The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-05
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN CON.
GRESS AVOIDING ACTION ON
IMPORTANT MEASURES.
DEMOCRATS ARE ACTIVE
Two Small War Clouds May Cause
Trouble-New York Democrats
Oppose Bryan For
Precedent.


&c adjourn after passing the appro
rriaticn bills if they did net fear this
effect of srch do-nothing policy upon
the voters. No reform bin has beer
PASSED by congress and from the first
there has been no intention by the
republican leaders of allowing any
| such legislation, even that recon
mended by President Roosevelt. All
exception. perhaps. is the Adrich
currency bill, which mas passed the
senate in an emasculated form The
reason that the. Republican leaders
| will try to pass the Aldrich bin is
| that Rockefeller ami Morgan and
| Wall street favor~it. und the amount
Of their contributions to the Republi-
can campaign fund evidently depends
upon its favorable consideration. A
| strong faction of the Republican
| members Of congress and all the
Democrats are opposed to it and the
| business interests If the country
| favCr the Fowler currency bill. if the
IMPRESSIONS in its favor by CONNER
cial and banking organizations are a
fair indication. II is said to be the
intention of the Republican leaders
to hold a Republican caucus to force
through the Aldrich bill
On March q John Sharp Williams
the Democratic leader in the house
Of representatives, made a very inn,
portant speech and announced that
there We're some recommendations in
the last message to congress by the
president that are so Immediately
important to the interest OF the entire
country as TO pass the bounds of par
tisanship,' Mr.. Williams then pub.
licly informed the country that "all
the president has to DO is to deliver
twenty-nine republican house votes
il favor OF such measures. These
conioined with the solid Democratic
vote will put them through" He
then gave the recommendations of the
president that the Democrats would
support, namely:
Campaign contribution publicity,
within constitutional limit, giving
names, postoffico addresses, and
amounts of contributions to be pub
lished before election.
Regulation of child labor. but not
the unconstitutional Beverage bill.
An employers liability law
Compensation to government EN-
ployes for injury or death incurred in
its service.
Recurring that no temporary re-
strainlng order should be issued by
any court without notice.
Abolishing the tariff duty on wood
pulp and print paper,
1t seems unlikely that any of this |
important legislation VIII be allowed |
to come to q vote by the Republican |
leaders unless the employers liability
bill introduced by Senator Knox BE-
taken, which is not acceptable to or
gani2ed labor. 1t also seems unlikely
that there will be enough Republican
members, who will support the presi
dents recommendations added to tn
Democrats, to pass such bills.
To bring the Republican leaders to
the point which will Impress the
country with their do-nothing policies
Mr.. Williams gave notice that he
would object TO any unanimous con.
sent for the consideration OF bills and
would require a roll call on all occa
lions when the rules OF the house re.
luired IT, In other words, the Demo
rats will filibuster until the Republi
ans act unon what the Democrat
consider urgent legislation needed by
he people. ~
Two War Clouds.
There are two war clords on the
iolitical horizon that. although NJ
arger than mans hand may de
elop into storm centers. Already dip
omatic relations with Venezuela are
0 strained that President Roosevelt
nds himself unable TO proceed fur
her in trying to adjust the difference
bout the asphalt and other issues and
he whole matter hasbeen referred t.
Ongress II is reported that the sen |
te committee on foreign affairs has
agreed on the vigorour
rogram of placing a prohibitive tariff
n Venezeula products and the exclu
on of all imDortations of asphalt ;
lso that the president will be author ,
ed to take whatever steps he ma ,
'nsider necessary to treat with Vene {
'ela in the future As President Gas
o has so far ou;wited President {
in negotiations and as both
ese rulers are somewhat hotheaded r
is more than probable that armed I
rec will beSUsed to bring Castro { r
me. As to the merits of the asphalt
lestiOn there is strong presumption
Venezuela being in the right, bu
the asphalt trust appears to b. q
vored by the administration, Castro p
III likely be bullied into submitting g
eur demands.
What may r~--'.t in much NOR
rious trouble is the still smalle'
'ud in Manchuria which may In r
I've rs with Japan aud Russia. n
Under Instructions rom the stat q
partment our consul a: Harlan has
fused TO acknowledge that either
pan or Russia has any territorial
hts in Manchuria and looks r. pa
ina alone as the sovereign power cis