The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
CANNON'S BOOM
FOR PRESIDENT
Champion of Standpatters
Fighting IoWa's Proposition
For Tariff Revision.
TO OPEN FIGHT IN MAINE
Massachusetts and Maine VIII Be Bat
tleground to Determine Republican
Issue in National Campaign.

Speaker Cannon d, hope of nomination
for President Is largely In the ehance
that the next Presidential campaign
may be fought on the tariff and that
the standpatters may control the Re-
publican convention
The Speaker proposes TO stand pat by
his record as a standpatter. He Is one
Of a diminishing number of Republican
leaders who believe there Is another
Presidential campaign TO be won on the
high tariff issue. IF he Is right he VIII
deserve TO be President. for il Will take
nerve 20 pursue the course the Speaker
has marked out for himself. He be-
lieves the big business interests and the
mass of Workingmen viii rally 10 sus-
tain the present schedule.
Cannon's Presidential Doom.
The Speakers Presidential boom is
entitled. because Of his firm tariff posi-
ton and the courage that he is showing
about il. 10 rank among the most I'm
portant In. sight. There IS not another
man left IN the list who would so with
him 20 the extent he viii advocate
Shaw Is hardly left iu the eligible list
after recent doings in Iowa. The seere-
yary Of the Treasury has done nothing
for the standpatters but talk. The
Sneaker on the other hand has 1ellF-
cred the goods He has stood OF the
crisis lie has placed the protect"H IN
JeTrsts under obligations.
Tafts record is for revision Fdlr-
banks ls a Rtandpatter, but nor OF the
vigorous type OF Cannon La Toilette
and Cummins are just as far committed
10 the revision side as Canyon IS o. me
present schedules
Back OF the Cannon movement started
AT DauyIile are powerful interests no
Speaker iS going 20 Maine 90 save Little
field. and lu doing 10 he is going 20 be
forced ro autaEonize, in a way, orst4lzea
labor generally. The outcome lH Maine
Us therefore regarded as OF very great
Importance To the Speaker. II ne wins
il VIII be- heraidrd as assuring MIN
Names support To get Maine is 10
make the FIRST break into New England.
But Massachusetts Is the dominating
community in New England. TIE sup
n1rteTs Of the Speaker are getting
ready for great coup. They e-op1se
10 go Iowa one better. The high tarin
people claim victory ia Iowa. and pro
pose now u get another In MAsSd-
chusetts II they succeed. they will de-
clare that the tariff revision demand
never was more than fiction.
Revision Saved Massachusetts,.
Some time ago Governor Guild declar-
cd iu q public statement that the State
would have gone Democratic last year
but FOR The fact that there was
revision plank ln the platform. He in
timated that 1T was likely TO do so
this wear unless that plank was re-
u+atp4.
Thereupon the home Market Club
took mp the gage and IS organizing
vigorous movement 20 force standpat
plank Into the platform this year. The
night is getting more determined. on
both sides with each day 10 progresses.
Governor Guild IS 10 be renomiated,
unless be gets so far disaffected as 10
refuse
The Democrats are coins 70 name
Henry n Whitney for governor, and
Representative sullivan. OF Boston. for
Lieutenant governor. They will force
tariff fight and Governor Guild. be-
ueViuE i'm revision but standing on a
staudpst platform. would be iu pain
ful situation with two such vigorous
campai gneTs on his trail
There Is much quiet concern among
Republicans here about ylc speeches
Henry n Whitney viii make. Mr..
Whitney, little tilt with President
Roosevelt some months ago when the
question Of personal yeraCity was so
sharply raised between them is conced-
ed 10 have inspired Mr.. Whitney with
his desire 20 have an excuse 20 talk
from a platform whence he could make
the country hear him.
Altogether. Massachusetts fight this
wear NAV easily become the most
significant in the country, as to influence
on the future Of political developments.