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Show tL? Lt.'-z.l . :Lt'c-i.;3 izio cnJ c.-.; llcitcs tl.-y t'.iJ i'v: 11 ) till 1 c c:i lj 1 3 c . ! 1- ered in the racr-ir I. r, lecv. 2 t:.e,f tat: ? c.J till lcccr:c3 the izsHnl.-Lcd Lujinc.3 every day at 2 ' o'clock, and Ccn.tcr :.r.y v. Ill r:t j:r: -It it to t-laid t-laid aside for any jurpc.3 until a vet:? lis been taken. The oppo nents of the measure will not permit per-mit a vote. ; Thi 1 cenfused and tangled situation is helping the trusts, but is hurting the public. In the - matter of Cuban reciprocity the Republicans 1 are now anxious to ratify the Cuban treaty, and the 1 unexpected ' suggestion that the Democrats may : prevent, it is a blow that they had not looked for. The treaty must be ratified before the end of this month or the agreement so far reached by the two Governments becomes inoperative. The Democrats, if they decide to oppose it, will have no difficulty in preventing action until after January 31st, or in rejecting re-jecting the agreement if a vote is taken. But in their haste to place insurmountable difficulties in the way of trust legislation certain "octopus" representatives rep-resentatives in both factions of Congress have laid themselves open to attack from those Republican and Democratic, members who honestly favor antitrust, anti-trust, legislation. The coal resolution was rushed through while the trust's agents were dazed by the suddenness with which it was sprung. . It will require re-quire more of this kind of Roosevelt dash and vim to pass the big anti-trust legislation. And the people peo-ple still entertain hope that the President will force Congress to enact laws during' this session jthat will curb the trusts.' 1 -' " . THE SITUATION IN CONGRESS. It cannot be denied that the leaders in Congress Con-gress iboth Republican and Democratic are absolutely abso-lutely without definite plans respecting anything except a general policy of delay. But for the stand taken by the President in favor of trust legislation by either this Congress or an extra session ot the next the national legislative and political situations could nly be described, as chaotic' ... President Koosevelt alone stands between the people and the time-wasting legislators. Reciprocity is in peril and the Republican members are in a panicky state over the threats of the Democrats to defeat the Cuban bill and make a fight for tariff revision. The situation situa-tion is a tangled one. The House will pass an antitrust anti-trust bill, but the Senate will not The Senate will probably pass a bill making a State out of Okla-hbma Okla-hbma and Indian Territory, and it will die in the House.' Notme knows if the" reciprocity treaty with Cuba is to be ratified, and no one knows what other action Congress may take, except to pass the appropriation ap-propriation bills. As the outlook is at present some of those may fail. The only definite proposition lust now under consideration is the Democratic ingestion to fight the reciprocity treaty in the interest in-terest of the sugar and tobacco producers of the South. A Democratic caucus will be . held next week at which Senators Foster of Louisiana, and Taliaferro of Florida, will argue that the Democrats Demo-crats should unite in opposing reciprocity with Cuba and make a stand for general tariff revision. They will endeavor to show that the Cuban treaty affects only two industries in this country sugar and tobacco and that if these are singled out by tLe Republicans as subjects for tariff reform the Democrats, with all propriety, should insist that the revision of the tariff be carried far enough to bene f.t the American consumer, as well as the Cuban rroduccr. The Republican plan now. that, the free I-ty ceil resolution has been passed is to refer r"-ator Vest's resolution to the Finance commits cMbe Senate, '.which means, to kill It. But the .yU who are full of campaign thunder do '';rL to refer Vest's now useless coal bill until ' " .T " -z 3 tl 'i to make a few fpeechea. Here " , - ' |