The Washburn leader., 1908-09-18
POLITICAL NEWS.

President Roosevelt has made pub
lie letter sent to Conrad Kohrs Of
Helena, Mont, an old time cattleman
and leading citizen of the state, in
which he states why laboring men and
capitalists alike should vote for the
election of William III. Taft for presi-
dent. Mr.. Roosevelt wrote the letter
as reply to Mr.. Bryan's recent state
ment that he alone was the true heir
to Mr.. Roosevelt politically and was
his natural successor to the presi-
dency.
True to their pledge to each other
forty-two standpat Republicans in the
Iowa legislature prevented the cleo
tion of Governor A. B. Cummins to
the United States senate to fill out the
unexpired term of the late w. B. ALI,
son. These forty-two senators and
repre- sentatives refused to cast their
votes for Governor Cummins and with
the forty-five Democrats who voted for
Porter they outnumbered the sixty
five Republicans who voted for Cum
Minis.
Heavy personal onslaughts on
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon of the ma
.tional house of representatives were
made by William ]. Bryan in the
course of his travels through Illinois.
The Democratic candidate attacked
Mr.. Cannon from all Sides He charged
the speaker with being the favorite of
predatory corporations, with having
strangled reform legislation and with
h hoHyir fo1c ha ofe vr,Sk nj
to Mr. Bryans wealth.
Beaten by the revolters who dead
locked the legislature Governor Cum
minis of Iowa asked his friends to
cease pressing him as a candidate for
the short term for United States SEN
ator and accept the terms which the
standpatters offered. AS result the
legislature has adjourned to reconvene
Nov. "a, when it will select as senator
the person receiving the largest num-
ber of votes at the November primary.
Indiana is to be the pivotal state
around which the Democratic cam
paign in the Middle West is to swing
and from now until election. all the
forces that the national committee
can summon will be brought into play
to carry the Hoosier state for the
Democrats.
BY carrying eighteen of the twenty
three assembly districts of Brooklyn
Senator Patrick H. McCarren main
tanned his political control of Kings
county, only four Of the seven revolt
ed districts returning anti-McCarren
leaders.
Three trips are contemplated in the
Taft itinerary, West, East and South.
Judge Taft said there was no longer
any question about the Western trip,
but as to the East and South the mat
ter is not definitely settled.
National Chairman Mack has an
nounced the appointment of former
National Chairman Thomas Taggart of
Indianapolis head of the Commercial
Travellers association of the Demo.
cratic national committee.
Two thousand persons listened to
the formal notification of John Tenn
pie Graves as nominee of the Inde-
pendence party for vice president of
the United States at the Casino the
eter, Atlanta, Ga.
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon opened
his campaign for reelection to con-
gress in Danville, ILL.,, his home town.
Almost his entire address of nearly
two hours was devoted to the labor
question.
That William H. Taft will make
complete and extensive tour in the
United States before the November
election has been announced as the
personal determination of the candi-
date.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, spoke
against the reelection of Speaker
Cannon at Danville, ILL.,, the latter's
home town.
Congressman George L. Lilley was
nominated for governor by the Repub-
lican state convention of Connecticut
in the face of bitter opposition.
Senator Ankeny of Washington has
been defeated for denomination by
Wesley L. Jones.