Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-18
SOLID REPUBLICAN LINE.
No Aid or Comfort for the Democrats
in This Session of
Congress. .

congress the Democratic papers are again
telling stories about the alleged discord
between the president and that body.
One of them is saying that the
president has 'lawless mind" that he
would rather make precedents than
follow them,' and that "he is quick on
the trigger" For these and other fan
cied reasons, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, some Democrats imagine
that a rupture is close at hand between
the president and congress. AS the ses-
sion is abou ito be resumed, as this is the
long session, and as the record made in
il will have much to do with the for
tunes of the Republican party in the con-
gressional elections in November of this
year. these stories of alleged discord be-
tween the head of the administration
and the law-making body would, if true,
be of vast consequence to the country
For the moment there are some Demo
Gratis trying to make themselves believe
those tales.
So far as regards the house of repre-
sentatives, these stories of discord are
manifestly untrue. Mr.. Roosevelt and
Speaker Cannon are in harmony on all
the leading issues of the hour This is
so well known that no sane Democrat
will have the hardihood to deny it, On
rate regulation, statehood, the tariff,
the Panama canal and the other ques-
tions of national moment the president
and the Republican leaders in the
House are in complete accord. A rate
regulation and a statehood bill will be
passed in the house within the next ten
or twelve days. The Philippine bill
will quickly go through the house on
the lines urged in the presidents mes
sage and laid down in the Republican
caucus bill. All the additional Panama
legislation which the president and the
secretary of war have been urging will
go through the house long before the
session comes to a close. The president
is against all interference with the
Dingley tariff, and the house stands with
him. Not a single issue is before the
country on which the president and the
popular chamber disagree. Every in
telligent Democrat in the country is
aware of all this. The Democratic pa
pers which are saying there is a diver
gence between the head of the admins
tration and congress must believe that
their readers are blind to the signs Of
the times.
The talk about differences between
the president and the senate is eXag-
gerated. All the Republicans in the
senate except corpOrals guard are in
favor of the passage of the statehood
and the Philippine bills. The statehood
bill which has been reported to the
senate is on the same lines as that
which is before the house. The reduc-
ton in duties for the Filipinos which
the house will pass a few days hence
has the assent of the Republican lead
ers in the upper chamber. None of
the Republican leaders in the senate
are asking for any general tariff legis-
lation this year. On the only issue,
that of railway rate regulation, on
which there was a prospect of diver
gence something like harmony has been
established. Forakers rate bill differs
in an important degree from the one
which will pass the house in a week or
two, but the Foraker bill will not re-
ceive the senate's sanction. A bill which
has been introduced by DOlliver will be
the basis of the senate's own measure,
and the bill is on the lines of the one
now before the house. 1t received the
favor Of the president and Speaker
Cannon. 1t is understood that Elkins,
the chairman of the committee which
has it in charge, will support it. There
is not the slightest doubt that it will
command the assent of all the Repub-
licans in the senate except perhaps half
a dozen or thereabouts. 1t will be sure
to receive the support of many Demo-
Gratis, though it is a Republican meas
ure, and will be carried by Republican
votes. In this year in which a congress
is to be chosen the Republicans know
the necessity of preserving an unbroken
line in the face of the enemy. No aid
and comfort for the Democrats will be
afforded by anything which the Repub-
licans do or fail to do in this session of
congress.