The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-05-03
Washington. ID. C., May /. 1906.

Scheme Goes Into Effect Today.
Washington. ID. C.. May /. 1906.
Especial to the Caucasion.)
The outlook now is for long ses-
sion Of Congress in fact the last "lono
sessiong' Congress was getting ready
To adjourn at this date. 1t nows looks
that adjournment may not come be-
fore July 1st.
All Important Work Yet Unfinished.
No important measures have vet
been passed. The statehood bill is
still tied up in Conference and no i'm
mediate prospect Of an agreement.
The PHILIPPINE tariff bill is still
worse off. 1t passed the House early
but 1T is yet tied up i'll the Senate
Committee. and have not even vet
reached the Senate.
The railroad rate bill has appar-
emily made better progress. for it has
been reported by the Senate Commit
tee, but 1t is not much improved there
by. Over one hundred amendments
have been offered to it, so it is far
from being ready for a vote. and the
Senate will have to perfect it in open
session.
Other Important Work May Arise.
The President has threatened TO
veto the rate bill if the railroad lobby
should be able to take all of the Vi
tails out Of it. This would make it
the over-shadowing issue of the COM
ing campaign.
But there are other important ques-
tions pressing for consideration eth
er now in Congress, or i'll the coming
campaign. Chief among them is tar
iff revision. The strongest and best
friends of protection realize that some
schedules should be readJusted, and it
is possible the President may send
special message to Congress on this
subject, before the present session
sees its finish
Who will Garry on Roosevelt's Great
Work?
The great reforms for which the
President is fighting and which have
made him so popular with the people,
cannot all be accomplished during the
present administration. This fact is
causing many who are deeply inter-
ested in the great work which the
President has begun, to begin to dis
cuss who will be his successor. The
question Is constantly asked: "Who
can take up and carry on the gigantic
struggle OF the people and the gov
ernment against the combined aggre-
CATION OF senators, trusts, monopoly,
syndlcates and insolent plutocratic
wealth 20
A Question Without an Answer.
This question is frequently asked,
but has not yet been answered. One
thing seems to be certain and that is
that the people will not be satisfied
with any one who does not stand now
with the President in the fight and in
whom they have great confidence as
to ability and sincerity.
Ii such a man is not found. one
other thing seems to be equally certain
and that is that the people will insist
upon electeing Roosevelt again. They
want to do it anyway to show their APP
probation Of what he has already
done.
Kitchen Goes For Boss Simmons.
Congressman Kitchen has exposed
the duplicity Of Senator Simmons on
the Southern Railway fast mail ap-
Mr.. Simmons tried to
dodge the issue by leaving the use of
the appropriation to the discretion Of
the Postmaster General. The head
of the pOstoffice department has ad-
vised against the appropriation, say
ing that it was not needed to give the
fast mail service, but if Congress
should vote the money in the face of
this. he would of course use the mon
ey. 1t was this dodge that Mr.. Sim
mons tried to work, but Mr.. Kitchen
has smoked him out. Mr.. Kitchen is
not afraid of the boss, for he knows
that he is superior to him In every
way.
Blackburn s Wild Talk.
Congressman Blackburn just after
he escaped the penitentiary for tax
ing fees for alleged illegal practice
before the departments, did some wild
talking. He is reported by the Raj
eigh News and Observer correspondent
here to have made two big boasts:
1st. That he would call upon the
Attorney General and demand Mr..
Holton's scalp; and second, that he
would never go to the White House
again until the President invited him
to 60.
His worst enemy could not wish
him to attempt to do, more foolish
thing than to demand Mr.. Holton's s
scalp at the Attorney General s hands
and If he will not worry the White
House with his presence until the
President gets SO anxious to see him
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