The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-09

Senatorial seat that has to be filled next winter. the Republicans could not be dislodged. Only one-third of the membership of the Senate Is changed every two years. The Republicans will certainly be in absolute control of the upper branch of Congress for four years after the 9th of next March. If the House should be Democratic and if Mir. Bryan should be elected President in November there will stil be an op- position Senate. The Republicans of that body could with entire frankness and consistency decline to agree to a tarif bill which would be pleasing to a Democratic House and Democratic President.
 Under such contingencies there would undoubtedly be a stubborn fight 1T not an unbrolken deadlock. But If Taft were President the Senate Repub- licans would be placed in the attitude of blocking the policy of their own President, who ran on a platform pledged to a revision of the tariff, and emphasized by the candidate In the campaign. and more than tha., backed by President Roosevelt and most ef the high officials of his Admtnistration. Judge Taft as President could bring pressure to bear on he Republican senate that would either result in tar iff revision. or it would result in the worst split the Republican party ever dreamed of. President Roosevelt wants revision. Judge Taft ants it. and that Is what makes the stand pat" contingent wild with rage every time they think of the position taken by the administration. 70 Protectiomists and Bryan. Most of the American Protective Tar if League members deep down in their hearts would rather see Bryan elected than Taft. though they do not dare say SO openly. They seem to think that "stand-pat" Republican Senate would not pay the slightest attention to the recommendations of Demo- cratic President. and forget entirely that If Mir. Bryan were President and had a Democratic house behind him he could ambarrass a Republican Senate about as much as they could embar- rass him, for he would undoubtedly keep calling extra sessions of Congress until some sort of compromise was reached How interesting it will be If just this sort of situation should De brought about next ysari
 It is reliably learned that the high protective tariff advocates are not Itearing their shirts to raise money in I this campaign for Judge Taft. In. that they are standing pat"f also. This element raised an enormous amount of money to help elect Presi- dent Roosevelt four years ago. In- deed. many believe that they put up more money than any other single in- terest, the railroads not excepted | One of the big men in the league re- ally hates President Roosevelt because he considers that he has gone back on the interests which did more to elect him than any other in the United States. During the past winter this Iman---he is one of the largest manu- lecturers in the world, and employs thousands of men in his plants---got so exasperated one night here that The Advertiser correspondent heard him say that he procured more large con | trtbutions to aid in the election of Roosevelt than any man in the United States. He was complaining bitterly that the President was an ingrate, and that he had alienated practically every man who believed in the high protec- l tive tariff principle. Oh, but he was hot, and he had no use for Taft either; and he must be snorting every time he thinks that he and his kind are com pelled in this contest to either choose between Taft and Bryan or vote the Prohibition ticket.
 Governor Cummins. of Iowa, has of late been an especial target for the American Economist. The progress
 sives" and ''reformers" who train with Governor Cummins out in. the North west are royalty detested by the high lprotectionists. The Economist only last week served nOLice on them that
 they ought to tear off their masks and
 get right over into the Democratic
 party and vote for William J. Bryan sSuch people 1t was asserted, had no fright to call themselves Republicans.
 Death of Allison.
 The writer of that article little dreamed that in a short week the death of Senator Allison would be amour ced. and that Tariff Reformer Cummins would loom up as the man most like llv to succeed the venerable Mir. Ali son in the Senate. And what makes the situation all the more disagree ahIe for the stand-patters" is that common talk has 1t that President Roosevelt and Judge Taft hope and pray for the election of Governor Cumrnins to the Senate. The drift or opinion here Is that 1t will either be lCummins or a Democrat
 Senator Allison was rank nign tar Iifr advocate Most of his followers took that stand because he was. for high tariff. but now that he is dead and 1one there will be a considerable Shifting, Cunnmins will benefit by the death of the great leader of the Re- publican party in Iowa.
 The talk in Washington is that cumnins is too strong for the other faction with Senator Allison in his grave. No one in that faction Is l thought to be able to cope with Cum nnins, especially as he is known 10 De in high favor with the present admin igtrafion. The Governor is expected to make an early appointment to fill the senatorial vacancy, and then he will get right into the fight to have l himself elected for the long term com mencing the 4th of next March.
 It looks as If the Hawkeys Republi- cans have got to take a tariff reform lRepublican or knife him. and that would probably mean the loss of the Legislature to the Democrats
 Evidently this Is year Of great en- Ieouragement to all persons who be- Iiieve in tariff reform. whether they be Republicans or Democrats. It is sre- lily coming in some form or other. but 1t will be deeper and better if the cut ting down is done by Democrats.
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