Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-17
Several Who Have Presidential As
pirations May Cause Trouble.
TAFT's CANDIDACY WILL BENEFIT
Announcement % President RssseysIt
said 90 Have Bssn "a nsaHsst
Of Manager VOrVs Of
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E1H n taunfiair W nut sense OF hNe teilNF
but Mr.. R0ossysits admirsrs made him
candidate that the Espubiioan presidential
situation might BE- clarified. The prssi-
dent however. true 10 ME best Instincts
and loyal 90 his standards. screwed the
ia down on the third term proposition BY
reitsratinK IA no uncertain manner the
position he took on election night three
years ago when he publicly declared that
he construed that hs had been elected ~
second term and that he would not
ceDt "A denomination AZ the baRds 0f the
republican party for q third term.
There are those IN and out Of congress
who stfii believe the president will have
10 listen 10 the y0ios Of the people and
again become their leader. but the poll
ticians accept Mr. RoOseyelt's statement
at its true worth and will from now on
line up for their chosen candidates One
thing Mr., Rooasveips statement does do.
II insnres oid-tine republican conven-
ton minus the cut and dried features
] which have marked the conventions Of
that party Ia the past dozen years and
Chicago will see In June Of next year
one OF the great political conventions Of
the party, the character Of the men who
are out and out candidates being earnest
/ OF the night now on for delegates
Ala TO Tahs CandIdaey.
! The presidents frank statement. Il r.
thought. will help Secretary Tafts can
dldacy its publication At this time being
attributed 10 Mr. Yorhya, Of Ohio, Becre-
/ tary Tafts campaign manager. who told
! the president that the effort made By his
friends to send Roosevelt delegates 20 the
convention was seriously hurting Judge
Iafts canvass and that he owed il 10 his
war secretary 20 once and for all nail
down the coffin OF a third term.
Rumors Of the most startling kind are
In circulation TO the effect Of an open
4 break between Secretary Taft and gecre-
I tary Cortelyou growing out Of the presi-
\ Dental ambitions OF these two men. and
II would not be at all surprising 70 see
both men out Of the cabinet long before
! national convention time comes around II
is an open secret that powerful influences
are at work in New York state to secure
I the New York delegation for CorteiyO1
and that First Assistant Postmaster Gen
/ eral Hitchcock has been through the south
! drumming up delegates and creating .
sentiment for the former postmaster gen
4 erai and now secretary Of the treasury.
/ The president has resented the activity %
| Mr.. Hitchcock and II would not be az all
4 surprising IL there was a vacancy in the
ONCE of the first assistant postmaster gen
L eTaI
/ Working At Croas-PurpOses.
/ II requires no imagination TO perceive
that with two members OF the presidents
| Official family working at cross purposes
| some embarrassment may be caused. not
only to these men themselves. but 20 their
colleagues. as well as to the president
| Everybody knows that the president Is
| for Mr.. Taft and the latteT's adherents
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end Of the contest. Mr.. CortcIyOu Is not
depending upon the active assistance of
his chief. although some OF his friend5
expect that in the event Mr. Tatrs canvass
does not give promise Of eliminating sue
cessfully he will turn 10 the secretary OF
! the treasury and there Is good grounds
for thus believing. for months ago il was
I currently reported that President ROOse-
[ velt's real candidate was Cortely0u and
! that he was using Secretary TAFT a.
stalking horse. This, however, IS true,
Secretary CoTtelyou is acting independently
/ OF his chief and having control OF the
national republican committee through
/ Chairman New It is readily appreciated the
power CortelyOu wtelds even though his
name be not presented 10 the convention
Having made his announcement. which
It was expected the president would MAKE
in due time. and having eliminated him
self wholly from consideration according
to the Judgment OF most public men the
fight between the adherents OF Taft, Can
non. Fairbanks. Knox and Hughes will
grow in intensity. the held being openly
antagonists to Secretary Tsft's ambition
to sit IN the presidential chair, and this
I will make the most interesting convention
the republican party has had in twenty
years.
Big Railroad Questions.
Immediately after the holiday recess the
| committee on commerce Of the house and
senate will take up various measures look
/ ing to amendments Of the interstate com
merce law. one OF the most important
problems which congress will be called
upon TO solve is shah railroads be penal
( lied for failure to supply cars when
needed by the shipper Another Is the
/ question OF reciprocal demurTage
! Throughout the entire country there has
| come a cry for cars. which. during the
last two years. has been louder and more
insistont than the demand for currency.
Yet while this demand for shipping facili-
ties has been country wide, q has gained
Z the force of cyclone IN the cattle seC-
tions Of the southwest and I'm tbs grain
[ shipping centers 81 the whole section west
| Of the Ohio river. The cattle growers of
Texas, Kansas Wyoming, Colorado, ARA
ona and New Mexico have been the prin-
| cipal sufferers from the car shortage, az
parently, and that Is because they are COM
peIled TO drive their heuis Ions distances
before shipping and the failure 20 have
I cars ready subjects the owner of the steers
I to great expense for feed, and TO loss q
I weight. which sometimes reduces his ~
turns by as much as s PER cent IL is sd-
| mittcd there wtIl be great difhcUlty On pre-
partnE a bill which win he nIst alike to
the railroads and the shippers
/ II Is proposed 90 require common car
riers to have shipping facilities AZ desig-
I mated points within a reasonable time
l after notification of the reQUiremeut o.
the shipper, and failure 90 have the neces-
[ sary cars after such uotifoatiou shall sub
tect the rsilroad 10 certain penalties pre-
scribed either by the act ITSELF or ny the
I Interstate Commerce CcusUissiou- The fu-
I terprstatiou % tbe term 'rsaarrab'c Uue"
and the question of the proper penalties
| vul tax the committee and provoke a
I grcat deal 90 discussion On both senate
and house
Rectprocal DAMAGES.
The legislature - the state % Washing