The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09

the word would be flashed along the line that the President was tired of being importuned. and people who wished the Ding1ey rates maintained had better watch out. Tn breathless anxiety they awaited the message to Congress. There was no recommen- dation that brought pain to the hearts of the ultra protectionists. They have been resting easily for nearly two years, but they are getting excited again. However. few people believe at this writing that MT. Roosevelt will recommend tariff revision in advance of the next national election.
 The "standpatters" have been labor ing hard with him, chief among them being Speaker Cannon. The latter is said to be firmly of the opinion the President will delay the thing in def erence to the wishes of the Republi- can party leaders. Here and there you can meet a Republican who thinks possibly the President in his message next December will throw out a sug- gestion that unless the heavy weights in Congress show signs of yielding the people of the country will have a reckoning with them at the polls. and they had better give pledges in ad- vance that if the Republicans win the Presidency and retain control of the legislative branch of the government they will get down to business. other wise the opposing party may have a sweeping victory.
 Among the visitors of prominence this week Is the Hon. James A. Taw- ney of Minnesota, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. That gentleman Is an earnest advocate of tariff revision and has been for five years or more. He has no hesitancy in saying that if his party does not act 1t is likely to suffer greatly in the elections next year.
 Men who do not want revision are prone to charge that MT. Tawney takes this stand because the people of his State are not "standpatters." MT. Tawney laughs at such a charge. His friends in both of the great parties know well that he is a consistent be- liever in revision. He has advocated it when 1t meant discipline on the part of the high rulers of legislation here. While a member of the Ways and Means Committee he insisted upon it.; and yet that did not prevent ''Uncle Joe" from assigning him to the head of the powerful committee on appro- priations.
 Taft fin the South.
 Evidence is accommodating here to prove that most of the Federal office holders in the South are quietly if not openly arranging the triggers to shoot out results for Secretary Taft when 1t comes to selecting delegates from that section to the next national convention. This, MT. Capers of South Carolina. who is gC ag to be Commits sioner of Internal Revenue ad interim or until MT. Pearl Wight of New Or leans, can fix his business affairs to take hold. is known to be splendid political manipulator.
 As previously wired The Advertiser Referees Scott and Thompson of Ala bama are with the Roosevelt combt- nation heart and soul, according to what they said @ few days ago. And so 1t goes all through the South. The politicians who make 8 study of con- ditions in the South seem to be almost solid in the belief that if President Roosevelt declines to again be a can- didate-and he has said on numerous occasions he is not to be considered- the Southern officeholders will be for Taft or any other man the President favors.
 What is true of Alabama the friends of the other candidates profess to fear is true of Virginia, Texas. North Carolina, etc. A furry has been heard of in Georgia, and report has 1t that most of the Georgia Republicans are going to oppose Taft. but this only makes the Taft fellows smile, and quietly they declare that when the time comes they will fall in line, un- less the Secretary should lose in Ohio. Of course, in such an event he would be eliminated.