Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-22
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY Of SENA7OR HANNA
Possibility of Him Running For the High Position Discussed the National Capital
Roosevelt on PobaioR-Wha Walter Wenan Says Of in
Chicago Recordt1Tdd

or future effects which they fear,
according 70 their own statements,
In the storm Of opposition which
has arisen from the protected in
terests Prest. Roosevelt finds the
greatest stumbling block TO the sue
cess Of his administration ana MS
prospects OF reelection In 1904. lie
Is confronted with the protection
league. Not only his future but the
future of the Republican party IT.
self is bound up IN the question.
What has happened Is that the
protected interests have got to-
gether' They are following the log
rolling method. Pennsylvania pro-
tectionsts. who have no earthly in
terest in beet sugar, are standing
by the opposition because the
northwestern Republicans helped
maintain protection for Pennsyl-
yania iron and steel. You help
me and | viii help you
Thus has como about what may
be termed the very b0urbOnism Of
protection. BY eaguing together In
solid phalanx his Is what the high
prOtectlonlsts have done;
l. They have put on the shelf the
old reciprocity treaties negotiated
by the Mckinley administration.
2 They have sQueIched the new
reciprocity program advocated by
Prest Mckinley in his famous
Buffalo speech
g. They have defeated for the
present all efforts TO reduce the
tariff on controlled goods,
such as the iron and steel revision
proposed In the Babcock bill,
T. They Imposed q tariff against
Porto Rico and another against the
Philippines
And now they have. temporarily
at least, the upper hand In the house
and are able TO block the proposed
small concession to cuba,
II IN addition TO all this they sue
coed IN enacting the shipping sub
sidy law, which Is another phase of
protection, their work will be COM
plete. The allied interests which
thrive under a high tariff will be
absolute masters Of the country.
Face TO face with. such extreme
protectlonism as this, confronted By
this bourbonlsm Of the allied in
terests which appear 20 think that
their only safety Is IN holding TO
everything they have been able to
get their clutches upon Prest.
Roosevelt has been moderation and
conservatism Itself. Had he been
the rough rider he was pictured to
be he would have rushed In and at
tempted reciprocity, revision, seal
ing OF the walls. tariff reform to
meet new conditions. Whatever he
may have thought, IN his actions he
held himself well within bounds, He
proposed no revolutions. He did not
urge reciprocity. He suggested no
disturbances. All he asked for was
u little concession TO Cuba tariff
cut which cannot by any possibility
work harm TO any home industry
and yet the allied bourbons declare
he shall not have Il. II he shows
signs Of Withdrawing his demands
for action he Is accused OF weak
ening." II he persists in urging this
slight concession and talks Of send
ing to Congress a message plainly
giving his Views, he is charged with
attempting to dictate" to the leg
islative branch
Obviously the White House game
Is q difficult one 10 play, and il Is
only natural that there should he
critics who are ready TO declare
Prest Roosevelt has not enough
SKIN and fnesse to play It success
fully,-Walter Wellman IN Chicago
| Record Herald.