The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-11-26

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Insurgents Active.
The country will hear deal about
President Taft IS prior right to inter.
pref the Roosevelt policies within the
next few months. The insurgents are
rushing down to Washington, some of |
them claiming to be under the Roose- |
veltian banner. This cabinet officer |
and that cabinet officer is being as.
sailed because he is thought to be
reactionary, and even there are grum-
blings from Rooseveltian quarters
against the President himself. But the
answer of the President s friends, very
naturally, will be that he is the best
judge of what Roosevelt would have
done. That argument will be hurled
against the insurgents. The regulars
will not hesitate to use it for all it is
worth, because the insurgents are COM
ing for the avowed purpose of over
turning the regulars in senate and
house and of keeping Senator Aldrich
, and Speaker Cannon in hot water right
up to the day of the adjournment of
the Forthcoming session.
Up to Congress.
And incidental to that claim of the
President s orthodoxy in Rooseveltian
interpretations, he proposes to put the
responsibility right up to congress. He
has been telling his audiences that the
complaints they make can be remedied
by legislation. 1t is imperative that
the President observe the law. Con.
gress is to him the expression of the
popular will and he must accept that
expression as he finds it in the statute
books But if congress will give the
| interstate commerce commission addi-
tional authority he, as the executive,
will go ahead and prevent competing
/ railroads from owning one another IS
stock, he will restrict the issuance of
! railroad securities, check existing
abuses in railroad rates, permit labor
unions to conduct boycotts, modify the
issuance of injunctions against labor
men on strike, and so on.
In his annual message he is to recon-
mend the enactment of laws that will
authorize such a program, as well as
the granting of charters to federal cor
porations. 1t is hardly probable con
gress will do all that the President is
| going to ask them to do, but if they
fail he will claim that the blame is
upon them. AS consequence it may
be expected that when the congressional
campaign comes on next year the coun.
try will be told by thousands of elo
quent tongues that the President did
all he could and what was not done is
the fault of congress not the fault of
the President. And another logica
consequence will be an appeal for the
election of congressman who will carry
out President Taft's wishes about
legislation.
Insurgents Consulted.
The insurgents are to be given recog
milton. The President is comforting
with them and getting their ideas about
what should be done. He hopes to
have their cooperation and probably
will have it to some degree. 1t begins
to look as though the President were to
recognize Senator Cummins of Iowa as
their leader and spokesman. He is
more likely to take the Iowan in that
capacity than Senator La Toilette OF
Wisconsin because the latter is very
outspoken in attacks upon the admin
istration. His paper, La Follette's
Weekly, is laundering away constantly
in terms that can but be very annoy
ing to the President and the Presi
dents friends.
Senator Cummins has announced thai
it is to be war against the regulars
right from the start of the session
He has announced his opposition to tn,
scheme of central bank, which Sen
ator Aldrich is exploiting adroitly thi
week in western cities. The Iowan il
also hammering away on the tariff. al
though that seems to be closed in
cident, as far as legislation is con
|, cerned for the present. Speaker Can
J non has already jumped into the list
against Mr.. Cummins and it goes with
out saying that when the Speaker Gomez
down to Washington in a week or s,
he will be fixing up the congressional
fences and preparing for any troubl,
the insurgents, led by Senator Cummins
may seek to make.
Cannon Coming.
The Speaker, of course, will be in
ylted in to talk things over with tn
President and, apparently, is to be ON
of those to enjoy the last word of rec
concentrations to the President as t.
what his legislative policies should be
Otherwise Senator Cummins would no
be invited on this early. Senator AL
drich is to be similarly honored. Sen
ator Cummins and the Speaker have al
ready exchanged compliments on tn
hastings in the West. The Speake
went into Iowa TO say what he though
of the senator and thereupon the sen
ator came to Chicago to say what h
thought of the Speaker and to declar
that he (Cummins) could not be rea'
out Of the party. Senator Aldrich open
ed his series of financial speeches il
Chicago Saturday evening and TIM
very night in the same city Senate
: Cummins announced In Chicago 1
vigorous terms his opposition to cen
trail bank aud TO other expected rec
: concentrations Of the financial commits
= sion.
Such preliminaries are good indica
% lions Ut what the conflict will be Il
Washington this winter, when all IA
. eombaiants are gathered practically Il
y | one foTum and when there IL Ia la