Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1908-12-03
WASHINGTON LETTER


is taking an active part already in
preparing for such change in the
tariff schedules as has been demanded
by the people and promised in the plat
forms of both political parties. The
primary object of the extra session
which will be called after March four
tn is to have new tariff law passed.
The character of the tariff revision
will depend largely upon the organiza.
ton of the House and the organiza-
ton of the House will of course de-
pend largely upon the Speakership, for
the Speaker controls the personnel of
the Committee on Ways and Means, and
all other committees. The promise of
revision contained in the Republican
National platform cannot be carried
out according to promise unless there
is thorough overhauling of numerous
tariff schedules. 1t may be assumed
that Mr.. Taft does not favor mere
tinkering with the tariff. 1t must be
inferred from recent utterances of Aid
rich of Rhode Island, Hale of Maine,
Speaker Cannon, Elkins of West Vir-
GINA and others known as standpatters,
that the revision contemplated by them
will be anything but exhaustive or
that politicians, knowing the character
of the President-elect and the conten-
tions of the standpatters taken to-
gether with the Republican promises
in the Chicago platform, are expecting
Mr.. Taft to be interested in the elect
ton of the Speaker and doubtful if
Mr.. Cannon is the proper person to
name the committees of the next
Congress.
Mr.. Taft is known of course, to be
the representative of the Rooseveltian
policies, which as President Roosevelt
has said are also the Taft policies, for
Taft had as much to do in forming
chem as himself and it may be assum-
ed since the President-elect is only
human, that he may have some of the
Rooseveltian likes and dislikes. There
is no' love lost between Speaker Cannon
and Mr.. Roosevelt. They as completely
represent the political Antipodes as
two members of the same party
could do. Speaker Cannon opposed
about everything ttat Mr.. Roosevelt
advocated.
During the week there have been
numerous conferences at the Hot
Springs between the President-elect
and the vice president-elect and also
with Mr.. Burton, the most promi-
nent candidate to succeed Senator
Foraker and the man whom many
look upon as the logical successor of
Speaker Cannon, and it is thought by
many that there will be sharp con-
test after March the fourth and that
Uncle Joe may fail of reelection as
speaker.
The Grange Convention which has
just adjourned, passed resolution in
favor of Parcels Post for farmers.
They would, however. perhaps allow
blacksmiths, millers and other deni-
zens of the country to benefit by it.
They also passed resolution that SEN
ators and Members who failed to sup
port this measure would fail of their
support. The startling postal deficit
of IL millions might easily be wiped
out by permitting the thirty thousand
rural route carriers 20 take parcels
weighing from one to eleven pounds
at two cents pound; and this would
place the postal establishment on
paying basis. A bill of this kind, how
ever, will be opposed both in the
House of Representatives and in the
Senate, where an aged Senator from
New York is president of great ex-
press company.
Secretary of State Root is expected
to succeed Senator Thomas NJ Plat
of New York whose senatorial term
expires on March the fourth next. Mr..
Root has the support of the respect
able element in the State of New