The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-01


 Montgomery. who was certainly be- 1ieved ct one time at least to be his selection, Mir Carter Is In no danger of being suppianted in the near fu- ture.
 Jshnson's Foes Active.
 The Republicans in the northern part of the State who train with the faction opposed to Joe Thompson and shfs crowd are understood to be working industriousIy to convince President Taft that he ought to settle this mat ter before the end of the year. in or der that 1t may be demonstrated be- to be continued as the chief referee, or some other, people be given an op- portunity to recommend men for off1ce in Alabama. If the thing Is left to Postmaster-Genera Hitchcock the pre- vailtng belief is that he will be apt. to favor Collector Thompson. That Is a point the leaders of the other Repub- lican faction in Alabama will have to consider at every turn. ,fs
 Much interest Is felt here already in the coming struggle over the monetary plan that will be presented by senator Aldrich and those who are close to him in connection with the movement to set- tie this complicated question. People of prominence who have been travelling in the West bring the informatio that there is a. marked division of sentf- ment on the proposed central bank question. Out in that section of the country the sentiment Is quite strong for postal savings banks. That ques- tion.has been pressed for several years in Congress. but 1t has never gotten beyond the discussion stage. in either the Senate or House. The big Repubii- t.-- posed to the scheme Tn the last Con- gressS Senator Tom Carter. of Montana pushed the bill for postal savings banks all he knew how. but he could never force vote. These important matters will have to be decided one way or the other probably before the expiration of the present Congress.
 Taft May Take stand. T
 It2is expected that President Taft in his forthcoming message will touch up- on the subject in a positive way. and for that reason there Is much interest in what he will probably recommend. He has been talking on both subjects during his travels. but as Senator Gull person remarked in Washington not long ago. the President does not mean everything he has said--some of the things he has favored in his speeches are merely thrown out as bait l."
 At big public dinner given In this city last spring just after Congress ad- journed. Speaker Cannon fin his re- marks boasted that In all his years of service In Congress he had never risen to a question of personal privilege in the House. He also stated that he did not care what was said about him in the public prints or by his opponents Tn either party, insisting then that if a Congressman took notice of attacks 1t only aggravated the situation and It did no help the complaining statesman.
 Lateyl, however, Mir. Cannon has been forced apparently to resent wig orously the attacks that are being made upon him.. and especially those by the insurgent Republicans. This sudden. determination on the part of the presiding officers of the House fs construed to mean that Uncle Joe" Is going to take no chances when Con- gress meets next month. He evidently realizes that the insurgents are still after him. and his friends and follow CTS privately admit that they would not be surprised If rumpus should be kicked up in December that will put the organization leaders to much trou. bIe in retaining their hold. and they greatly fear that much legislation they are opposed to win be forced through the House.