Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-17
Caused by Republican Opposition
To Several Administration
Measures.
PHILIPPINES AND TARIFF.
This and Joint Statehood Cause MANY
To Go against the Presi-
dents Plans.
spoclal. Correspondence


Washington. Jan. Is. Stormy times"
are predicted In Congress The rebellion
against number OF administration meas.
urcs among tho Republicans In both
houses has grown to such proportions as
20 be quite formidable Nothing but an
intense feeling or a desire to protest their
own interests and the interests OF their
constituents would induce men 90 GO
against the administration and tho ma
jcrIty OF their party. In opposing Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt the disagreeable features
are more apparent because the people
are generally with the president and are
more inclined TO side with him than with
the men OF hts party who are against
the chief executive. But in regard to the
Philippine tariff reduction bill and "a
the Joint statehood bin the feeling is such
as TO compel many men to reluctantly dis
agree with the president aud the majority
ot the party, This makes STORMY times"
In Congress, and It is asserted there will
be still further party disagreements be.
fore the session ends
PLEASING THE DEMOCRACY.
OF course all these factlonal fights
please the Democracy hut thoy cannot
realize very much benefit from them. In
the first place, the Democrats are united
only upon one proposition, and that is to
prevent the admission Of New Mexico ana
Arizona as one state People outside OF
these territories are not interested In
that subject at all, and a difference Of
opinion among Republicans on the admis-
SION OF states has existed for six or eight
years, but II has not cut any figure I'm
the elections. But as "a the Philippines
that II different. Republicans who diff
fered with the president about Cuban
reciprocity were made to suffer The
men who Were most prominent In the
fight which fro defeated that measure arc
not burning their hands with the Philip
pine tariff this session on this subject
the party lines are not strictly drawl
Republicans and Democrats are fighting
on both sides, so that while the Demo
Gratis are enjoying the party differences
OF their opponents, they have not yet
been able to get much party advantage
out OF them.
FoRDNEY's STORIES
When Representative Fordney OF
Michigan was opposing the Philippine tar
III bill he had one Of two celloouies
with Chairman Payne OF the ways and
means committee In one OF them there
was dispute as 10 certain facts and
nordney said IN reply to statement by
Payne:
can rislr Az the Irlshman said when
the. other fellow called him liar, We
Will have 1t So. He did not want To have
any further dispute ana neither do -
- do not understand" remarked Payne
good naturally that the gentleman
makes any direct application OF that
'Oh, not at ALL responded Fordney.
1T was only Joke to fl the occasion
A STORY ON PAYNE.
Then Fordncy told story and applied
Il TO Payne as young lawyer practising
law In New York, He said there was an
old darky In his town that was accused
of stealing chickens. He looked around
willing TO undertake his defense When
he came into court the Judge said to the
darky. Are you the defendant IN this
caseY' The darky didn't exactly UNDER
stand what was meant, but he sald No
Judge Pointing to Mr. Payne. he said
THAT Is The defendant; am the man
that stole the chickens"
LOOKED LIKE REED.
one day recently some members Of the
house were startled by what they
thought was an apparttion OF Speaker
Reed. Representative DENLY Of MiChl-
gan had been called t. preside over the
committee Of the whole. lie Is nearly
the same size as the late speaker. with
smooth face and large, hairless DOME
ana he bore startling resemblance 10
Reed as he appeared when presiding
that fellow was Tom Reeds shos1.@
remarked one of the members, who
voiced the Idea OF others
DAVIS FELT CONFIDENT
Representative Davis OF Minnesota was
inclined 10 believe that the Philippine
tariff reduction bill could be defeated
In the house, and, some friend being In
creduous he said.
Yes / know they gre picking them
OF one by one. | dom think however
that they will pick me OF They may
get ne but think not