The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-06
CMan Special to the Advertiser.)

(MafI Special to the Advertiser.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 25.-
President Roosevelt will appeal to the
country to judge between him and the
Senate in the fight that is on between
the Capitol ana the White House The
Senators rejected four postmasters in
Ohio because they We're Taft men and
more recently they rejected the pen
sion agent at Concord, n. H., because
he was recommended by the Taft eIe-
ment in that state. 1t has on its
black list, moreover, several California
appointees, and it is reported that two
or three New York men recently nomi-
mated are marked for defeat because
their appointment would strengthen
Secretary Taft. The Senate is evil
IDENTIFY anxious for a fight with the
President, and President Roosevelt
does not appear to be avoiding the
issue.
Mr.. Roosevelt called his Cabinet in
extra session the other day TO discuss
this question, and to assist him in pre-
pairing his campaign. 1t was very sig
nificant that the only member of the
Cabinet who did not report was Mr.
Cortelyou, who is the only member of
the Cabinet that. has persistentIy re-
fused to accede to Mr.. Roesevelt's re-
quests that he support Secretary
Tafts candidacy. Every other mem
Der of the Cabinet is Taft man, and
is doing all he can to assist the secre-
tary of War.
Mr.. Roosevelt directed his Cabinet
officers to prepare for him list of ali
the appointments that have been made
within the past twelve months. He
intends to issue a statement in which
he will Indignantly repudiate the foul
charge that he has been using patron
age to help Mr.. Taft. In spite of all
that the Senate has charged, none of
Mr.. Roosevelt's appointees in the past
twelve months have been appointed
because they could help Mr.. Taft. Such !
a course of action the President will
show in his statement is utterly re-
pugnant to him, and would be wholly |
with his lifelong career
as a Civil Service reformer.
The President is always frank. He |
states with his characteristic direct /
ness that he expects every man whom |
he appoints to office to favor his poll
cies, but he will defy the Senators to !
prove that any man he has appointed
owes his appointment to his support |
of Mr.. Taft. Incidentally the Senate |
will take up that challenge. When it |
reconsidered its recent action in re-
jecting Mr.. John Wetherill at Spencer
Vile, it's purpose was to bring on
Wetherill to Washington, so that ne
might be examined by the Post Office |
committee on the charge that he had
been appointed for partisan reasons. |
Senator Foraker advocated this course
because he is certain that he can
prove out of Wetherills own testimony
that it was only because he had prom |
ised to support Mr.. Taft that the Pres
ident finally appointed him. 1t will lie |
that Mr.. Foraker had
recommended Mr.. Wetherilrs appoint
ment many months ago when Wether-
ill was still Foraker man, but the
was never made until Mr.. |
wetherin joined the Taft ranks a |
short time ago.
Mr.. Roosevelt is further moved to |
prove to the people of this country
that he has not used patronage to as |
sist Mr. Taft. Because of a sentence
in Governor Hughes recent letter in
which he cautions his friends not to
use any patronage in his behalf, the
attitude of Governor Hughes is said
to be peculiarly exasperating to Presi- |
dent Roosevelt because he is conscious
of his entire innocence of the inference
that is suggested by the Governors
ERNEST G. WALKER.
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