The National tribune., 1908-06-25
AFTERMATH OF
THE CONVENTION
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LIE ItJlNV Elm lION.
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They took up Senator Warner, of Mis-
seuri, for a time, but abandoned him
They did not believe he would do at all
They talked of Gov. Cummins, of Iowa.
a progressive, and by Friday morning
the Administration had settled upon
Gov. Cummins or Senator Beveridge, of
Indiana. This was after they had con-
sidered Gov. Sheldon, of Nebraska, and
decided that he would not do, and after
they had turned once more to Vice
President Fairbanks only to be told
that the Vice President would not ac-
cert a denomination: that the Indiana
delegates would not present his name
to the convention altho they would
vote for him if Ohio, his native State,
presented his name.
But all this time Uncle Joe" Cannon
had been plugging away" with the
Sherman boom, had planned to go upon
the convention floor and to second Sher-
mans nomination, if he could secure
unanimous consent so to do, which con-
sent was eventually granted.
So when the last day of the conven-
ton began Friday morning the old
fighter from Illinois had his forces all
in position. The Republican Congress
sional Committee officials, shrewd and
adept at politics were nearly all on the
Stouisu lllSN ndu d Couplt
of brass bands, heading a Sherman pa
rade admitted to the convention hall.
New York had unanimously agreed
upon Sherman as candidate. the
Southern delegates, who lad held out
against Sherman, because of resent
ment at the New York delegation for
voting to reduce the Southern repre-
sentation in National Conventions
which effort all but carried in the con-
vention, by the way had been won
over. And therefore the Speaker had
things all his own way. 1t had gone
so far that neither the President nor
Secretary Taft could stop the Sherman
boom and he was nominated with
whoop.
AS the first legislative power in Con-
gress, in distinction from the President
as the first executive authority in the
land, the Speaker won two tremendous
victories. He has always been against
interference in politics and had criti
cized the President much, both for in
terfering with Congress and for in
terfering with the selection of a nomi-
nee for President Up to the time that
Uncle joe took a hand in making
over the platform the President had
been having his own way with the Chi
cago Convention. He had carried things
thru according to his program; had
nominated Secretary Taft by 102 votes.
having predicted many weeks ago that
the Secretary would have 700 votes in
the convention, and was in a fair way
to have the platform just as he wanted
il and to name as Vice President just
the man he wanted. This would have
been some one from the Middle West.
of the radical stripe, so as to combat
the campaign that Bryan will make and
also to advance the radical ideas which
both he (the President) and Bryan
champion.
None Too Kindly Feelings.
As he went sway to oyster Bay the
President had feelings toward Speaker
Cannon none too kindly. These were
accentuated by the protests from the
Western States about the ticket. 1t is
pretty certain that the President and
the Speaker, while likely to continue on
terms outwardly friendly. will have lit
tie use for one another during the next
eight months which covers the remain
der of the second Roosevelt Admins
tration and also another session of Con-
gress- The Speaker has been smarting
under the interference of the President
on Capitol Hill, had long been resisting
the Presidents plan for radical legisla-
ton and has conceded only what he has
felt that he must concede- Now he has
had written into the party platform,
which is regarded as law for the guild
ance of Republicans. about what he
wanted, in spite of the President, and
he is not likely to yield much to the
President from now on. They may
maintain better relations that the late
Speaker Reed and the late President
Mckinley weer able to maintain, but
at heart their regard for one mother
will be quite as cold and formal.
The part that the Speaker and his
Congressional cronies played at Chicago,
on the whole, promises to be of far
reaching Importance. The results will
have very great influence upon future
legislation, at least for the next three
or four years, if the Republicans re-
main in power. For if the Republicans
remain in power in the House and
Speaker Cannon is spared he will be re-
elected and will continue TO exercise a
dominant influence on legislation. 1t is
improbable that Taft, as President, can
sway, popular opinion as Roosevelt has
swayed il, which means that the legis-
latiye branch of Government will be
more independent and will do more as
1t likes about enacting reform laws.
With all this knowledge of the situa-
ton the Speaker and his lieutenarts are
getting ready to take RICH hold and
elect Taft That is one good feature
from the Republican standpoint. They
feel that they have won a tremendous
victory and they want to follow it up
by re-electing a Republican House of
Representatives and by putting the par
ty nominee in the White House. There
Is no question about these Congressional
leaders being q tower OF strength to the
ticket. They can help get campaign
funds, they can lift up many influential
voices on the stump, and contribute to
the semblance of harmony within the !
party.
The Party United.
The radical and conservative wings
of Republicanism are therefore united |
about as effectively as could be hoped |
for. "Uncie joe was one of the lead |
ing Allies. He and the other allied as |
pirants for the Presidency are accord |
ingly in better fettIe than they would |
have been had the President had his |
own way entirely at Chicago To be |
sure, Vice President Fairbanks. one of
the leading Allies. and the only one of |
them who was able to hold his State |
solIdly behind him at Chicago, is in |
anything but kindly frame OF, mind |
He is very bitter against the President |
and during the convention came out in |
outspoken language against the dicta- |
tion of nominations from the White |
House. 1t became an open secret that |
the Vice President thot the defeat of
the Republican ticket at the polls |
would be preferable TO the success of |
President Roosevelts idea of nominat- !
ing his own successor. SO bitter was |
the Vice President that he stated his |
entire unwiliingness 10 be on the ticket
With any White House nominated can
didate for the Presidency. altho If /
Roosevelt had been nominated the Vice
President might have accented a renon-