The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-12-03

December, when the tue or traNel TO-
ward the oval room will begin to sub
side. Just now the President is anx.
ious to harmonize the two factions of
his party upon his legislative program,
and much of his effort for while will
be to persuade the Aldrich. Cannon fac.
tions of regulars and the Cummins.La
Toilette faction of insurgents to agree
upon the important things for congress
to do this winter. If the President
can accomplish that he will have gone
far. The effect would probably be to
harmonize the factions for the con-
gressional campaign next year and some
other topics of fractional controversy,
particularly those involving the organ
ization of the house of representatives,
would gradually drop into the back
ground. As matter of fact the Presi.
dent can not properly bear a hand in
any controversy about the Speaker of
the House or the rules for the govern
ment of that body. 1t would be gem
orally resented if he did, as congress is
separate department of government.
Speaker Cannon and his powerful
friends and Senator Aldrich and his
powerful friends will take care of those
senator has been touring the West re-
| Gently ina private car, addressing
clearinghouse associations and bank
| ers' organizations in the cause of edu-
l,cating the public up to the necessity
for financial legislation. 1t is not for
gotten that this trip is also giving the
West an opportunity to observe that
the Rhode Island senator has neither
horns nor cloven hoofs, and that in the
flesh he is really an attractive person
atty. He has been as clever as usual
in the presentation of his case, and
probably has tickled the Westerners
somewhat by the customary "jolly."
In Omaha they even warmed up to the
extent of presenting him with a pair
| of "chaps' or leather breeches, such
as the cowboys wear. The President
wanted Senator Aldrich to make this
trip, not only in the interest of popu-
lar education on financial questions, but
in the hope that the visit would ac.
complish something toward dispelling
sectional disapproval of eastern lead
| ers in congress He voiced that hope
indirectly in his Boston speech, during
which he put his seal of distinct ap.
| proval upon Senator Aldrich.
Speaker Cannon tarries in the West
| conducting his own campaign against
the opposition to him. Every few days
he is discharging grape and canister
into the ranks of his enemies and lay
ing strong foundation for the contest
that he and his friends will wage dur
ing the coming summer and autumn
against the insurgents. He blames the
newspapers very much for activity in
stirring up enmities against him and his
faction, attributing this activity to his
refusal to remove the tariff from wood
pulp and print paper. He claims that
delegation of newspaper proprietors
promised to boom him for the presi-
dency and to show their powerful favor
otherwise, if he would help them to get
cheaper print paper. The newspaper
proprietors, particularly Herman Rit-
ter, of the New York Stats Zeitung,
a leader in the delegation that visited
him, Indignantly deny that any such
promise or hope of reward was held out
to the Speaker.
He is not at all in hurry about
coming to Washington and expects be.
fore he does come to have a big re-
joinder to Senator Cummins, who, the
Speaker declares, is not Republican
if he (Cannon) is a Republican. The
Speaker made the first speech attack
ing Cummins in Iowa and Cummins re-
piled in Chicago, since which time the
Speaker has been making ready to have
another say. He has gone right into
the heart of the insurgent country, APP
pealing to the very people whose rep
resentatives and senators come down to
Washington to fight him in congress
The Speaker is reported to be making
Roadway. The westerners like fight
ing man and are giving his side of the
case a respectful hearing. His present
activities follow the appearance of the
President in that same section and, be
fore he comes to Washington, will cover
very large section of the big Missis
sippi Valley. His vigorous champion
ship of his course should help the
Speaker in his efforts this winter in
shaping legislation and keeping down
expenditures, because his appeals or
the hastings are certain to enlighteI
the opposition constituencies and make
the work of their representatives al
Washington less effective Other eff
forts are under way. The Speakers
friends have become alert and are
spreading information to show how hi
has stood for economy in government
and has furthered legislation for manj
policies, now styled progressive. Hi
opponents have to admit that there il
very strong case in the Speaker =
behalf. The champions of the othe
side, however, have been most activ,
in putting their assertions before tn,
public. The Speaker has been contn
in the knowledge that, as chairman o
house appropriations for many year
and then as the presiding officer o.
the house, he saved the American PEG
pie many millions of dollars and assum
ed without faJtering the very unpop
, ular task of curbing congress during
an era of unprecedented extravaganza
There have been numerous tremor
, in recent days that seem 10 forecas
} general shakeup in certain of the de
} partments and the ousting Of NOR,
prominent officials out into the cold
cold world Postmaster General Hitch