The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-15
News of the DdY
In National Capital

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WASHINGTON, March 15.-(Special
to the Statesman. )-"ShoW me a can
dldate who stands for Cannonism and
Aldrichism, and 1 will show you
statesman who stands for progressive
legislation and against gang rule in
congress. Votes cast for stanspatters
are votes cast for good government"
Standpat republicans declare they
can easily imagine hearing Col. Roose-
Welt, with characteristic snap of teeth,
expound this brand of philosophy from
the stump in the approaching con-
gresslonal elections.
But the progressive republicans,
while persisting that they have equally
as vivid imaginations as the stand
patters, declare that it is an absctute
impossibility for them to imagine that
kind Quite on the other hand, in fact,
the progressives express the belief that
the African hunter is perhaps even
now coming some new, terrible adj
jectives with which to excoriate the
Cannon and Aldrieh followers.
And there you are! Each wing Of the
&c. o. P. still processes to believe the
ex- president will defend their respec-
tive principles in the coming elections.
ia r. fhn
factions is to be disappointed Or will
T. r. be able to effect one grand blend
out of the assorted varieties of politi
cal strains? Time alone, it appears,
will answer this question, as no one
seems to have any authentic informa-
ton as to what course Mr.. Roosevelt
will take sas to aligning himself either
with or against the Taft Aldrich- Can
non oligarchy.
The republican national congression-
al committee hopes to be able to book
the ex-president for a number of
campaign. This hope, of course, is
based on the expressed belief that
Roosevelt Will support the stalwarts.
Efforts by the Cannon and Aldrich
to defeat the progressive
and independent men of both houses
are once more attracting attention. 1t
is no longer a secret that the republic
can congressional committee will en-
deavor to prevent the reelection of
fought Cannon, and that the same eff
fort is to be directed against the men,
bers of the senate who have refused to
follow the lead Of Aldrich. President
Taft is in full sympathy with the plans
of the campaign committee They have
been discussed at the White House,
and no move is being made without the
presidents knowledge and consent.
An interesting inside view of the po
contained in the following excerpts
from letter just received by the
writer from the Hon. Fred Emery
Beane, chairman of the Maine demo-
cratic state committee:
"Our presidential and gubernatorial
elections for the past eight years prove
to my mind that this state is the place
to look for results, provided we had
the funds with which to properly or
ganize
Il thoroughly believe if fifty thou
sand dollars could be raised outside of
this state with the funds which we can
raise a democratic governor could be
elected and the legislature so organized
as to defeat the return of Senator Hale.
1t would strike me from a business
point Of view that the defeat of Sen
ator Hale would be worth at least this
amount to the country at large.
Evidently the democratic congress
sional and national committees do not
study situations, are unwilling to trav |
ell in new paths and are afraid Of blaz- !
ing their way through unknown ter
ritories.
'sOur municipal elections yesterday |
prove the dissatisfaction existing with |