The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
SPOILING FOR ALIVELY BRUSH Roosevelt andL Legislators
 May Mix. AN ERUPTION IN CONGRESS The President Has a Chip on His
 Shoulder. It k Said In Washington That the Pres ident Would welcome a TussIe
 wIfh the shininE Lights
 In Congress.
AN ERUPTION IN CONGRESS
DY ALFRED T. sTOEER.


 Ever so many of the Senators and Rep
 resentatives are apparently spelling for lively brush with President Roose- welt before he leaves the White House.
 There is also a lot of talk that an eruption may occur up in Congress be- fore the holiday recess. MetaphorfcaL- ly speaking. tho President has chip on his shoulder. and men who have talked with him this week declare he
 Is not in the least bit afraid to have the ball open any time the legislators on the hill are ready. Indeed, 1t IS common talk here that he would well come A tussle with the shining lights
 in Congress who are known to be
 burning up with indignation over the
 raps he hit the lawmakers in his re- cent message in connection with what
 he had to say regarding the cutting
 down of the appropriations for the se-
 cret service.
 Opinions at this writing differ wide-
 ly as to what the outcome will be, Some people are certain that the Pres
 ldent Is going to be handled rather
 roughly when the speeches are made.
 Others seem to think that there VIII
 simply be loud protests, that Mir. Roose-
 welt will be severely criticised. and
 that will be the end of the matter
 Quite number of the Senators and
 Representatives appear to think that as
 Theodore Roosevelt Is so soon to step
 aside that in a short session when
 time Is precious, 1t would be dan-
 gerous thing to get into a controversy
 with him. All sorts of contentious are to come this session anyway. and 1t
 will be q dsfifcult matter for Speaker
 Cannon and hist side partners to hold
 the boys in line, It might turn out
 in the event of a tilt with the occu-
 pant of the White House that several
 of the big appropriations would fail.
 True, there is going to be an extra
 session of Congress in March. ana they could be passed then. But Speaker Cannon and Republican floor leader
 Payne have their own little program mapped- otat If4 they can plsce oo- stacies in the way there VIII ps ho Iegislation during the exfra session outside of the revision of the tarln :. The proposition now isto appoint wheh the new Congress- meets. only rom ron,
 committees of the House. Ahese ',.s was he ways and Means. Rules. Accounts ana Mileage. None of the others would aITneIe Joe. have named until the as-
 aenobiIng of the House at the regular
 session in December. lsOs'
 European Trips.
 If has gotten to be fashionaole TOT
 A great many of the Senator's 10 take tak
 European trips during the suIniher ne. mcntha. They seem to think that they
 ara bound to cross the Atlantic Ocean every wear and the pare idea or nav ing to be hammering away at leeisia tIo,. n warm weather makes them SICK st heart. On thls account, they do not relish the thought of getting ihto tussIe with President Roosevelt Whic" might throw lots of important iesiSis tion over to the extra session. ry.,,.. kka TNnHiHV of the dOuBG panublicans will be to rush the tarih bjli over to the Senate at an carry date in the spring, and then the House 1,,II taka recesses three days at tune
 whiIe the upper branch Is worrying along with the measure. The pih VII 1 moi be permitted to be rallro1uea throurh the Senate. The progressiVes tmso Ta EolIette. Cummins and others fron the West, want to put a numner n, darts in any sort of tariff revision hil, that comes out of a comhIttee Snroinated bv such a high protecuon- l Sst a Senator Aldrich. They know m advance that with cannon. fayhe anu nalzell ordering how 1t shall De con strucfed in the House. it Is not go- e.. to suit the people out in the West. u,bo are generally in favor Of lower dutiea and restrictions that will cufn inc mower of the trusts. Besides the Senate Democrats will have word O. two to say about the arrangement anu | though the latter may not De m po- Sition to dictate even moderate con cessionS they will demand ample time Sn 1gbjch to point out to the people the efsact of the proposed revision. So IL looks as if there will be long siege over this tariff question ana there Is no telling when the new law Will be passed. r,-A-s Congress, which held here during the
 week. is bound to bring forth suostan- . tiaI reaults. That is generally conced- ed. There were 4.20O accredited dele | gates to this Congress. and at one or fine sessions something over 5000 at- l tended in one day. This was shown bv the registration at the office of the secretary of the organization. The addresses this year were exceptionally " l strong. They will soon be printed in compiete form and will have wide dis l trib ution.
 Cannon a Disappointment.
 Sneaker Cannon did not dance to the music. He was a disappointment to the convention when he addressed 1t, ana he makes no bQnes in saying that | he will oppose the proposition to issue bonds for the carrying out of several of the great projects discussed In the | convention. This was expected. But | all the same the indications are that this issue will be forced. Bonds have
 been issued in connection with the
 Panama Canal, and lots of thinking men do not see why the same thing cannot be done in connection with the improvement of the internal waterways
 If there Is not enough money being produced under the laws for the rais- | ing of Government revenues.
 | An agitation for q tariff duty on coffee and tea has been started Many of the veteran Congressman seem to
 think that In view of the heavy fall l ing of in the internal revenue taxes owing partly to the enactment of pro- hibition laws. that it will be absolutely
 necessary 10 make up this dehciency | In many of the States also laws have been passed to prevent the manufac-
 ture and sale of cigarettes. This has cut off much revenue. It Is contended l that if tea and coffee are taxed the
 cost per pound to the consumer will
 not be increased. Some people doubt | this however.
 Estimates are that if the coffee aad Ia 1evfaH 1rF1I ta