The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-03
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e.iiu 81 ehey nave become violently eX-
cited over his highhanded methods In
Santo Domingo. Those who have
dreaded his inclination to readjust the
tariff and bring it down to date. have
become worried lest he would en-
croach upon senatorial prerogatives i'm
the arbitration tres lies, or perhaps
these tariff interests have vented their
spite upon the poor little. innocent
newfoundland treaty. 1t is always
thus in politics. The opposition to the
presidents railroad policy is one that
peculiarly invites punishment in some
other direction, and as a result the out
break in several directions mas re-
Gently been noted.
Wolf Has Not Arrived.
But those who have cried Wolf.
so long regarding Roosevelt will some
time grow weary of their job One
great party leader confessed to the
writer his serious apprehension over
the significance Of the quietness of the
Chicago convention last summer. He
felt that it meant that Roosevelt hal
lost his hold. Recently compiled alma
macs of election statistics are not like
ly to emphasize the accuracy of this
welt has wanted done, to a remarkable
degree, he has thus far been able to
do. The Cuban insurgents finally sub
sided, and the bureau of statistics is
today issuing review of the opera
tions of the Roosevelt treaty.
Predictions that Roosevelt's anti
trust agitation would wreck the party
have suffered the same fate. 1t was the
fashion two winters ago for elderly
senators to go to the White House to
tell the young man that they hoped
they could continue to be administra-
ton senators, begging him not to go so
far as to compel them to become his
opponents. He heard their messages,
legislation that he wants, and they are
still doing business with him. They
will arrive in Washington next Octo-
Der to take up cheerfully the work OF
an extra session, although had such
proposal originated in a republican
caucus on the bill it would have re-
ceived very slim support.
People With Roosevelt.
There is no Disgusting the fact that
the controlling spirits of the senate
represent an altogether different view
point from the president and mis- young
cabinet. Both sets of men are repub-
products of local organization and in
f1uence, while the other has successful
ly appealed to the nation at large.
Even the most devoted of special-in-
terest senators will hesitate to break
openly with Mr.. Roosevelt, who stands
in a peculiar way for the American
people. Since he, is determined to
leave a united party behind him, their
interest in this result can hardly be
secondary. Meanwhile the breach will
bear some watching. The writer will
not say that it will or that it will not
determine that. But that there is a
strained relationship existing between
the president and the leaders of his
party in both houses of congress is
very apparent to all who care to look
for it.
President Must be Wary.
The future will hinge in a very large
way upon the president himself. If
he can carry himself on a level keel
thus maintaining the confidence of the
general public, and, being careful not
too frequently to lay himself open to
such attacks as his Santo Domingo and
arbitration treaty policies have pro-
duced, he will win, the party leaders
standing. These leaders will be watch
ing with both eyes for an opening, and
every time that the president offers
one it will be improved to the full
limit. knowledge that this is the sit
uation will probably make the presi-
dent wiser than he already is; at least
it should do so.
1t is an old trick of congress to side
track an energetic executive on u
minor issue, and it is trying to do that
with Mr. Roosevelt at this time. On
both sides it is a play for the support
of the public That support the presi-
dent now has, and it is the desire of
the congress leaders, in their attack
on the Santo Domingo and arbitration
matters, to stamp the president in the
public mind as unsafe and ultra radi-
CAL In proportion as they are able TO
do +b;s tbov will chill the pODular ar