The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-05
He Will Probably Assume The
House Leadership
TARIFF REVISION AHEAD
Republican Voters, Principally Those
In Iowa, Reject Candidates Un-
favorable to the Pres
ent Regime.

Washington, November 4-tSpecial.)-
Speaker Cannon will be reelected speaker
Of the Sixty-first Congress He is fully as
good as his party and deserves to be.
His majority shows that the fight made
against him by the tariff revisonists, the
labor organizations and the churches
amounted to nothing. His record is in
dorsed in toto and while several repub-
lican congressman in the west are
pledged against him their influence will
be unavaiing. Things will be run in
the House just as they have been and
as the people are satisfied with it there
is no reason to take spite out on Joe
Cannon.
Following the prediction promises OF
Judge Taft there will be tariff revision
and the way for it will be mapped out at
the coming session of Congress by Messrs.
Aldrich, Cannon, Dalzell and Payne. AS
Mr. Taft frankly admitted some schedules
need to be raised and others lowered
The present tariff is practically prohibit
tive and the coutry may rest assured
that tariff changes which will be made
will not materially alter conditions The
revenues of the government are in a de-
plorable condition, there will be some
thing like s13O, 100000 deficit at the end
of the fiscal year, but no attempt Will
/ be made to raise funds through a ma
terial cutting down of the Dingley rates.
Bond issues furnish the only alternative
and they promise to come in rapid sue
cession
Democrats Not Responsible.
/ The only ray of sunlight in the demo-
cratic sky is that the party cannot be
4 held responsible for the outcome of the
/ dangers that will beset the government IN
! the next four years. The 1892 victory, re-
gardless of the condition in which the
democrats found the government, cost
the party dearly and many attribute to
the last Cleveland administration the
! party disasters that have constantly pur-
sued. President Taft viii have to face
tremendous problems and the republican
party may solve them, for in the lam
guage of Simon Suggs: There is
no telling how far luck or a half broke
steer will rum"
| No more striking emphasis could be
placed upon the voters Endorsement of
gag rules IN the House than Is illustrated
in the defeat of Representative Hepburn
of Iowa. OF all the republicans in the
House, Colonel Hepburn was the most
outspoken against present methods of do
ing business on the south side of the
capitol. Yet the western republicans
With all their denuncia ton of Cannonism.
allow their most powerful champion on
the republican side to go down to defeat.
Hepburn will have served % years in
Congress on March 4. He is the best
debater in the republican ranks. An
unlimited amount of money and an un-
warranted lack of confidence in Mr.. Bryan
caused the defeat of the democrats
ticket, according to democratic politicians
here.
Sorrowfu Democrats.
Representative Williams of Mississippi.
Representative Clayton of Alabama and
Representative Livingston of Georgia
reached Washington today EN- route home
from New York. tired and disappointed.
Mr. Livingston thinks that with Gray
of Delaware or Johnson of Minnesota the
democratic nominee the election might
have been otherwise
Mr. Clayton believes that Mr.. Bryan
was the strongest candidate that could
have been nominated
I'VE had elements to face in the cam
paign-the President and the 24o 900 office
holders, for instance" says Mr. Clayton,
that would have defeated any other
candidate as readily as Mr.. Bryan.
Personally have retired for good as
political forecaster. We had every
argument on our side and / thought the
people would side with us. Nineteen hun
dred and twelve defies all speculation and
it is useless to discuss 1t.
Business Men for Taft.
Even the smaller business men
throughout the country turned against
us yesterday I met many of this class
in my trip over the country and was
frankly told by one business man that
he had always voted the democratic ticket
and would vote for Bryan this year. but
if his vote were to decide it he would
cast it for Taft.
In addition to an enormous campaign
fund, the lack of confidence in business
circles. and the power of the office
holders, we had but two great news
papers in the doubtful territory support
ing us, the Louisville. Courier-Journal
and the Philadelphia Record. In centers
like New York we could not get our case
before the people.
THE speeches of our eampaigners were
entirely ignored. Naturally the people
took the matter as entirely oneLsided.
THE jury could not hear the argu-
ments."
probably more than any other one thing
was the distrust of the small shopSeeper
throughout the country was the ex-
planation of Representative Williams of
Mississippi "As to the democratic party"
added the senator-eect. sit has met de-
feat before and ii can stand this one.
Throughout the country 1t has made
great gains and will yet meet with vic
fory along Fundamental demoCratif l{pas