Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-05-19
DAYS TO Be BITTER
Closing Period Of Congress viii
Be interesting.
ELECTIONS Will Be AFFECTED
Factiona, and Personal Fights May
Extend Even as Far as the
Next Presidential Contest.
Special correspondents % Tue word

Next Presidential Contest.
Special Correspondence 10 The Word
Washington. d. O., May l5.-The
closing days of congress are row like
Iy TO be marked by a good deal of bit
~teruess. That is becoming more ap-
parent every day, The charges of
Senator Tillman aud Bailey that the
president deliberately turned Ills back
upon men he haa ben working with
aud joined the conservatives OF the
senate after lie saw that he was beaten
in tie senate, has contributed 70 a
large extent to the i'll feeling that is
being aroused. Many think that the
whole thing will degenerate into a
party row, with the re ublicans being
forced to defend the president and the
democrats in the position OF attacking
him at every opportunity and accus-
ing him of double.dealing and finding
shelter with the alleged railroad ele-
ment of the country. That SO far
does not seem to the nature of the
bitterness. 1t is a personal one among
senators and representatives, with a
pretty large amount against the presi.
dent. Senator Tillman has not only
made accusations that the president
went back on the radical members OF
the senate, but he charged that Sena-
tor Aldrich, the mar who has come
ont of this fight with a great victory,
as having urged him to 20 into y COM
biuation tn frame a rate bill that
would deprive the president of all
credit for such Legislation. Senator
Bailey of Texas is saying some cutting
things of Aldrich, Spooner and others.
The accusation as to Aldrich shows
the curious change that has taken
place in the railroad fight in a few
months. Aldrich felt that he was
beaten several months ago and felt SO
bitterly to the president that he was
willing TO sacrifice much of what he
was fighting for that the credit Of the
achievements in the senate might not
60 to the president. That then was
the only and sole purpose OF Aldrich,
shown cearly in his voting to place
Tillman in charge OF the rate bill
when il came from committee. But
Aldrich kept waiting, kept %postnoninR
until he won over enough republican,
to his own side to feel that he could
.-A ~1~.- tkA GAr - nannCnTn ha
has been contending for. OF course
Aldrich did not believe there should
have been anv rate bill at all. but
when he found that was impossible
he turned TO the next best thing OF
getting a bill most suited to bic ends.
The president can not feel kindly TO
those men who have brought charges
against him and to those senators who
fail TO stand by him in the earlv part
of tho fight. II they had done SO ali
the elimination and recrimination OF
the last few days aud we,k Ks might
have been avoided.
So personal and political good feel
ing appear to be moving away from
Washington. AT the oatset the pros-
pect was that the rate bill would be
passed by u combination of republi-
cans aud democrats aud the president
himself showed that ne did regard the
legislation as a party affair by fire.
qaent conference with democrats iik,
Daniel. OF Virainia; Overman, o.
North Carolina; Simmons. of Mort
Carolina; Clay, Of Georgia, and
others. In several instances the presi-
dent directed his close friends in tn.
sera 9 to accept certain amendments
presented by democrats.
1t is a pretty sure thing that the
bitterness that will be eng ndered in
the next few weeks will be carried or
through the coming CO RIessional
camp ign and into the next president
campaign. 1t may affect the fortunes
If many a man now high in the esti-
nation of the country.