Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-09
CABINET GO MENT
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Views Expressed by the
Presidents + Advisers.
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WAR SECRETARY TAFT
SOUNDS A MOTH OF WARNING TO
THE REPUBLICANS.
Secretary Hay Is Satisfied With the
Country's Verdict-Secretary
Morton's Prediction.
WAR SECRETARY TAFT

It is apparently the almost unanimous
opinion of republicans in Washington and
elsewhere that Judge Parker's failure to
substantiate his charges against President
Roosevelt and Chairman Cortelyou OF the
republican national committee. alleging cor
ruptive methods in the collection OF cam
paign funds, cost the democratic party
hundreds Of thousands of votes. The
American people like a square deal.' was
the expression oftenest heard here today,
land when they found that they were ex-
pected to swallow unsupported charges they
rebelled and showed their disapproval at
the polls.' However that may be. 1t Is
conceded that the sweeping republican VIC
tory of yesterday was not the result of any
one thing but the inevitable outcome of
q hundred causes all working to the same
end.
Post-election discussion Of reasons. and
arguments from cause to effect after the
effect has been observed, are considered
rather Improbable at best, and several
prominent republicans in washington VINO
were asked today for their views waved
the Questioner away with "Whats the
use? It's all over, isn't it?'
Secretary Taft's Statement.
The most significant Of the post-election
utterances was that made by Secretary OF
War Taft, who this morning made public
a brief but important statement. Secre-
tary Taft's statement sounds a note OF
warning to those who think that on the
strength Of yesterdays overwhelming VIC
tory the republican party can now wax
fat and slothfuf' and forgetful OF the Iu-
ture. There is world of meaning In Sec
rotary Taft's utterance, the text of when
Is as follows:
"0f course am very rnuch gratified with
the result. as every member of the admin
istration of President Roosevelt must be,
in this emphatic and exceptional popular
approval of him and his character and mis-
course. but the sweeping nature of the VIC
tory, evidencing, as it does, the confidence
OF the American people in the purposes ana
future acts of the republican administra-
ton, does not in the slightest degree dim1n-
ish the responsibility of those charged with
the power and duty of carrying on the gov
eminent. or diminish in any way the care
with which the public interests must be
protected. The danger in the case of such
a victory is that it may lead to relaxing
Of the self-restraint that is more certain
to be exercised when the danger of polit-
ical change is more probable 1t is no I'M
heard-of thing to have majority as large
and sweeping as this followed by defeat
equally emphatic at the next presidential
election. and it should be- as 1 have no
doubt it will be-. the aim. both OF the sx-
ecutive administration and the republican
government. so to shape the policies to be
pursued as to continue to deserve the APP
prevail of the country in subsequent cleo
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Secretary Hays Views.
Secretary of State Hay said this morning
when asked for an expression on the sub
ject of the election of yesterday, that he
considered the victory ''as gratifying from
many points of viewluIn the first place, 1t Is
hoped that within the next four years the
gold standard will be universally accepted
by both parties. The principle of protection
seems by the election to be now SO firmly
fixed as an American policy that the only
question hereafter will be that of wise and
careful revision of the tarin when the ne
cessity for it Is made to appear. The gov
eminent seems to have received new man
date from the country to go on with it's
work Of educating the Filipnos and leading
them up through self-control to self-gov
eminent. The utter baselessness of the at
tacks on the Panama policy of the Presi-
dent having now been demonstrated, there
is nothing to do but to go on and build the
canal. 1t Is also to be hoped that as there
is no longer any political necessity of mis-
representing the attitude Of the Presi-
dent in regard to the peace Of the world
such Misrepresentation will now cease,
and that he will be free to pursue the policy
three years of cultivating friendly relations
with all nations, and avoiding entangling
alliance with any,"
Secretary Morton Resigned
Secretary Of the Navy Morton was happy
this morning as schoolboy, but just the
same he wouldn't talk at any length for
publication. You may say" he remarked,
with an earnest endeavor to look solemn,
that 1 am resigned to the situation, and
that my only surprise at the result is that
Maryland went republican, despite the fact
that made republican speech in that
state"
Incidentally, 1t may be said that out Of
the discussion in Washington today among
high officials of the government on the
subject of yesterdays results has come the
knowledge that President Roosevelt's
young and enthusiastic Secretary Of the
Navy is entitled to the first prize as a sue
cessful political predictionist 1t was re-
called today that month or more ago,
while a number of Washington correspond
ents were in Mr.. Morton's office conversing
on things political, one of the newspaper
men asked the Secretary what he thought
of republican prospects In New York, New
Jersey, Indiana and West Virginia-the
most important of the so-called doubtful
states.
The Secretary looked at his questioner a
moment in surprise, and then remarked
You may think am political maniac or
else that l am speaking facetiously, but as
a matter of fact don't believe that there
are any doubtful states except one"
"And which one Is that?" Mr.. Morton
was asked
Missouri" he replied, to the astonish-
ment of his visitors.
Mr.. Morton at that time went on to say
that he seriously believed there was a good
chance of Missouri going republican by a
small majority, and that he was perfectly
confident in his own mind that Roosevelt
and Fairbanks would carry New York New
Jersey, Indiana and West Virginia-in fact
every single northern state that was con-
sidered doubtfulrby qlnajorities that would
be more than merely safe. Mr.. Morton's
statement to this effect was published in
The Star at the time and met with consid-
cradle ridicule from democratic sources.
why" said the democratic leaders 'eyen
admitting for the sake of argument that
Roosevelt and Fairbanks will be elected.
the predictions of this, man Morton are alb
solutely ridiculous. Why, according to his
ideas. we wont cayryIa single state outside
Of the solid SOUTH ., And that's just what
happened. -
His Former Prediction.
1t came out today however. that Mr..
Morton isn't quite an amateur in the pre-
diction business. r. He is not a rainbow
chaser nor a moonshjne gatherer but as a
friend of his remarked this morning, "he
can put his ear to the ground in Chicago
and tell what is going on in California.
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