The sun., 1908-06-18
STEAM ROLLER OYER CANNON
IF HE CONTINUES TO BL0OK THE
r MACHINE AT OKTCAG0.
Announcement Made Also That n the Chi.
cage Ceuventisa Fails 20 Adept tho
Anfi-EnJ junction Resolution Tart WIN
EmDody It I'm His Letter OF Acceptance.

Anf3~mJ junction Resolution tart VIII
EmDody It I'm His Letter OF Acceptance.
wAsHrxaToN. June 17.-Joseph q. Can
mons determined opposition to the moor
porstion In the Chicago platform OF q plank
aimed ut the integrity Of the courts has
aroused o feeling Of bitter anger against
him In Administration circles. While no
formal expression on the subject has been
authorized II has been made known that
II William h. Taft 10 elected President Mr..
Cannon viii And It exceedingly difficult to
succeed himself as Speaker Of the House
Of Representatives William P. Hepburn Of
Iowa will be the Taft administration candi-
date for the Speakership in the Sixtieth
Congress. providing that Mr.. Cannon CON-
tinues his blockade Of the steam roller at
Chicago. and provided further that there is
q Taft administration.
The belief 10 expressed here by persons
admitted to the inner circle that IL the anti
injunction platform IL defeated at Chicago
1t will be attributed by the Administration
solely to the movement led by Mr.. Cannon.
and great will be the wrath. The declara-
ton on this question will have to DO passed
upon by the convention before, the Admins
tration will feel assured that IL 10 out OF the
woods. So the word has been sent out that
the steam roller, heavily ballasted and
operated under forced pressure, shall be
passed over the political form OF Uncle Joe
Cannon.
There were signs to-day that Mr.. Roose-
velt and Mr.. Taft are not absolutely certain
that the anti-injunction plank can be forced
on the convention. So it has been an
nounoed that II the convention fails to
obey the will Of the White House mandate
bodied in his letter OF acceptance in a ring
ing declaration in favor of placing a lin =
itation upon the power Of injunction. This
is the substance of a statement given out
here to-day. While 1t is not official. it Is
authentic, and there is some reason to
believe that the President, in his capacity
Of convention and campaign manager,
would like to- have it known. II the con-
vention cannot be forced the President
believes that Mr. Taft should do it anyhow !"
The situation is slightly analogous to that
n which Mr.. Roosevelt, addressing the
Conference Of Governors last m onth, an
nounced that If Congress did not authorize
the Inland Waterways Commission as a
permanent body he would "perpetuate
the commission anyhow"
The President believes, and presumably
Mr.. Taft believes, that the convention will
not refuse to adopt the anti-injunction
platform. II 1t does the matter will be
covered to the delight of organized labor
in Mr. Taft's letter accepting the nomina-
ton.
Reports from Chicago that representa-
tives Of the United States Steel Corporation
and other large capitalized interests are
working for the adoption OF an anti-injunc-
ton plank were read with interest at the
White House. No official comment was
made on the reports, but in reply to ques-
tions of reporters it was said that nothing
was known of the attitude of the corpora
tions in question.
There Is another proposed plank for the
platform Mr.. Cannon is said to be fighting
that the Administration is insistent shall be
jammed through at Chicago. 1t relates
TO the establishment of postal savings
banks Postmaster General Meyer took up
the question with the President and the
Secretary Of War. Mr.. Meyer announced
early in the day that he would leave for
Chicago, presumably to appear before the
committee on resolutions in support of his
pet idea. He changed his mind about the
trip late this afternoon.
Little or no attention was paid to the
Vice-Presidency here to-day, as appeared
on the surface. This is a matter the WASH
ington directors OF the convention insists
shall be held in allegiance until the platform
has been ratified.