The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-01-30

the AldrlCh Dill, what them We
have nothing better to offer as a
substitute. Of all the bills that
have been written, or that could
be written, we never could get to-
gether behind one. Bacon has his
ideas, Bailey has his, have mine.
Culberson has his. Not one Of us
will yield, and there you are.
am elnphatically opposed to a eau
Gus Then Senator Stone APP
preached Senator Bailey. oh no,
will not sign a call for a caucus"
said the Senator from Texas. I'VE
have nothing better to offer. Be
sides, Aldrich has indicated a
willingness to accept my amend
ment to his bill, providing that
emergency currency shall be dis
tributed geographically. I shall
probably amend it in some other
particulars. l think the railway
bond proposition will go out. You
must leave it to me and don't make
fuss and it will be all right. l
certainly won't be party to any
caucus. And so the Democratic
opposition ended, as it usually
does, in talk.
Senator Aldrich, than whom
cleverer politician has yet to born,
expects to secure a unanimously
favorable report Of his bill. He
will accept some inconsequential
amendments from Bailey, all the
while paying great Difference to
the erudite mind of the Senator
from Texas, he will cajole Teller,
jolly Hale and smooth everybody
down and get his own way in the
end, on all essentials. He has
even got Speaker Cannon with
him. Mr.. Cannon is very sensi-
tive about the standing of the Sen
ate. hates all references to "the
upper house of Congress-" etc,
and a little iudicious Difference to
his ideas, together with a few
common sense appeals, or hints,
to his vast interests as a banker,
will do wonders with the speaker.
Consequently, Mr.. Aldrich has
"consulted" the Speaker at every
turn and the way is paved for the
Aldrich bills smooth passage when
it get to the house. Senator
Hansbrough, of North Dakota, is
the Senator thus far, who is stand
ing out for the interests Of the
western bankers and has already
secured the adoption to two
amendments which will make for
their interest.
AS the week closes all the hopes
of the anti-Taft Republicans, and
there are many such among the
old fashioned type of professional
pOlltiCians-are Centered upon
Winthrope Murray Crane, of Mas
sachusetts, who has gone to New
York presumably to try to patch
up an alliance between Governor
Hughes and the other anti-Taft
candidates. 1t is believed that if
something can be done by the
Hughes forces and Mr.. Crane to
head off the Taft movement which
is sweeping over the country with
force SO alarming to the other
wonid-be candidates, there might
be some chance for one of them.
Senator Crane, however, got to
New York on the very night when
the Republican County Committee
for the second time delivered a
telling blow to the Hughes move
ment by refusing to endorse their
own Governor for the Presidency.
OF course Mr.. Crane could hardly
have prevented that if he had
arrived earlier, for if New Workers
won't stand by Hughes, what can
a Massachusetts, statesman do to
help him? Still, the said Murray
Crane is a willy politician, whose
ways are devious aud whose tricks
are seldom vain. He is the un-
derstudy of Aldrich in the Senate
and the representative of wealth
in Massachusetts, and of Wall
Street in New York, so that he is
meyer without resources once his