The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-06

Washington. May 6.--one of the ques- tions that Is just now agitattng Wash~ ington Is. what will Roosevelt do after his term as President expires? All sorts of plans are being made for him. Some declare that he will devote hims self to letters. Others declare that he Is likely to be made President of Har- yard; while some declare that he wants to be Senator from New York.
 But the most novel suggestion comes from the leading political writer of The Washington Post, who, by the way, has formed habit of writing think stories" and declaring them to be said by authority. He says that an agree ment has been reached between Secre- and the President himself, on the other, whereby the support of this powerful triumverate is. to go to Taft for the dent. In return, states this writer, Taft has promised to make Roosevelt Secretary Of State. and that the charge Possessions Is to be transferred to that department. He declares that he has authority for the statement. Of M Ppe TteFs Snat nays tSs past that one takes the cake. Every body in Washington has been laughing
 As a matter of fact, no one can tell what Theodore Roosevelt will do. As a prominent Treasury official remarked to me some time ago when discussing the dCIlOn Ol tuG ETCclQGnL III COnAcC- ton with certain appointments: .If any other man were President with the conditions l have represented to you laid before him. you could tell! just Roosevelt is a man of surprises. No one can guess with any certainty what he Is going to do. It Is probable that he would like to dig the Panama Ca nal. but 1t is not probable that he would risk his reputation to do so. What seems the most probable is that he will seek 8 place in the United States Sem ate: His deep. interest in New York politics and his constant endeavor to dictate all party nominations in the State would Justify the conclusion that that stafe So as to Be in ne lPe for tSe in 1908. It is interesting to speculate what would happen with him in the Carolina pitted against the Big Stick of New York. and the chairleg which is coming up from Arkansas, there would be lively times indeed in the Senate.
 To Defeat the Southern Fast Mail.
 It is indeed past understanding how far a public prejudice may influence members of the Senate and House, but more especially of the House in their priation that the Government makes that yields greater proportionate bene- its than another, 1t Is the $142,000 1t makes for the operation of the South ern fast mail. a solid train for mall and express from Washington to Att lanta. and thence to New Orleans. It delivers the northern mail at practi-- cally all the Southern cities and towns from five to ten hours earlier than 1t would be delivered but for the appro- priation. But just because it goes to a railroad, by reason of haunting fear that 1t will be said that they voted an appropriation to a rich corporation. Southern members have been opposed to 1t, that is, a majority of them, voted against 1t when the postoface appro- priation bill was up. The only reason that the train will continue to run is because of the votes of Northern mern- bers, and 1t will be these Northern. members the Southern business men will have to thank for the continna-- ton of the service. And yet the very Southern members who voted against this small appropriation for expediting by some five hours the mail of practi- caliy the entire South from the North and East, stood by and did not raise 8 single objection while millions were authorized to be spent for expediting the malls of New York city alone Sem ator Tillman has taken the matter up in the Senate and will try to do what the Southern members failed to do in the House, defeat the fast mail.
 The Future of Hearst.
 There seems to be a growing belief