Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-06

HUI SRHlNGS, Va, Dec. 0.-Pr6S1- dent elect Taft's mail for the last two days has been an unanswerable demonstration that the country is be- hind him in his fight for a thorough and sincere revision of the tariff.
 Today, especially, he received dog ems of letters from business men and members of congress, comending his attitude in the matter. Although g come from the middle and far west, Ia good percentage of them bear east ern and northern postmarks
 Some of them do not stop at com mending his tariff attitude They go further and suggest that the effort to defeat Joseph G. Cannon for re election to the speakership of the house should be put into effect with out loss of time. From the west there have come two intimations that the oposition to Cannon will be organized and united, and from one responsible man, Judge Taft has learned that ih the middle west, Representative Charles E. Townsend, of Jackson. Mich, is regarded as a good candidate for the present speakers place.
 Whether the president-elect will ell courage and countenance the defeat .cr whetherhe will accept the promise of the speaker to make revision thor ough and to abide by all the Taft policies, remains to be seen.
 When he first let it be known that he was determined to fight for sincere revision, even it came to the point of getting out for a bitter fight, ana that the only way Cannon could es- cape the conflict would be by prom ises and evidences that ne would De progressive, and abandon his role as an obstructiOnist Of legislation desiT- ed by Taft. fsa
 Within the last two or three days he has been told that the Canon ad- herents are uneasy and alarmed, ana that the speaker is ready. to make a compromise and pledge that cannot fail to be satisfactory. In support of this attitude on tine part of Cannon was the statement that he issued in Wash ington three days ago, pledging him self and the house to tariff revision which should be absolutely sincere and painstaking.
 By the politicians who have come here, and by the men who have ad- vised with the president-elect, it Is considered that Cannon's offering of the olive branch of peace is merely an earnest of his being willing to go further in the matter of pledges. As yet, however, Judge Taft has sent no word to Washington that he is satis- fed with the Cannon attitude.
 As it was pointed out in these dis patches last week, the Taft attitude is that Speaker Cannon and his follow CTS will be on trial before the country during this short session of congress, and that upon their work will depend in large measure their political fate.
 In the meantime information re garding the mental attitude of the mem bership of the house toward Cannon Is being brought and sent to Hot Springs every day.
 The friends of Mir. Taft are anxious that his administration shall not be thwarted or nuilified by lack of CO., operation in the new congress, are convinced that, for his own protec- ton, he sould be in position to in sure that cooperation when the need for it comes.
 The suggestion made in Washington that he would have to use toe pow srful lever of federal patronage to pry Mir Cannon out of the speakers chair Is not entertained here. It is believed among bis advisers that his agreeing to the movement, and thus voicing the popular win can insure the organization of the house along the 6esfrad lfnee
 The news that Representative Townsend is being boomed as pos sible candidate if Burton does not run for the speakershlp, is good indi- cation of the sentiment in the west Townsend Is known to be opposed to the Cannon regime. and he Illustrated thls last sesion by leading several re- volts on the floor Of the house, in a forcefm ana telling manner. He. is identified with the progressive move nent by reason of his work on the interstate and foreign commerce com (mittee iD framing the original rail- road rate bill.
 He Is fearless. and the addition oi his name to the list of possibilities