Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-17
CAPITAL IS INVADED
BY H0RDES OF
POLITICIANS
RETURN Of PRESIDENT
SIGNAL FOR THE INFLUX
Few Weeks Remaining Before
Congress Meets Promise to
Be Strenuous for Mr., ROoSe-
welt; Message Nearly Com
pIeted.
Especial correspondents Morning journal.

Especial Correspondence Morning Journal
washington, Nov. 12.-The return
of the President to Washington after
his western and southern tour and
his fortnight in the Louisiana cane
brakes. was the signal for the politi-
clans from all over the country TO
come on to Washington. The ad-
vance guard i'm the person of Senator
Bourne, of oregon. got here even be-
fore the president did. and the sena-
tor has outdone himself, eVen, in his
| advocacy OF the denomination of Mr..
Roosevelt. The oregon senator is so
enthusiastic a Roosevelt man that he
offered a'prize Of $1,000 for the best
literary effort in the shape of an ar
gument %faVoring the election of Mr..
Roosevelt for another term.
The presidential visitors, however,
are not confined to the personal
champions of Mr.. Roosevelt. In the
case of many an important political
caller It is a case Of diamond cut dia-
mond from the moment the confer
nee begins until IL ends. Legislation
and what the president Will ask at the
hands of congress when II meets In
December, important as these ques-
tionstions are to men in public life,
are'not the things uppermost In their
minds these days when they visit the
/ executive 1utN art lloNt llAtl toAtn
just now in endeavoring to ascertain
which way the weather yane on top of
the White House is pointing. Does it
indicate a third term, or Is a stiff
Taft breeze blowing2 This is the
question every man is asking himself,
and the question few OF them will
have courage to ask the IN man who
can tell.
The few weeks remaining before
the assembling of the Sixtieth con-
gress give promise Of being decidedly
strenuous ones for the president. He
returns from his hunting trip, how
eever, in fine. health and spirits, and
the specter Of hard work never had
any terrors for Mr.. Roosevelt, whose
capacity for work appears to be al
most boundless. So far as his annual
message to congress Is concerned,
there Is but little to be done. That
I document was completed in the rough
draft before the president left oyster
Bay. II II understood II will be the
Longest document the president has
ever written. and that is saying a
great deal. for the Roosevelt messages
to congresses haV been noted for
their great length and the sharp
things they contained.
Having I'm mind what he will urge
upon congress-, the president will util-
lie his time between now and the
first Monday In December in prose-
lyting among recalcitrant and presum-
ably antagonistic members Of the two
houses. that he may have all the
strength needed TO compel submission
TO his views with regard to essential
legislation. This will be no easy task,
for some Of the influential men In
both houses are opposed to several OF
the presidents proposed matter Of
legislation, and particularly Is this
true Of the Philippine tariff, a subject
that is close 10 the presidents heart
In uppor OF this proposition. how
ever. he expects Secretary TAFT to
bring back with him from the islands
| arguments and facts that Will ride
' down all opposition and give h is
lands more Intimate trade relations
with his country. The struggle be-
tween the president and congress l.
now on. and as the president never
gives up a fight until he u whipped,
and whipped thoroughly, the outcome
Of the struggle is n that a not be
determined until the votes are cast In
the two houses.
The Alexandra. Virginia, district
will send to congress TO III the UNI
expired term Of the late John ,.
Rixey. a man who made his first n
Try into public life through an office
presented "a him by President Cleve-
land, for which he was not an Fppli-
cant and At "a time he was soliciting
the favor for another democrat, q G.
Carlin. the nominee Of his party, who
viii be elected Al q special election
next month, began life as "a neWrbey
and climbed the ladder ~ success
with difficulty Ills habits we're sooL
and while working Tor his mainte-
nance he studied hard and finally was
able 10 60 20 school Then he stud