The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-18
Fight Being Made d, Alcohol
Bill Delay iii tsitlcratio,i
of4Agricult,,ral Bill.

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iWAsH1NGrON, ~ c. April 17.--Dis-
custom Of the Presidents declaration
saturday in favor Of Il law limiting the
amount of money one man can nccli-
nlulntc was as general to-day as IL was
Sunday and yesterday. Few will ven
tire to express opinions for publication,
but few there arc WHO do not discuss the
subject.
g l1cxplanations as TO what the President
meant By his declaration are rs nllncr-
z otis rs ever The general opinion Is that
he simply wanted to get in front Of the
wave Of radlcnlism he believes ls sweep
ng over the country In orSar that lie
might be swept into The White House
for another term. Despite the fact TINT
) he said on the night Of the election last
fall, one year ago, that he would not
"nder any circumstances be q cnndi-
date for another nomination or accept
nomination for n third term. It is safe
to say that the majority or those who
discuss tho latest dclivcrancc Of the
President believe that he IS deliberately
seeking another nomination.
Doubts Expressed
Another explanation Of the course of the
President is that. while he has no thought
OF accepting the nomination in 1908, he
wishes to take advantage OF the trend
OF popular sentiment, so that as the
Tribune OF the Common Pco-
pie he VIII be in n position to name
= tho candidate two years hence. retain
\ his position as the head OF the party IN
America. and on his retirement from the.
White House, 20 to the Senate rs the
Successor OF Thomas G. Platt. 1t is the
opinion; OF those who takd this View Of
& the Presidents attitude that 1t Is his
(. ambition to serve six years In the Sem
;ltc retaining his commanding position
III his party, and then be nominated for
the presidency again.
The frequency with which one hears
doubts expressed even by Republicans, as
to the sincerity Of the President when
he expressed the opinion that the amount
= Of money Il man should be allowed to dis
pose Of by Will should be limited BY law,
+ Is Significant. ycnr ago. no Rcpubli-
cans and few Democrats could be found
willing to express a doubt OF the sincerity
Il and honesty of Theodore Roosevelt con-
What Glass Thinks.
II take@vcry little stock In this talk OF
tho Presidents about limiting tho amount
of money man shall be allowed 10 nc-
clmula to- said Representa- tive Glass.
Everybody knows It is impossible to
{ take from Il man any portion OF his ac-
! foundations, and like the old Creeks
appropriate2it TO tho government. and the
4 enforcement Of an Inheritance tax is
1mpracticable. even II advisable
sit makes me tired to hear the re-
4 publIcans indulge In all this talk about
tho danger OF great fortunes, and then
keep. on voting to continue n system
which ehhtjlasa the accumulation or such
enormous wealth. The protective tariff
IS responsible for whatever OF danger,
there Is from wealth in the handR OF a
/ few individuals, The traiff is the wall
A behind which the trust magnntes have
q hhcltcred themselves and have accumn-
lated all this money which the Prcsl-
dent now says Is dangerous. Givcets q.
tariff law, which will make 1t Impossible
< for tho trusts to charge our own people
twice what they charge the foreigner
and the trust question Is solved, and all
tho dangers Of aggregated wealth are
eliminated" # N seH
Opposing Alcohol Bill.
The bill repeating the tax on denaturcd
Z alcohol. is now IN the Senate COMMITTEES
on Finance. The time at which It Will
nc reported out cannot be predicted. 1t
Is understood that the chairman OF the
committee, Senator Aldrich, and na7.
FORTY OF the Republicans stitutinG It.
arc opposed to- tie bill. althougiSscve.al
OF them arc quoted as having said they
would vote for the measure IL II were,
10 come before the Senate. The question
4 Is whether 1t will be reported In time
for action at the present session. Efln3
case action Is not taken this session, the
bill would go over until mex winter,
without having to pass the House again,f
& as this Congress does not expire until
tho fourth OF March, 1907, 1t Is said
the opponents Of the bill will renew their
efforts to prevent It's passage. It Is
claimed that the liquor interests OF the,
United States are directly behind the
bill, having melted the farmers, and.
Whether that be the case or not, 1t Is
seldom that bill has such universal
endorsement as this one.
All tho Virginia delegation voted sfo:
the bill, which passed the House without:
recorded vote being taken. Senator
Martin and Senator Daniel will support
it.f Representative Lamb was in doub;
4 tone time ms to whether he should vote,
4 Tor or against the bill. lie has beconlal
almost convinced. however, that dena-s
tured alcohol cannot be used In the pro-
ducton OF ether and that tho Richmond
Ether Works. which he. feared would he
a seriously hurt If the bill passed. will not.
suffer injury.
The wood alcohol manufacturers claim
that tho bill. II It becomes law willSklll
their industry. 1t Is pointed out, how
ever. that wood alcohol Is by-product
and that tho most serious damage would,
not result even IL the industry should be
destroyed.
Consideration Delayed.
The agricultural appropriation bill was
to- come up for consideration In theS
House OF Representatives this week, but
the Committee on,tAppropriations asked
tho chairman OF the Committee on.Agri-
culture, which prepares the agricultural
bill to give way in torder that the bill
providing for the expenditures In the
fiscal year might have tho right Of way,
After several consultations wlah Speaker.
Cannon. Chairman Wndsworth consented
to the programme laid out, and in con-
sequence. the farmers Of the country will
not know definitely for several days Just