The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-05
MEMBERS
 ARE SPLIT Divided on Presidents
 Message. ALABAMIANS DISCUSS II Col. Wiley Greatly Pleased With
 Several Features.
Mir. CIayton Docs Not Like suEgestions as to school Regulations While Mir. Hcain Declares 1t Poiiti-
 cal Speech.

Washington, Dec. 4.-(Special. )- The Presidents message was the ao' | sordbing topic today among congress men Southern members ere greatly d. vided on the leading features of the 1 l lengthy document. The Democrats like some Of the main | points and others they are emphatlcaI- 1 ly opposed to. In several respects they think the President is coming out Tor policies demanded years ago by thelr | l party. Representative Wiley agrees with the President in this recommenda- ! tion in regard to the Philippine tariff bill Colonel Wiley recalled the waet i that when the measure passed the | House last session much more than majority of the Democrats supported 1t. It had the backing of the Democratic members of the Ways and Means Com mittee Mir Underwood Alabama) be- ing a member of that ommittee. It : was held by Minority Leader Williams !! that 1t was a cut fin the protective tarin syste and for that reason ne thought Democrats should support the Dill Colonel Wiley, who has been to tho | Philippines. says that none of the | products of the islands codld in fifty i years to come. possibly interfere with ! industries in this country. The Filipi- nos do not raise enough rics to supply their own needs, and those who have [ not compete with the Ameri 'an staple i Their sugar will not harm that interest l here, either, and Colonel Wiley wonders l why Senators held the bill up last l session.
 The Representative of .hs Montgom- 1 cry district also agrees with the Presi- ] dent on the inheritance tax question.
 Representative Clayton is opposed to the position of the President on the school question. contending that this Is a matter to be regulated 0y each State in which the residents thereof provide money for the support of the schools.
 He also thinks that the marriage and divorce question should not be handled by the national government 1iAs, HIessags is Political. Representative Hehi1 regards the message in its leading features as something of political speech. Mir. Hefiin has prepared and will introduce a bill to have the cotton tax refunded, and the money applied to making good roads in the South. He insists that as this money was paid Dy people of that section 1t ought to be returned to them. He has been informed that if Alabama were to have It's shSte of the fund tt would amount to about eleven million dollars.
 T believe" said MT. Hehin today, that the good roads movement win soon be irresistible and that national and Stato governments will carry out the demands of the citizens. Tho amount Alabama Is said 10 be entitled to if the cotton tax were refunded, would give us the finest sort of high ways"
 MT. Hefin will also introduce a bill to send additional experts to the Orient so that cotton products may be more fully brought to the attention of people | iv, hof rf of ha TTa to press both measures this session be fore the committees to which they WI. be referred.
 Representative Clayton introduced today bill providing for a survey of Choctawhatchee River for a four foot depth of water between Geneva and Newton.
 Andrews Won't Accept.
 ]. can be stated on good authority that Col. 4. B. Andrews of Raliegh, acting president of the Southern Rail way. has declared that under no cir cumstances could he accept the pTesi- dency of the company. There has been some talk of his promotion. Colonel Andrews delares that even If he thought there was a strong probability of his appointment, his health would not permit his acceptance of a posi- tion carrying with it so much labor and responsibility.
 
 information on the subject most of the Southern officials lean strongly to the opinion that the Morgan syndicate will order the election of Second Vice Pres. ident W. W. Finley to the presidency of this company. From all that can be- learned 1t would certainly please the officials generally to have him made head of the system. There Is still talk here of Stuyvesant Fish. the deposed president of the Illinois Gen. tral. as successor to the late MT. Spen- cer.
 Col Ed. L. Russell, of the Mobile and ohio Road, who has been here for seV- eral days has gone to New York. and returns here Thursday at the River and Harbor convention. He expects Mobile to send representative dele gation.
 Tho nomination of Oscar R. Hundley of Huntsville to be United States Att torney for the Northern Alabama Dis trict, has been referred 70 the Senate Judiciary Committee, of which General Pettus is a member. The Senator for this reason. is not willing to express any opinion regarding the matter. Hundleys friends claim confidently that he will be confirmed, but they eX- peet the case will be held up some time. and would not he surprised if the delay will prevent the aDpnintee from connecting with the pay roll for month two.
 NebrO Question Hot. Rev s l.. Corrothers Is 8 rip-rOar- ing sort of negro preacher. He con tfnues to deliver addresses in the ne- gro churches of Washington severely ] criticizing President Roosevelt for dis charging the three infantry companies implicated in the Brownsville affair. He also goes for Senator Tillman. Secretary Root. Governor Vardaman and the Rov. Thomas Dixon. author of the "Clansman" He likewise takes Booker T, Washington to task for saving in a recent address that the fu- ture Of the ucEr" is largely in tho hands Of the whites. Corrothers de- clares the destiny ot tho negro is in his own hands
 The sIayduu bill to eliminate from the army after June 3u. 1907. al ne- gro soldiers. and 10 enlist no more in future, or any men who have even
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