The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
NEWS or THE WEEK
FROM NEW ENGLAND
Many Massachusetts, Republicans Stand BY
Whitney in Controversy with President
Passing of Gen. Miles and Gold Lace.
BY r. G. Larsen.

uSStIlF ~ AOsGs AVAts
BY r. G.
Boston, Mass, Nov. 25.-The action I
of President Roosevelt in refusing to
discuss tariff revision with delega-
tion of manufac-
Whitney Upheld in turers from Mass
achusetts who are
Clash anxious to have
the duties re:
With the President moved from hides,
has caused vast
amount Of comment in, New England,
especially in view of the fact that the
president, in declining to give the dele
cation any satisfaction, charged Henry
M. Whitney, president Of the Boston
chamber of commerce and recently the
democratic candidate for lieutenant
governor, with having on the stump mis-
represented what had taken place at an
interview he had with the president
last winter. The correspondence has
already attracted wide attention all
over the country, but here in Massa-
chusetts, where all the persons con-
cerned are we'll known, and this very
matter of tariff revision has been
threshed out at the polls, with the re-
suit that the republican party very mar
rowly escaped defeat, the action of the
president is resented not only by demo-
Gratis but by members Of his own party,
who feel that in taking the stand he
did the president has been actuated by
a desire to show his friendship for and
hot
Lodge, who has during the Roosevelt
administration been looked upon as the
representative Of the president in the
senate.
Even the republican and independent
press, while leaving Mr.. Whitney out Of
the controversy, refuses to believe that
the two other
End Not Reached, members of the
chamber Of COM
Despite merce delegation,
Andrew G.. Web
Presidents Stand ster Of Boston
and J. NJ. W. Hall,
former mayor Of Cambridge, wilfully
misrepresented the president, and yet
they have publicly declared that every
thing Mr.. Whitney stated on the stump
was in accordance with the facts as
they understood them. Both these men
are republicans, but they believe in
closer trade relations with Canada, and
are not in accord with Senator Lodge.
Yet Mr.. Roosevelt, in his letter, also
makes them subjects of attack. Altho
the president has brought the contro-
versy to an abrupt end as far as he is
concerned, there is already enough talk
even in his own party to indicate that
the end of it has not been reached.
The presidents s stand is here regarded
very much like that of Senator Lodge,
who when charged on the stump with
having written to the late Secretary
- John Hay in relation to the Hay Bond
treaty, denied ever having sent such a
letter as several prominent Bostonians
declared had been shown to them by
Mr., Hay himself. The discussion over
this letter became one Of the most ex-
citing incidents of the campaign, and
the fact that Senator Lodge was pres
ent at the interview last winter when
the chamber of commerce delegates
claim that President Roosevelt ex'
pressed himself in favor of continental
free trade, has been regarded with spe
cial signifcanceiin connection with the
president s denials.
The obstinacy Of Senator Lodge il
regard to this matter of tariff revision
has not made matters any better since
@> the election, altht
Guild Not Blind the party as d;
whole is very wei
to Sentiment satisfied with tn
election Of Gen
for Reciprocity eral Guild as gov
ernor. The latte
j. not blind to the strong reciprocit.
sentiment here, and has had the courag
to write the president long ~lette
placing before him the facts as he see
them. Governor Douglas led the dele
cation which called upon the presiden
recently, but it was more in the capac
ity Of large shoe manufacturer tha
as governor Of the state. The gove1
nor-elect's letter was received at tn
White House and he was given permis
sion to use it, but the present governo
and the delegation which he heade
were turned down curtly.
General Guild is making preparation
for strenuous administration when b
takes his seat in the executive chambe
His coming wi
No Tin Soldiers mean the passin
of General Nelso
Nor Gold A. Miles as col
spicuous figure
Braid for Guild Massachusetts, mi
itia. The COVE
nor-elect has already appointed his stat
and it will represent something besid'
gold braid. Without exception eve,
member of it has held a commissic
either in the service of the commo
wealth or of the United States. Accor
ing to General Guilds own statemel
it includes 'four distinguished mark
men, two expert marksmen, six shar
shooters, one marksman, three first ella
marksmen, and five second-class mark
men ''-all these are with the riff
while with the revolver the staff shoy
one expert, three frstclass and six Sc
ond-class Seventeen of the ninete'
appointed have been decorated wi
the medal for long and faithful servie
General Guild has already entered up,
the work which he has been lookil
forward to for three years. He was t.
first lieutenant governor to stick
closely to the duties Of what had f
merly been considered an ornament
Office, that he found it necessary
have deskroom in corner Of the exec
tive chamber. His private secretary
Charles f. Gettemy, newspaper ma