construct big bridge or yiaducss cs Cedar Point and Dauphin island.
 As he introduced the measure in the Senate. General Pettus considers. 1t the most important piece of Legislation To- cally that he has paid attention to in this Congress- The bridge is to be built so as not to obstruct the navigation of Grants Pass, the channel Mos,,s Snt bfsy tor and Mississippi Sound. Senator Pet tus predicts that after the government carries out the plans of improving the the naval vessels will he able to se- cure supplies Of coal, and that Alabama coal will be in much greater demand after the station is estapnshed at the proposed deep water point.
 Senator PuEh's HeaIth.
 Ex-Senator James l.. FuEh has not been able to visit the capitol this ses- m but He on mas M n1 o s years he and the members of his famf- Iy thought 1t prudent for him not to leave his residence while the weather
 
 bama friends of the venerable ex-sena- tor will be glad to know that he. IS still in the enjoyment of reasonably good health. He reads the papers and magazines. and hardly a day misses go- ing over the Congressional Record. In this way, he keeps in touch with men and events. and manifests a lively in legislative and political world.
 But 1t has been disapoiting ao MT. Pugh that he could not go to the Sem A. snt,a avr.IxA nIxr Aatl np 1a hau been in the habit of doing eyer since ihs retirement from pubic life. He is one of the few retired statesmen en- titled to the privileges of the floor of recalled that MT. Pugh was member of the national house from Alabama as long ago as 1859. He served ontS one term, however, for the civil war broke out and he seeded promptly and was then sent to Richmond as a member or the Confederate congress.
 Ex-Secretary Hilary A. Herbert con. tinues to make the capital city his home. He is looking quite well. Is in good shape physically and is engaged in the practice of law here. He does not visit the House of Representatives very often. but when he does happen in there the older members wi.n whom he served give him cordial welcome.
 The Phfli~pine Tarin.
 It is understood that an effort VIII again be made in the Senate to force the committee to make some sort of report on the Philippine tarfn bill which the administration people strong ly favor and which they felt certain earlier in the session would not meet with such bad luck. Among the House Republicans the resentment is still strong because their brethren in the Senate have, as they (. --ee, permit ted few men to prevent the upper branch from voting upon a question that was declared to be a party policy. They think that even if the Senate Philippines committee will not make favorable report they ought to send in can come upon its merits.
 They claim that if an adverse report were to be made it would be the duty of the Republican leaders to have it voted down. for the reason that the Philippine tariff bill is an admtnistra- ton policy. It Is also insisted by quite number of the House Republicans that the treatment accorded the hill is an affront to the popular 'ranch of Congress. Probablysa motion may be made to. discharge the Sen tte commit tee from further consideration of the subject, but it is reasonable to state that such motion would not prevail. When a Senate Committee declines to report a bill or resolution custom in that august body provides that no ef- fort should be made to force action.
 The powerful influence of the beet and cane sugar interests. aided by cigar wrapper tobacco growers had