The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-17

prevailing belief here. be built prac tically on the lines laid down by the House managersr-that Is s nnless the 'tProgressives'' of the West can muster enough strength to pull it to pieces To do this the low tariff Repub icans will have to form an alliance with tue Democrats They will hardly do that. After auarreling and making mighty fuss for the Aenefit of 1revisionlsts Tn their respective states they will be compelled to walk right over into the camp of Senator Aidrieh. The Rhode Island Senator from the very begin ming win have complete understand ink with Speaker Cannon. Leader Payne and John DalEell. The House triumvirate believe thoroughly in tariff schedules that are favored by Aldrtch. and 1t is believed that no bill will go through that does not have the ap- provai of the old 'stand-patg crowd.
 Judge Tnft's Position.
 Judge Taft has not yet plainly shown his hand. Much sps cuIation is going on hare as to what his recommendt- ations will be in regard to revisiol of the tariff. Since the election, The American Economist, organ of the American Protective Tariff League. has been hammering away for the stiffess sort of protection. |. With that organ revision means upward and not d9wn. ward. The Tariff League is rich and powerful organization Before Judge Taft,s nomination for the presidency The American Economist poured hot shot into. him and into President Roosevelt because they had expressed themselves as being in favor or re- vision of the tariff at the earliest pos sible moment. These were the only two men of prominence in the Repup- : lIcan party who were systenaticaliy assailed by The Economist The paper did everything possible to prevent tns
 nomination of Judge Taft. It hal honeye,l words for Cannon. Fairbanks,
 Knox and Foraker bee luse they were All ranked ass'stand- -patters,' Accord : ing to the American Protective Tarifi
 league they believe ins the motto or the late Mark Hanna who when speak
 inSt of the tariff often remarked. Let we'll enough alone.
 what made Judge Taft so objection.
 able to the high protective tariff
 crowd was hts public statement seV-
 eral years ago that supplies Tor the
 Panama Canal should be purchased Tn
 foreirn countries if the manufacturers
 of the United States persisted in charg- Ling the government higher prices than inc manufacturers asked of Europe. such talk as that caused Speaker Can
 non and. others to rear and, pitch and to r,alxe remarks about Judge Taft that were anything but compllmentary'
 Thev also cast severe reflections upon president Roosevelt, for about that lime the President was threatening to | caIi an extra session of Congress for inc special purpose of revising the tariff Within a period of two months l Mir Roosevelt changed his mind no less than six times as to whether or not
 he would tackle the tariff He was finally induced to permit the matter to rest and eventually he agreed, and In which he was joined by Judge Taft 1 to let the whole matter go over until aFter inc national election this year satisfactory Tariff.
 sna.lxsr Cannon, Senator Aldrich and | their followers In the two branches oi S,ongress console themselves with the reflection that they can count on enough senators and representatives to
 pass the sort of tariff Dill next year | fbat will be satisfactory to high pro 1 tectionists throughout the country. On 1 that account they are said not to care
 what kind of a message Is sent to Con-
 gress by Judge Taft when he gets. to
 the White House If he makes up his
 mind to train with the dominant fac tion ot his party he will have nice, saav time during the early months of h,s administration. If he decides to | have will of his own and makes l recommendations not in accord with the views of the stand pat crowd m in Congress. he will have row or ! hia hands. Opinion is divided here as