The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20

Washington; D. C.. May 17.-8spec- ial. )-The belief is growing in wash son amendments to the Hepburn rail road rate Dill will have an important bearing on the next Presidential cam patgn.
 As was pointed out in my last let; review" feature is as certain to prove ab. qsappoi9omlle 5 DO follew aaV 'ne trsnsfers ths whole matter from the hands of the commission into the hands of the courts It adds but little. if indeed naS to remain largely an ornamental body with but little real power; Those s, con mer of 1908. Senator Teller put it about gEs last week asa and Representative has who has not dared 1 to utter them in print. when he said soasha hs psSRe sas S Sro nd tnas Ths es s is crats era and Republicans alike that the
 ax Slonsg s g01R with 10 ths Rs feeRg grows the idea that the reaetion that will follow thA demonstration of this weakness in the law wiii inure to the 6 Senehs ne senat.s 1l & siliss wiii Swing in RSaad RSacE and the Bailey idea
 kry to 6eeome op a1 saes rea
 himself a giant of the Senate, the compeer of the ablest In that poayi; Bailey stands a good show of being the. Democratic standard bearer In my last letter and the developments since then havo given new ground Tor predicating such a hope. on every Side 1t Is being said that the junior Texas Senator could poll the full strength of the Democracy.
 Is He Pleaseds
 Speculation is rife as to whether the widely published Bryan letter to one Wetmore in which he says that he will await the developments of the future before saying whether he would cratic Presidential nomination or not. means that he Is pleased with the men ton of his name In that cOnnect1on, ocratic cloak room and around the ho- tels where Democratic leaders congre- gate indicates that the majority Of would not object very seriously to be- ing the candidate of the conservatives It is generally conceded by those whe have discussed the matter nat s.t that t,dafe MT: for Hearstism that could be found Tn the event that Hearst should develop classes, and Bryan would be. strong with the same following. so that the candidacy. of Bryan would deprive of his greatest political asset
 There is not so much Bryan strength evident at this time. neither much Hearst strength. It, is true that both Democratic Congressional Committee are out and out Hearst men, and were a full knowledge of the fact that they have been straight-out Hearst men.
 "YOu are a Liar" When Theodore Roosevelt gets him self into a mess by his impetus and too free use of his tongue he tmme- diately calls some one liar and ends tha incident He has been calling men liars ever since he became President i He has branded half score of the best citizens of the United States as liars within two years. When Judge bled by Chairman cortelyou on the strength of facts ascertained bv the | Department of Commerce and Labor 1 MT Roosevelt replied that he was a
 When ex-Attorney General Whitney | of Massachusetts. quoted him as fa- liar. and tho same was true in the cases
 of half dozen other men of prom- nence. And now comes eX-Senator Chandler, who is known of all men to l be honest and careful in all his state
 ments. The President got cold feet
 In his fight for rate regulation and ar i ranged with Chandler IS the inter
 rnediary to get the support of enough Democrats to, pass limited review bill. And right when the matter was | just on the verge of settlement he
 faced directly about and delivered the
 whole thing into the keeping of the l Aldrich crowd, When Senator Chand- 1 Ter made some of the facts public through Senator Tillman the President responded that he was a. liar, using | diplomatic language in saying it,
 Intense partisans may approve of such a course, but here fin Washington ! the belief is almost universal that Sem ator Chandler did not .misrepresent tho l President one lota and that the widely | heralded man of courage proved him self moral coward for denouncing Il man for telling the truth.
 l The fact of the whole business is that | the President Is the greatest busy body l of the age. Whether it Is in advocating big families telling Congress of mothers or a gathering of bishops to 1 he decent, or in the more serious matter Of trans ending the authority of his 1 office and assuming to- be the third party of the legislative branch of the government beyond his power. of ap- ] proval or vote. he must have his finger