The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-07

many weeks ago that the Secretary
would have 700 votes in the conven-
ton, and was in a fair way to have
the platform just as he wanted it and
to name as Vice President just the man
he wanted This would have been some
one from the middle west. of the radi-
cal stripe, so as to combat the cam.
paign that Bryan will make and also
to advance the radical ideas which both
he (the President) and Bryan cham
pion.
SPEAKER AND PRESIDENT.
As he went away 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
little use for one another during the
next eight months which cover the
remainder of the second Roosevelt ad-
ministration and also another session Of
/ Congress. The Speaker has been smart
ing under the interference of the Presi-
dent at the Capitol, has long been re.
! SlStlDg the ETeSlutHb > pans LOT Tdulcdl
legislation and has conceded only what
he has felt that he must concede Now
he has had written into the party plat.
form, which is regarded as law for the
guidance 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 than the late
L.. l. Il IA
Mckinley were able to maintain but
at heart their regard for one another
viii 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 viii
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 il spared, he viii be
reelected and win continue to exercise
a dominant influence on legislation. 1t
IS improbable that Taft, as President,
can sway popular opinion as Roosevelt
has swayed it, which means that the
legislative branch of government will
|
as it likes about enacting reform laws.
With ali this knowledge of the stua-
tiob, the Speaker and his lieutenants
are getting ready to take right hold
and elect Taft That is one good fea-
ture from the Republican standpoint.
They feel that they have won a ire
! mendous victory and they want to fol
low it up by rejecting a Republican
( ITu,,ra of to t5y-oc
ting the party nominee in the White
House There is no question about
these congressional leaders being a
tower of strength to the ticket They
can help get campaign funds, they can
lift mp many influential voices on the
! stump, and contribute to the sem
blanee of harmony within the party.
The radical and conservative wings
of Republieanism are therefore united
about as effectively as could be hoped
for. ''UncIe joe was one Of the
leading Allies He and the other al
lied aspirants for the presidency are
accordingly in better fettle than they
would have been had the President had
/ his own way entirely at Chicago. To
be sure. Vice President Fairbanks, one
one of the leading Allies. and the only
one of them who was able to hold his
! State solidlv behind him at Chicago, is
! in anything but a kindly frame Of
mind. He is very bitter against the
! President, and during the convention
came out in outsp0ken language
against the dictatiOn Of nominations
/ from the White House. It became an
/ open secret that the Vice President
/ thought the defeat Of the Republican
ticket at the polls would be preferabl
| to the success of President Roosevelt 5
/ idea Of nominating his own successor.
| So bitter was the Vice President that
+ he stated his entire unwilllngness TO
: be on the ticket with any White House
nominated candidate for the presi-
, dency. although if Roosevelt had been
nominated. the Vice President might
( have accepted a denomination. How
/ ever, he did not believe in the wisdom
+ Of naming any man 30 be President
Of the United States for more than
eight years, the traditional limit of
/ tenure
The politicians say that the Vice
President VIII feel more amiably As
the campaign progresses and that he
is likely to come around to the attI-
tude of Senator Foraker, who had
votes in the convention and who sent
warm message of coHgratulation -
Secretary Taft. They expect Senator
Foraker to be on the stump for the
ticket before the campaign Is ended,
and Vice President Fairbanks may
consent to do as much. For he IS rec
oenized as an effective campaigner.
TAFT s MOVEMENTS.
The presidential nominee was away
from Washington soon after the first