The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-25
Mr.. RoosEvELT's TRUMP CARD.

THERE ARE 249 REPUBLICAN
Representatives ana 50 Republican
senator's in the Fifty-ninth congress
al the. representatives who expect &C
continue in office must go before the
people of their respective districts
for reelection next fail The terms OF
SO OF the Republican senators will ex,
pire on or before March 8, 1909 Dur
ing the time they are in office Mr..
Roosevelt. will control both the pat
ronage and the national organization
Of the Republican party. These are
pertinent little facts that have TO be
considered in estimating the strength
and staying powers of n congressional
in direction.
The terms of Is Republican sena.
tors will expire in 1907. They are: Al
lee Of Delaware, Cullom OF Illinois,
Deliver of Iowa, Frye of Maine, Bur-
ton Of Kansas, Crane Of Massachu-
sets, Alger of Michigan, Burnham of
New Hampshire, Wetmore Of Rhode
Island, Gamble Of South Dakota, FL
kins Of West Virginia, Warren OF
Wyoming and Dryden of New Jersey.
The terms of is other Republican
senators will expire IN 1909, They are;
Perkins of California, Brandagee of
Connecticut, Hepburn OF Idaho. Hop
kins of Illinois, Hamenway of In
diana Allison of Iowa. Long of Kan
pur - h lice,
Plat Of New York, Hansbrough Of
North Dakota. Kittredge OF South
Dakota, Foraker OF Ohio. Fulton of
Oregon. Penrose Of Pennsylvania,
Smoot OF Utah Dillingham; Of Yer.
mont. Ankeny OF Washington and
Sp5oner of Wisconsin,
Some of these sentors-Burton and
Plat for lnstance-will not be candi-
dates for reelection. Some of them,
like Eye. can be reelected regardless
OF their attitude toward the admins.
ration Most of them however win
not despise the presidents support
when they 30 before the legislatures
Of their respective states. Few of them
would regard the administration OPP
20 Hiticn as a valuable political asset.
They are quite as much afraid of an
open quarrel with Mr.. Roosevelt as
Mr.. Roosevelt IS afraid Of an open
qua rel with them.
The Indianapolis News, Familiarity
known as Vice President Fairbanks !
warns congress that Mr. /
Roosevelt is still the most popular !
man in the Tn ted States IT the peo- !
pie were called upon to choose be. !
tween Theodore Roosevelt and the
senate Of the United States" il says, /
the vote would be practically unani- .
nous in favor Of the former" Per- 1
haDs The presidents popularity is I
always a n nacing club 10 hold over .
the heads Of those recalcitrant con /
g.essmen that are none too certain Of 1
thei, own constituents.
Mr.. Littlefold may continue to /
prove that AIr. Roosevelt owed his 1
popular plurality Of 100000 TO the !
fact that hundreds Of thousands Of /
Democrats .tayed away from the polls. T.
Most Republican congressman may be- 1
lieve it. but they are not quite sure
that the public in general believes It.
They viii not push their grievances
against the president to the point Of
open warfare. least of all when
large Democratic element Is ready TO
support many Of tho administrations
measures. Their attitude toward him
Will continue TO be that Of Rufus
Choate's African toward his fetish.
He d not regard the idol as hand
some but considered him strong and
yini.ctive.