The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-27
ROOSEVELT IS
NOW 4 PROBLEM
Politicians Cannot Place Him
and Neither Regulars Nor In
surgents Can Claim Him.
BY Ernest G.. Walker.
(Nail Special to The Adver1is7r.)


| welt problem in national politics is ap-
pear,ng. 1t may not be a problem at
all but it is giving the party leaders
| occasion for thought What is going
TO be the outcome of the numerous
conferences at Oyster Baya How will
| President Taft feel toward the talks at
| Oyster Bay with Insurgents who have
| been nagging him all winter long and
| trying to dscredit him and his admin
! .stration; Is former President Roose-
Welt only trying to bring these recall
citrants into line or is he laying plans
that will embarrass the administration
| N its conduct of the campaigns
Observers seriously question whether
the eX-President s course BODIES any in
| jury to the campaign. They are con
| WINGED, whatever may seems 10 be
| developing now, that Colonel Roosevelt
will help not hinder. If he should pull
! at cross purposes. of course. he might
! endanger the success of the party in
! November. Several Insurgents have
| been to Oyster Bay and departed in
| high spirits, but, after all, that may not
| be tremendously significant Men of
both factions used to go to the White
House Offices in the Roosevelt days and
! depart in excellent spirits. even when
| they had not obtained altogether what
they went after
There has been only one out and out
| InSurgent announcement following one
| of these InSurgent visits at OYSTER Bav
and that was the announcement of
| Miles PoindeXter. representative from
! Washington State, to the effect that
| Roosevelt supported his candidacy for
senator from that State. But this was
| quickly denied by the exPresident
which leads to the inference that there
had been misunderstanding some
where. It made the Regulars feel very
uncomfortable for a few hours. for Pc
indexter is a very rantankerous Insur
gent. He has scored the administration
again and again on the floor of the
house.
A Roosevelt endorsement of his can
didacy would have set Washington
State BIZ the ears. Poindexter comes
from the eastern and less populous sec
tioE of the State. which already has
one senator in Wesley L. Jones. Not
only would Senator Jones and his
friends have fought Poindexter at the
primary, because of the prospect that
in the event Of Poindexter s election
Jones would have a big contest on his
hands for reelection four years from
now. but the western end of the State.
including the big cities of Seattle and
Tacoma would probably turn out to
whang Poindexter good and hard. A
Roosevelt endorsement of that char
acter might have helped Poindexter
somewhat. but it might also spell de-
feat for Roosevelt
The visit of Senator Beveridge to
Oyster Bay has also attracted atten-
ton, especially because Of Colonel
Roosevelt s promise to make a political
speech in the senator's behalf. There
is great need of strong Republican aid
| in Indiana. The Democrats now possess
the State and have an advantage in
the election Of a Legislature which will
| chose next winter a successor to Sen
ator Beveridge.
Colonel Roosevelt s promise TO 60 to
| Indiana therefore is a friendly act
| toward President Taft The latter
| would like to see Republican success in
that badly troubled State. The Re-
publicans have been quarrelling sadly.
There was a strange mixup at the time
| of the Republican State convention by
which there was a refusal to endorse
the tariff law About that time Presi-
dent Taft declined to make a speech
in indianapolis and from those two in
cidents much i'll feeling sprarg. It is
recognized that Colonel Roosevelt, who
has always been very popular in In
diana, might be able to pour little
. oil upon the troubled political situa
ton.
In the last days of the recent session
of congress Senator Beveridge resumed
his visits to the White House offices,
and there was an appearance of more
harmony between him and President
Taft He and Colonel Roosevelt were
generally on intimate terms, and the
senator led some of Colonel Roosevelt's
| forlorn hopes in the upper legislative
branch.
Nevertheless, the proceedings at
! Oyster Bay seem to have contributed
| little to the perplexity at Beverly.
During the visit between the President
and the ex-President, some ten days
ago, it is becoming evident that de
tailed plans were not discussed, and the
| President was not made aware of any
| particular plans the exPresident may
| be making with reference to the cam
paign. But it is altogether likely that
! Colonel Roosevelt was not himself
aware of what he would likely do or
of what visitors would press for meet
ing with him.
There is every prospect of tremen-
dous pressure upon Colonel Roosevelt
to make many campaign speeches in
| September and October. He has now
made two promises-one TO speak in
/ Massachusetts, and one to speak in In
diana. Those are political speeches. It
is certain that his own State of New
York viii want him to take the stump
for q speech or two. Then there IS
! Ohio. where the Republicans are in more
| or less stress Illinois Republicans,
Kansas Republicans, Nebraska Repuh-
Leans, Minnesota Republicans and Wis
consin Republicans would all welcome
the colonel for a political speech within