Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04
ARE IN PERFECT UNISON.
The Republican Party and Its Man
ayers at One in Every
Undertaking.

In the first week of the first session
of the congress which was elected with
President Roosevelt, the democrats did
some things which they and few re-
publicans think portend trouble for the
president S party. In his annual mes
sage to congress the president asked
for an appropriation of $l6,50O,O0O as
an emergency fund for carrying on
the work of the Panama canal to the
end of the current fiscal year, on June
80 next. The house, through the op-
position of the democrats and few
republicans who sided with them, cut
down the appropriation to $11 900, ,0O0,-
which is expected to carry on the canal
work until April 1 next. In the SEN
ate Mr.. Tillman proposed a resolution
calling on the secretary of the treas
ury for information as to whether the
national banks have been making any
contributions to the campaign funds of
either of the parties in recent years.
A spirited debate took place in each
branch on these propositions. Many
| persons think this means a clash be-
| tween congress and president, says
the ST. Louis GlobeDemoCrat
But the gossips and critics omit to
| mention that on the largest issue be-
fore congress, that of railway rate reg
ulation, there is a growing harmony
between that body and the administra-
tion. Several bills hostile to the presi
dents side had been prepared by SEN
ators before the session opened. One
| or two of those have been introduced
1t is evident however, from Senator
Elkins words and acts, that the inter
state commerce committee, of which
he is the head, which will have charge
of this sort of legislation, is lining up
on the presidents side. Elldns was
one of the men who had been counted
| among the enemies of the presidents
policy. All the opponents of rate reg
ulation. democrats and republicans,
| had been relying on Elkins to lead in
| the attack on the administrations
measure, which was sure to pass the
| house. Present indications are that
the bill which has just been prepared
| by the interstate commerce commits
sion, which embodies the presidents
| ideas, will be passed substantially in
the form in which the commission put
| it. Some of the enemies of rate regu-
| lation are already accusing Elliins of
selling out to the administration"
A calm survey of the situation shows
| that nothing has occurred thus far to
threaten a rupture between congress
| and president. Nearly all the presi-
| dents party stands with him, and that
| party has a large majority in each
branch of congress. On the admins
| tration's side also are lined many demo-
| Gratis The cutting of the Panama ap-
preparation only means that the
| $1,000. 900 will be given till April l.,
| which is the amount that the auditor
| estimated would be required till that
! date. A bill furnishing the rest of the
/ $1G500 900, it is assured, will be
passed before that date, and be avail
able for the remaining three months Of
| the fiscal year. 1t may be stated with
! all possible emphasis, that Tillman's
/ national bank campaign fund cOntribu-
! tion measure does not frighten the ad-
! ministration or any member of the re-
! publican party. By the fullest inquiry
| that any committee is capable of max
! ing in this business the administration
and the Republican party have nothing
! to lose. The only point worth consid-
ering so far as regards the party and
! the administration is, Was any money
expended corruptly in the campaign?
! Neither bank nor insurance officers
| have any right to contribute money Of
! their clients to the Republican or any
other campaign fund, even if, as Nc
! Call said when he gave money to the
republicans in 1896. the money was
intended to aid in staving off calamity
to those clients. That, however, is a
! question which concerns the contribu-
tors and not the administration or the
Republican party. 1t will undoubtedly
be found that the Republican party and
the republican administration are in
harmony. and that they are masters of
! the situation.