Arizona republican., 1906-03-14
PHOENIX, ARIz.. MARCH IA. 1906.
The speaker's Surrender.

Speaker Cannon is giving way. Mo- body expected him to do anything else. There was nothing else for him to do. It is possible that he and the presi- dent could by a continuance of the tactics they employed to force the Hamilton bill through the house pre- vent a concurrence in the senate bill. They could no doubt defeat statehood legislation at this session.
 But We do not think they would dare to do it. The country has for sometime been manifesting an impa- tience with the tyranny of the speaker and with the constant interference (to little purpose, however, of the presi- dent in legislation. The country at large, we cannot imagine is greatly in- terested in Arizona or is deeply con cerned in the making or not making of new states.
 But Arizona has been the means of especially directing the attention of the public to the methods of the house and the White House. Many people who never knew before, or at any rate ne- yer realized it have now learned that the house may be controlled by one man. They have learned to call the in- in favor of congressman or by the ap pointment of the relatives, friends or constituents of congressman to lucras tive federal offices by the proper name of bribery.
 The pork barrel which had hith- erto been rather subject of humo. has ben rather seriously considered re- gently by newspapers and magazines. It had been known that members of the house of representatives had all ways been swayed by promises and gifts in this manner. But this time the brazenness of the bribery has put it before the country in quite a diff ferent light. There is little doubt that a recurrence now of the methods of the speaker and the president would go a great way toward suggesting to voters throughout the country the ad- visibility of making changes at the earliest election.
 The president is perhaps influenced toward a compromise by contingency not so far in the future as a congress- ional election. -Ie is beginning to be- tray fear of the senate. At the be- ginning of the session. there was a concerted, movement of the admins. ;ration journals to impress upon the senate that the people were behind the president and therefore it had better govern itself accordingly. The presi- dent followed this notice up with a dictatorial manner which the senate has so far treated with a calm disra- gard. The only active notice which that body appeared to give the presi- dent was last Friday when it adopted the Foraker amendment by perhaps a bigger majority than would have been given for it but for the presidents in sistence; 1t is not likely that the Bur rows amendment would have been even offered but for the meddling of the White House.
 As we nave said that was about the first sign of the presidents influences III the senate and that Yeas sinister sign. It may be regarded as a service of notice upon him that he is annoy ing the senate and that further re- prisal will be taken in the disposition of the rate bill.
 The information which comes this morning, therefore, that Speaker Can- non may accept the Foraker provision is not surprising. We suppose that e compromise will be effected upon that basis, that while the senate is not fear ful that the administration would keep out Oklahoma in any event, it will nul be insistent since the opponents of joint statehood have all alorg pro- fessed satisfaction with the Foraker amendment.
 Mir. Carne4le's Late,t Sermon,