The Washington times., 1907-01-20
Foraker Clan De-
clare They Also
Long for Vote.
AldriCh Is Sum-
mOned in Black
burn Trouble.


Both sides in the great case of
Foraker VS.. Roosevelt, in re Browns
vile, are determined to submit the
case to the arbitrament of a Senate
vote.
The President wants the Senate to
vote on the Blackburn substitute.
Senator Foraker wants a vote on
that substitute likewise. Each is con-
fident of winning.
Aside from the leaders in the fight,
there is widespread feeling that no
vote will ever be taken directly on
the Blackburn amendment. There
will be a proposal to lie to it an
amendment in some form opening
up the race question in the South
aiming, nominally, at an inveStiga-
ton Of race conditions there-and
with this added it is calculated that
the Democrats will oppose. With
them will stand the anti-AdminiStra-
ton Republicans, and so the whole
proposition will be killed.
This, however. is only the cheerful
| suggestion OF optimistic leaders. The
darker view Of IT is that there will be
nc chance OF reaching a vote on any
| such proposition: that the debate will
/ be interminable; that the cOntending
Senatorial factions viii talk the ses-
| sion to death without reaching agree
ment. and that there Will have 10 be
an extra session. perhaps. to conclude
the real appropriations. etc.
President Wants Fight.
Between these antipodaI possibili-
1 ties there is a tremendous range OF
possibilities. among which every prog
| nostigator makes his own choice
with as much abandon as an inspired
| weather prophet Lying out a meteoro-
| logical program for the coming season.
| President Roosevelt told his friends
with the greatest firmness yesterday
that he wants 20 fight Il to a finish with
| Senator Foraker and the anu-Adminis-
| tration forces.
The President demands that the Sen
ate vote on the Blackburn amendment
10 the Foraker resolution. He pressed
| this view upon some OF the wavering
Senators who called on him. and 10
some who insisted that IL would be bet
| ter politics 10 have the Blackburn
| amendment tabled by Republican votes.
he made clear that he didn't want that
outcome He wants the Endorsement
1 fsN N.
ment's passage.
Foraker Working on Speech.
Meantime. with the President reject
/ ing all overtures looking 10 compromise.
/ Senator Foraker is working on a new
| speech In opposition TO the Blackburn
| amendment, and is just as much in
earnest as the President In his deter
minatlon 10 fight 10 a finish.
There is talk OF comp -amise but Il
comes from outside these two men, who
are chiefly interested ia the AFFAIR.
| Neither OF them admits a shadoy of
disposition 10 compromise. Compromise
suggestions come from more tinIid men,
who say that they are afraid that 10
force the issue win split the Republican
party. To one suggestion OF this sort.
the President replied:
20, when they talk about nay fore
ing 9 split IN the party, tell them that
its Senator Foraker, not 7, who Is
splitting the party"
And on that he stands. confident that
he viii win. even though his victory
come by a cOalescence OF Democrats
and minority OF Republicans.
New Phase of Debate.
Everything now indicates that on Mon
day viii begin new phase OF the de-
bate on the Blackburn amendment,
which is likely to last several days be-
fore a vote viii be reached.
The President. in explanation Of his
position TO Senatorial callers. has been
| insisting that while he could not can
| cidly say ne didn't care whether his
course was indorsed. made il plain that
IL was not q cardinal point with him.
| Whatever happened, his course would