The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02
PRESIDENT HAS
NO MOUTHP|ECE
Markd Change In Conditions
In Senate
PAWN : ALDRlCH TARIFF
Member of House Committee On
Foreia Affairs Do Not Believe
Maximum and Minimum VIII
Ever Be Enforced.
3 RoDERIcK CLIFFORD.

Washington, January Especial. Dur
ing tt administration of Presidents Mo-
Kinle and Roosevelt 1t was an easy
matte for the visitor in the Senate gall
lery b pick out the "mouthp,ece'' of the
Present on the floor.
No so npw The late Senator Hanna
voicd the wishes and sentiments of Nc
Kinly, while Senator Lodge did like serv-
ice FIR former President Roosevelt. Some
times Senator Beveridge played the role
of Spokesman for the administration, but
this was ushlly when Senator Lodge was
out Of the damber.
In these aly days of the Taft regime.
the occasioIhas not arisen when it car be
said that tb or that senator is speak
ing for thePresident The nearest ap-
proach to ling the Presidents mouth
niece is t, cuave Rhode Island boss,
Allrich. Il comes nearer to filling the
position thu any other member of the
Senate
Sometime Senator Root of New York
is looted pom as speaking for the ad-
nipistatih, as was noticeable last sum-
mer vherthe corporation tax amendment
was lndt consideration; but aside from
as EftY mouthpiece, and he is not con-
sided is q fixture in that role.
IT'S changed condition in the Senate
,.losf pronounced. 1t tells on Mr.. Lodge,
WI, since he lost the eminence OF pres
initial spokesman, has gone about the
timber in n listless sort of a way, CIV
I the impression that he has forgot
4 something and cannot remember just
hat it is
THE proceedings no longer nave the nre
bat once commanded his close attention.
r. aoas not keep his ear keyed for crit
r,sms of the President, for the admins
lrafton he misses the call to rally TO the
aafense of the President against an at
.aolx of sona democrat or progressive re-
r',',,,can senator who is on the Presi-
dents double cross list
- n evident that tho senior Bay state
senator longs for return OF MS loIIier
chief. now in Africa, and the Gays "nen
he smiled with the knowledge tnae INC
crowds in the galleries nao tnen 80
On the senator who speaks Tor the Fres'-
dent. nouavar
...,tu come one will come to the 'front.'
ir a more pronounced fasnion tnAn .Aas
a. e.a+nr Aldrich, as the keeper or tne
1,Sas,dant's policies. just who the states-
,,,sr will be is hard to tell, ne
-.ctad to become recognized FACTOR luSs
a - ont the time the Senate gets pusy wiz
the Ballinger lnvestigation. anu n,v,,erce
. mendments to the Interstate con
law are under way.
comment he's been caused by the iact
4,.t Roosevslt and Taft both had az their
s.soLssmen senatory from orner STATES
than their own.
.r.r,beH of the house committee on
..-.ign dfairs do not believe that the
li7,,ul and minimum schedule OF the
rn Idrich tariff act will ever be
In their opinion. tho coun-
enio' IN which the United States does
tres will not make any discrim-
pusn L rainst our products because
lna'io rnment has deemed 1t neces-
.ne revise the tariff laws OF the
e"sy Ito meet new conditions
M ak that France VIII place
I-t,Im tariff against American
MIS- because of the slight increase
~ IN our tariff on French wines is
nr1parded seriously by members OF
nItoreirn affairs COMMITTEES. When
tt,1raonle OF France and Germany, say
,hars Of the committee, understand
~ tbe President has nothing to DO
arforce the new tariff rates, ana
1t he cannot give any country .
ISarence. they will get busy WIN
Iir legislatures and protest against
rr.asinr taxes on American products
IT. was pointed out by several mem
krs Of tho foreign affairs comnli..es
lat there has been on the s'a'uee
Cooks since August 30, 1890, an az.
that gives the President al tne p ow
: aaaad to exclude from the Uniteo
5000 any and all articles OF fmpor-
tst,on from any country that discrim-
tnatss against any American product