The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-06-23
ROOSEVELT
A "QUITTER
PRESIDENT"LAYS DOWN"
IN NATIONAL BUNC
GAME
LICKED BY THE PACKERS
Who Show Their Ability to
Control Congress.
Special to Daily Leade,

washington June Ios-iu the very !
fine art of quitting, it is conceded
that President Roosevelt stands well
up toward the head Of the class Ills
last notable performance, OF course,
was the meat inspection fight, ami it
has demonstrated with what facility
the President can take to cover when
he fn Is hat the cards e.e Hgailst
him The committee on agriculture
granted him one empty concession
striking out the specific declaration
In favor of court review of the sec
retary's decisions. but Il declined tol
specify that the sscretary's decisions
shall be final, thus seayi4g open toI
appeal every decision the secretary
may make. Judge Sam Cowan OF
Texas. who represented the cattlemen
whohad been pulled into the fight,
said in committee and out of IT, that
the court review clause did not mean
anything He did not say that the,
bill had otherwise taken care of that
for the packers, but II does. And
it was in return for this empty con-
cession that President Roosevelt yield
ed to the committed every other point
which he had mentioned IN one OF his
msinuatng letters to Chairman WHds-
worth as serious defects In the com
mlttee's bill Among these was the
appropriation by congress OF the mon
ey for the cost of inspection. The
Presidents position was that after
the present Storm had blown over,
and confidence had been restored, the
packers might prevail upon congress
TO cut down The appropriations to
such an extent az to cripple the in
spection At one time II had been
agreed that the Cowan compromise,
providing for a fee whenever congress
should fail to make an adequate ap-
propriation should be Incorporated In
the measure. but Speaker Cannon saw
In the present situation an opportun-
ity, such as he perhaps would never
again have. 10 show the President
that the Speaker Of the House Is stilt
in control SO the whole bitter dose
was crammed down Theodore Roose.
velrs throat. and there viii be no
date on the labels and there will be-
40 civil service in the appointment Of
inspectors Yet Roosevelt partsans
are saying that the compromise is a
Roosevelt victory
II this Ggbt Tor an inspection Of
eats and hyglenic regulation Of the
packing houses was carefully
thought out plan. che PHILOSOPHY OF "a
All is not clear It vas not a fight
purely for the people, for Mr. Roose-
Welt does not go into such engage
ments. He takes advantage OF them
when they serve his purpose but he
never fought one ol them 10 "A point
where he would go down in defeat
with the people He has always
Jumped from under in the nick Of
time. leaving the people, like his dem
cratic allies. TO make the best Of Il,
after ne had concluded on his own ac'
cord. as good iace-Baying treaty as
the eueuy would coucede with the
senate opposed 10 him and patiently
abiding it, time for such opportuni
ties as the President may offer u "a
.si ifc hi mo blow. ,he politics OF gct
ting into a row and test of strength
INt d thc HOufe leaiei ir iucTp' 'cnhle
-iIt has been suggested that the whole
thing has been hrcwdly plotted bs
Senate oliearchy and the alaoriiy
with which the senate passed mp this
trouble 10 the House and then watch
thc fur ny. woul1 icLi co.of no th'
theory. II there were any doubt a'
to whether the President has beer
su hcieruy humbled. The House anC
= senate aonferees can be- depended
upon 10 remedy any oversight thai
might fail 10 show just how emVtx the
bonors which induced him 10 quit th'
game.
II the President had won his hgh
IN the House, il would have been az
event OF far reaching political Import
ance II would have reduced Speaker
Cannon to the rama Of a lieutenant Ia
the Presidents service, instead Of Z
rull partner IN running the affairs o
the country. The House 10 a mol
that covers before its boss and th'
lquestion Of who shall lead Is simpl!
question OF who can whip the Speak
. er. A defeat for Cannon would hay'
shaken his presidential aspirations,
Z and would have turned stronger thai
, ever republican eyes toward Roose
: welt as the one safe refuge IN face o
!, the Bryan tide.
= Otto Praeser.