The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-02-07
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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 and the White House. The
Senator'S rejected four postmasters in
! Ohio because they were Taft men and
more recently they rejected the PEN
sion agent at Concord. N. H, because
he was recommended by the Taft ele-
ment in that state. 1t has on its
black list, moreover, several California
appointees. and itsis 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 I'm
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.. Roosevelt's re-
quests that he support Secretary
Taft's 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 all
the appointments that have been made
within the past twelve months He
intends to issue 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
4 course of action the President will
show in his statement is utterly re-
pugnant to him, and would be wholly
Inconsistent with his lifelong career
Is a Civil Service reformer.
The President is always frank. He
states with his characteristic direct
less that he expects every man whom
lie appoints to office to favor his poll
les, but he will defy the Senators to
'rove that any man he has appointed
yves his appointment to his support
# Mr.. Taft. Incidentally the Senate
will take up that challenge. When it
considered its recent action in re-
Getting Mr.. John Wetherill at Spencer
lille, its purpose was to bring on
to Washington, so that he
night be examined by the Post Office
ommittee on the charge that he had
cen appointed for partisan reasons.
enator Foraker advocated this course
ecause he is certain that he can
rove out of Wetherill's own testimony
hat it was only because he had prom
;ed to support Mr.. Taft that the Pres
lent finally appointed him. 1t will lie
that Mr.. Foraker had
commended Mr.. Wetherilrs appoint
lent many months ago when Wether-
was still Foraker man, but the
ppointment was never made until Mr..
7etherill Joined the Taft ranks a
lort time ago.
Mr.. Roosevelt is further moved to
rove to the people of this country
lat he has not used patronage to as
st Mr.. Taft. Because of a sentence
Governor Hughes recent letter in
hich he cautions his friends not to
sc any patronage in his behalf, the
titude of Governor Hughes is said
be peculiarly exasperating to Presi-
mt Roosevelt because he is conscious
his entire innocence of the inference
at is suggested by the Governors
atement.
ERNEST C. WALKER.
IE KNII0eFNe lRE