The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-11-17

SdnflOh as a FCGS'
bility-Much Dissenson In C. 0. t..
Ranks--.GQ:rocratic Situation EAar.,1c
by Unity of Purpose.
BY WILLIS J. ABBOT.
The presidential purpose of til"
Roosevelt denomination is quite .
much of q puzzle today as it wa
months ago. True, Mr. Roosevelt IL.
become absolutely silent on the susis
ject. But, curiously enough. he il.
equally silent about the possible moan
ination of his friend Mr. Taft Not oul
word in behalf of the candidacy OF tn,
secretary of war has been uttered b.
any one associated with the Whit,
House circle Indeed, the Taft cau.i
dacy has ceased to lie considered sc.,
ously by political Observers Nea4
time other members Of the cabinet az
by direction or indirection being o.
fered as candidates for q prcSi,icntt..t
nomination. Secretary Root has Ii
boom, one that it seems incredible
should amount to anything in view o.
the record he has made as the attOi-
ney for the very sort of corporation
which President Roosevelt has been
attacking. Secretary Cortelyou is much
in the limelight. He has conferred q
colossal favor on the people of thp
United States by taking out of thy
United States treasury some million
of dollars collected from taxpayer
and handing them over to banks whic
were unable to pay back to their &c.
positors the money they had cheerful
ly received. This action. which hla
cost Mr.. Cortelyou nothing. has great
ly extended his popularity with thg
financial community. Whether he is a.
popular now as he was when he wa
able to secure out of the funds of liz,
insurance companies some hundreds o.
thousands of dollars for a Republica3
campaign fund remains to be seen
When he did that he occupied the COM
paratively unimportant position Of
postmaster general. but now he is sec
rotary of the treasury. the most impos
tant position under the president AZ
in some ways of almost ef;Ial impo"-
lance with that of the president.
The Possibilities of Co7.eIyou.
Do not mistake the fact that George
B. Cortelyou is likely to be very
f-great factor in the next Republican
tanational convention The Republican
party organization is VIGOROUSLY coa-
trolled by the great financial interests
The secretary of the treasury is in
NJ,
man who prior to becoming secretary
Of the treasury was postmaster genera!
and at the same time chairman of the
Republican national committee has
some knowledge of the way in which
delegations are made up and how pat
rOnage can be used. Mr.. Cortelyot
has knowledge. industry and power.
1T is difficult for me to believe that q
man whose public reputation has been
itarnished, as his, can possibly be elect
ed. It is difficult to fancy any holder
of life insurance policy voting for
the man who was willing to take n
most S15O.O00 out of certain life insur
ance funds in order to eject a partisan
president and to make himself a great
DOiIIlCdI DoaGE. nut. " bIsiSNSi hitA.' -
the possibilities of election. the chancG
of his nomination are not to be lightly
set aside.
Concerning Cannon.
Outside of the cabinet circle Wash
,ington looks with the utmost interest
on the possibilities of Speaker Can
non as a candidate for the Republican
A fnITrfpnEl
Republican congressman from Hines
met at Chicago and after some debate,
declared themselves for the nomina
ton Of the speaker. With his charac-
teristic bluntness and guaintness d;
came into the meeting and said: We'll,
BOYS will be boys. If you are deter,
mined you must have your own way.
NOW, consider this Cannon proposition
icarefully. His party in his own state
lis back of him as one man. Tart anu
Foraker of Ohio have split their state.
s Hughes of New York has antagonism
NJ home Roosevelt has declared his
unwillingness to be candidate. ana
some people take him at his word.
Fairbanks has already the Endorsement
az Indiana. but it is matter of no.
fpriety that there is revolt against
his domination there and that the elo-
quent Mr.. Beveridge is not wholly en-
thusiastic about him.
The one man who at this early date
comes before the people with an abso
lutely solid state back of him is Can
non, when people in his own part!
call affectionately Uncle Joe. But.
more than that. he comes back to cor
gress with the absolute certainty that
he will be reelected speaker. He vii
t~have almost arbitrary power over TIE
house of representatives. many OF TIE
members of which are new men. all o.
/. whom naturally desire committee rs
sipnments which will give them both
prominence and influence. Speaae-
ICannon will be in a position to tiile
the least conspicuous member ffo-
Indiana or from Oklahoma ana y
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