The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
TAYLOR'S CHANCES
 CONSIDERED GOOD
Mobile Man May Secure Bank
 heads Place
SPECULATION TOO GREAT
Senator Sroot peclart he AYerican People Wal Not Work Any More, But Let Aliens Get All
 the Ready Money.

Washington. November 30.-(Special.) The South Carolina delegation has agreed upon Representative Ellerbee for the vacant democratic place on the rivers and harbors committed The North Carolina delegation has recom- mended Representative Small, and the Ohio democrats have all indorsed Rep resentative Sherwood. The only state that is not a unit on the Bankhead vacancy is the state of Alabama, which has three candidates, Representatives Taylor, Richardson and Burnett.
 While the situation is discouraging most of the members are hopeful that Mir Taylor will be appointed. Their only hope, however, rests upon the fact that he is willing to surrender a more important committee, appropriations, in order to get on rivers and harbors thereby leaving a desirable vacancy.
 Mr. Taylor and Speaker Cannon have always been good personal friends and for that reason also MT. Taylor's sup porters think he will get the place. Both MT. Richardson and MT. Burnett are receiving many Inducements from business men in their districts urging their appointment.
 Division of Rates.
 The interstate commerce commission today, In a supplemental report made by Commissioner Prouty, announced it's decision in the case of the Birmingham Packing company against the Texas and Pacific Railway company and oth- CTS. On March 2, 1907 the commission established in this case a joint rate of 50 cents per 100 pounds upon beef cat tie from Fort Worth, Tex. to Birming- ham, Ala.
 The rate was put into effect by the carriers in accordance with the order of the commission, but they have been unable to agree upon the divisions of the rate. They made application to the commission to fix these divisions.
 The commission held, upon the pecu- liar facts of this case, that consider ing the terminal changes of the re- ceiving and the delivering lines and the ferry charge of the intermediate line the rate should be divided upon a mileage basis.
 Too Much Speculation.
 IDc <tIuCii iShh PcOPtC VIII lOL UOih any more. We have been nation of spectators, busily engaged in living off each other and as result the money of the country is flowing to foreign nations"
 This was the declaration today of Senator Shoot of Utah, apropos of the financial stringency and as an expla- nation of the shortage of money
 The truth is that we are all specu- lators, and the labor of the country is done by the foreigner, who promptly sends his money back to his home peo- ple, draining the United States of mil lions of dollars. I do not know how to put q stop to this unles sour people get back to the days of their fathers and do some of the labor that Is done by aliens. I suppose some of them will have to do 1t, as thousands of them have been badly bit in speculative schemes of all kinds"
 Wiieys Bills.
 Representative Wiley will introduce Monday among other bills the follow ing: To prevent the United States from issuing a license or legal permit to any person to sell spirituous, vinous or malt liquors or other intoxicating beverages in any state. county. city, town or com munity where the sale thereof Is pro- hibited by state or local laws. Appro- priatiug 15O0.O0O to deepeu the channel