The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12

peace which is pretty sure to win. the
debate I. !. rs 5.s . ~ si g ;ss
The President and His Party.
The members Of the house Of rep
resentatives yesterda y went wild over
the suggestion of7aJoseph G. Cannon
for president. William Alden Smith,
a .loquacious and impulsive member
from Michigan, in a speech on the
Bristow: report worked himself into
a frenzy Of excitement which CONS
;municated itself to nearly all the
members Of the house. After. deplor-
| ing bitterly the subordination Of the
house Of representatives and the ex-
altation Of the senate, coupled with a
suggestion Of resentment Of the seem
| ing failure of the executive branch of
the government to manifest as much
sym pathy with the house as has been
exhibited Under some previous. adj
ministrati ons,..;, ME. Smith expressed
the hope that the time might come
| when that great representa- tive, Of the
common, people, the speaker Of the
house, might: be president Of the
United States Whereat his fellow
members broke out IN wild and en-
1 Whether Mr.. Smith meant to sug-
,gest the substitution, of Mr.. Gannon's
name for that of Mr.. Roosevelt at
Chicago, Or Simply that Mr.. Cannon
ought at some future. time he the
choice of; the people=-for the office OF
chief executive the demonstration in
! the house is significant OF the exist
ence.of a; state Of feeling among. mem
bers Of congress that the. president
and his heads. Of departments have
mot; been sufficiently considerable Of
the anembers of the legislative depart
ment, and particularly ..=of: what is
KNOWN as the opulars brai1cl1-----the
! bers Of that house are fond Of re-
| garding themselves, as the special
representatives Of the peoples some:
swhat 5closer to the people than the
members of the senate or"the sexecu.
tive department.. They are required
EtoS,c pmeE nQree5 .freauently* before the
people, for endorses iieift5t and to thai
i extent might perhaps be regarded as
I a little closer to the SpeopleH and more
distinctly Representative, especially
Il by comparison. with members of tfit
senate who are. not chosen. by p pu:
larE " oteas and who are selected,sfo1
: Longer. terms of office. S.1.. .'s
At the same time there: is no doub,
that the republican, members ofsttfle
4 house regret, to-day action p upon Il ei1
part Which, exposes before the coun,
try SO openly a frame Of mind WhteE
i they have been disposed to conceal
They have not cared to havesit.ra1n der.
stood that as a body or las individuals
Ethey are in any sense unfriendly. tc
the president, nor is it true that all fo1
them; or. perhaps a maj ority; are un.
friendly: personally Mr.: smi TIL i'm:
self has always BEEN an ortspoken ane
J. ardent Roosevelt man. = He. in com
II mon with. his fellow-members, +
| seems to us, and we believe it to be. the
/ general sentinlen t, have 1nagniied ou
:: of all relation to it's reals importane<
the bearing of the Bristow report. Thu
y country will be. quite as surprised a.
the members themselves will be re
gretfu1 that they have allowed them
i selves.to be thrown off their balance II
; this way. For they know, as we'll a.
3 the public generally, that the republi
| can majority. in. the next house. de
; kpends upon the nomination Of Theo
dore Roosevelt at Chicago, and tina
: any serious detection. from support o
J his candidacy and the principles 70
| which he stands would: seriousl
November. @''. s>"ls.s@: - ~ z2ie A.-..Ss25s
II How much. the popularity Of Roose
welt and the confidence. Of the peopl
: in him as their leader means to tn
lrepublican party at this time IS furthe
: suggested by the attitude of the lead
. ers toward tariff revision and recip
/ rocity, as outlined in our Washingto
correspondence: to-day That CORES
. pondence strongly represents tn
probability. that the national conven
: ton Will take mo stand favorable t
any material tariff revision. or calcu
lated to=encourmge the hope that any
I thing isto be expected Of the republl
), can platform in the way Of indorse
: me1t Of any form Of reciprocity, spe
= cific or generaf. 8 And we believe it j
a safe conclusion that the Stand pat
sentiment in the republican party. j
: relying to-day in its hope Of indorse
: ment. at Chicago upon the strength 4
: the presidl entail candid date himself wit
: the people, and thatfif the republica
: party were. 9 bHged at this time to pre-
: sentsa other candidate it would fet
+ the necessity OF paying some caref,
7: attention to st1re strong undercurrer
$ Of, public sentiment favorable to !
9 ;reasona Bile revision OF the tariff schel
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